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Anna Wójcik, PhD awarded a Fulbright scholarship

Anna Wójcik, PhD from the Institute of Biology, Biotechnology, and Environmental Protection has been awarded the 2025–2026 Fulbright STEM Impact Award. This prestigious distinction, awarded by the Polish-U.S. Fulbright Commission, enables the implementation of specialised research projects at leading research centres in the United States. Anna Wójcik, PhD will carry out the project ‘Bridging Regeneration:...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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No Limits | Fitting in with the key or finding your own approach

What is the article aboutWhat is the article about Schools often require students to memorise the material to pass exams. Meanwhile, education should be comprehensive and should take into consideration the interests of the students. Shaping attitudes should trump the rote memorisation of simple slogans when discussing such topics as ecology and climate change. Contact...

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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...

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Small plant, great possibilities | Research by Prof. Małgorzata Gaj

| Weronika Cygan-Adamczyk | When she started her career as a scientist, no one in Poland was working on this small, inconspicuous plant. Only thanks to her promoter, Prof. Mirosław Małuszyński, who in the 1980s brought small seeds from an internship in Belgium and began his adventure with Arabidopsis thaliana – the thale cress, also...

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