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“Return from the Stars”: Read with UW
16-02-2021…while 127 years have passed on Earth. He comes back to Earth, but the planet is completely different, transformed by the advances in technology, and how the human race has adapted to technological change. The world is so ideal that it is annoyingly unrealistic,” points out Prof. Turzyński. The book chosen by Prof. Turzyński was written in the early 1960s when the dream of travelling to the stars was present in pop culture. “Today, it belongs to…
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“The Books of Jacob”: Read with UW
18-01-2021…t acquainted with “The Books …” as an audiobook, now she recommends it to the others. “By “The Books of Jacob”, Olga Tokarczuk popularises knowledge regarding the early printed books. She mentions many authentic 18th-century publications that, as not everyone knows, can be found in Polish library collections today,” explains Martyna Osuch. In her novel, Olga Tokarczuk referred to the works from the 18th century: “Nowe Ateny” by Benedykt Chmielow…
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Testing for COVID-19: Extended deadline
28-12-2020…ve an opportunity to undergo COVID-19 RT-PCR tests that detect active SARS-COV-2 infection. Testing takes place on-site (on the campus in Ochota) following the registration. SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR detects viral RNA. Diagnostic tests use a mucus sample from the nose or throat. Medical personnel take a swab which will get analysed by Warsaw Genomics. Before getting tested: At least half an hour before taking a swab for SARS-CoV-2 virus, one should not:…
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Christmas wishes
21-12-2020…of. Zygmunt Lalak and Prof. Sławomir Żółtek wished the entire academic community a healthy, safe and joyful holiday season. Every year, we used to meet around this time, here, at the Kazimierzowski Palace to wish ourselves a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We looked back at the year that was coming to an end and were thinking about the next year. This year is different. In the face of pandemic, we cannot have such a meeting. Let me use the o…
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An Earth-sized rogue planet discovered in the Milky Way
29-10-2020…found, called OGLE-2016-BLG-1928, which has the timescale of just 42 minutes. “When we first spotted this event, it was clear that it must have been caused by an extremely tiny object,” says Dr. Radosław Poleski from the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Warsaw, a co-author of the study. Indeed, models of the event indicate that the lens must have been less massive than Earth, it was probably a Mars-mass object. Moreover, the lens is l…
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Coronavirus testing
26-10-2020…an opportunity to sign up for COVID-19 RT-PCR tests that detect active SARS-COV-2 infection. I would like to express my gratitude to everyone whose efforts contributed to the possibility of testing employees and doctoral candidates of the University of Warsaw for active infection with SARS CoV-2 virus. From my own experience, I can say that a quick and effective diagnosis is key in the fight against the pandemic that we are all struggling with,” s…
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ERC Starting Grant for Dr. Michał Pilipczuk
03-09-2020…include parameterized complexity, logic in computer science and structural graph theory. In 2013, he defended his doctoral thesis in Theoretical Computer Science “Tournaments and Optimality: New Results in Parameterized Complexity” at the University of Bergen. In years 2014-2015, he was a postdoc of Warsaw Centre of Mathematics and Computer Science, affiliated with the UW Institute of Informatics. Dr. Pilipczuk was awarded with several awards…
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ERC Starting Grant for Dr. Wojciech Czerwiński from the UW Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics
03-09-2020…us European Research Council Starting Grant. ERC supports talented early-career scientists with 2-7 years of experience since completion of doctoral thesis. Reachability questions “There are many kinds of models. We have, for example, computational models called infinite-state systems,” says Dr. Wojciech Czerwiński from the Institute of Informatics at the UW Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, whose project entitled “Challenging P…
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UW doctoral candidates selected as laureates of “Ma thèse en 180 secondes” competition
10-07-2020…the event’s partners: the French Embassy in Poland, the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Wardyński & Partners firm and the National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA). Co-organizers of the competition are: the UW Centre for French Culture and Francophone Studies, Association academique des romanistes polonais “Plejada”, the Jagiellonian University and the Institut français de Pologne à Varsovie….
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Serology tests for COVID-19
25-06-2020…, which will carry out antibody tests to identify people who have had SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection. UW employees and doctoral candidates are the groups at UW which will have the possibility to get tested. IgM and IgG antibodies Serology testing for SARS-CoV-2 is at increased demand to better quantify the number of cases of COVID-19, including those that may be asymptomatic or have recovered. Serologic tests are ELISA-based tests to detect SA…
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