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Muffin compares to Erasmus+
Cupcake decorating, a Q&A session with faculty coordinators, quizzes and intercultural games – these are just some of the activities planned for the event "Muffin compares to Erasmus+". The meeting will take place on December 3, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the Academic Relaxation Zone in the University Library.
An employee of our Faculty co-authored a publication in Science
Prof. Werner Ulrich from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń co-author of a new study in Science titled “The global loss of avian functional and phylogenetic diversity from anthropogenic extinctions”
International OBSIDIAN conference concluded
The fourth edition of the OBSIDIAN international conference “Plant Productivity and Food Safety: Microbiology, Soil Science, Food Quality and Agricultural Genetics” was held on September 26-27 at the Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences and the Faculty of Earth and Spatial Sciences at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun. This year's meeting, which for the first time had a hybrid character, brought together a total of 188 participants from 27 countries, such as Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Brazil, Croatia, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
Job Offer – Phd Student In The NCN Project: Preludium Bis 5 – Molecular Cell Biology
Deadline for applications: September 15, 2024
Method of application: email: darsmol@umk.pl
Project Supervisor: https://www.bio.umk.pl/en/division-of-cell-biology/staff/smolinski-inf/
Other PhD Students in the Team: https://www.bio.umk.pl/?id=25328
Student Stipend Announcement within NCN OPUS-23 Project
Student Stipend Announcement within NCN OPUS-23 Project
Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
Deadline for Application is June 14th (23:59), with results conveyed on June 28th
Stipend Level: 5000 PLN/month
Stipend Duration: 12 months (with the possibility to extend for another year).
Project Title: Trade-off in energy allocation between toxin production and somatic maintenance in poisonous animals
Doctoral Student Stipend Announcement within NCN OPUS-25 Project
Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
Deadline for Application is May 31st (23:59), with results conveyed on June 14th
Stipend Level: 5000 PLN/month (gross/gross): employer taxes, pension, health insurance and income taxes are deducted from this amount
Stipend Duration: 48 months
dr Stefany Cardenas Perez in the international project.
The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) has selected an action to be financed within its 2023 I-LINK Programme, with the participation of Nicolaus Copernicus University.
Ecosystem Services, Natural Capital and Environmental Accounting
Thanks to an international cooperation agreement between our Faculty and the UNESCO Chair of "Environment, Resources and Sustainable Development" of the Parthenope University in Naples, in recent days, we hosted Prof. Pier Paolo Franzese and Prof. Elvira Buonocore, who agreed to conduct a short course on "Ecosystem Services, Natural Capital and Environmental Accounting". PhD students of the Academia Copernicana Doctoral School and Global Change Biology and Biology students attended the course.
We would like to thank Prof. Pier Paolo Franzese and Prof. Elvira Buonocore for finding time to visit our University, conduct the course, and share their knowledge about research methodologies relevant to our planet.
As the course name suggests, we had the opportunity to hear about the distinguished categories of ecosystem services, types of capital, including natural capital, the basics of Environmental Accounting, and various methods used for Environmental Assessment. We also had the opportunity to learn in practice how to use dedicated Life Cycle Assessment software to estimate the environmental costs of producing specific items, using the example of pizza.
Thank also all participants for their time together!
We encourage all those who were unable to take part in the course this year to keep an eye on the date of the next edition next year.
Prof. Andrzej Tretyn – NCU Rector
Prof. Andrzej Tretyn was elected Rector of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń for the term 2024-2028.
YUFE Minors – call for applications
From March 1 to March 16, 2024, the call for YUFE SEMESTRAL MODULES (so-called Minors) within the academic exchange is underway.
The proposal is aimed at undergraduate students interested in wanting to broaden their education and earn an additional 30 ECTS credits at one of the universities affiliated with the YUFE consortium (England, Finland, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Cyprus).
Those wishing to complete the winter semester of the 2024/2025 academic year at one of the aforementioned universities are asked to apply by March 11 to mgorska@umk.pl
Information on YUFE Minors:
- Students can choose a Minor related to their major field of study to expand their knowledge in their discipline or opt for classes in line with additional interests.
- Participation in the YUFE Minor is free of charge.
