For a few days now, we have known the results of the PRELUDIUM 23 competition of the National Science Center. Among the 11 winners of Preludium 23 grants at UMP were our 9 doctoral students, including 8 female doctoral students. It is not without reason that information about this on the UMP website was published under the title “Science is a woman!”. Such a result has never been achieved before, but we see it as the result of the joint efforts of PhD students, Supervisors and Teaching Staff involved in the teaching and scientific activities of the Doctoral School.


The value of all 9 projects is over PLN 1.8 million, which, with a success rate of 17.74% in the NZ panel in the NCN, is a great success!
Below we present a full list of projects that received positive decisions from the NCN Director, congratulating all PhD students and their Supervisors.

1) Alina Cherniienko, MSc
Supervisor: dr hab. Anna Pawełczyk
Innovative analytical technique for assessing and imaging the progress of selected chemical reactions supported by MW/US/UV using the in situ ATR-FTIR method in real time
project value: PLN 134,200.00

2 Claudia Dompé, MSc
Supervisor: dr hab. Joanna Budna-Tukan
Prognostic utility of circulating tumor cells (CTC) derived from the portal vein in operated patients with colorectal cancer, with particular emphasis on epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT)
project value: PLN 204,928.00

3) Anna Gościniak, MSc
Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Judyta Cielecka-Piontek

Electrospinning as an effective approach to local delivery of natural compounds with wound healing potential
project value: PLN 209,980.00

4) Paweł Komarnicki, MD
Supervisor: dr hab. Bartłomiej Budny
Identification of new microRNA biomarkers in liquid biopsy in patients with neuroendocrine tumors
project value: PLN 208,800.00

5) Marta Leśniczak-Staszak, MSc
Scientific supervisor: prof. dr hab. Witold Szaflarski
EGR1 protein: A key factor in maintaining cell homeostasis?
project value: PLN 210,000.00

6) Julia Maria Lipowicz, MSc
Scientific supervisor: dr hab. Agnieszka Rawłuszko-Wieczorek
ERß-dependent autophagy in colon cancer and its impact on the process of carcinogenesis
project value: PLN 209,860.00

7) Aleksandra Słaba, MSc
Supervisor: dr hab. Paulina Skupin-Mrugalska, prof. UMP
DEEP-DIVE: In-depth mechniastic understanding of the process of dissolution and dissolution/penetration of amorphous solid dispersions using complex in vitro tools
project value: PLN 208,620.00

8) Anna Szoszkiewicz, MSc
Supervisor: prof. dr hab. Aleksander Jamsheer
From methylation to malformation: the role of DNA methylation in the pathogenesis of Klippel-Feil syndrome
project value; 209,478.00 PLN

9) Olga Wojciechowska, MSc
Supervisor: Dr. Hab. Małgorzata Kujawska, prof. UMP

Effect of Urolithin A on intestinal microbiota and intestinal integrity contributing to neuroprotective effect in the Parkinson’s disease model
project value: 209,984.00 PLN