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Rector’s Wishes on 58th USil Anniversary
We have our own University. Ladies and Gentlemen, Members of the academic community of the University of Silesia. Readers of Życie Literackie could read in issue No. 42 of 1968 that ‘what would one day become a historic date—and it certainly will—was unfolding amid the simplest of activities. It was accompanied by the smell of...
Our first patent granted in South Africa
The invention “Interactive Artificial Intelligence-Based Hypnotherapeutic Computer System and Related Software Product” has been granted patent protection by the Patent Office of the Republic of South Africa. The patent has been awarded to the University of Silesia in Katowice. The inventors are Ania Malinowska, PhD DLitt, and Przemysław Jasielski. The invention combines hypnotherapy with artificial...
Data Steward School 2026
We are back with a new edition of Data Steward School 2026, organised by the European Open Science School (EOSS) at the University of Silesia in Katowice! Data Steward School is an intensive upskilling and competence – development programme in the fields of Research Data Management (RDM), Open Science, the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), and the responsible use of data and AI in...
Polish–Brazilian cooperation for improved barley varieties: University of Silesia’s NGT Research Centre and FAPA join forces
The New Genomic Techniques (NGT) Research Centre at the University of Silesia in Katowice has launched an official collaboration with Fundação Agrária de Pesquisa Agropecuária (FAPA), a Brazilian research foundation specialising in agricultural innovation. Their joint efforts will focus on the application of new genomic techniques (NGT) in barley breeding. The choice of a South...
The first-ever patent granted to the University of Silesia in the USA
Following a decision by the US Patent and Trademark Office, the invention ‘Blood Oxygenator with an Organic Membrane’—a device for oxygenating blood using a membrane made of organic material—has been granted patent protection in the United States. The patent is a joint one, granted to the University of Silesia and the Medical University of Silesia....