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Polish cardiologist in the leadership of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions

Dr. Łukasz Kołtowski, a cardiologist from the Medical University of Warsaw, became a member of the leadership of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions. The Polish cardiologist will chair the committee responsible for communication and social media - informed the Medical University of Warsaw.

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    2018 Gruber Cosmology Prize for the team with Prof. Krzysztof Górski

    Planck satellite team and mission managers received the 2018 Gruber Cosmology Prize. Polish scientist Prof. Krzysztof Górski has an important role in the team. The $500,000 prize is awarded by the Gruber Foundation at Yale University in the U.S.

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    Professor Michał Grabowski - in the International Barcode of Life

    Professor Michał Grabowski from the Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, University of Lodz, has been invited as a representative of Poland to the International Barcode of Life (iBOL) - a network that uses DNA barcodes to monitor and study the diversity of species of animals and plants.

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    France/ Polish researcher receives a prestigious scientific award

    Polish researcher Dr Agnieszka Gajewicz is among 15 winners of the annual "International Rising Talents" grant awarded to researchers "whose research may change the world".

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    Polish researcher among the rising talents of the L'Oréal Foundation and UNESCO

    Dr. Agnieszka Gajewicz from the University of Gdańsk was recognized as one of the rising talents of world science by the L`Oréal Foundation and UNESCO. She was honoured for research on chemical risk assessment of various substances.

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    The EAS awards the 2018 Tycho Brahe Prize to Prof. Andrzej Udalski

    Professor Andrzej Udalski from the University of Warsaw Astronomical Observatory is this year\'s winner of the prestigious Tycho Brahe Prize awarded by the European Astronomical Society (EAS). The EAS announced the winner on its website.

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    Polish programmer in the team that launched the world's most powerful rocket

    Polish programmer Tomasz Czajka worked on SpaceX control systems. The company launched the world's most powerful rocket - Falcon Heavy, the Polish Information Processing Society announced on its website.

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    Dr. Wojciech Zalewski: GMObjective

    On his popular science blog GMObiektywnie (GMObjective), agricultural scientist and molecular biologist Wojciech Zalewski tackles controversies around genetically modified organisms, especially those used in agriculture. He explains that food produced with the use of GMOs can be beneficial for health.

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    Dr. Alicja Chruścińska is the only Polish woman among the Elsevier Women in Physics

    Dr. Alicja Chruścińska from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń is the only Polish woman among the Elsevier Women in Physics 2017 - reported the Nicolaus Copernicus University. The researcher was recognised as one of the women whose achievements in the field of physics change the world.

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    Gryko, Pomian, Trautman and Trzonkowski awarded "Polish Nobel Prizes"

    Professors Daniel Gryko - chemist, Krzysztof Pomian - humanist, Andrzej Trautman - physicist and Piotr Trzonkowski - immunologist are the winners of the 26th edition of the Foundation for Polish Science Prize. Awards will be presented on 6th December at the Royal Castle in Warsaw.

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