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Regulating the Regulator
15.04.2019
A team of scientists from the Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology (MCB) at the Jagiellonian University has identified a potential link between tRNA modifications and the biosynthesis of selenocysteine, the 21st naturally occurring amino acid. In detail, their article published last week in Nucleic Acid Research sheds light on Kti12, a protein involved in the regulation of the tRNA modification by the highly conserved Elongator complex.
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A Long Way Home [Q&A]
12.04.2019
The coming of spring is heralded by longer days, blossoming flowers, as well as the return of migratory birds, which were often joyfully welcomed by our ancestors. Why do Polish birds migrate south? What sacrifices to do they have to make? How do they prepare for a long flight? These questions are addressed in the following article, written with the assistance of Dr Szymon Drobniak from the Jagiellonian University Institute of Environmental Sciences.
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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
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
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
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
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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