- Classes are conducted in the winter semester of the 2024/2025 academic year, with the option to pursue some activities online as well.
- The trip is financed by Erasmus+ funds.
- The language of tuition is English, so B2 level knowledge is required.
- In addition to academic courses, students will work on solving a specific real-world problem faced by the local community in the Challenge Team. Their work will be supported by faculty members and experts from outside the university.
More information along with a detailed program for each module is available at https://virtualcampus.yufe.eu/p/programmes/
Course invitation (March 11-13)
We invite you to a short course "Ecosystem Services, Natural Capital and Environmental Accounting" conducted by professors from Italy (March 11-13, 2024) at our Faculty
Would you like to know how high the environmental cost of human activity is? Have you ever wondered how many resources it takes to produce one engagement ring or a piece of pizza? If so, the short course "Ecosystem Services, Natural Capital and Environmental Accounting" is exacly for you!
Thanks to the signing of an international cooperation agreement between our Faculty and the UNESCO Department of "Evironment, Resources and Sustainable Development" of the Parthenope University in Naples, we will soon host experts in the field of ecosystem services - prof. Pier Paolo Franzese and prof. Elvira Buonocore. During the stay, professors will conduct a short course "Ecosystem Services, Natural Capital and Environmental Accounting".
The course is OPEN TO ALL INTERESTED, including bachelor's and master's students, in particular global change biology, as well as PhD students from all Doctoral Schools.
The course consists of three meetings (details on the POSTER), and participation in all of them entitles you to obtain a certificate of participation.
So reserve your time now and see you soon!
Evaluating classes
On January 29, questionnaires for evaluating classes conducted in the winter semester were opened in the USOS system. It only takes a few minutes to fill out the questionnaire.
RootsPlus meeting NCU
On November 29-30, 2023, a meeting of the international consortium implementing the RootsPlus research project (ERA NET, SusCrop II) was held at the Department of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology. The theme of the meeting was to discuss the progress of the project and coordinate the activities of the contractors representing the involved centers.
Job offer -assistant professor (adiunkt) - research staff
Title of the project: NAPERDIV: Nature-based perennial grain cropping as a model to safeguard functional biodiversity towards future-proof agriculture
Success of students of the Double Degree Biology for Sustainability/Global Change Biology and PhD Academia Copernicana programs
Fabiana Figurati, a Master's student of the Double Degree Programme in "Biology for Sustainability" (Parthenope University, Italy) / Global Change Biology (NCU, Poland), won the award as best poster at the 7th Scientific Symposium “Ecosystem Services in transdisciplinary approach” – ECOSERV 2023 organised at the Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznań (Poland).
The green power of fungi
They are used as medicines, drug carriers and to combat microbes in hospitals, destroy plant pathogens and reduce the amount of traditional fertilizers used in agriculture - nanoparticles are taking over medicine and the agri-food industry.
BioYUFE has launched!
Dear students!
You have the opportunity to study at a university of your choice affiliated with the consortium of ten European YUFE universities, which the NCU belongs to. The classes are held online and are intended for students of life sciences majors of our Faculty. The list of subjects with description, ECTS credits and enrollment deadlines can be found here
Success of the paper by dr Ahmad Rajabi Dehnavi
The article, by Dr Ahmad Rahabi Dehnavi and the scientists from the Department of Geobotany and Landscape Planning, published in 2020 in the Agronomy-Basel journal, received Editor's choice status. As stated in the journal notification, this means that the published research is cutting-edge and can be an inspiration to other scientists in the field. Article title: Effect of Salinity on Seed Germination and Seedling Development of Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) Genotypes (Doi: 10.3390/agronomy10060859).
High marks for biology and biotechnology
The Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences fared very favorably in this year's Perspektywy Ranking by Subject, which included 74 majors, covering natural sciences among others.
The Ranking Board singled out two majors run by the Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun. Biotechnology maintained its last year's high 6th position with an FWCI (Field Weighted Citation Impact, referring to the number of times a publication has been viewed) of 89.80 points, while biology ranked 11th with an FWCI value of 81.30 points.
