UL: Scientific lectures and research

As part of the Visiting Professors Programme (IDUB), prof. Robert Zarnowski, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, will give an open lecture entitled “Determinanty patogenności w biologii biofilmów grzybów rodzaju Candida” (eng. Pathogenicity determinants in the biology of biofilms of fungi of the genus Candida).

Have you ever wondered why while searching for a potential romantic partner you are attracted only to some candidates? Prof. dr. S. Craig Roberts will answer this question. In turn, dr hab. Izabela Lebuda will delve into the topic of creativity that is essential in everyday life, work, and when facing global challenges.

On Thursday, 27 February 2025, prof. Robert Olkiewicz, rector of the University of Wrocław, received a delegation from the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, led by prof. Erik Jones, director of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Research within the EUI. The meeting was also attended by Joanna Wielgo, manager of EUI-funded projects, and, on the UWr side, dr Łukasz Prus, Vice-Rector for Student Affairs; prof Magdalena Ratajczak, dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences; prof. Piotr Sula, vice-dean for internationalisation of the Faculty of Social Sciences; Urszula Broda, head of the International Office; and Tomasz Woźniakowski, assistant professor at the Institute of Political Science, local coordinator of the event.

The UWr Historical Institute invites you to the next online meeting in the series ‘Szewskie czwartki’.

Two important events related to the topic of children’s literature are ahead of us.

We would like to invite you to open lectures within the framework of the Interdisciplinary Seminar Studium Generale Universitatis Wratislaviensis named after Professor Jan Mozrzymas. The lectures will take place from 25 to 1 April 2025 on Tuesdays, from 17:15 to 19:15 in the Oratorium Marianum (main building, pl. Uniwersytecki 1, ground floor).

On 8 March at the UWr Institute of Polish Studies will host a conference on the occasion of Logopaedist Day. It is addressed to all those interested in the issues of contemporary speech therapy.

A team of scientists from the Faculty of Biotechnology of the University of Wrocław, composed of: Karolina Pląskowska, dr Łukasz Makowski, dr Agnieszka Strzałka, prof. dr hab. Jolanta Zakrzewska-Czerwińska, received the Prof. Bassalik, awarded by the Committee on Molecular Biology of the Cell of the Polish Academy of Sciences, for the best work in the field of microbiology created in a Polish laboratory. The work of the awarded team has also been published in the prestigious journal mBio (American Society of Microbiology).

The IDUB office staff would like to invite you to an open Nature Masterclasses On-demand webinar to be held on the MS TEAMS platform on 19 February (Wednesday) at 14:00.

The staff of the UWr Faculty of Chemistry invite you to take part in the eighth edition of the conference organised at the Faculty of Chemistry of Wrocław University, which will take place on Wednesday, 12 February. The conference will take the form of a WEBINARIUM, with lectures starting at nine o’clock. This year’s conference is entitled: ‘Od teorii do eksperymentu: w poszukiwaniu Świętego Graala w nauce 2’.

The staff of the Institute of Geological Sciences invite you to a popular science lecture on natural toxins in the environment, which will be given by dr Adriana Trojanowska-Olichwer.

The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Wrocław will be implementing the WEAVE UNISONO research grant in a trilateral cooperation between the German Research Foundation agency, the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and the Polish National Science Centre agency.