We know the results of the sixth edition of the competition within the program “Student research clubs create innovation,” organized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Funding for the implementation of their innovative projects will be awarded to 120 research clubs from universities across Poland. Five clubs from WUM are on the list of laureates. Altogether, nearly PLN 350,000 will go to our student research clubs.
The funds awarded in the competition are intended to support students in conducting scientific research or development work, particularly projects aimed at creating or modernizing technologies or technical solutions and promoting their results. A total of 400 applications were submitted for the sixth edition of the competition, from which the Ministry of Science selected the 120 best proposals. The total funding amounts to PLN 7,782,781.
Winning clubs and projects from WUM
- Chair and Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, SKN Herbarium – project titled “Molecular mechanisms of action of cannabinoid compounds in the context of modulation of the NLRP3 inflammasome complex and neuroprotection.” Funding of PLN 70,000.
- HESA Student Research Club at the Chair and Department of Histology and Embryology – project titled “Development and advancement of a prototype diagnostic and research tool based on an artificial intelligence algorithm for analyzing the density of CIC-type structures in tissue specimens.” Funding of PLN 70,000.
- SKN Herba at the Chair and Department of Pharmaceutical Biology – project titled “A plant-based recombinant protein expression system for efficient production of peptide growth factors in a wave-mixed bioreactor.” Funding of PLN 70,000.
- “Endocrinus” Student Research Club at the Department of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology – project titled “Characterization of the gut microbiota and the profile of bacterial metabolites in Cushing syndrome and mild autonomous cortisol secretion – search for new markers of hypercortisolemia.” Funding of PLN 69,903.
- Student Research Club at the 1st Chair and Department of Cardiology – project titled “The effect of mavacamten on the concentrations of cytokeratin 18, the C-terminal propeptide of type I procollagen, metalloproteinase-2, and urotensin II, and their prognostic significance in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.” Funding of PLN 69,940.