University of Silesia Magazine
The gene of space pirates | Yeast TardigradeGene
| Author: Agnieszka Sikora, PhD | As part of the Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), in which Polish astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, PhD is participating, 13 scientific experiments developed by Polish companies and universities will be carried out. Among the research to be conducted by the Polish astronaut is the Yeast TardigradeGene project,...
In science, you should never give up | Interview with Prof. Christopher Rensing
| Interview by Weronika Cygan-Adamczyk and Agata Daszkowska-Golec, PhD, DSc, Assoc. Prof. | In June and July, the University of Silesia welcomed Prof. Christopher Rensing, a prominent scientist of international renown specialising in environmental and medical microbiology. Born in the United States, he was educated in Germany and later worked at various institutions around the...
Patent for Rapeseed Protection | Works by USil Researchers
Researchers at the USil Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection have developed two solutions to protect rapeseed crops from certain pathogens in a natural way. If affected by various fungi, yields of this popular-in-Poland cultivated plan can be decreased by a significant percentage each year. The patented solutions are based on the use of...
There is no such thing as the natural death of a language | Research by M. Chowaniec, MA
| Author: Małgorzata Kłoskowicz, PhD | “I come from Rydułtowy, a small mining town. There, it was impossible to escape from the Silesian language. I was one of the few people in my class who tried to use the so-called pure, correct Polish language. Out of concern for my future, my mother ensured I had...
Patent that will protect valuable insects | Project by scientists from the Faculty of Natural Sciences
| Autorka: dr Małgorzata Kłoskowicz | ‘Scientists associated with the University of Silesia in Katowice have designed a special holder for use in a scanning electron microscope (SEM). Thanks to this patented solution, they can study the insects of interest without the risk of damaging their small, dried bodies. This is particularly important from the...
Less Chemicals in Farming | Patent by USil Scientists
| Małgorzata Kłoskowicz, PhD | BioEkoDiox – that’s the acronym for the project implemented by scientists associated with the University of Silesia in Katowice; they develop new solutions for agro- and petrochemistry and in the area of plastic recycling. The solutions—one of which has been protected by patents—concern 1,3-dioxolanes, organic chemical compounds of wide application. ‘We...
10 seconds | Photos by Wojciech Kukuczka, PhD
| Maria Sztuka | Few young artists can boast as impressive an achievement as Wojciech Kukuczka, PhD, an assistant professor at the Faculty of Arts and Educational Science at the University of Silesia. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław (Faculty of Graphics, major in Photography) in 2009, defended his PhD at...