About CeNT UW

The Centre of New Technologies (CeNT UW) is an interdisciplinary research institute dedicated to the understanding of important biological, chemical, and physical phenomena.

Our scientists tackle fundamental scientific problems as well as collaborate on the translation and application of knowledge to the industry.

CeNT UW provides a truly international outlook with an unsurpassed environment for both young and established researchers, as well as promotes the education of the PhD students.

The activities carried out at CeNT UW in 2017 and in 2018 can be found in more details in the Director’s Annual Report for 2017 and in Director’s Annual Report for 2018, which we are cordially inviting you to read.

The Centre of New Technologies (CeNT UW) is an interdisciplinary research institute dedicated to the understanding of important biological, chemical, and physical phenomena.

Our scientists tackle fundamental scientific problems as well as collaborate on the translation and application of knowledge to the industry.

CeNT UW provides a truly international outlook with an unsurpassed environment for both young and established researchers, as well as promotes the education of the PhD students.

Director

Prof. Jacek Jemielity

Deputy Director for Infrastructure

Anna Kalinowska, Msc Eng.

Deputy Director for Operations

Ewa Jabłonka, PhD

Deputy Director for Science

Prof. Bartosz Trzaskowski

Chief Financial Officer

Artur Zieliński, MSc

In progress …

Founding Document of CeNT UW – Founding Document

Regulations of the CENT UW

THE ORDINANCE NO 202 OF THE RECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW of 31 August 2020 on the Regulations of the Centre of New Technologies – University of Warsaw (Polish version only)

THE ORDINANCE NO 89 OF THE RECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW of 27 July 2018 on the Regulations of the Centre of New Technologies – University of Warsaw (Translation)

CeNT UW Council for years 2016-2020
ORDINANCE NO 65 OF THE RECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW of 27 September 2017 on the appointment of the Council of the Centre of New Technologies of the University of Warsaw for the 2016-2020 term of office
Director of CeNT UW annual reports
DIRECTOR’S REPORT FOR 2017
DIRECTOR’S REPORT FOR 2018

Regulations of the Director of CeNT UW

Regulations of the Rector of UW

REGULATION No. 106/2019 OF THE RECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW ON RULES FOR CONDUCTING COMPETITIONS DATED 27 SEPTEMBER 2019

Declaration for candidates for the position of academic teacher – template: declaration_rules of conducting competitions

Information clause for candidates about processing of personal data – template: Information clause_personal data processing

Regulations for the reservation and usage of shared laboratory equipment- for IMol

CeNT UW Regulations on the procedures, rules and forms of awarding public contracts for supplies, services and construction works with a value not exceeding PLN 50,000 PLN net

CeNT UW was created in 2011 as an independent organizational unit of the University of Warsaw. The idea behind the creation of CeNT UW was to build up the strength of the University in chosen areas of research. Initially, the CeNT UW crew was composed of four research groups dealing with structural chemistry, molecular biology, and environmental sciences.

The CeNT UW building was constructed on the cost of 25,5 mln EUR, with the total space of 18 000 m2, including almost
9000 m2 of laboratory space plus 4500 m2 of didactic/office space, plus servers.

During the first months of its activity CeNT UW was headed by Professor Marcin Pałys, whose successor was Professor Piotr Węgleński, former Rector of the University of Warsaw. From March 1st, 2017 untill April 2019 the Director of CeNT UW was Professor Agnieszka Chacińska.

Presently, Professor Wojciech Dominik is acting director of CeNT UW, Krzysztof Kilian, PhD, DSc is Deputy Director for Research Organization and Anna Kalinowska, MSc, Eng. is Deputy Director for Infrastructure.