Success of prof. Patrycja Golińska, associate professor of NCU
A novel monograph entitled "Mycosynthesis of Nanomaterials: Perspectives and Challenges" edited by prof. Mahendra Rai (a visiting researcher of our University within the NAWA scholarship in 2021-2023) and prof. Patrycja Golińska (associate professor of NCU) from the Department of Microbiology (Institute of Biology) has just been published. This is the second in this year, and third in total, monograph edited by these scientists.
Prof. Werner Ulrich in a team studying the impact of climate change on the population of diurnal butterflies
Butterflies in danger: Butterflies respond to climate change. Warming and intensive agriculture are changing biodiversity.
Together with a group of scientists from Austria, Poland and Germany, prof. Werner Ulrich studied the impact of climate change on butterflies in the Salzburg Alps over the last 70 years. According to the reports of scientists from the Science of the Total Environment, butterflies are insects that are extremely sensitive to climate change and the intensification of agriculture. These animals have significantly shifted their average habitat range up, i.e. by about 300 meters. Responses to climate change can be seen particularly among mobile species, while more sedentary species are at great risk in this situation. Much of the basic data was collected by citizen science volunteers.
Title: Seminar of Guest from Germany - Dr Katja Witzel
On June 23, 2023, as part of the Emerging Field research group "OBSIDIAN - Microbiology, Soil Science, Food Quality and Aricultural Genetics", a seminar was held at which dr rer. nat. Katja Witzel from the Leibniz-Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops in Germany gave a lecture on research work conducted at the Institute using modern proteomic analyzes of plant material. The lecture presented the wide application of chromatographic methods in combination with mass spectrometry in order to analyze the protein profile or secondary metabolites of plants. In addition, the possibility of using the MALDI-TOF MS technique in the differential analysis of bacteria was also discussed.
Short course "Ecosystem Services, Natural Capital and Environmental Accounting"
Thanks to signed bilateral agreements between our faculty and the UNESCO Chair "ENVIRONMENT, RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT" at the Parthenope University of Naples our students of BSc biology program have the opportunity to have lectures within a short course by Prof. Pier Paolo Franzese and Prof. Elvira Buonocore on "Ecosystem Services, Natural Capital and Environmental Accounting". The course is also open for PhD and MSc students, especially from Global Change Biology MSc program.
Time and Venue:
Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences
14.06 June 2023, from 12.00 to 16.00 Building B, Room n. III
15.06 June 2023, from 13.00 to 17.00 Building B, Room n. III
Global Change Biology: one course of study - two diplomas. Get a double master's degree in biological sciences!
- Are you ambitious and motivated to learn? Are you among those aware of the serious global threats to our environment, such as climate change and ecosystem degradation? Do you feel the need to save the environment and reverse the devastating effects of climate change? These studies are for you!
- We are the first university in Poland to offer a double degree program in biological sciences.
- Global Change Biology is an interdisciplinary field of study, the curriculum of which was prepared in cooperation with the University of Parthenope in Naples, Italy, and is implemented under the auspices of the UNESCO Chair in "Environment, Resources and Sustainable Development", of which our University is an official partner.
- The study program is conducted in English.
- It is possible to take one of two educational paths:
- the first one based exclusively on the NCU program allows you to obtain a diploma from our University,
- the second path includes a six-month study trip to Naples (for the third semester) under the Erasmus+ program and obtaining a double master's degree:
- Nicolaus Copernicus University - Global Change Biology,
- University of Parthenope - Biology for Sustainability.
- Our offer is addressed to both Polish and international students.
Registration through the Online Application System begins June 5!
An article authored by researchers from our Faculty will be published in a prestigious journal.
In a special issue of The Plant Cell (IF = 12.085) titled "Biomolecular Condensates," an article co-authored by scientists from UMK, Agnieszka Kołowerzo-Lubnau and Dariusz Jan Smoliński from the Institute of Biology at UMK, will appear. The article was developed in collaboration with researchers from The James Hutton Institute - Michael Taliansky and Andrew Love in the United Kingdom.
Short PhD course "Statistics for Biology"
Prof. Agnieszka Piernik from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun (Poland) visited the UNESCO Chair at Parthenope University of Naples, giving a short course on "Statistics for Biology" to Master and PhD students. Her visit was within the signed agreement for cooperation between the Faculty of Biology and Environmental Sciences and the Unesco Chair.
