Warsaw PhD School in Natural and BioMedical Sciences

Sekretariat:

phdoffice@warsaw4phd.eu

Schedule of classes for the academic year 2021/2022.

If the course title is given in English, classes are also conducted in that language. If the course title is given in Polish, classes are conducted in Polish. Minimum level of proficiency in English B2 – in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Course syllabuses are available by clicking on the course title with a link.

[!] Additional information: Courses marked by [!] You need to sign up for the course (e-mail and the sign up date mentioned in the table).

Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences

Title & Lecturer(s)TypeHours / ECTSTime & roomAdditional info
Institute Seminar

Dr Aleksandra Pękowska: Subject Coordinator
ZOOM15 / 1Thursdays, 3 PM

30.09.2021 – 30.06.2022
Contact: phdoffice@warsaw4phd.eu
Neurobiology

Dr Paweł Boguszewski
Subject Coordinator
CN hall or
online lecture
Neurobiology I: 30 / 3
Neurobiology II: 30 / 3
Wednesdays,
9-10 AM

13.10.2021 – 29.06.2022
Contact: phdoffice@warsaw4phd.eu
Statystyka

Dr Maksymilian Bielecki
online (lecture in Polish)15 / 2Start date:
08 March 2022

Tuesdays 5:00 PM
08.03, 15.03, 22.03, 29.03, 05.04, 12.04, 26.04, 10.05

exam: 17.05.2022
[!] Contact: phdoffice@warsaw4phd.eu, zapisy od 07.02.2022 do 13.02.2022
Bioethics

Prof. dr hab. Paweł Łuków
CN hall15 / 2Thursdays, 4:15 PM

Start date:
10 March 2022

10.03, 17.03, 24.03, 31.03, 07.04, 14.04, 21.04
exam: 05.05.2022
[!] Contact: phdoffice@warsaw4phd.eu, registration from 14.02.2022 till 20.02.2022

Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences

Title & Lecturer(s)TypeHours / ECTSTime & roomAdditional info
Law and ethics in research

Dr. Jan Paczesny
ZOOM15 / 1Start date:
April 4, 2022
Registration till March 10, 2022: jan.paczesny@gmail.com
Intellectual property protection and patenting practice

Łukasz Zieliński
ZOOM4 / 1 Start day:
May 2022
Part 1: Monday, May 30th at 12.00 – 14.00
https://zoom.us/j/96304184147?pwd=dkM2MFpJSGF3a21QN1RUTlE3R3duZz09 
Meeting ID: 963 0418 4147
Password: 041706
 
Part 2: Monday, June 6th at 12.00 – 14.00
https://zoom.us/j/99847106555?pwd=cDVoekM1RWQwQmNwVkNZb3NWYkwydz09 
Meeting ID: 998 4710 6555
Password: 669383
Methods of Physical Chemistry: Synthesis of nanomaterials and the fabrication of thin films

Dr Malik Khan
ZOOM15 / 3Start date:
29 March 2022

4:00 PM
Registration by March 15, 2022: malikdilshad@ichf.edu.pl
Basic Physical Chemistry I:
Quantum chemistry & spectroscopy


Prof. Robert Kołos,
Dr Alexandra Siklitskaia
ZOOM30 / 3Start date:
14 March 2022

3:30 PM
Registration by March 7, 2022: asiklit@ichf.edu.pl
Basic Physical Chemistry III:
Chemical kinetics


Dr hab. Adam Kubas
ZOOM30 / 3Start date:
06 April 2022

10:00 AM
Registration by Feb. 23, 2022: akubas@ichf.edu.pl
Basic Physical Chemistry V: Electrochemistry

Dr Wojciech Nogala
ZOOM30 / 3Start date:
02 March 2022

Wednesdays, 12:00 AM to 1:30 PM
Registration by Feb. 24, 2022: wnogala@ichf.edu.pl
Podstawy Chemii Fizycznej II: Termodynamika

