Reliable science first and foremost
The symposium is an event that promotes students, PhD candidates, and staff members (up to 35 years old) of the Faculty of Pharmacy who are developing their scientific careers. It also teaches scientific communication and the courage to share discoveries with a broader audience. Finally, it builds trust in science, demonstrating that it is based on evidence confirmed by research. But that is not all.
“We try to make the symposium a space for integration, open discussion, and broadening horizons,” said Dr. Barbara Kołodziejska, chair of the organizing committee, opening the event.
Interdisciplinary research that can change the world
Abstracts could be submitted by students, doctoral candidates, and academic staff with a PhD who are under 35 years old. The student oral session received 14 submissions, and the poster session 19. For the oral and poster sessions for PhD candidates and staff, 5 submissions were received in each category. All submissions were diverse and addressed current and interesting scientific issues in areas such as medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry, oncology, biomaterials, translation of research into clinical practice, and pharmacotherapy. They also demonstrated how research can be or is being translated into real-world applications in medicine and healthcare.
“The topics of the presentations are very ambitious,” praised Prof. Piotr Luliński, Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy. “I hope that many of them will initiate further research that will contribute to the development of both their authors and our faculty.”
Who won?
The scientific committee, composed of Prof. Joanna Giebułtowicz, Prof. Anna Kiss, Prof. Joanna Kolmas, Prof. Grzegorz Nałęcz-Jawecki, Dr. hab. Katarzyna Paradowska, Dr. hab. Martyna Wróbel, and Dr. Sławomir Białek, decided that the first prizes would go to:
- Agata Wichary for the poster presentation titled “Synthesis and characterization of mesoporous bioactive glasses modified with selenium ions in terms of their potential use in bone tissue engineering and anticancer therapy” (student poster session);
- Tomasz Todryk for the oral presentation titled “Innovative bone-substitute biomaterial – Cu2+-doped hydroxyapatite used in 3D bioprinting” (student oral session);
- Katarzyna Strzelecka for the poster presentation titled “Optimization of ring-opening polymerization of L-lactide and ε-caprolactone catalyzed by the VanEt-Mg complex” (young scientists’ poster session);
- Michał Markowski for the oral presentation titled “Gut microbiota and enterocytes as key elements in the biotransformation of lavender phenolic glycosides” (young scientists’ oral session).
The laureates received diplomas and awards from Dr. hab. Agnieszka Bazylko, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy.
Cannabis flower (Cannabis flos) – a raw material of growing clinical importance
The event was preceded by a lecture by Dr. Małgorzata Kołtun-Jasion, who presented her research on the effects of the decarboxylation process and the oral dosage form of Cannabis flos on the gut microbiome, intestinal barrier integrity, and immune system activity.
The conference was organized by Dr. Barbara Kołodziejska, Dr. Paweł Siudem, Dr. Agnieszka Zajkowska, Katarzyna Zielińska, Matylda Kurzątkowska, and Joachim Frankowski from the Nanodrug Student Scientific Club. The event was hosted by Ada Stankiewicz, Zuzanna Stolarek, and Aleksander Ignaczewski.
