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On Monday 20 January at 6pm, a concert will be held at the Oratorium Marianum (pl. Uniwersytecki 1), during which the Gaudium University Choir of Wrocław will perform Polish carols and pastorals in original arrangements for soloists, choir and piano.
Welcome to a remarkable expedition to the origins of mankind! Blazing the Trail is a five-episode podcast that the University of Wrocław was involved in producing. It was created through the combined efforts of Breakthru Films, the Australian Museum, the University of Sydney, the University of Wrocław and the University of Liverpool. The podcast takes listeners on an epic journey from our earliest known ancestors in Africa to the global spread of modern humans. Focusing on what makes us human, Blazing the Trail discusses key stages in our history, which include the origins of tool use and evolution, the harnessing of fire, the emergence of language, or the ability to adapt to different natural conditions and the ability to migrate.
We talk about the long but fascinating evolution of the moose, described by an international group of scientists in the high-scoring journal Science of the Total Environment, with prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Stefaniak and dr Urszula Ratajczak-Skrzatek from the UWr Department of Paleozoology – co-authors of the publication.
In December 2024, the University of Wrocław entered into a research and teaching cooperation agreement with the Civil Aviation Authority.
The aim of the agreement is to carry out joint research and teaching projects – including conducting research activities in the area of broadly defined safety and civil protection.
On Thursday, 16 January, at 6 p.m., we would like to invite you to a concert and a joint singing of Polish and Ukrainian carols in Aula Leopoldina at the University of Wrocław, pl. Uniwersytecki. ‘Joyful Carol Singing’, an initiative of the Union of Ukrainians in Poland, is a long-standing tradition.
Seven Polish-Czech and two trilateral projects involving teams from the Czech Republic, Germany and Slovenia have been selected for funding in the Weave-UNISONO 2024 competition. Among them is a project by dr hab. Małgorzata Zakrzewska, prof. UWr at the Faculty of Biotechnology.
Prof. Jorge Andres Rodriguez Navarro from the University of Granada will be a guest of the Faculty of Chemistry as part of the visiting professors (short visits) programme, part of the Excellence Initiative – Research University programme. Our guest will give an open lecture on 30 January on Metal-organic assemblies for capture and detoxification of […]
The UWr Institute of Geological Sciences invites to a lecture by prof. Marek Awdankiewicz, who will talk about volcanism in the Solar System. The lecture will be held on January 24 at 3:00 pm at the Institute of Geological Sciences, pl. Maksa Borna 9, room 220.
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The Library of the University of Wrocław invites you to a unique exhibition, summarizing the implementation of the ministerial project titled “Polonika XVI–XVIII-wieczne ze zbiorów Biblioteki Uniwersyteckiej we Wrocławiu – opracowanie, digitalizacja i upublicznienie w sieci”. (eng. “Polonika of the 16th-18th centuries from the collection of the University Library in Wrocław – processing, digitization and making it public online”).
The University Library encourages the academic community to fill out a survey on the operation of the Library of the University of Wrocław.
The January issue of Nature Communications published a paper showing how ribosomes (the translational machinery) change their position during the sporulation process in the bacterium Bacillus subtilis. The research was carried out by a team of dr hab. Agata Starosta from the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in cooperation with scientists from our University’s Faculty of Biotechnology – dr Joanna Hołówka and prof. Jolanta Zakrzewska-Czerwińska.
The staff of the Faculty of Biological Sciences invites you to an open lecture by prof. Tomas Pinos Figueras, entitled: “Molecular insights into McArdle’s disease. Similarities and differences with other glycogen storage diseases and current therapeutic strategies.”
Check out the reports on the implementation of the Publishing Fund and the 2024 Conference Travel Grant Fund. Both programmes were funded from funds at the disposal of the Vice- Rector for Research.