Prof. Andrzej Poniewierski
ZOOM30 / 3Start date:
01 Marca 2022

wtorki, 16:00
Rejestracja przed 24 lutego 2022: aponiewierski@ichf.edu.pl
Podstawy Chemii Fizycznej IV:
Struktura materii


Dr hab. Zbigniew Kaszkur,
Prof. Robert Nowakowski
ZOOM30 / 3Start date:
01 Marca 2022

wtorki, 14:00 – 15:30
Piątki, 12:00 – 13:30
Rejestracja przed 26 lutego 2022: zkaszkur@ichf.edu.pl.
Scientific research ethics

Dr. Jan Paczesny
ZOOM15 / 1Start date:
beginning of April
Please register till March 10, 2022: jan.paczesny@gmail.com
The art of public presentations


Dr Jan Paczesny
lecture, ZOOM10 / 1Start date:
Spring 2022
Registration: TBA, jan.paczesny@gmail.com
Basic Physical Chemistry II: Thermodynamics

Prof. Andrzej Poniewierski
ZOOM30 / 3Start date:
October 12, 2021

Tuesdays, 4 PM to 5:30 PM.
Registration by October 7: aponiewierski@ichf.edu.pl
Basic Physical Chemistry IV:
Structure of matter


Dr hab. Zbigniew Kaszkur,
Prof. Robert Nowakowski
ZOOM30 / 3Start date:
October 19, 2021

Tuesdays: 14:00–15:30, Fridays: 12:15–13:45
Registration by October 14: zkaszkur@ichf.edu.pl
Podstawy Chemii Fizycznej I:
Chemia kwantowa i spektroskopia


Prof. Robert Kołos,
Dr Alexandra Siklitskaia
ZOOM30 / 3Start date:
19 października 2021

15 spotkań po 1.5 h, 3-5 razy w tygodniu.
Zapisy przed 14.10.2021.: asiklit@ichf.edu.pl
Podstawy Chemii Fizycznej V: Elektrochemia

Dr Wojciech Nogala
ZOOM30 / 3Start date:
13 października 2021
środy 12:00-13:30, ostatni 2 lutego 2022
Zapisy przed 08.10.2021
wnogala@ichf.edu.pl
Podstawy Chemii Fizycznej III:
Kinetyka chemiczna


Dr hab. Adam Kubas
ZOOM30 / 3Start date:
20 października 2021
10:00
Zapisy przed 15.10.2021
akubas@ichf.edu.pl
Methods of Physical Chemistry:
Basics of higher mathematics


Tomasz Skóra, M. Sc.,
Marcin Rubin, M. Sc.
IPC PAS
Auditorium
40 / 5Start date:
October 15, 2021

Two 90-minute-long classes per week.
Registration by Oct. 10: tskora@ichf.edu.pl or mrubin@ichf.edu.pl
Methods of Physical Chemistry:
Optical microsystems


Prof. Christophe Gorecki
ZOOM15 / 3Start date:
November 01, 2021
Registration by Oct. 22: cgorecki@ichf.pl.edu
Methods of Physical Chemistry:
Fundamentals of biomedical imaging


Dr. Alejandra Consejo
ZOOM15 / 3Start date:
October, 2021

one session per week
Registration by Oct. 17: aconsejo@ichf.pl.edu
Methods of Physical Chemistry: Characterization techniques in surface chemistry

Dr Ambrose Ashwin Melvin
ZOOM15 / 3Start date:
November 2, 2021
Registration by November 15: aambrose@ichf.edu.pl
Methods of Physical Chemistry:
Principles for novel nature-inspired (nano)technologies


Dr Dimitrios A. Giannakoudakis
ZOOM15 / 3Start date:
October 19, 2021

Tuesdays or Thursdays after 4 PM
Registration by Oct. 15: dagchem@gmail.com
Methods of Physical Chemistry: Astrochemistry – Evolution from stardust to biomolecules

