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NCN’s Competition The EXPRESS CALL TO FUND RESEARCH ON COVID-19 has just been concluded. The EXPRESS CALL TO FUND RESEARCH ON COVID-19 announced at the end of March, has just been concluded. The objective of the call was to select projects that would enhance understanding of the mechanisms of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, as well as improve diagnostic tests, find new drugs and mitigate the social and economic effects of […] >>

FNP announced the results of the START Competition. The Foundation for Polish Science announced the results of the START competition. 12 laureates from the University of Warsaw received prize. One of laureate is PhD student Renata Kasprzyk from the Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry prof. Jacek Jemielity. The laureate works on development of methods that can be applied in high-throughput screening studies on therapeutically […] >>

First book on Urban Evolutionary Biology has been published. Urban Evolutionary Biology, the first academic book on urban evolution, with 16 chapters from 40+ contributors, now exists! Edited by Marta Szulkin (Centre of New Technology, University of Warsaw), Jason Munshi-South (Fordham University, New York) and Anne Charmantier (CNRS Montpellier), the book is published by Oxford University Press. Urban Evolutionary Biology fills an important knowledge […] >>

Results of the GRIEG competition for Polish-Norwegian research projects. On April 27, the results of the GRIEG competition were announced in which CeNT obtained funding for the project: “The role of cytoplasmic polyadenylation in the regulation of local translation in neurons”.   The project manager is prof. Andrzej Dziembowski, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw. Partners: Magdalena Dziembowska PhD, DSc, Centre […] >>

NCBIR announced the results of the POLNOR competition. We are pleased to inform you that the HERA project headed by Renata Solarska PhD, DSc has been qualified by NCBIR for funding as a result of the outcome of the POLNOR competition. The project coordinator is the Center of New Technologies at the University of Warsaw. We enclose the full ranking list of projects […] >>

Dr Tomasz Góral from CeNT UW co-authored an article in PNAS. On April 6, a new issue of the scientific journal “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America” ​​was published, in which the work was co-authored by Tomasz Góral, PhD from the Center of New Technologies UW. While still working at the London Museum of Natural History, together with an […] >>

Rector’s distinction in 2020. The Rector of Warsaw University’s distinction is a financial award for academics who stand out due to their scientific and teaching achievements.   In 2020 were awarded:    Katarzyna Eysmont MSc, assistant  Silvio Osella, PhD, professor’s assistant  Marcin Kałek, PhD, professor’s assistant  Michał Wasilewski, PhD, a research and engineering specialist  Joanna Sułkowska, PhD, DSc, professor […] >>

Article by researchers from the Centre for Quantum Optical Technologies published in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. We are pleased to announce that the article written by the researchers from the Centre for Quantum Optical Technologies, entitled Quantum Fingerprinting Over AWGN Channels With Power-Limited Optical Signal has been published in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, the prestigious journal in the field of technical informatics and telecommunication.   The full article is available here. […] >>

Rector’s ordinance on the rules of functioning of the University of Warsaw (from 16/03/2020). In reference to the state of epidemic threat introduced in Poland on March 13, 2020, the Rector of the University of Warsaw issued a communication regarding the principles of the university’s functioning from March 16, 2020. It regulates, among others, the issues of administrative work, including the University’s UW, document circulation and the functioning of […] >>

University of Warsaw Library is closed from March 11 to April 14, 2020. In order to prevent the COVID-19 disease spread among the UW community, the Rector of the University of Warsaw decided that the Library will be closed to readers from March 11 to April 14, 2020. The University of Warsaw Students and Employees have remote access to the collection of books and electronic journals subscribed by […] >>