Prof. Werner Ulrich was ranked high by Research.com
Research.com, the leading academic platform for scientists, has just published the 2023 Edition of its Ranking of the Best Scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution.
Prof. Werner Ulrich was ranked 8th in Poland and 3562nd in the world. It was also awarded the 2023 Ecology and Evolution Leader Award.
Congratulations!
Return of Global Change Biology students from Naples
Second-year students of the Global Change Biology MSc studies - Wrya, Zahira, and Kevin- have just completed a semester at the Parthenope University of Naples and returned to Toruń.
New book edited by researchers of our Faculty
Researchers from the Department of Microbiology, Mahendra Rai (SGB Amravati University, India) - visiting scientist at the Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences of the Nicolaus Copernicus University and Patrycja Golińska, associate professor of NCU, are the editors of the new monograph "Myconanotechnology. Emerging Trends and Applications” published by the prestigious publishing house CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group.
Our Faculty members are co-authors of an article in the Chemical Engineering Journal.
Michał Świdziński and Dariusz Jan Smoliński from the Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology at the Institute of Biology of the Nicolaus Copernicus University are coauthors of the article "Open Sensu Shaped Graphene Oxide and Modern Carbon Nanomaterials in Translucent Hydrophobic and Omniphobic Surfaces - Insight Into Wetting Mechanisms” in the prestigious Chemical Engineering Journal. Q1; IF 16.744; MNiSW 200 points.
Help for the victims of the earthquake
Turkish students, who have formed a large community at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń over the years, are organizing a collection for those affected by the tragic earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
Professional online courses on the Nature Masterclasses platform
An extraordinary opportunity for PhD students and employees of Nicolaus Copernicus University! This year, access to professional online courses on the Nature Masterclasses platform has been purchased by our university. The courses are developed by Nature Research, which is published by the prestigious Nature journal.
Doctoral Student w/ Stipend Announcement within NCN OPUS-21 Project
Doctoral Student w/ Stipend Announcement within NCN OPUS-21 Project
Wydział Nauk Biologicznych i Weterynaryjnych/Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences
Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu/Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
Deadline for Application is July 15th (23:59), with results conveyed at the latest no more than one month later Start Date with the Fall School Year
Stipend Level: 5,000 PLN/month (gross/gross [brutto/brutto]: employer taxes, pension, health insurance and income taxes are deducted from this amount
Stipend Duration: 36 months (possibility to apply for more funding during dissertation)
Post-Doctoral Position Announcement within NCN OPUS-21 Project
Post-Doctoral Position Announcement within NCN OPUS-21 Project
Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu/Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
Earliest Start Date: April 1st, 2023
Funding: 10,000 PLN/month (gross/gross: employer taxes, pension, health insurance and income taxes are deducted from this amount ≈7608 PLN/month [gross: personal income tax and social security deducted from this amount] with 13th month)
Duration: 12month initial contract with possibility to extend an additional 24months.
Phd position in the Department of Microbiology
Phd position in the Department of Microbiology at Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU) in Toruń, Poland
within Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Networks (MSCA DN)
HotBio project
European FunProd project
Werner Ulrich is the Polish PI of the European FunProd project (Functional Diversity, Agricultural Productivity, and Food Quality) and attended another workshop in the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) in Leipzig.
A first major output of this international project has just been accepted by a high-ranking journal: (Ulrich, W. et al. 2023. From biodiversity to health: quantifying the impact of diverse ecosystems on human well-being. People and Nature, in press.).
YUFE get’s impetus
At the YUFE YUFE Biosciences workshop in Bremen (05.-06. Sept.) eight of the ten universities currently included in the YUFE association pinned down precise time schedules and topics for envisioned joint courses and summer schools. First summer school courses, along with the YUFE Friday, will start in 2023. A joint master programme centred around biodiversity and nature conservation will start in 2024.
Our faculty was represented by p.o. Dean of the Faculty prof. dr hab. Adriana Szmidt-Jaworska and dr hab. Marcin Koprowski, prof. UMK Vice-Dean for Mobility and Internationalization and Prof. dr. hab. Werner Ulrich. Prof. Ulrich will coordinate the YUFE summer programmes in freshwater biology and European ecoregions.
