UL: Cooperation

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 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.”

Once again, the UWr Institute of Computer Science will be the organiser of the ICPC Central Europe Regional Contest. From 13 to 15 December, our university will host seventy three-person teams consisting of programming enthusiasts from top universities in Central Europe, who will face complex algorithmic tasks.

During the second plenary meeting of the Biotechnology Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences, a by-election was held to select three new members/members of the Committee – specialists in biotechnology. The Committee was composed of three members, including prof. dr hab. Jolanta Zakrzewska-Czerwińska, a RDN member and head of the Department of Molecular Microbiology at the Faculty of Biotechnology at the University of Wrocław.

W rankingu GRAS 2024 znalazły sie trzy dyscypliny UWr: psychologia, fizyka i matematyka.

The International Office’s application in the PROM competition for short-term academic exchange received funding from the National Academic Exchange Agency to the tune of nearly PLN 2 million. The funds will enable academic staff, doctoral students and UWr students to travel to academic centres all over the world (excluding the Russian Federation) and receive visitors to Wrocław.

Prof. dr hab. Dorota Nowak, dean of the UWr Faculty of Biotechnology, has been elected for another term as a member of the Molecular Cell Biology Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

On Saturday, 14. September, the Falling Walls Lab Wroclaw 2024 will take place in the Oratorium Marianum (Music Hall) of the University of Wroclaw Main Building, as a part of the opening day programme for the Lower Silesia Festival of Science (Dolnośląski Festiwal Nauki – DFN).

From 17-21 June 2024, students from the UWr Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics participated in a summer school on constitutional law in Madrid co-organised by FLAE UWr and the Open Universiteit in the Netherlands, the UK’s The Open University, Germany’s FernUniversität in Hagen and Spain’s Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia Facultad De Derecho.

Last semester, students of the translation specialisation from the Institute of German Studies participated in an international teaching project Literaturübersetzung im deutsch-polnischen Kulturdialog [Literary translation in German-Polish cultural dialogue].