CeNT UW Equipment list

			Group
High-performance liquid chromatographs with: ultraviolet-visible absorption (UV/VIS) detector	HPLC set: 1) S1132 - HPLC Pump System, 2) S1132 - HPLC Pump System, 3) S5300 - Sample Injector, 4) S4120 - Column Oven, 5) S7515 Vacuum Degasser, 6) S3210 UV/VIS Detector,	CeNT I Building Room: 04.166	Chromatography
High-performance liquid chromatographs with: both diode array (DAD) and fluorescence (FLD) detectors	Agilent Technologies 1200 Infinity series containing: 1) pump, 2) autosampler, 3) column oven, 4) detector DAD, 5) detector FLD,	CeNT I Building Room: 06.01	Chromatography
High-performance liquid chromatographs with chiral columns set	HPLC set: 1) LC20AD - HPLC Pump System, 2) SIL10AF - HPLC Pump System, 3) CTO20AC - Column Oven, 4) SPD-M20A Detector	CeNT I Building Room: 06.54	Chromatography
Fast protein liquid chromatograph	AKTA Pure 25 M	CeNT I Building Room: 06.001	Chromatography
Ion exchange chromatography	AKTA	CeNT I Building Room: 02.237	Chromatography
Rotary evaporators set	AKTA	CeNT I Building Room: 06.01	Chromatography
System for chromatographic puryfication of biomolecules	AKTA Purifier	Geology Building Room: 2162	Chromatography
System for chromatographic puryfication of biomolecules	AKTA Xpress	Geology Building Room: 2162	Chromatography
Flash chromatography system		CeNT I Building Room: 06.54	Chromatography
Gas Chromatograph with mass spectrometer		CeNT I Building Room: 05.55	Chromatography
Inverted Routine Microscope	Eclipse TS 100-F	CeNT I Building Room: 04.171	Microscopes
Fluorescence inverted microscope with digital image analysis	Olympus IX73	CeNT UW Core Facilities Room: 00.100	Microscopes
Fluorescence upright microscope with digital image analysis	Nikon Eclipse Ni-U	CeNT UW Core Facilities Room: 00.100	Microscopes
Confocal (laser scanning) microscope	Zeiss LSM 700	CeNT UW Core Facilities Room: 00.100	Microscopes
Cryogenic-Transmission Electron Microscope	200 kV Glacios with Falcon 3 EC 200 kV direct electron detection camera	CeNT UW Core Facilities Room: 0-1.42	Microscopes
Spectrofluorometer - universal purpose	Cary Eclipse BioMelt Agilent Technologies	CeNT I Building Room: 06.04	Spectroscopy
High Performance Fluorescence Lifetime Spectrometer	Fluotime 300 easy tau	CeNT I Building Room: 02.228	Spectroscopy
Spectrofluorometer with single photon detector	Edinburgh Instruments FS-5	CeNT I Building Room: 02.228	Spectroscopy
Spectrofluorometer with control of sample temperature 15-35 °C	F7000	CeNT I Building Room: 04.174	Spectroscopy
Stopped-Flow Spectrometer System for absorbance and fluorescence measurements	BioLogic ALX250	CeNT I Building Room: 04.166	Spectroscopy
Ultraviolet-visible spectrofotometer (universal)	BioPhotometer (D30)	CeNT I Building Room: 04.127	Spectroscopy
Ultraviolet-visible spectrofotometer (microliter type)	DeNovix DS-11	CeNT I Building Room: 05.01	Spectroscopy
Luminometer	Glomax 20	CeNT I Building Room: 04.221	Spectroscopy
Liquid Chromatography - Mass Spectrometer	Ekspert 200 micro LC Qtrap 3200 ABSCIEX	CeNT I Building Room: 06.04	Spectroscopy
Nano-flow chromatograph with mass spectrometer	nLC-coupled Q-Exactive HF-X	CeNT UW Core Facilities Room: 06.105	Spectroscopy
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance	700 MHz (VARIAN)	CeNT I Building Room: 0-1.44	Spectroscopy
Benchtop NMR spectrometer	Spinsolve carbon	CeNT I Building Room: 0-1.51	Spectroscopy
System for Automatic Reaction Preparation	Freedom EVO 150/8	Geology Building Room: 2164	Next-Generation Sequencing
System for Preparing High-Quality NGS Libraries	neoprep library prep system illumina	Geology Building Room: 2162	Next-Generation Sequencing
Quality Control Automated System	Fragment Analyzer	Geology Building Room: 2162	Next-Generation Sequencing