Fungi and bacteria in the service of plants
Many-year old grains are to help mitigate the results of progressing global degradation of the environment and loss of biodiversity. The ideas on the use of microorganisms in agricultural crops are being researched by the biologists of NCU within the Project NAPENDRIV.
A new venomous shrew species - discovery of employee of our Faculty
The journal Zoological Letters published an article „A new, widespread venomous mammals species: hemolytic activity of Sorex araneus venom is similar to that of Neomys fodiens venom”. The leading author of the paper is dr. Krzysztof Kowalski from the Department of Vertebrate Zoology and Ecology.
Our Faculty members are co-authors of an article in the Chemical Engineering Journal.
Michał Świdziński and Dariusz Jan Smoliński from the Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology at the Institute of Biology of the Nicolaus Copernicus University are coauthors of the article "Are Nanohedgehogs Thirsty? Toward New Superhydrophobic and Anti-Icing Carbon Nanohorn-Polymer Hybrid Surfaces ”in the prestigious Chemical Engineering Journal. Q1; IF 13.273; MNiSW 200 points. The article was written in cooperation with research groups from the Faculty of Chemistry of the Nicolaus Copernicus University, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Murdoch University in Australia, Technology University and University in Białystok, the Technology University in Gliwice, German Jordanian University in Jordan and Shinshu University in Nagano in Japan.
dr Stefany Cardenas is the winner of the SONATA NCN competition
The SONATA project "Recognition of functional traits' response to salt stress: the Salicornia europaea model" was approved for funding by the National Science Center in years 2022-2025. The Principal Investigator of this project is Dr. Stefany Cardenas Perez from the Department of Geobotany and Landscape Planning, a member of the EF Ecology & Biodiversity team. The project financing amount is PLN 995,500.
Collaboration in practice
"Environmetal statistics" course conducted by dr hab. Agnieszka Piernik, prof. NCU for the doctoral study "Environment, Resources and Sustainable Development" at the Partenopy University in Naples has been included in the official study program, due to the very positive feedback from participants and a high rating: https://www.ersd.uniparthenope.it/teaching.html
Dariusz Jan Smoliński from the Institute of Biology and ICNT and Tomasz Gulanicz from ICNT co-authored an article in Nature Plants.
The April issue of Nature Plants magazine published the article "R-loops at microRNA encoding loci promote co-transcriptional processing of pri-miRNAs in plants". The authors of the article are, among others, prof. UMK Dariusz Jan Smoliński, director of the Institute of Biology at the Nicolaus Copernicus University, head of the Bioimaging Laboratory at ICNT, and Dr. Tomasz Gulanicz, former graduate of the Nicolaus Copernicus University, currently employed in the research group of prof. UMK Agnieszka Zienkiewicz from the Interdisciplinary Center of Modern Technologies of the Nicolaus Copernicus University. The research results were created by an international team from Argentina (Dr. Pablo Manavelli's research group), Denmark (Dr. Sebastian Marquardt's group), and Poland (except for the "Toruń" group, the team of Prof. Artur Jarmołowski and Prof. Zofia Szweykowska-Kulińska from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań).
New Rector's Order
Order No. 31 of the NCU Rector on special rules for the functioning of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń in relation to the prevention of the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus shall be repealed.
Researchers from the Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology from the Institute of Biology and the Interdisciplinary Centre of Modern Technologies of the Nicolaus Copernicus University have published their results in The Plant Cell journal.
TPC is the journal of the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) that specializes in publishing original research of great importance in plant biology, molecular biology, and cell biology, published by Oxford University Press. The research of Dariusz Smoliński's team provides new information on the regulatory mechanisms of gene expression, which are based on the retention of pre-mRNA in the nucleus.
"Solidarity with Ukraine"
We have received the information of Russian troops attacking Ukraine with disbelief and great concern. Every war is a black card in the history of humanity and contradicts the universal values held by the academic community.
