We are pleased to announce that Joanna Koprowska joined our research group on 15 October 2024. Joanna brings with her a strong interdisciplinary background, having just completed a double master’s degree at the University of Warsaw. In October 2024, she successfully defended her chemistry thesis and is currently finalising her second thesis in forensic chemistry….
After 8 months at Aarhus University’s Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre (iNANO) in Denmark, from October 2024, Steven is (this time officially) again a member of the Sensor Arrays group. During his postdoc with Prof. Elena Ferapontova, Steven was learning about aptamers. Prof. Ferapontova’s research centres on the electrical and electrocatalytic properties of nucleic acids and enzymes…
On 18 September 2024 at 11.30 Karthika presented the results of her thesis entitled “ITO microelectrodes and microelectrode arrays for the analysis of cell cultures and biomedical applications” and answered questions from the three referees: Karthika became the first person to be formed under the Sensor Arrays group! Karthika comes from Kannur, Kerala, India. Emilia…
After months of preparation, on 28 August 2024, Emilia had the opportunity to present science at one of Sweden’s top concert halls. As part of the Baltic Sea Festival, organised by Swedish Radio, a Science Lab session was held. This is an outreach initiative in which six scientists from around the Baltic coast were paired…
From 23 to 27 September 2024, for the fourth time, our department hosted 13 students from all over the world during the e-SPARK Summer School on Experimental Electrochemistry. For the first time, we decided to offer compulsory courses (cell design and cyclic voltammetry) and elective courses. In addition to the courses from previous schools, we…
In September we had a short-term group member from Poznan University of Technology. Barbara Piechel, a BSc student at the Faculty of Chemical Technology, worked with Emilia on the newly started project aimed at detecting date rape drugs. The internship also marks the beginning of closer cooperation between IPC PAS and Poznan University of Technology,…
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…
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…
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…
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…