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Calcium hydroxyapatite is a major bone and tooth mineral that is used in implantology and dentistry to aid bone regeneration and treat bone and tooth defects. However, the introduction of calcium hydroxyapatite-based biomaterials into bone tissue requires surgical intervention, which carries the risk of infection. Researchers at the University of Wrocław, investigated how to reduce this risk.

The UWr Centre for Security Studies and Education and the Security Academic Society & Society invite you to a seminar with chess player Mateusz Kłosowski on Friday, 24 January at 5 p.m. on UWr MS Teams platform.

What’s new at the University of Wrocław Press? In our series #MondayswithWUWr, we keep you up to date with the most important events, book news and issues important to the Publishing House! We also encourage you to follow the wuwr.eu website and the Publishing House’s social media – Fb, LinkedIn and Instagram and YouTube. We encourage you to follow!

The Institute of Polish Studies at the University of Wrocław and the Society of Friends of the Wrocław Polish Studies invite you to a meeting at the “Nehring” on 26 January at 10.00 a.m. with dr hab. Agnieszka Kuniczuk, entitled ‘Was Sienkiewicz a bore?’.

Dr Aleksandra Kubiak-Schneider of the Centre for Research on the Antique World was a guest on the Eureka programe on Polskie Radio Program 1.

Recruitment for the Collegium Invisibile scientific association is underway until 26 January.

For many years now, in January, lovers of Polish and Ukrainian carols and pastorals have gathered at the University of Wrocław to sing together and support each other’s spirits. This year was no different – the concert “Joyful caroling” made the Aula Leopoldina filled with a crowd of listeners.

Nature Masterclasses invites all interested participants to the first webinar of 2025, entitled Mastering Your Manuscript Revisions: Insights from Nature Portfolio Editors. The event will be held on two dates: 21 January at 8:00 a.m. and 28 January at 4:00 p.m.

Students from the Scientific Association of Clinical Psychology and the M. Wisłocka Scientific Association of Sexology at the University of Wrocław, invite you to a two-day conference, 18-19 January, to be held at the UWr Institute of Psychology, ul. Dawida 1, Wrocław.

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.