IB PAS and the Doctoral School at the Festival of Universities – Małopolska of the future
On December 4 and 5, 2024, the first edition of the "University Festival – Małopolska of the Future" took place in Kraków. The idea of the organizer – the Małopolska Voivodship – was to create a space that would allow future students and doctoral students to get acquainted with the rich scientific offer of leading universities and research institutions in Małopolska, to meet with experts from various fields of science and to talk to representatives of the labour market and education institutions.
More than 80 interactive exhibition stands were prepared for visitors in several thematic zones: engineering and technology, innovations and technologies, medicine and health, society and economy, and food, environment, agriculture and tourism, as well as industry skills centres and labour market and education institutions. The scientific and educational offer was presented by 17 universities from Małopolska, 5 institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences (including our Institute), 2 institutes of the Łukasiewicz Research Network and 10 labour market and education institutions. There were also thematic workshops and scientific shows conducted by students and university scientific groups.
Scientists from our Institute presented, among others, the effects of cooperation with the company "Alcor" in the field of improving the quality of the urban environment and water (in the "Innovations and Technologies" zone), as well as issues in the field of ecology, plant ecophysiology, microbiology and archaeobotany (in the "Society and Economy" zone).
During the Festival, the offer of the Doctoral School of Natural and Agricultural Sciences run by our Institute (IB PAS) together with the Institute of Plant Physiology PAS, the Institute of Nature Conservation PAS, the Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals PAS and the National Research Institute of Animal Production was also presented.
We would like to thank all visitors for the fruitful and pleasant time spent together!
We would also like to thank our colleagues who represented IB PAS and the projects implemented by IB PAS. In the "Society and Economy" zone, they were: Dr Michał Adamski, Dr Agnieszka Domka (together with two doctoral students from Jagiellonian University), Magdalena Dusza (PhD student), Gabriela Juźwińska (PhD student), Magda Kapcia, Dr Magdalena Moskal-del Hoyo, Dr Jolanta Piątek, Honorata Wacławek (PhD student) and Dr Wacław Bartoszek (coordinator). In the "Innovations and Technologies" zone, IB PAS was represented by: Prof. Konrad Wołowski, Prof. Andrzej Chlebicki, Dr Joanna Lenarczyk, Bartosz Kulig and Paulina Sulima-Samujłło (coordinator). The "Alcor" company was represented by Mateusz Szar and Jarosław Kozak, while the prototype probe used in the "HydroBiom" project was presented by Dr Grzegorz Boczkal from the University of Science and Technology in Kraków (AGH).
Demonstration of the prototype probe used in the "HydroBiom" project carried out by IB PAS.
Photo: Paulina Sulima-Samujłło.
Presentation of innovative solutions implemented within the framework of the "HydroBiom" project carried out at IB PAS.
Photo: Paulina Sulima-Samujłło.
A demonstration of technologies used in the area of urban environment and health protection, resulting from the cooperation between IB PAS and the company "Alcor".
Photo: Paulina Sulima-Samujłło.
Microscopic observations of algae.
Photo: Paulina Sulima-Samujłło.
Endophytes supporting plant prowth – in vitro culture demonstration.
Photo: Paulina Sulima-Samujłło.
Presentation of methods used in archaeobotany.
Photo: Paulina Sulima-Samujłło.
Presentation of interesting specimens of cryptogams (slime moulds and lichens).
Photo: Paulina Sulima-Samujłło.
Opening ceremony of the Festival (first from the right – Director of IB PAS, Prof. Lucyna Śliwa).
Photo: Paulina Sulima-Samujłło.