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Foreign Scientists to Carry out Innovative Research at the Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology

Foreign Scientists to Carry out Innovative Research at the Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology

02.08.2017
The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) announced the results of the 3rd competition within the framework of the Homing programme addressed to foreign researchers who want to continue their scholarly career in Poland. Two of the winners, Monika Jakubowska and Soumyananda Chakraborti, will carry out innovative research and development projects at the Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology of the Jagiellonian University.
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Two JU researchers receive Fulbright Senior Awards

Two JU researchers receive Fulbright Senior Awards

02.08.2017
Two members of the JU academic staff – Dr Anna Kaganiec Kamieńska and Dr Marcin Waligóra – have been awarded with the prestigious Fulbright Senior Award, directed to researchers with a PhD with the aim of providing financial support for their studies.
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1Question: What happens to our feet when we wear high heels?

1Question: What happens to our feet when we wear high heels?

31.07.2017
Wearing high heels is definitely a challenge for our feet. But what exactly happens to them during this (unexpectedly) complicated process? We asked Dr hab. Artur Gądek, orthopaedist and traumatologist at the University Hospital in Kraków.
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Who needs flowers? 17th Professors’ Brunch at the Jagiellonian University

Who needs flowers? 17th Professors’ Brunch at the Jagiellonian University

27.07.2017
On 26 July 2017, the 617th anniversary of the Jagiellonian University re-foundation by King Vladislaus Jagiełło, the Professors’ Brunch was held in JU Collegium Maius. The tradition of Professors’ Brunches was started in 2000 by the then Rector of the JU Prof. Franciszek Ziejka to mark the jubilee of that important event.
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Is sunscreen really all that safe?

Is sunscreen really all that safe?

20.07.2017
In the recent years there have been some reports that using sunscreen may have serious side effects. A group of researchers from the JU Faculty of Pharmacy led by Prof. Elżbieta Pękala has lately begun investigating into new chemicals that would protect our skin without jeopardising nature or ourselves.
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Earth's best recyclers

Earth's best recyclers

20.07.2017
Wood constitutes the vast majority of organic matter in our world. Why is it, then, that we’re not buried metres deep below a growing pile of dead wood? Dr Michał Filipiak, a specialist in natural recycling mechanisms, provided us with an answer to that question.
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New 3rd cycle studies in English at the JU Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences

New 3rd cycle studies in English at the JU Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences

19.07.2017
The JU Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences is launching the PhD Programme in Biology.
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