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Inauguration of the Academic Year 2025/2026

Dear Phd Students, Dear Professors,

We are pleased to invite you to the official Inauguration of the Academic Year 2025/2026 at the Warsaw PhD School in Natural and BioMedical Sciences. The event will take place on October 1, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. in the auditorium of the Institute of Physical Chemistry PAS at Kasprzaka 44/52 in Warsaw. 

Attached is a detailed program which includes inaugural lecture by Prof. Sylwester Porowski, laureate of Foundation for Polish Science Award for developing a high pressure method for producing gallium nitride monocrystals. The Inauguration will be concluded with Doctoral Oath Ceremony for first-year students.

To take part in the Inauguration please register online by completing the registration form:

Registration for the inauguration

We look forward to welcoming you at this event, which marks the symbolic beginning of another year of scientific challenges and discoveries at the Warsaw-4-PhD School. 

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Sessions on scientific presentations skills at the Nencki Institute

We cordially invite you to participate in 4 exclusive sessions on scientific presentation skills on 7-8 October, 2021 at the Nencki Institute.

In each session:

  • you will have a chance to present your scientific work after which you will receive exclusive individual feedback and mentorship on how you could make your presentations more clear, didactic, engaging, and stimulating.
  • you can either give a 3-minute flash talk (oral pitch or powerpoint) that will be followed by a 5-minute feedback or a 12-minute powerpoint presentation that will be followed by an 8-minute feedback.

Five excellent mentors will take part in these sessions:

Thu Oct. 7th 09:30-12:30  Mentors: Rafal Czajkowski and Ali Jawaid

Thu Oct. 7th 14:00-17:00   Mentors: Jan Kaminski and Ali Jawaid

Fri Oct. 8th 09:30-12:30     Mentors: Mark Hunt and Ali Jawaid

Fri Oct. 8th 14:00-17:00      Mentors: Anna Malik and Ali Jawaid

You can sign up for the training using the link: https://tinyurl.com/4z8k2h8e.

Registration open till Monday Oct. 4th, 17:00

There are still 10 more places available (on a first come first serve basis)! – the long-format -12 minute talk only.

Please make sure to pick your 1st and 2nd preferred choice in the google forms.

Please note that you may attend only one session in which you actively participate. The sessions will be held in person.

The individual mentorship on presentation skills participation in the trainings will also be awarded with 0.5 ECTS.

The sessions are available to Nencki PhD students only.

See you there!

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Workshop on scientific communication at the Nencki Institute

We cordially invite you to participate in the scientific communication workshop conducted by prof. Aleksandra Pękowska and dr Alicja Puścian.

We will examine the ins and outs of giving a great scientific talk to get you ready for the big day –  PhD students’ conference .

The workshops will be held on Oct 4th, 2021 (Monday), 10:15-16:00

There will be some very special guests from King’s College London, Nencki and Yale. It is going to be an interactive and fun event. And lunch is on us, so you can leave your tupperware at home.

Participation at the workshop will be awarded with 0.5 ECTS.

Scientific communication workshop program

When: Oct 4 th , 2021 (Monday), 10:15-16:00
Where: Neurobiology Center (CN) lecture hall in the main building + Zoom Webinar platform (for
those who are unable to attend in person)
Lineup

Chairs: Aleksandra Pękowska & Alicja Puścian

10:15 – 10:30 – Introduction by Aleksandra Pękowska
Dioscuri Centre for Chromatin Biology and Epigenomics, Nencki Institute of Experimental
Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences
10:30 – 11:30 – “What holds us back: key issues with giving scientific talks”
Discussion panel with Laura Andreae
King’s Collage London & FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence

11:30 – 11:45 SHORT BREAK

11:45 – 12:45 – “Unique presentation formats” (virtual presentation, flash talks/pitch talks, scientific
communications with broader public e.g. TEDx)
Lecture by Ali Jawaid
Nencki-EMBL Partnership for Neural Plasticity and Brain Disorders – BRAINCITY
12:45 – 14:00 LUNCH BREAK – Pizza Time
14:00 – 15:00 “Facing the dragon of public speaking”
Interactive session with Alicja Puścian
Nencki-EMBL Partnership for Neural Plasticity and Brain Disorders – BRAINCITY
15:00 – 15:50 – “How (not) to give a talk”
Lecture by Jessica Cardin
Yale University
15:50 – 16:00 – Closing remarks

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Psychological assistance for students

Online psychological assistance for students from all over Poland – this is a new initiative of the Parliament of Students of the Republic of Poland, which prepared the action “PSRP Comfort Zone”. Each student can take advantage of online therapy and take part in webinars conducted by specialists.
Through the website, students will be able to sign up for an e-consultation with a psychotherapist and consult online. This is a fully secure and anonymous solution. Additionally, a map will be published on the website, which will indicate support places where students will be able to seek help.

The action website: wsparciepsychologiczne.psrp.org.pl – a source of knowledge about psychological health.
Contact: wsparciepsychologiczne@psrp.org.pl
The action website on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2685639001672429/
The “PSRP comfort zone” action service: https://wsparciepsychologiczne.psrp.org.pl/

The consultations are in Polish, but if you need a consultation in English, please send an e-mail to: wsparciepsychologiczne@psrp.org.pl