The awarding of the title of the Nicolaus Copernicus University doctor honoris causa to Professor Martin Kramer Professor
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Martin Kramer
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Martin Kramer ist seit 2003 Leiter der Klinik für Kleintiere (Chirurgie) am Fachbereich 10 – Veterinärmedizin der JLU und seit 2010 außerdem Dekan des Fachbereichs.
Prof. Dr. dr h.c. mult. Martin Kramer has been head of the clinic for small animals (surgery) in Faculty 10 – Veterinary Medicine at Justus Liebig University since 2003 and has also been Dean of the Faculty since 2010.
PhD position available
Institution: Department of Microbiology, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (Poland)
Position title: PhD Student in Microbiology
Title of the project: “Salicornia europaea L. as a human pathogenic microorganisms free food”
Passing of Ms. Daniela Rosanna Gomes Da Silva Pereira.
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our student Ms. Daniela Rosanna Gomes Da Silva Pereira on December 3rd, 2021.
Daniela came to us from Angola. She graduated from Agostinho Neto University in Luanda with a Bachelor's degree in biology. She was a Stefan Banach scholarship holder and a 1st year student of Global Change Biology in our faculty.
We extend our deepest sympathy to her family, friends and loved ones.
Our ecologists for the first time among the Top 500 in the newest Shanghai Ranking!
The 2021 Shanghai GRAS ranking sees NCU ecology within the Q1 group based on data from InCites. The ranking evaluated 500 universities with highest ranking ecology departments according to top journal publications, SNIPs, international cooperation, and numbers of top ranking papers.
New inspirations from a visit of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Gießen
From 27.10 to 29.10 a delegation of our Faculty headed by Dean Werner Ulrich (together with Adriana Szmidt-Jaworska, Jędzej Jaśkowski, Paweł Antosik, and Roland Kozdrowski) visited the Veterinary Medicine of Gießen University. We were invited by the Dean of the faculty, Prof. Martin Kramer. He and his team received us a very warm and open-minded. We were impressed by the openness to cooperation. Main aim of the visit was to formerly initiate a collaboration between our two faculties and to get new insights into how German veterinary clinics function. We came back with many new ideas, both with respect to administrative and scientific issues. We agreed to start formal scientific cooperation and student and staff exchange. Next year Prof. Kramer and his team will visit our faculty.
Safe return to university
YUFE Life Sciences - cooperation prospects.
On the initiative and at the invitation of the Dean of the Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, prof. dr. hab. Werner Ulrich, deans of seven European YUFE universities came to Toruń for the first series of workshops.
Werner Ulrich co-author of a new paper in Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Museum Collections Predict Species Abundance in The Wild
Scientists develop method to count outdoor species from indoor museum records
Museum collections of plants and critters—small mammals, fish, insects and amphibians—are a good reflection of most species’ relative abundance in the wild, finds a surprising new study by University of Vermont researchers and international scientists, who analyzed 1.4 million field observations and 73,000 museum records of over 22,00 species.
Guide / information booklet for future doctoral students.
As part of the STER project, one of the tasks related to the preparation of a guide / information booklet for future doctoral students has been completed. The guide is mainly devoted to educating doctoral students at our University. We also present aspects of everyday life in Poland, as well as legal and administrative issues related to the legalization of stay.
Get a double master degree in biological sciences!
We are the first University in Poland to offer a double degree programme in biological sciences. The Master Programme managed in collaboration with Parthenope University of Naples (Italy) is organized under the auspices of the UNESCO Chair in “Environment, Resources and Sustainable Development”, of which Nicolaus Copernicus University is an official partner.
NCBiR TANGO grant for employees of our Faculty
Professor Katarzyna Hrynkiewicz and PhD Edyta Deja-Sikora from the Department of Microbiology received the financial support from National Centre for Research and Development, for the R&D project TANGO 4: The use of endomycorrhizal fungi in the control of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) viral diseases. The TANGO 4 project is a continuation of the former scientific project: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi as vectors of plant viruses (MYCOVIR). The research and developmental works will be conducted in the cooperation with Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute (IHAR) in Bonin.
High ranking of our Biology and Biotechnology studies
The third year our study directions biology and biotechnology are rising in the Polish University ranking provided by the Perspektywy Education Foundation.