Automated system that creates clonal clusters from single molecule DNA templates	cBot	Geology Building Room: 2164	Next-Generation Sequencing
Electrophoresis system that separates DNA or protein samples by size	SageELF	Geology Building Room: 2164	Next-Generation Sequencing
DNA size selection for Next-Generation Sequencing	PippinPrep	CeNT I Building Room: 05.108	Next-Generation Sequencing
High-throughput sequencing system	HiSeq4000	Geology Building Room: 2162	Next-Generation Sequencing
Average-throughput sequencing system	HiSeq2500	Geology Building Room: 2162	Next-Generation Sequencing
Low-throughput sequencing system	MiSeq	Geology Building Room: 2162	Next-Generation Sequencing
Single cell sequencing system	Access Aray AX+FC1	Geology Building Room: 2164	Next-Generation Sequencing
Genomic sequences analysis set	NextSeq500 Illumina inc.	CeNT I Building Room: 05.114	Next-Generation Sequencing
Thermal cycler	C1000Touch	CeNT I Building Room: 02.128	PCR
Real-time PCR	LightCycler 480	CeNT I Building Room: 05.01	PCR
3rd class Isotopic Laboratory for work with 32P and 35S isotopes		CeNT I Building Room: 02.177	Labelled materials study
Imager for chemiluminescence, UV, white light transillumination and multifluorescence	Amersham Imager 600 RGB	CeNT I Building Room: 05.01	Labelled materials study
Gell and Blot Imaging Systems	Typhoon FLA 9500	CeNT I Building Room: 03.167	Labelled materials study
Computer clusters	648 cores, 1.728 GB RAM, 3.3 GHz	CeNT I Building	IT infrastructure
Cell Laboratory adapted to conduct experiments with GMO I and GMM II		CeNT I Building Room: 04.174	Cell lines investigations
CO2 Incubator	KM-CC17RH2E PANASONIC	CeNT I Building Room: 05.113	Cell lines investigations
Laminar flow cabinets	HERAsafe KS 9	CeNT I Building Room: 04.174	Cell lines investigations
Cell Analyzer	LSR Fortessa	CeNT UW Core Facilities Room: 04.124	Cell lines investigations
Cell Sorter	FACSAria Fusion	CeNT UW Core Facilities Room: 03.229	Cell lines investigations
Electroporation system for transfecting every cell type	GENE PULSER XCELL	CeNT I Building Room: 04.171	Cell lines investigations
Respirometer for biological purposes	Oroboros Oxygraph-2k	CeNT I Building Room: 05.12	Cell lines investigations
Incubator shaker	Innova 44	CeNT I Building Room: 04.182	General biological equipment
Centrifuge - laboratory grade	5430R	CeNT I Building Room: 05.113	General biological equipment
Centrifuge with cooling	5415R	CeNT I Building Room: 04.174	General biological equipment
Speed centrifuge with cooling	AVANTI J-30I	Geology Building Room: 2168	General biological equipment
Superspeed centrifuge	SORVALL LYNX 6000	CeNT I Building Room: 04.120	General biological equipment
Cytocentrifuge	Cytospin 4	CeNT I Building Room: 04.125	General biological equipment
Ultracentrifuge	WX100	CeNT I Building Room: 04.127	General biological equipment
Hybridization oven	MS OVEN	CeNT I Building Room: 02.177	General biological equipment
Sample concentrators	miVAC	CeNT I Building Room: 05.01	General biological equipment
Lyophilizer	FreeZone	CeNT I Building Room: 02.236	General biological equipment
Sonication devices with cooling	Bioruptor Plus UCD-300i	CeNT I Building Room: 05.01	General biological equipment
Homogenizer	GentleMACS Dissociator	CeNT I Building Room: 04.125	General biological equipment
Gel documentation system	GelDoc XR+	CeNT I Building Room: 06.046	General biological equipment
Hybrid Multi-Mode Reader	Synergy H1MFDG	CeNT I Building Room: 04.127	General biological equipment
Ultra-Low Temperature Freezer	hef u570	CeNT I Building Room: 04.121	General biological equipment
Dewar flask	UN1977	CeNT I Building Room: 04.50	General biological equipment
Cryostat	Leica CM1860	CeNT I Building Room: 05.044	General biological equipment
Type 1 Ultrapure Water Systems	Milli Q Type 1 Water system	CeNT I Building Room: 04.127	General biological equipment
