interviews
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...
Intriguing notes | Interview with Prof. Adam Czech
‘The Triennale, thanks to the power of influence of the University of Silesia and the associated artistic community, is already a recognisable brand’, – notes Adam Czech, PhD, DLitt, Associate Professor, curator of the 3rd International Print Triennial in Cieszyn. Beata Mońka: The winners of the 3rd edition of the International Print Triennial in Cieszyn...
How to show that science is interesting? | Interview with Prof. A. Daszkowska-Golec
‘You don’t need decorations to convince someone that science is interesting’ | Weronika Cygan-Adamczyk | In January 2024, Agata Daszkowska-Golec, PhD, Dsc, Associate Professor, Deputy Dean for Research Promotion and Internationalisation at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the University of Silesia returned from a research stay in the United States. She will go back...
Degree of manipulation | Interview with Łukasz Baka, PhD
| Małgorzata Kłoskowicz, PhD | We still go to the cinema. The films we have the pleasure of watching on the big screen are the result of the work of many specialists, as evidenced by, among others, closing credits. Everything is important: music, acting, script, directing, cinematography. Film crews have more and more interesting tools...
Nobel Prize 2023 | For innovative plays and prose
fot. Jon Fosse | Wikimedia Commons | CC BY-SA 3.0 Nobel Prize in literature (2023) Jon Fosse On Thursday, 5 October we got to know this year’s winner of Nobel Prize in the field of literature. Jon Fosse, Norwegian writer, receieved it for his “innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable”. Prof....
Nobel Prize 2023 | For the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots
Photo by Bernard Hermant | Unsplash Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2023) Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov The Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2023 went to three winners working in American research centres: Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots”....
Nobel Prize 2023 | For the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
Photo by Daniel Schludi | Unsplash Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2023) Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman The first Nobel Prize this year is behind us. Hungarian biochemist Katalin Karikó and American molecular biologist Drew Weissman were recognised in the field of physiology or medicine “for their discoveries regarding the modification of nucleoside bases...