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The results of the Ministry of Science and Education programme „Perły Nauki” (Pearls of Science) have been announced. In the first call, Katarzyna Kwas i Aleksandra Zielińska, students at the Faculty of Medicine, obtained grants for their research. The programme aim is to support the units of higher education and scientific entities by providing the conditions for development for outstanding graduates of first cycle degree programmes or third-/fourth-year students in long-cycle Master’s degree programme. The programme is meant to enable the students to conduct their research or develop their artistic skills under guidance of their supervisors. Katarzyna Kwas Project title: The impact of mesenchymal stem cells on adipose metaplasia in rotator cuff damage. The grant: PLN 239 123,50 Aleksandra Zielińska Project title: Molecular characteristics of FGFR1-4 in prognosis in hormone-dependent breast cancer. The grant: PLN 236 520,68 Congratulations! We keep our fingers crossed for further success. More about the programme on: https://programy.nauka.gov.pl/portfolio/perly-nauki/

On Wednesday, 15 March, after a long break, we finally hosted the secondary schools students who are interested in studies at MUL.  We were visited by over 2000 people from our town, region as well as from more distant areas of Poland. This year’s copious program of Open Doors was designed by over 400 students and our academic body.  Open Doors is an excellent opportunity to get to know our University from within, to learn as much as possible about the place the future candidates are planning to be connected with for the foreseeable future and also get the answers to all the crucial questions: what are the recruitment rules, the dates of documents submission,  previous point thresholds, the teaching facilities at our disposal, what our laboratories look like and how our students spend their leisure time.   Our guests also had a chance to join a guided tour around our laboratories, teaching rooms, including MUL Medical Simulation Centre. 31 workshops and laboratory classes had been prepared and among others they included: The official opening was made by our employees:  dr Justyna Agier and Mateusz Znyk. The young visitors were welcomed by Prof. Waldemar Machała, Vice-Rector for Military Health Care. In Aula 1000, the guests had a chance to listen to a lecture by Tomasz Karauda on Pros and cons of studies at MUL. Then, Prof. Katarzyna Taran told a short  story of the search for immortality in medicine and in research by NASA: Who wants to live forever?. What won the greatest popularity, however, was MEGA, the Surgery Workshop How to sew? where 200 participants simultaneously tested their practical skills in surgical wound suturing. Students organisations and associations put up nearly 40 stalls where they talked about their activities and encouraged the visitors to join the ranks of MUL students. The attractions at Open Doors also involved the record braking in the number of chest compressions on the innovative, eco-friendly resuscitation phantom, ECO CPR, designed at Medical University of Lodz, where 250 people alternately performed 30 763 compressions within 4 hours ! The last Open Doors on-site meeting was held in March 2019. We are all the more glad that after such a long break we could meet in person. Hopefully, our guests received what they came for i.e. the certainty that Medical University of Lodz is the best choice they can make. We wish to express our gratitude to the event coordinator, MUL Promotion Office, members of the students organisations and associations as well as all the employees engaged as without them Open Doors at Medical University of Lodz would never have been held. The list of this year’s organisers includes: See you next year! More photos on flickr.com

We are pleased to inform you about a new opportunity led by the 2022-2023 Polish-United StatesFulbright Program Stipendists. The 2023 Women in STEM – Poland Short Essay Contestencourages students to write a short essay about a woman from a Science, Technology,Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) field in English. Top entries will receive a prize providedby the Polish-U.S Fulbright Commission along with a certificate of achievement. The challenge is for students to complete a short essay in English and to be as creative aspossible. The purpose of this short essay contest is to continue the celebration of Women’sHistory Month all around Poland by making women’s achievements in STEM fields morevisible. Students from high schools, universities, and doctoral programs are all welcome to enter. The essay competition opens on March 8th and will end on April 16th. Winners will beannounced on May 30th. Participants are encouraged to join our Facebook Page:@WomeninSTEMessay2023 for competition updates, challenges, and global networkingopportunities with students and professionals from around Poland and from the United States.Important Contests Links: ● Description of Contest Rules: https://tinyurl.com/2023-Women-in-STEM-PL-Rules● Contest Submission Form: https://tinyurl.com/Women-In-STEM-PL-Essay-Contest If you have any questions or comments, please contact our team at: WomenInSTEM.PL@gmail.comThank you for your interest, good luck, and we look forward to reading your essays very soon! Sincerely,2023 Women in STEM -Poland CommitteeThe Polish-U.S.Fulbright Program Cohort

2-month summer internship in Japan. Only 4 places available The recruitment of candidates for the Erasmus trip to Aichi Medical University is until April 6, 2023 Candidates with the highest scores will be qualified for the second stage, which is an interview with the Commission in English language. The offer is aimed at 4th, 5th and 6th year medical students.

