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JU scientists develop high sensitivity DNA recognition method

JU scientists develop high sensitivity DNA recognition method

11.04.2019
SensiTive Recognition of Individual DNA Ends (STRIDE) is a method which can, according to its inventors, not only detect, but also precisely pinpoint DNA damage in our genetic material. The team consisting researchers from the JU Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology are already seeking patent protection for their invention with the help of the JU Centre for Technology Transfer CITTRU. They will further develop it via their newly founded company intoDNA.
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World-famous immunologist receives the JU honorary doctorate

World-famous immunologist receives the JU honorary doctorate

10.04.2019
Popularising Polish science, development of antiviral therapies, extraordinary accomplishments in immunotherapy, participation in the debate on stem cell research, and promoting the Jagiellonian University in the world – these are just a few achievements of Prof. Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, upon whom the Jagiellonian University bestowed its highest distinction: doctor honoris causa. The conferment ceremony took place on 10 April 2018 in Collegium Maius.
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Inaugural meeting of the SOLARIS Centre Scientific Advisory Committee

Inaugural meeting of the SOLARIS Centre Scientific Advisory Committee

09.04.2019
On 9 April 2019, the JU National Synchrotron Radiation Centre SOLARIS hosted a meeting of its newly established Scientific Advisory Committee, consisting of five distinguished researchers working at foreign synchrotron centres: Nils Mårtensson from Uppsala University, Petra Rudolf from the University of Groningen, Paweł Grochulski from the Canadian Light Source, Maya Kiskinova from Elettra Synchrotron Trieste and Paul Dumas z from SOLEIL Synchrotron.
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Ambassador of Cuba visits the Jagiellonian University

Ambassador of Cuba visits the Jagiellonian University

05.04.2019
On 5 April, the Jagiellonian University was visited by the Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to Poland Jorge Martí Martínez, accompanied by the Counsellor for Cultural Affairs of the Embassy of Cuba in Poland Mirta Alicia Karchik. They were received by JU Vice-Rector for Research and Structural Funds Prof. Stanisław Kistryn and JU Rector’s Proxy for Internationalisation Prof. Adam Jelonek.
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Do you speak Dolphinese? The language of marine mammals

Do you speak Dolphinese? The language of marine mammals

05.04.2019
How do dolphins interact with each other? How do they express their emotions? What do good manners mean for them? We have asked these questions to Prof. Vincent Janik from the University of St. Andrews, one of the world’s most prominent researchers studying the language of marine mammals, who has been invited to the Jagiellonian University to give the lecture “Marine mammal communication and the nature of language”.
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JU scientists make artificial intelligence more intelligent

JU scientists make artificial intelligence more intelligent

03.04.2019
Prof. Jacek Tabor from the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, along with his colleagues Prof. Maciej Nowak from the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science and Prof. Tadeusz Marek from the Faculty of Management and Social Communication, have received a 4.5 million euro grant from the Foundation for Polish Science. Their interdisciplinary team will work on a project entitled Biologically inspired artificial neural networks.
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Training your brain. Physical activity and its effects on neuroplasticity

Training your brain. Physical activity and its effects on neuroplasticity

02.04.2019
Over the course of millions of years of evolution, intense physical activity was an integral part of human condition due to our hunter-gatherer lifestyle, contributing to the development of our cognitive abilities. Contemporary observations confirm this relationship: physical exercise stimulates the growth of our neural networks, synapses, and even new neurons. Below you can read a short version of a lecture by Prof. Filip Rybakowski from the Poznan University of Medical Science.
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