Animal House Equipment		CeNT UW Room: WUM	Animal studies
System for euthanasia of laboratory animals		CeNT I Building Room: 0-1.53	Animal studies
Large Steam Sterilizer	STERIVAP SP HPE 669-2ED	CeNT I Building Room: 0-1.18	Scullery room equipment
Steam Sterilizer for liquid	UNISTERI HP 559-2ED	CeNT I Building Room: 0-1.18	Scullery room equipment
Universal Steam Sterilizer	3870 ELV-D	CeNT I Building Room: 0-1.18	Scullery room equipment
Washing Machine with drying	Miele	CeNT I Building Room: 0-1.18	Scullery room equipment
Set for spectrophotometry setup with intensity control	Electrochemical workstation, photoelectrochemical cell simulation module, light source with the integrated monohromator, set for photoelectrochemiacal absorbance / transmittance „in situ” investigation consisting of: solar symulator class ABA, 250-900 nm photoelectrochemical cel, chemical absorbance / transmittance systems	CeNT I Building Room: 05.055	Electrochemistry
Set for photoelectrochemiacal investigation	Solar symulator class IEC	CeNT I Building Room: 05.055	Electrochemistry
Photoelectric spectrometer for quantum efficiency measurement		CeNT I Building Room: 05.055	Electrochemistry
Scanning Probe Microscope	SECM-063	CeNT I Building Room: 05.055	Electrochemistry
Potentiostat	Typ. Metrohn	CeNT I Building Room: 05.055	Electrochemistry
Potentiostat	BioLogic SP 300	CeNT I Building Room: 05.055	Electrochemistry
X-ray photoelectron spectrometr		Geology Building Room: 3091	Surface analysis equipment
IR Spectrometer	Vertex 80V	Geology Building Room: 3080	Surface analysis equipment
Magnetometer	SQUID	Geology Building Room: 3088	Physicochemical Properties Analysis Devices
Simultaneus Thermal Analyzer connected with quadrupole mass analyzer	STA-QMS	Geology Building Room: 3080	Physicochemical Properties Analysis Devices
Composition-Pressure Izoterms analyzer	HY-ENERGY LLC	Geology Building Room: 3080	Physicochemical Properties Analysis Devices
Titration calorimetry set	NanoITC	CeNT I Building Room: 04.174	Physicochemical Properties Analysis Devices
Physical Property Measurement System		Geology Building Room: 3086	Physicochemical Properties Analysis Devices
Microscale Thermophoresis instrument	Monolith	CeNT I Building Room: 06.004	Physicochemical Properties Analysis Devices
Glove-Boxes Workstation	UNILABPLUS ECO	CeNT I Building Room: 02.160	General physical and chemical equipment
Solvents purification system		CeNT I Building Room: 06.054	General physical and chemical equipment

Composition of the CeNT Scientific Council:

Chairman of the CeNT Scientific Council: prof. dr hab. Zygmunt Lalak (University of Warsaw, Faculty of Physics – physical sciences)

Deputy Chairman of CeNT Scientific Council: prof. dr hab. eng. Barbara Nawrot (Center for Molecular and Macromolecular Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences – chemical sciences)

Members of the CeNT Scientific Council:

– prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Woźniak (University of Warsaw, Faculty of Chemistry – chemical sciences)

– prof. dr hab. eng. Adam Proń (Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry – chemical sciences)

– prof. Władysław (Wladek) Minor (University of Virginia – biological sciences, physical sciences)

– prof. dr hab. Artur Osyczka (Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology – biological sciences)

– dr hab. Sławomir Żółtek (University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration – legal sciences)

– prof. Cédric Blanpain (Université Libre de Bruxelles – life sciences)

– prof. Huub de Groot (Leiden Universiteit – physical sciences)

resolution no 1

resolution no 2

CeNT through the lens – research and innovation for society and the environment

From fundamental discoveries to a safe and sustainable future – CENT UW symposium