Elżbieta’s paper “Low-cost, syringe based ion-selective electrodes for the evaluation of potassium in food products and pharmaceutical” has recently been accepted in Electrochimica Acta. The article deals with the quantification of potassium in real samples using an electronic tongue based on low-cost syringe electrodes.Ion-selective electrodes (ISE) are well known potentiometric sensors that allow rapid, non-invasive…
Emilia’s presentation at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry in Canada
From 18 to 23 August 2024, Emilia had the chance to attend the 75th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry in Montréal, Canada. The meeting started with a plenary lecture by Montréal born Nobel Laureate Rudolph A. Marcus – yes, the one from Marcus Theory! – in which he presented his latest research…
Emilia once again among the laureates of the IPC PAS young researchers competition
Congratulations to Emilia, who recently again won the “Young Researchers IPC PAS” competition. The competition is judged in two categories: Ph.D. students and “young” research workers of the IPC PAS with a Ph.D. degree. A short list of candidates is created based on recent publications. This year, 10 winners were chosen in each category. Congratulations…
Elżbieta, Karthika and Emilia at Knowledge transfer seminar in Gdańsk
On July 18, Elżbieta, Karthika, and Emilia traveled to Gdańsk University of Technology for a knowledge transfer meeting organized by prof. Jacek Ryl and the local student science club RedOX, affiliated with the ECS. During the meeting, Elżbieta presented various methods our group has explored for fabricating electrodes for 3D cell cultures. She received valuable…
Emilia secures new grant to develop sensor array for detecting “Good Night Cinderella” drugs
Following a budget revision by the National Science Centre (NCN), Emilia’s project, “Unlocking the Potential of Ion-Transfer Voltammetry-Based Electronic Tongues for Date-Rape Drug Detection in Real Samples,” has been awarded funding under the SONATA BIS 13 call. This funding scheme, aimed at PhD holders who obtained their degrees 5-12 years before the call, is a…
Emilia at the Matrafured Conference
Following the STER Summer School, Emilia traveled to Hungary to participate in the Matrafured Conference on Chemical Sensors from June 16 to 21, 2024. Established in 1972, this conference has a storied history spanning over half a century. Held every two to three years, the event takes place in the picturesque and relatively secluded location…
Participating and Co-organizing the STER Summer School in Redox Processes
From June 10 to 14, our institute had the privilege of hosting the STER Summer School in Redox Processes, funded by the NAWA program. Each day of the workshop was dedicated to a specific topic, beginning with a tutorial lecture by an internationally renowned expert, followed by presentations from students and local specialists. This event…
Elżbieta, Emilia and borrowed group member Kasia at Solaris synchrotron
From 15th to 18th of April 2024 the group had a chance to learn how to perform XAS measurements at the SOLARIS synchrotron. As it was our first experiment in such a lab and it was recommended to have 2 people per shift we were joined by Kasia Dusiło from a neighbour group at the…
Elżbieta’s research stay at Mackgraphe -Brazil
Thanks to funding from NAWA/STER iWARSAW4PhD project for 2022-2024 during January Elżbieta visited Cecilia de Carvalho Castro e Silva’s lab in Mackenzie Institute for Research in Graphene and Nanotechnologies. Elżbieta’s work was aimed at fabrication of electrode arrays using Mackgraphe clean room facilities. Mackgraphe is renowned for its multidisciplinary installation with emphasis on nanoelectronics, microelectronics…
Karthika’s presentation at the Dornburg Doctoral Seminar in Thuringia
Together with 15 other PhD students from our institute Karthika went to the Dornburg Doctoral Seminar hosted by the Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien in Thuringia from 18 to 21 March. Karthika was chosen for an oral presentation and talked about “Low-cost ITO microelectrodes for biosensing using Prussian blue analogues as mediators”. The presentation was well…