Dr Guillem Ylla, head of the Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Genome Biology at the JU Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology has won the FEBS Excellence Award – a prestigious prize awarded by the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS), aimed to support research group leaders starting their research careers and carrying out research projects in the field of life sciences at the molecular level.
On Friday, 24 November, the Jagiellonian University was visited by the Ambassador of Republic of Türkiye to Poland Rauf Alp Denktaş together with the embassy’s councillor for education Mehmetali Akdağ. The Turkish diplomats were received in Collegium Novum by JU Rector Prof. Jacek Popiel.
On 22 November 2023 a unique event entitled Lighting the Spark: How can R&I ignite a University of the Future? was held in the Scotland House Brussels. The main focus of the meeting was the Una.Resin project, funded within the framework of Horizon 2020 programme, shedding new light on innovative opportunities for European higher education institutions.
Izidor Sosič from the University of Ljubljana have won the OPUS 24+LAP/Weave call. In their project, they plan to obtain the first PROTAC-type compounds that degrade TAK1 and IKKβ kinases with anti-inflammatory properties. To carry out the research, the Polish team will receive funding of over 2 million zlotys from the National Science Centre (NCN).
The new University Hospital of the Jagiellonian University is the largest medical complex in Poland and one of the most innovative ones in Europe. Because of the application of state-of-the-art medical technology in diagnostics and treatment, the hospital has gained the status of a Siemens Healthineers reference centre, which allows Polish physicians, managers and technicians to undergo training at this institution and exchange knowledge and experience with its staff.
On 15 November 2023 the article ‘Computational prediction of complex cationic rearrangement outcomes’ was published in the prestigious international journal Nature. The paper devoted to the use of pioneering artificial intelligence methods in predicting chemical reaction mechanisms and outcomes was co-authored by Dr Sebastian Baś from the Jagiellonian University Institute of Chemistry.
Prof. Jacek Purchla was chosen to become the new president of the jury of the European Heritage Awards, the most prestigious award in the area of European cultural heritage presented since 2002 by Europa Nostra. Prof. Purchla has been the vice-president of the organisation since 2018.
Prof. Anetta Undas from the JU MC Faculty of Medicine has become a member of Academia Europaea, a prestigious organisation bringing together more than 5,000 researchers from various disciplines. Prof. Undas is the fifth representative of the Jagiellonian University academic community to be invited into the organisation.
On 6 November 2023 the first Ludovika Prize award ceremony was held at the Ludovika University of Public Service in Budapest. The award was presented to Professor Stanisław Sroka, Dean of the JU Faculty of History of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.
Multicolour plumage of parrots inspires admiration and delight, but where do all these colours come from? What caused birds to develop such a wide variety of colours and how has it evolved throughout their evolution? These questions will be investigated by a research team led by Dr Miguela Carneiro from the CIBIO (Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources - InBIO Associate Laboratory) in Portugal.
The results of the latest discipline ranking of the best universities in the world - Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) - were announced by the independent organisation ShanghaiRanking Consultancy, also responsible for the Shanghai List. In this year's edition, the Jagiellonian University was noted in 12 disciplines.
In late October, Times Higher Education published the latest edition of the annual World University Rankings by Subject. The Jagiellonian University was included in ten out of eleven categories, while taking leading positions amongst Polish universities in seven of them.