Dr Arunlibertsen Lawzer,
Dr Thomas Custer
ZOOM15 / 3Start date:
February 1, 2022
Registration by Jan. 15, 2022: alawzer@ichf.edu.pl

Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences

Title & Lecturer(s)TypeHours / ECTSTime & roomAdditional info
Heterocyclic Chemistry

Assoc. Prof.
Sebastian Stecko
lecture15 h / 2 ECTS9:00 – 10:45
aula IOC/IPC PAS

26.03.2022
2.04.2022
9.04.2022
23.04.2022
7.05.2022
14.05.2022
28.05.2022
lecture in English

Contact: abutkiewicz@icho.edu.pl
Strategie syntezy docelowej

Assoc. Prof. Michał Fedoryński
lecture15 h / 2 ECTS11:00 – 12:45
aula IOC/IPC PAS

26.03.2022
2.04.2022
9.04.2022
23.04.2022
7.05.2022
14.05.2022
28.05.2022
lecture in Polish

Contact: abutkiewicz@icho.edu.pl
Chemistry of carbenes

Assoc. Prof. Rafał Loska
lecture 5 h / 1 ECTS16:30 – 17:15
conference room IOC PAS

26.04.2022
10.05.2022
17.05.2022
24.05.2022
31.05.2022
lecture in English

Contact: abutkiewicz@icho.edu.pl
Computational chemistry and chemical bond theory

Dr Cina Foroutan-Nejad
lecture5 h / 1 ECTS16:30 – 17:15
conference room IOC PAS

23.03.2022
30.03.2022
13.04.2022
27.04.2022
11.05.2022
lecture in English

Contact: abutkiewicz@icho.edu.pl

Institute of Physics; Center for Theoretical Physics; Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences

The weekly timetable is available here

The weekly timetable (summer semester) is available here

Title & Lecturer(s)TypeHours / ECTSTime & roomAdditional info
Selected topics of theoretical physics I General relativity

Prof. Paweł Nurowski (CFT)
lecture, ZOOM15 x 2h / 3Start date:
October 13, 2021

Wednesdays
15:00-17:00
Contact: nurowski@cft.edu.pl
Science and Culture

Prof. Łukasz Turski (CFT)
online course, ZOOM15 x 2h / 3Thursdays
11:00 – 13:00
Contact: l.a.turski@cft.edu.pl
Introduction to contemporary physics I

Prof. Jan Mostowski
ZOOM15 x 2 h / 3Start date:
October 05, 2021

Tuesdays 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Contact: mosto@ifpan.edu.pl
Solid state physics I

Prof. Marek Godlewski
online course, individual consultation, material online3 ECTS
Start date:
October 01, 2021
Contact: godlew@ifpan.edu.pl
Quantum information theory I: Introduction

Prof. Łukasz Cywiński
ZOOM15 x 2h / 3Start date:
October 06, 2021

Wednesdays 10:00 – 12:00
Contact: lcyw@ifpan.edu.pl
Crystal growth: physics, technolgy and modeling I

Prof. Stanisław Krukowski (IWC) / Prof. Michał Leszczyński (CFT) / Prof. Zbigniew Żytkiewicz
ZOOM15 x 2h / 3Start date:
October 12, 2021
Tuesdays 9:00 – 11:00
Contact: stach@unipress.waw.pl
X-ray free electron laser – XFEL

Prof. Ryszard Sobierajski / Prof. Wojciech Gawełda (Universitad Autonoma di Madrid/UAM) / Prof. Maciej Kozak (UAM) / Prof.
Marcin Sikora (AGH) / Prof. Jerzy Antonowicz (PW) / Dr Wojciech Błachucki (IFJ)
20h + 10h project / 2Start date:
October 25, 2021

Mondays 9:00 – 11:00
Contact: sobieraj@ifpan.edu.pl
Journal Club

Prof. Grzegorz Grabecki
journal club seminars
ZOOM
15 x 1h / 1Start date:
October 11, 2021

