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As part of the second edition of the Solidarity with Ukraine programme funded by NAWA and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the University of Wrocław will host representatives of universities from Kyiv, Lviv and Chernivtsi, this time on study visits intended for administrative staff, which will take place from 14 to 18 October.

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to a South Korean writer, Han Kang. Dr Hae Sung Lee from the Korean team at the Institute of Classical, Mediterranean and Oriental Studies believes this is a sign that Korea is transforming from a cultural power into a truly culturally rich nation. Here is the full commentary from the university’s Korean Studies scholar:

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The Department of Occupational Health and Safety and Fire Protection at the University of Wrocław, in cooperation with the Rescue Centre, has prepared a series of instructional videos on first aid. We encourage you to watch them to learn how to use a defibrillator, help a person with a foreign body, place a victim in […]

The accomplishments of this year’s Nobel Prize laureates in chemistry allow to reliably predict proteins’ structures based on their amino acid sequences, that is, the gene sequences that code for a protein. Protein folding has been a challenge for chemists for the last 50 years, and the problem has finally been solved, comments prof. Piotr Stefanowicz from the Department of Organic Chemistry at the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Wrocław.

The flooding in south-western Poland is over, but its effects persist. It is not only destroyed roads, bridges or houses, but also fear, sadness, anger or helplessness that have remained in the psyche of many people. With the youngest children in mind, experts from the University of Wrocław and SWPS University have developed a therapeutic fable to help children get through this difficult time.
American biologists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun have been named this year’s winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology. What were they recognized for? The microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional regulation of gene activity is discussed by our researcher prof. Rafał Bartoszewski, who specializes in, among other things, new anti-cancer therapies. At […]