BioMat WUT
polymers and materials for bioapplications
Latest news
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Postdoctoral position available in the group
Postdoctoral position available in an NCN-funded project “Molecular Weight of Polymers: An Unresolved Aspect of the Biological Activity of Polyamines”. We are seeking a talented and enthusiastic researcher to join our team and contribute to investigations of the biological activity of polymeric materials. The successful candidate should have experience in the synthesis and characterization of…
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Symbioza 2026 Poster Award for Aleksandra Kowalska
We are delighted to share that Aleksandra Kowalska, a PhD student in our research group, received the Audience Award for Best Poster at the International Biotechnology Symposium (IBS) “Symbioza”, held in Warsaw on 8–10 May 2026. Her poster, entitled “C-Methylated Polytrimethylenimines: Synthesis, Antimicrobial Properties, and the Role of Molecular Mass”, presented our latest research on…
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PhD position available in OPUS NCN project
**Call for Applications for a Doctoral position in a project founded by National Science Centre Poland** **Polymer molecular weight, unresolved issue of polyamines biological activity** Multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria pose a serious threat to our health and lives. In this project, we aim to explain why certain polyamines exhibit varying activity depending on the length of…
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Phospholipid composition changes in bacterial membranes: A molecular mechanism of antibiotic resistance
A review paper from a collaborative project between our group and the group of Prof. K. Pawlak has just been published in Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, and it examines changes in the bacterial lipid bilayer related to antibiotic resistance.
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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…