Jagiellonian University

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Jagiellonian University

• Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and
  Biotechnology

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Krakow, Old Market Square St.Marys Cathedral
and The Cloths Hall
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Krakow, capital city of Poland till XVIII century
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Jagiellonian Universityfunded in 1364by
Polish kings of Jagiellonian dynasty

• To compare
• Oxford 1167
• Cambridge - 1209
• La Sorbonne 1257

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Jagiellonian University in numbers

• ca. 45,000 students (incl. ca. 29,000 resident)
• ca. 2,100 post-graduate students
• 15 Faculties
• 48 disciplines
• 93 specialisations

Collegium Novum, since 1887
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Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and
Biotechnology
Established in 2002 the youngest faculty
have a virtual walk http//www.kampus.uj.edu.pl/

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Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and
Biotechnology
Biotechnology Biophysics
Soon.. biochemistry
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Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and
Biotechnology
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Departments

• Dept of Analytical Biochemistry
• Dept of Physical Biochemistry
• Dept of Cell Biochemistry
• Dept of General Biochemistry
• Dept of Biophysics
• Dept of Cell Biology
• Dept of Medical Biotechnology
• Dept of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
• Dept of Molecular Genetics
• Dept of Immunology
• Dept of Microbiology
• Dept of Computational Biophysics and
  Bioinformatics
• Division of Cell Biophysics
• Division of Molecular Genetics and Virology

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Examples of research fields

• Regenerative medicine wound healing, healing of
  extensive burns, skin replacements dr Justyna
  Drukala, Dept of Cell Biology
• Dept of Physical Biochemistry (our Dept -)
  GPCRs, transcription factors, antidepressants and
  their mechanism of action
• Mechanism of angiogenesis
• Proteomics
• Synthesis of monoclonal antibodies
• Antimicrobial peptides
• Molecular modeling
• Molecular architecture of redox complexes
• Gene therapy

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MYGEN the Students Association

• Active since 1998
• Weekly seminars
• Has completed two research projects

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International cooperationSocrates/ERASMUS
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International cooperationBilateral agreements

• The Max Planck Institute for the Advancement of
  Science, München, Germany
• University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
• Medical College of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,
  Milwaukee, WI, USA
• Université d Orléans, Orléans, France

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Biotechnology in English2 year Master programme
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Biotechnology in English
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The lectures are aimed at giving the students a
broad overview of newest achievements and
perspectives in medical biotechnology
Other German/Polish LifeScience Meeting -
Jagiellonian University - Medical University in
Poznan - Technische Universität München
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Thank you for your attention
Coordinator of international cooperation Jerzy
Dobrucki dobrucki_at_mol.uj.edu.pl