From 16 to 20 September 2024, three students of the second cycle of Chemical Technology of Poznan University o Technology, together with colleagues from the Universities of Catania and Mons, participated in a Autum School part of the EUNICE Excellence Programme in Bio-Inspired Chemistry.
The Autum School hosted by the University of Mons opened the first edition of the Master’s Programme in Bioinspired Chemistry delivered in English along with the University of Catania (Italy) and Poznan University of Technology. This one-week module marked a joint programme that will be coursed online by its students until August 2025.
It aims to enhance knowledge and skills in a multidisciplinary field combining the areas of biochemistry, biomaterials, supramolecular systems, macromolecules, nanomedicine, molecular self-organisation and nanoscience, as well as networking in the international scientific community.
The students remark that this meeting “became an inspiring platform for exchanging knowledge and experiences between students and experts from various parts of Europe, and also contributed to the creation of fruitful scientific and cultural ties”.
During the Autum School, the students attended lectures and workshops given not only by the representatives of the Faculty of Chemical Technology (FCT), Katarzyna Dopierała, Beata Strzemiecka and Marta Woźniak-Karczewska, but also by academic staff from the University of Mons, the University of Catania and special guests prof. Amaia Cipitria from the Ikerbasque University (Spain) and prof. Pascal Jonkheijm from the University of Twente (the Netherlands). The participants of the School, together with delegations from the nine EUNICE partner universities, attended the inauguration ceremony of the academic year at the University of Mons.
The recruitment of students for the second edition of the EUNICE Excellence Programme Bio-Inspired Chemistry Programme will take place in March 2025.
Participants of the bio-inspired summer school at the university of Mons