Mondays 12:00 – 13:00
Contact: grabec@ifpan.edu.pl
Seminar on fundamental physics

Prof. Aleksander Wittlin / Prof. Łukasz Turski (CFT) / Prof. Marek Kuś (CFT)
student seminars
ZOOM
15 x 1h / 1Start date:
October 06, 2021

Wednesdays
11:00 – 12:00
Contact: wittlin@ifpan.edu.pl
Astrophysics & cosmology journal club

Dr Fatemeh Hossein Nouri (CFT) / Dr Mariana Jaber (CFT)
journal club seminars ZOOM15 x 1 h / 1Start date:
October 11, 2021

Mondays:
2:00 pm- 3:00pm
Contact:
f.h.noori@cft.edu.pl, jaber@cft.edu.pl
Introduction to contemporary
physics II


Prof. Jan Mostowski (IF PAN)
lecture, ZOOM15 x 2 h / 3Start date:
March 01, 2022

Tuesdays:
09:00 – 11:00
Contact: mosto@ifpan.edu.pl
Solid state physics II

Prof. Marek Godlewski (IF PAN)
online course, ZOOM3 ECTSindividual consultationsContact: godlew@ifpan.edu.pl

Please ask the lecturer for the
password for the lecture notes.
Relativistic quantum mechanics

Prof. Iwo Białynicki-Birula (CFT)
lecture, ZOOM15 x 2 h / 3Start date:
February 28, 2022

Mondays:
10:15 – 12:00
Contact: birula@cft.edu.pl
Introduction to the theory of open
quantum systems


Dr Piotr Szańkowski (IF PAN)
lecture, ZOOM15 x 2 h / 3Start date:
March 04, 2022

Fridays:
1:30 – 3:30 PM
Contact:
pszan@ifpan.edu.pl

Introduction to theoretical and
computational biophysics


Dr hab. Bartosz Różycki (IF PAN)
Dr Pawel Krupa (IF PAN)
lecture, ZOOM15 x 2 h / 3Start date:
February 23, 2022

Wednesdays:
12:00 – 2:00 PM
Contact: rozycki@ifpan.edu.pl,
pkrupa@ifpan.edu.pl
Crystal growth: physics, technolgy
and modeling II


Prof. Stanisław Krukowski (IWC)
Prof. Michał Leszczyński (CFT)
Prof. Zbigniew Żytkiewicz (IF PAN)
lecture, ZOOM15 x 2 h / 3Start date:
February 22, 2022

Tuesdays:
09:00 – 11:00
Contact: stach@unipress.waw.pl, zytkie@ifpan.edu.pl,
Introduction to cosmology

TBA (CFT/NCBJ)
lecture15 x 2 h / 3TBA
Synchrotron radiation in physics
and biomedical science


Prof. Jerzy Pełka (IF PAN)
lecture5 x 2 h / 1Start date:
May 2022
Contact: pelkay@ifpan.edu.pl

To be determined in the second half of the semester
Spectroscopy

Prof. Marek Godlewski (IF PAN)
lecture4 x 4 h / 1.5Start date:
April/May 2022
Contact: godlew@ifpan.edu.pl

To be determined in the second half of the semester
Soft matter foods under pressure

Dr hab. Aleksandra Drozd-Rzoska
(IWC)
lecture, ZOOM4 x 4 h / 1.5Start date:
March 03, 2022

Thursdays:
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Contact: ola.drozdrzoska@gmail.com
Material science and computational
methods I


Prof. Małgorzata Wierzbowska (IWC)
lecture, ZOOM15 x 2 h / 3Start date:
February 25, 2022

Fridays:
12:00 – 1:30PM
Contact: malwi45@gmail.com
Learning Python

Dr hab. Panagotis Theodorakis
(IF PAN)
course, ZOOM11 x 2 h / 1.5Start date:
March 04, 2022

