EMBO Young Investigator grant for a researcher from the University of Warsaw
15 thousand euros and access to the facilities of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory will be given to Dr. Joanna Sułkowska from the University of Warsaw. She was awarded the prestigious Young Investigator Programme grant for analysis of knots in proteins.
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Six Polish women researchers received L’Oréal-UNESCO fellowships
Six Polish women researchers received L’Oréal-UNESCO fellowships for Women in Science on Wednesday. The laureates represent a wide range of disciplines, from chemistry, through math and biotechnology to psychology" - said the jury chairwoman, Prof. Ewa Łojkowska.
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Not only Maria - women in the (old) Polish science
The head of the most important women scientific organization in the world, the first female professor of the College de France or a historian from Lviv who studied the past also from the perspective of women\'s history - Polish researchers in the first half of the 20th century are not just Maria Skłodowska-Curie. Their stories and influence on the development of science are the subject of research by Iwona Dadej of the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
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Two asteroids receive Polish names
Two asteroids discovered by Polish astronomy enthusiasts will be named after the women: the Polish Olympiad On Astronomy and Astrophysics winner Zosia Kaczmarek and a doctor from Kraków Marta Żołnowska, according to information published by the International Astronomical Union and Minor Planet Center.
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Andrzej Trautman - Polish gravitational wave researcher
This year\'s Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to scientists from the US and Germany, who were the first to observe gravitational waves. Their achievements would probably not have been possible without the work of Polish physicist Prof. Trautman - who convinced everyone that these waves actually exist, and their detection is possible.
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Dr. Karolina Laszczyk - creator of tiny supercapacitors
Dr. Karolina Laszczyk from Wroclaw University of Technology works on the miniaturization of energy storage devices - so-called supercapacitors. This year the researcher won the competition "Innovation is a Woman".
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Linguist Prof. Ernst Frideryk Koerner received an honorary doctorate from Nicolaus Copernicus University
Prominent German linguist Prof. Ernst Frideryk Koerner received an honorary doctorate from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń on September 29. The scholar is the creator of linguistic historiography and has cooperates with Nicolaus Copernicus University for many years.
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Prof. Maria Delaperrière received honorary doctorate from the University of Silesia
A distinguished researcher of Polish literature and culture abroad Prof. Maria Delaperrière received an honorary doctorate from the University of Silesia on June 22 in Katowice. The ceremony was held in connection with the VI World Congress of Polonists which took place in Katowice.
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Prof. Jean Poesen received honorary doctorate of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
Outstanding specialist in the field of earth sciences, Prof. Jean Poesen from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, received honorary doctorate of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, awarded for his achievements in the field of physical geography, geomorphology and soil science.
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