Students from the Polish Association for Gifted Youth at CeNT

15 06 2026

On June 8–12, 2026, the Centre for New Technologies hosted workshops for students slcted by the Polish Association for Gifted Youth. During the first four days, the students participated in classes in seven of CeNT laboratories:

1. Organic Electronics Laboratory (Przemysław Gaweł)
Topic: Synthesis and characterization of organic electronic materials.
Instructor: Przemysław Gaweł
Field: organic chemistry, materials

2. Chemical and Biological Systems Simulation Laboratory (Bartosz Trzaskowski)
Topic: Design and simulation of chemical reactions, catalysts, materials, and candidates for new drugs.
Leaders: Bartosz Trzaskowski, Piotr Krajewski
Field: Organic chemistry, biochemistry, molecular modeling

3. Laboratory of Stem Cells, Tissue Development and Regeneration (Krzysztof Kobielak)
Topic: Discovering the potential of stem cells to regenerate skin, hair, and digits.
Instructors: Anna Puławska-Czub, Konrad Łukaszyk, Ajay Jakhar, Ashwini Khaladkar
Field: Stem cells, regenerative medicine, genetics, cellular and molecular biology, and bioinformatics

4. Biomolecular Machines Laboratory (Joanna Trylska)
Topic: Rational design of peptides and evaluation of their antimicrobial and antibiofilm activity.
Instructors: Mateusz Wdowiak, Emil Stefańczyk
Field: medical biology, microbiology, molecular biology, biochemistry

5. Biomolecular Modelling Laboratory (Piotr Setny)
Topic: Computers in molecular biology: from atomic simulations to artificial intelligence.
Instructor: Piotr Setny
Field: biophysics, molecular biology, programming

6. Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Biological Systems Modelling (Joanna Sułkowska)
Topic: Application of AI tools in structural biology – behind the scenes.
Instructor: Mariusz Możajew
Field: structural biology, bio-AI, protein expression and purification, tRNA synthesis

7. Laboratory of Biological Chemistry (Jacek Jemielity)
Topic: Synthesis of modified nucleotides and their use in mRNA modification
Presenters: Małgorzata Wąsińska Kałwa, Antoni Rząca, Adam Rajkiewicz
Field: biological chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry, biophysics

On the final day, workshop participants attended four lectures:

Prof. Wojciech Grochala – All That Glitters Is Not Gold
Dr. Przemysław Gaweł – The Carbon Nanocosmos
Prof. Krzysztof Kobielak – New Therapies Utilizing the Potential of Stem Cells in Human Regenerative Medicine
Dr. Fernando Bruno da Silva – AI Meets Protein Knots: New Frontiers in Structural Biology

Since its establishment, the Center for New Technologies has organized annual workshops for students of the Polish Association for Gifted Youth/ National Children’s Fund and has supported other scientific and popular science initiatives aimed at all age groups.