Medicine and preventive care continues to develop in Lodz! 🤩Thanks to the funds from the European Union 🇪🇺, MOLecoLAB – Center for Molecular Research of Civilization Diseases has been established. This modern laboratory building is located on the campus of the Clinical and Didactic Center of the Medical University of Lodz, at 251 Pomorska Street. The goal of the project is to bring together a specialized team with high scientific potential in one place. MOLecoLAB will take charge of finding innovative solutions to societal problems involving diseases of civilization such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, metabolic and immunological disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases 🩻🧬 Scientists working at the Center care about people, and the building itself cares about the environment – it is the first passive laboratory building in Poland! 🌱♻️

The ETC Summerschool 2023 will be held from the 18th of June – 30th of June 2023 and will be hosted by the University of Chester, UK. The theme of this years summerschool is “Strengthening Community Health and Wellbeing: putting the Art back into Public Health”, see We have a very attractive and creative programme, see https://etcsummerschool.files.wordpress.com/…/etc… . It’s a great opporunity to develop project skills and practice English in the international teams. Welcome to Chester! Best wishes, on behalf of the ETC Course and Chester team. If you need more information, please contact with Karen Cregan (k.cregan@chester.ac.uk) or Lynne Kennedy (Lynne.Kennedy@zu.ac.ae)

Innovation Incubator 4.0 financed from European funds as part of the non-competitive project ‘Support for scientific research management and commercialization of R&D results in scientific units and enterprises’, implemented under the Smart Growth Operational Program 2014-2020 The innovative solutions designed by MUL researchers were exhibited in Polish pavilion at International Intellectual Property, Invention, Innovation and Technology Exposition (IPITEx 2023) held on 2-6 February, 2023 in Bangkok, and gained international recognition. They were assessed as the solutions with the potential for commercial application on Asian markets, in Thailand and Laos in particular. ECO CPR: The resuscitation phantom from Medical University of Łódź gained 2. IPITEX’s award. The ecological training phantom was designed by Filip Jaśkiewicz MD PhD, Marcin Cierniak PhD, Rafał Dobruchowski PhD, Przemysław Sękalski PhD. It is noteworthy that exhibitors from beyond Asia have not been as highly recognised for a long while. The ecological phantom is to a large extent made from recyclable materials: paper, cardboard or coconut fibre. The product was internationally acclaimed for, among others, its innovative approach to design and production of this type of device without diminishing its quality, functionality and effectiveness. Polish exhibitors received 8 gold, 10 silver and 6 bronze medals for their innovative projects. The list of awarded projects by MUL researchers includes:

