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We are honored to announce that the winner of the Rector’s Award 2023 is Ms. Hoang Bao Ngoc Tran.Congratulations! Ms. Hoang Bao Ngoc Tran, 6th year 6MD student comes from Ho Chi Minh city in Vietnam. She is a laureate of 8th edition of the UMED Grants 2022 program – she received a grant for the project “Extracellular collagen effect on connexin 43 in heart fibrosis”. Her presentation “Regulatory effect of Extracellular Matrix components and a2B1 integrin on connexin 43 density in cardiac fibroblasts” won 3rd place during the conference Juvenes Pro Medicina (11-14.05.2023). The student has been actively participating in research and scientific work of the Department of Pathophysiology for several years under the supervision of Prof. Jacek Drobnik. Below you can read about student’s scientific work: “My name is Tran Hoang Bao Ngoc and I am from Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. I have had the honor to, currently, study and research at the Department of Pathophysiology – Medical University of Lodz. I am under the guidance and supervision of Prof. Jacek Drobnik and Ms. Malgorzata Galdyszynska, M.Sc. Our main target is to explore the role of cardiac fibroblasts, their interaction with the Extracellular matrix (ECM) and how these phenomena can influence the pathological mechanism of cardiac fibrosis.  To be more specific, recently we have taken a look into the activity of Connexin 43 as this gap junction has not only been linked to the cardiac fibrosis itself, but also its complications such as arrhythmia. As the result of our hard work, we can conclude that the ECM and α2β1 integrin exert regulatory effect on Connexin 43. We are very excited about our result and we are all eager to learn more about how this regulation is mediated. Additionally, we also have a small project which we observed the cardiac fibroblasts that we cultured in a non-conventional environment called hanging drops. We have recorded many key differences such as shape and ECM metabolism of these cells in comparison to the conventional one. This is very interesting to us and we are hoping that our finding may contribute to the development of a more advance culturing method for study of cardiac fibroblasts.” Here’s Ms. Hoang Bao Ngoc Tran’s comment on winning the Rector’s Award: ” I am honored to receive the prestigious Rector’s Award. This recognition is a testament to the support and encouragement that I have received from those who have played a pivotal role in my academic journey. First and foremost, I would like to express my profound gratitude to my supervisors, Prof. Jack Drobnik and Ms. Malgorzata Galdyszynska, whose dedication and meticulous guidance have been instrumental in shaping my academic aspirations. I also extend my appreciation to the Medical University of Lodz. I would like to say thank you to all our university’s members, especially to my Coordinator, Ms. Ewa Domińczak, our Dean, Prof. Sebastian Kłosek, and Rector, Prof. Radzisław Kordek, for their constant support and commitment to fostering a vibrant educational environment. Last but not least, I am eternally grateful to my family and friends for their love and encouragement.  I am filled with a profound sense of gratitude for these remarkable individuals. I want to wish them all the best in life and once again, thank you all so much!” 

Full photo-report from the WCC 2023 is available on our Flickr.

On November 8, 2023, Piotr Bromber, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Health accompanied by Prof. Radzisław Kordek, MUL Rector, handed out the awards for academic teachers of  the Medical University of Lodz. Prof. Paweł Piotr Liberski MD PhD received a lifetime achievement award. Individual award for research was given to Marcin Braun MD PhD. The award for teaching was given to a team of authors of the textbook  “Pharmacology in exercises. Nervous system medication and pain management’: Małgorzata Berezińska MD PhD, Michał Seweryn Karbownik MD Ph , Wojciech Łężak MD PhD, Paulina Sokołowska MD PhD, Anna Wiktorowska-Owczarek MD PhD. Congratulations!

Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) 2023, an international ranking of universities in 55 subjects across 5 fields of science, has been released. The Medical University of Lodz was ranked as 1st in the group of Polish universities in Clinical Medicine, which means we have moved up when compared to the previous year. Moreover, we have risen from the ranking top 400 to top 300. Shanghai Ranking Consultancy has been publishing GRAS since 2009 and the currently applied methodology has been used since 2017. The universities are ranked in 55 subjects across Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences. This year’s ranking included over 1900 universities from 104 countries and regions. Academic Ranking of World Universities presents world’s top universities annually based on a set of objective indicators and third-party data to compare the university results in particular subjects and sciences. ARWU adopts six objective indicators including primarily the research outcomes, its quality and impact, international collaboration and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals.

Dear Students,      Our White Coat Ceremony 2022 will take place on Thursday the 9th of November 2023 at 4 pm. The White Coat Ceremony is an event that marks the transition from our preclinical to our clinical years.  It is an important event since it marks a milestone of our career at this University. That is why we would kindly invite you to share this celebration with us.  Attendance at the rehearsal and the event is obligatory only for event participants. Other students are invited to watch the event online.         Attached you will find a link to join the live stream of this event: https://youtube.com/live/Jbb8FpbV8gw? The link will be active on the day of the event.         Sincerely,    Christine Hanna President    MUL Student Government 

Recruitment of Management Assistants for the academic year 2023/2024 | Student Scientific Society | Medical University of Lodz (umed.pl)

We invite all English Division students to join our Choir! Auditions are held on 11.10.2023 (Wednesday) and 13.10.2023 (Friday) from 5 pm till 8 pm in University’s building at 7/9, Żeligowskiego Street, room 360. Choir’s rehealsals occur regularly during the academic year on Tuesdays and Thursdays. In case of any questions please contact justyna.przytulska@umed.lodz.pl or jakub.czech@umed.lodz.pl

After an overhaul and thermal modernisation, The Sports Centre was opened on 23 September 2023. The ceremony was attended by: The list of guests also included MUL employees and students, members of Students Government and University Club of Academic Sports Association MUL, representatives of the constructors. The opening ceremony was held in the atmosphere of sports competitions because the Sports Centre was at the same time the host of the Medical Badminton Cup and the Polish Doctors’ Badminton Championship. The total cost of the renovation and thermal modernization of the Sports Centre amounted to PLN 12 million. The construction works started in May 2022 and included a sports hall and a swimming pool. The windows, doors, floors and roofing were replaced, external walls and ceiling were insulated. The water, heating, electrical and ventilation systems as well as Building Management Systems (BMS) were modernized. The stairs, stair railing and roof were fixed. The swimming pool basin was also replaced. As part of the investment, a photovoltaic installation was also installed, external lighting and sidewalks in front of the building were replaced. Thermal modernisation of the Sports Centre falls within the MUL strategic directions of sustainable development and environment protection.  The Centre is actually the 19th building which has been thermally modernised by MUL within the last decade. Thanks to such initiatives MUL energy demand has diminished by 32%.