Current announcements

We would like to announce that prof. Szczepan Zapotoczny obtained a prestegious TEAM grant from Foundation for Polish Science. The project entitled: ”Macromolecular Engineering of Surface-Grafted Polymer Brushes” will be realized in cooperation with foreign partners: prof. Holger Schoenherr (University of Siegen, Germany) and prof. Ivan Scheblykin (University of Lund, Sweden). More information: LINK

We would like to inform that Joanna Szafraniec was awarded by Women Science Foundation in “Innovation is a women” competition for the invention of the biocompatible nanocapsules for controlled delivery of lipophilic drugs.

The workshop on Polymeric Nanostructural Systems took place on 29 of November 2013 at the Faculty of Chemistry of Jagiellonian University. The aim of the meeting was to strengthen cooperation and associate the research carried out by the contributing scientific groups. During the meeting lectures were given by our special guest Prof. Bogusław Tomanek (Department of Clinical Neurosciences and also by dr hab. Anna Karewicz (Jagiellonian University UJ), dr Dorota Lachowicz (University of Science and Techology AGH), dr Magdalena Staszewska ( University of Science and Techology AGH). Young researchers had an opportunity of presenting the results of their work during the poster session. The meeting was financed by the FOKUS project within the Marian Smoluchowski Consortium "Matter-Energy-Future," which has the status of the National Leading Research Centre (KNOW).

Silver-based antybacterial hybrid material developed in our group won in the category "Medical Innovations" in the national "Focus Lens" competition organized by Focus journal. Link to the award ceremony: LINK

Novel antimicrobial plastic Tarnamid? T-27 AM produced by Grupa Azoty S. A. with antybacterial additive developed in our group was awarded Gold Medal in the category "plastics and auxiliary materials for plastics processing" during 19th International Fair of Plastics and Rubber Processing PLASTPOL, Poland.

The workshop on Suspension-designing,synthesis, properties,applications (SUSPENS) took place on 25 of November 2015 at the Faculty of Chemistry of Jagiellonian University. The aim of the meeting was to strengthen cooperation and associate the research carried out by the contributing scientific groups. It brought also an opportunity for training of young scientists interested in polymeric nanostructures. During the meeting the lectures were given by eminent professors: Prof. Andreas Taubert (University of Potsdam), Prof. Zbigniew Adamczyk (Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences in Kraków). Also our team members were given lectures: Phd. Mariusz Kępczyński and Phd. Magdalena Wytrwał. After all of the presentations young researchers had opportunity of presenting the results of their work during the poster session. The meeting was financed by the FOKUS project within the Marian Smoluchowski Consortium "Matter-Energy-Future," which has the status of the National Leading Research Centre (KNOW).

The YES Fifth Workshop of Young Scientistsengaged in polymer science – YES2014 has been organized jointly by the Faculty of Chemistry of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow and the Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies of Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz (Poland) under the auspices of European Polymer Federation. The meeting was hosted by the Faculty of Chemistry of the Jagiellonian University in. The aim of the YES Workshop was to bring together the small group of outstanding young scientists working in the field of polymer chemistry and to create a venue for their scientific presentations, discussions, exchanges of ideas, and also to create atmosphere helping them to establish a friendly group of the future leaders in their area of research.

We would like to inform that one of our team member Karol Wolski won the prize for the best poster during “16th JCF Spring Symposium (JCF-Frühjahrssymposium)” 26-29.03.2014, Jena, Germany, poster: “Synthetic route to ladder-type conductive polymer brushes” (Authors: K. Wolski, M. Szuwarzyński, S. Zapotoczny).

Poster presented by Karolina Chojnacka-Górka was awarded as the Best Poster Award for the work carried out within the field of Advanced Nanostructured Materials on International Conference “Silesian Meetings on Polymer Materials” POLYMAT6o Zabrze, 30.06-1.07.2014. The topic of the presented research was “ Preparation of polyelectrolyte microcapsules on a solid core with channels in its structure” (Authors: Karolina Chojnacka-Górka, Anna Rozpędzik, Szczepan Zapotoczny).

Ms. Iwona Gawlik was awarded distinction and special distinction from DuPont in national competition Gold Medal of Chemistry for Bachelor thesis The use of liposomes for daidzein delivery - in vitro studies written under the supervision of Dr hab. Krzysztof Szczubiałka, prof. UJ and with the help of Kamil Kamiński, PhD More details are available at: http://www.zlotymedalchemii.pl/?id=laureaci/

Joanna Szafraniec was awarded for the best oral contribution in biomedical session during the “Small great science. Micro, nano and...” conference which took place in ŁódŸ, Poland (4-5.12.2014). Presented work was entitled “From Graft Copolymers to Modern Drug Carriers”.

The workshop on Nanostructural Polymeric Thin Films and Capsules took place on 24 of October 2013 at the Faculty of Chemistry of Jagiellonian University. During the meeting the lectures were given by eminent professors: Prof. Yataro Morishima (Fukui University of Technology), Dr hab. Jakub Rysz (Jagiellonian University) and prof. Szczepan Zapotoczny (Jagiellonian University).Young researchers had an opportunity of presenting the results of their work during the poster session. The meeting was financed by the FOKUS project within the Marian Smoluchowski Consortium "Matter-Energy-Future ," which has the status of the National Leading Research Centre (KNOW).

The poster "Nanoheterogeneous multilayer films with perfluorinated domains fabricated using layer-by-layer method" by Szczepan Zapotoczny, Wiktor Niemiec, Krzysztof Szczubialka, Adre Laschewsky, Maria Nowakowska was awarded the first poster prize on the Nanomeasure 2010 Conference in Krakow, Poland. http://www.nano-measure.com/

The work by Joanna Szafraniec (undergraduate student working with NPB group) "Quantum-chemical molecular dynamics simulation of poly(2-acryloamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonate)-graft-poly(vinyl naphtalene)" was awarded the Wlodzimierz Jarzeba prize on the students' conference "Gielda Prac Dyplomowych", Krakow, Poland.

We would like to congratulate our team members: Maria Bulwan MSc., Marta Kumorek MSc. and Wiktor Niemiec MSc. on receiving DOCTUS scholarships for talented young scientists which work may be applied by industry in Małopolska region. The scholarship "DOCTUS - Malopolski fundusz stypendialny dla doktorantów" is financed from European Social Fund, Polish budget and budget of the Malopolska voivodeship.

Our article on the removal and neutralization of heparin was included in a weekly report of the PressPack - the service of American Chemical Society (ACS) reporting the most interesting articles from more than 30 journals issued by ACS. The article was also reported by Reuters Health and many scientific and medical websites in Poland and abroad. Our studies received main award in "Innovative Idea 2008" contest organized by Technology Transfer Center of the University of Lodz and Innovation Centre - High-Tech Accelerator Foundation of the University of Lodz. They were also chosen by "Puls Medycyny", a medical biweekly, as one of 10 most interesting innovative medical projects in 2008. The studies resulted in two patent applications.

"pH-Sensitive Genipin-Cross-Linked Chitosan Microspheres for Heparin Removal", Kamil Kamiński, Karolina Zazakowny, Krzysztof Szczubiałka, Maria Nowakowska, Biomacromolecules, 2008, 9(11), 3127-3132.

We are proud to announce that our colleague Maria Bulwan was awarded the prize for best poster of young scientist on 22nd European Colloid and Interface Society Conference in Kraków, Poland (2008) for poster "Novel Hybrid Calcium Carbonate - Chitosan Microcapsules Designed for Biomedical Applications" by M. Bulwan, Ł. Dubiel, S. Zapotoczny, Ł. Zych, M. Nowakowska.