„One can leave for ever only to be always close….”pr. JAN TWARDOWSKI It was with deep sorrow and disbelief that we received the news about the death of  prof. Shevah Weiss, an eminent political scientist, a humanist, an academic teacher, who dedicated his whole life to interpersonal and intercultural dialogue. A former Israeli ambassador to Poland, a journalist, author of a multitude of scientific, literary and journalistic books.  Doctor honoris causa of the Medical University of Lodz in 2011. In all respects, an outstanding character.We have lost a Friend to our University, Lodz and Poland.We honour His memory! Rector, Senate and the community of the Medical University of Lodz. Remembrance note. Prof. SHEVAH WEISS – ‘a child of Holokaustu’, one-time Israeli ambassador to Poland, a soldier, a radio journalist, a diplomat, a political activist, an academic teacher, a graduate at Department of Political Science in Jerusalem and Department of Law in Tel Aviv, a founder of the Department of the Media at the University of Haifa, president of the Yad Vashem Council and the Speaker of the Knesset, author of dozens of books, in short, a true one-man institution whose rich biography was often interwoven with tragic moments.  He was born on 7 July 1935 in Boryslaw, Lviv province, in a merchant family. His early childhood was interrupted by the outbreak of WWII. Together with his family he spent the first seven months of the war nightmare in the shelter in the basement where they struggled to survive. Thanks to the help of Polish neighbours they survived and lived in Gliwice, Wałbrzych and Głuszyca, where young Shevah attended a Jewish school.   In 1946 the Weiss family decided to get to Palestine via Czechoslovakia, Austria and Italy where they continued their scape by boat. This coincided with the UN announcement of their decision to create the State of Israel.  Having arrived in Palestine, Shevah Weiss started his education at Agriculture School in Hadassim, he also practiced athletics and weightlifting competitively at that time. After his school-leaving exams he served in the Israeli Armed Forces (1954-1956). Next, he studied Political Science at Hebrew University in Jerusalem  and Law in Tel Aviv. He graduated in 1961. The next stage of his academic career was marked by his obtaining the PhD degree in political science at the University of Jerusalem. Along with his research he fulfilled himself in public activities. He was a member of Haifa City Council (1969-1981) and Central Committee of the Israeli Labour Party (1977-1999). In 1981 he was elected to the Knesset; between 1988 and 1992 he served as a Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, and between 1992 and 1996 as Speaker. He was also Knesset delegate to the Council of Europe (1984-1999). He also performed a very important social function: as president of the Yad Vashem Council in 2001-2004. From 2000 to 2004 he served as an Israeli ambassador in Poland. Since 2004 he gave lectures on Israeli history and politics at the Faculty of Journalism and Political Sciences, University of Warsaw. Since 2008 he was the Head of the Centre for Research on Israel and the Jewish Diaspora at the Faculty of Journalism and Political Sciences, University of Warsaw as well as a visiting professor at the Academy of Special Education in Warsaw. Prof. Shevah Weiss authored a number of books discussing political, sociological and World War II-related issues, as well as books for children and adolescents. The content of his books often points out the common ground between Poland and Israel, Polishness and Jewish traditions. He was guided by the philosophy of mutual understanding, respect and transnational solidarity in a constantly changing world. Shevah Weiss was also a prolific journalist and his articles appeared in Ha’aretz, Yedioth Aharonot, Ma’ariv, Davar, Al-Hamishmar, The Jerusalem Post, Jewish Political Studies Review, Jewish Social Studies, Parliamentary Affairs, Wester Political Quarterly. He also ran his blog in Rzeczpospolita.He received numerous awards and distinctions, i.a.: Bene Merito badge of honour received from Minister Radosław Sikorski (2009); in 2004 President Aleksander Kwaśniewski awarded him the Grand Cross (1st class) of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland; in 1995 The Council for a Beautiful Israel awarded him Tolerance Prize, he received Amitai Award for Integrity in Public Service in 1996, St. Brother Albert Prize in 1998. He was granted the Honorary Citizenship of the City of Kalisz, the City of Płońsk and the City of Wałbrzych. In 2006 he received an honorary doctorate of the University of Wroclaw and in 2011- an honorary doctorate of the University of Warsaw. In 2008 he became a member of the International Chapter of the Order of the Smile. Shevah Weissonce said:(.)’Though the contemporary world is full of violence, I am searching for positive features in people, the features that lead towards goodness and beauty.’ THAT IS THE SHEVAH WE WILL KEEP IN OUR MEMORY. 

The winners of the prestigious Forbes Diamonds 2023 award have been announced. Central University Hospital (CUH) Medical University of Lodz is one of the recipients of the award ranked 7 on the national list of companies in medical and healthcare industry. Such a recognition in such hard times is a double reason to relish the award. It appears that, admittedly not for the first time, our hospital was not only appreciated for the quality of the health care services but also for effective and competent management. This confirms our belief that we have chosen the right direction, that consolidation of potentials is worthwhile,  that it pays off to develop digital solutions and reach out for new initiatives, saysMonika Domarecka PhD, Director of CUH. Central University Hospital is one of three university hospitals of the Medical University of Lodz. MUL structure also includes Pediatric Center Maria Konopnicka (hospital at Sporna St.), Institute of Dentistry, Psychiatry and recently incorporated Gynaecology and Obstetrics Centre Rydygier (hospital at Sterlinga St.). The position of CUH has already been confirmed by numerous awards and certificates the hospital has collected so far: Accreditation Certificate granted by Centre for Quality Monitoring in Health Care, ISO certificates, “Hospital Without Pain” Certificate. Last year, the hospital initiated the construction of Lodz Toxicology Centre (total investments over PLN 60 million), and also received over PLN 100 million from Medical Funds (as one of 14 facilities nationwide) for the improvements in the health care services for the youngest patients. The obtained resources will fund the reconstruction and equipment upgrade for Pediatric Center Maria Konopnicka at Sporna St. as well as the establishment of  Supra-regional Centre for Pediatric Oncology at Clinical and Didactic Centre in Lodz. Forbes Diamonds is an annual ranking of the most dynamically developing Polish companies. The ranking is based on a Swiss method that assesses the value of know-how and investments, where the companies are being recognized based on their sales levels, net income, the value of fixed assets, or their level of investments. What is also crucial in the assessment is the lack of negative events and the hazard ratio being below 4.