BioMat WUT
polymers and materials for bioapplications
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Three Minute Thesis Competition Award for Aleksandra Godlewska!
Aleksandra Godlewska, a PhD student from our group, won second prize in the prestigious Three Minute Thesis WUT Competition 2025.Ola presented her research on changes in bacterial cell membrane composition induced by antibacterial polymeric agents, investigated using mass spectrometry. Her project is a collaborative effort with the group of Prof. Katarzyna Pawlak.This is an outstanding
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PhD Awarded to Julita Pachla, WUT Diploma Granting Ceremony
Julita Pachla was awarded her PhD diploma by the Rector Magnificus, Professor Krzysztof Zaremba. The ceremony took place in the main auditorium of WUT on the 2nd of October 2025. https://www.pw.edu.pl/aktualnosci/swieto-nauki-promocje-doktorskie-i-habilitacyjne-na-naszej-uczelni Congrats to dr inż. Julita Pachla!
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Ferrocene-Grafted Polyethyleneimines, Stimuli Responsive Macromolecules with Antimicrobial Properties
by Eryk Grzechnik, Jolanta Mierzejewska, Karolina Drężek, Waldemar Tomaszewski, Łukasz Górski, Dominik Jańczewski* Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 2025, https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.202500219 The widespread resistance of pathogenic bacteria to current antimicrobial drugs poses a serious challenge to modern civilization and stimulates the search for novel antibacterial agents. In this work, we investigated a series of stimuli-responsive polymers with
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2 PhD scholarships in NCN projects
Scholarship 1 **Call for Applications for a Doctoral Scholarship in a project run in collaboration with Jagiellonian University and founded by National Science Centre Poland** **Mechanisms of cytotoxicity and antibacterialactivity of polycations** As part of a project in collaboration with the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, we aim to understand the mechanisms underlying the toxicity of
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Conference Poster award for Aleksandra Kowalska
Our MSc diploma student, Aleksandra Kowalska, received the award for the best poster at the 18th YoungChem Conference, held in Kołobrzeg-Dźwirzyno, Poland, from May 19–22, 2025. Her poster described the synthesis of novel polyamines with antimicrobial properties. This research was co-supervised by Julita Pachla, PhD.You can learn more about the conference here: https://youngchem.ch.pw.edu.pl/ We are
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Antimicrobial Macrocycles – Synthesis, Characterization and Activity Comparison with their Linear Polycationic Analogues
by Kopiasz, R. J.*; Dranka, M.; Tomaszewski, W.; Kowalska, P.; Butruk-Raszeja, B.; Drężek, K.; Mierzejewska, J.; Ciach, T.; Jańczewski, D.* Biomacromolecles 2024, 25 (12), 7814–7827. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.4c01099 One of the promising candidates for new antimicrobial agents are membrane-lytic compounds killing microbes through cell membrane permeabilization, such as antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) and their synthetic mimics (SMAMPs). Although
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PhD Awarded to Dominika Kozon-Markiewicz, WUT Diploma Granting Ceremony
Dominika Kozon-Markiewicz was awarded her PhD diploma by the Rector Magnificus, Professor Krzysztof Zaremba. The ceremony took place in the main auditorium of WUT on the 4th of October 2024. https://www.pw.edu.pl/aktualnosci/promocje-doktorskie-i-habilitacyjne-oraz-wreczenie-odznaczen-panstwowych Congrats to dr inż. Dominika Kozon-Markiewicz!
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Mechanisms of cytotoxicity and antibacterial activity of polycations
In the joint collaborative project with Jagiellonian University we aim to answer several lingering questions related to polycations, in particular, what mechanisms of polycation action cause their toxicity to human cells. This will allow us and other researchers to design better polycations with desired properties. Project funded under the OPUS scheme by National Science Center,…
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PhD degree for Julita Pachla!
Julita Pachla concluded her research efforts with a PhD degree in Chemical Sciences (dr inż. in Polish). The defense ceremony was held on the 20th of September 2024, and the degree was awarded by the Scientific Council of Chemical Sciences of WUT (Politechnika Warszawska) on the 26th of September 2024. Congrats to dr inż. Julita
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Our Research Highlighted on the Journal Cover
Our recent paper, published in Macromolecular Bioscience, was highlighted on the journal cover. The cover features the polymeric structure we investigated and Candida albicans cells affected by this novel antibacterial agent. Kudos to all the authors! Kurzyna, J. M.; Kopiasz, R. J.; Paul, M.; Flont, M.; Baranowska, P.; Mierzejewska, J.; Drężek, K.; Tomaszewski, W.; Jastrzębska,