Fridays:
4:00 – 6:00 PM
Contact: panos@ifpan.edu.pl
Journal club

Prof. Piotr Deuar (IF PAN)
journal club, ZOOM15 x 1 h / 1Start date:
February 21, 2022

Mondays:
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Contact: deuar@ifpan.edu.pl
Seminar on fundamental physics

Prof. Aleksander Wittlin (IF PAN)
Prof. Łukasz Turski (CFT)
Prof. Marek Kuś (CFT)
Dr hab. Łukasz Kilański (IF PAN)
student seminars, ZOOM15 h x 1 / 1Start date:
February 23, 2022

Wednesdays:
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Contact: wittlin@ifpan.edu.pl
PhD student symposium

2nd,3rd year students
student conference15 h / 1Start date:
June 2022
Polish classes A1 level cont.*

Karolina Dzierka
classes, ZOOM15 x 1.5 hStart date:
February 22, 2022

Tuesdays:
12:00 – 1:30 PM
Polish classes A1 level cont.*

Karolina Dzierka
classes, ZOOM15 x 1.5 hStart date:
February 25, 2022

Fridays:
12:00 – 1:30 PM
Polish classes A1+ level cont.*

Karolina Dzierka
classes, ZOOM15 x 1.5 hStart date:
February 22, 2022

Tuesdays:
1:30 – 3:00 PM
Polish classes A2 level cont.*

Karolina Dzierka
classes, ZOOM15 x 1.5 hStart date:
February 22, 2022

Tuesdays:
3:00 – 4:30 PM
English classes – B2 level*

Hanna Szulczewska
classes, ZOOM15 x 1.5 hStart date:
February 22, 2022

Tuesdays:
1:00 – 2:30 PM
English classes – B2 level*

Hanna Szulczewska
classes, ZOOM15 x 1.5 hStart date:
February 24, 2022

Thursdays:
09:00 – 10:30 AM
English classes – C1 level*

Hanna Szulczewska
classes, ZOOM15 x 2.25 hStart date:
February 24, 2022

Thursdays:
10:45 AM – 1:00 PM
* Please note: the language classes are open for students and employees of institutions that have signed an appropriate financing agreement with IFPAN (currently IF, CFT, IWC institutes)

Maria Skłodowska – Curie National Research Institute of Oncology

Title & Lecturer(s)TypeHours / ECTSTime & roomAdditional info
Clinical oncology basics

Monika Dudzisz-Śledź, PhD
Online lecture/Teams10 h / 2Start date:
November 04, 2021

Thursdays
1.30 pm – 3pm
Cancer Epidemiology

Joanna Didkowska, Phd
Paweł Koczkodaj, Phd
Marta Mańczuk, Phd
Magdalena Cedzyńska, MSc
Online lecture/Teams 10 h / 2
Start date:
November 25, 2021

9.00 am
25.11.2021 (Thursday) 2 lectures
29.11.2021 (Monday) 2 lectures
30.11.2021 (Tuesday) 1 lecture
Genetics and immunology of cancer

Ewa Bartnik, PhD
Elzbieta Sarnowska, PhD
Online lecture
Teams/Google meet
15 h / 3Start date:
March 04, 2022

Fridays:
9.30am 1st module
9.15am 2nd module
Registration till March 3, 2022:
justyna.nargiello@pib-nio.pl
Preclinical research in oncology

Adrian Podkowa, PhD
Online lecture/
Teams
5 h / 125th February – one day course of lectures followed by an exam

Fridays:
9:30 am
Registration till February 24, 2022:
justyna.nargiello@pib-nio.pl
Molecular Medicine

Mateusz Bujko, PhD
Paulina Kober, PhD
Michal Mikula, PhD
Online lecture/
Teams
15 h / 3Start date:
March 21, 2022

Mondays:
10.00 am-1.00 pm
Registration till March 18, 2022:
justyna.nargiello@pib-nio.pl