On October 21st 2022, the Faculty of Chemistry celebrated the 85th birthday of Professor Jan F. Biernat. It was an extraordinary meeting attended by the community of the Faculty of Chemistry, along with Gdańsk Tech Emeritus Professors.
On October 26. at 10:15 in the Chemical Auditorium the faculty seminar speech will be delivered by:
prof. Hansjörg Grützmacher, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
The topic of the presentation:
"Selected hydrogenation and dehydrogenation reactions with low-valent olefin metal complexes"
The event will take place on October 26, from: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ship Technology, in the lobby of Building 30 (Institute of Ocean Engineering and Ship Technology), on the first floor.
The faculty seminar will be on November 8 at 13:15 in the auditorium 1.4, Chemistry C.
The lecture will be given by dr. Jarosław Wawer (DoFCh). Subject of the seminar "Influence of solution composition on the fibrillation process and the formation of amyloid fibrils".
In 2022, the award went to our graduate, M.Sc. Edith Pilate. Edyta Pilate is a graduate of Material Engineering at the Faculty of Chemistry and a PhD student (discipline: Chemical Sciences). She received the award for her diploma thesis entitled "Hybrid systems for the release of antibacterial compounds composed of a polyurethane matrix printed in FDM technology and a hydrogel layer" realized under the supervision of dr hab. Eng. Justyna Kucińska-Lipki, prof. of the university at the Department of Polymer Technology.
On Wednesday 5 October 2022, the Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The award for work on an innovative method of organic synthesis (the so-called click chemistry) was awarded to: Carolyn R. Bertozzi (Stanford University; USA), Morten Meldal (University of Copenhagen; Denmark) and K. Barry Sharpless (Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla; California ,USA). It should be mentioned that Barry Sharpless is a laureate of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2001.
The Foundation for Polish Science has announced a call for applications for the "START" Scholarship for young scientists for 2023 (https://www.fnp.org.pl/nabor-wnioskow-do-konkursu-start-2023/)
Conditions for participation in the scholarship competition:
Documented publication achievements (articles in recognized scientific journals or books).
Almost PLN 3 million was awarded in the first edition of the Ventus Hydrogenii Redivivus program in the REDIVIVUS area, which is an element of supporting the implementation of the tasks of the IDUB program in the field of research and implementation activities.
According to the rules of the competition, the maximum amount of co-financing for a project financed from the program is PLN 1,000,000 gross, and the project implementation period cannot be longer than 24 months.
