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European Cancer Imaging Initiative

19.02.2025

Joining forces to save lives (Vienna, 14 February 2025) – On 6 February 2025, the European Commission, together with the European Society of Radiology (ESR), and the European Federation for Cancer Images (EUCAIM) brought together 160 leading experts from policymaking, research, healthcare, and industry to explore how the European Cancer Imaging Initiative harnesses health data […]

Toward a functional cure for HIV infection

14.02.2025

Dr. Heng-Chang Chen’s team from Łukasiewicz – Port, in collaboration with researchers from Jagiellonian University and Belgium’s KU Leuven, set out to find innovative strategies for a functional cure of HIV. The research received funding from the Weave-UNISONO program in the amount of 3.5 million PLN. According to the World Health Organization, by the end […]

How to effectively commercialize scientific discoveries?

12.02.2025

We invite our research groups to the “Commercialization Ideation Workshop” organized within the framework of the SAME-NeuroID project –Senior Staff Training in cooperation with Łukasiewicz – PORT Technology Transfer Department. The workshop will take place on Wednesday, February 26, and will be hosted by the Biocatalyst Foundation – a non-profit organization that supports the development […]

Wrocław BioTech Hub – integration of Wrocław’s scientific community

04.02.2025

Seven Wrocław scientific institutions are consolidating their activities to work together on building strong research and development facilities and strengthening the city’s position as a significant scientific center. This is the first step on the road to a center of excellence in Wrocław. Wrocław BioTech Hub is an initiative to integrate the scientific community, but […]

Cellular immunotherapy: do we hold the key to defeat cancer? Gregory Chodaczek’s new project

23.01.2025

Grzegorz Chodaczek, PhD, leader of the Immunotherapy Research Group at Łukasiewicz – PORT, proves that properly selected gamma-delta T lymphocytes extracted from human blood can be an effective tool in the fight against the most dangerous brain tumor – glioblastoma multiforme. The nearly 15 million PLN that the Wroclaw scientists have just been awarded by […]

P4Health Seminar: lecture by Prof. Agnieszka Chacińska

20.01.2025

Łukasiewicz – PORT Polish Center for Technology Development invites you to the lecture by Prof. Agnieszka Chacińska, group leader and Director of IMol – The International Institute of Molecular Mechanisms and Machines Polish Academy of Sciences. The lecture is titled “Protein translocation into mitochondria under stress” and will take place on Tuesday, January 23th 2025, […]

Dr. Marek Wagner’s Publication in Nature

14.01.2025

Dr. Marek Wagner, head of the Innate Immunity Research Group at Łukasiewicz – PORT, has achieved something that is rare in Polish (and not only Polish) science, and a dream for every scientist. He has just published an article in Nature, one of the most prestigious scientific journals in the world, in which he described, […]

SAME-NeuroID Seminar: lecture by Dr. Nikolas Karalis

03.01.2025

Łukasiewicz – PORT Polish Center for Technology Development invites you to a lecture by Dr. Nikolas Karalis, team leader at the Paris Brain Institute (Institut du Cerveau – ICM), France. The lecture, titled “Functional architecture of neuronal circuits“, will take place on Thursday, January 9th, 2025, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m., Building A, Aula (1st […]

Institute’s Council Meeting – Positive Assessment of Łukasiewicz – PORT’s Plans for 2025

15.12.2024

Friday’s session of the Institute’s Council, meeting for the first time in this composition, brought decisions on key issues for Łukasiewicz – PORT. The council positively approved the candidacy of Prof. Jarosław Bosy as the director of Łukasiewicz – PORT, accepted the directions of our scientific activity and gave a positive opinion on the draft work […]

PORT Scientists Receive ERA-NET NEURON Funding to Unlock the Brain’s Secrets

12.12.2024

The AutoHealth consortium, involving Dr. Raluca Contu from the Group of Astrocyte Biology at Łukasiewicz – PORT, aims to uncover how early life stress affects the brain and the body in adulthood. Meanwhile, Dr. Ali Jawaid, under the EMPATHY consortium, investigates the brain—body interactions underlying eating disorders. Both research proposals have received funding from ERA-NET […]