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Psychologists at JU will check how smog affects children’s brains
03.10.2019
Polish researchers associated in the NeuroSmog consortium will examine several hundred children to study the impact of smog on developing brains. They have received over 15 million zlotys (~3.5 million euro) from the Foundation for Polish Science within the framework of the Team-Net programme. The research project will be conducted by the JU Institute of Psychology and the Institute of Environmental Protection in Warsaw, with the latter developing air pollution maps.
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JU scientists to investigate a dangerous fish disease
02.10.2019
A team of researchers from the JU Faculty of Biology led by Dr Krzysztof Rakus will study the effects of gill diseases caused by CEV (carp edema virus) on the immune systems of fish. The project will be realised in collaboration with scientists from the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover and funded by a grant from the National Science Centre.
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JU opens the new academic year
01.10.2019
‘Every beginning brings fresh hope, but we must also be mindful of the challenges we are going to face in the future. We start this academic year in a different reality, changed by the new act on higher education and new university statute, which comes into force today’, said JU Rector Prof. Wojciech Nowak during the official opening of the 656th academic year at the Jagiellonian University. The main celebrations were preceded by a traditional mass at St. Anne’s Collegiate Church and an academic procession of professors through the streets of Kraków.
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JU to receive almost 2 million zlotys in the International Academic Partnership programme
27.09.2019
The Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange has announced the beneficiaries of this year’s edition of the International Academic Partnership programme. Nearly 2 million zlotys (~450 thousand euro) will be granted to the Jagiellonian University Faculty of Law and Administration for the project ‘DIGITALIZED! Society in the wake of digital revolution’.
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Vegetarian diets: facts and myths
25.09.2019
Vegetarianism, including its different varieties (such as veganism), is becoming more and more popular in our society. As the number of people giving up meat is growing, so are the controversies surrounding this kind of diet. To distinguish facts from myths, members of the Polish Pharmaceutical Students’ Association from the Jagiellonian University Medical College decided to confront some of the frequently made claims with modern medical knowledge.
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JU researchers discover how melatonin affects cell pigmentation
23.09.2019
The Journal of Pineal Research published a paper on the role of melatonin in cell pigmentation, co-authored by Dr Michał Sarna and Krystian Mokrzyński from the Department of Biophysics of the JU Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology. The article is a collaboration between researchers from the University of Munster, University of Texas, University of Alabama and the Jagiellonian University.
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JU receives funding for a new study programme in English
20.09.2019
The Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange has announced the results of the KATAMARAN programme, focused on supporting joint second-cycle studies. The Jagiellonian University Faculty of International and Political Studies is among the institutions chosen that will be granted funds for this purpose.
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