Professor Bruce Rubin will give a lecture entitled “Lymphatic pulmonary disease in children with an emphasis on plastic bronchitis”. We invite the entire academic community to participate in this event! The lecture will be held on October 26 at 1 p.m. in the lecture hall of the Pediatric Teaching Clinical Hospital UCC WUM (level -1).

“I wish you the courage to acccept challenges, satisfaction with learning, many successes and joy in what the coming years will bring,” said Prof. Agnieszka Mielczarek, the Dean of the Faculty of Dental Medicine, during the matriculation ceremony. She addressed new students of the following programs: dental medicine, dental hygiene, dental techniques, physiotherapy, electroradiology, audiophonology with hearing care and general and clinical speech therapy.

Prof. Jakub Piwowarski, Head of the Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Head of the Microbiota Lab Core Facility, has received an award recognizing outstanding scientific achievements in the biomedical or biopharmaceutical sciences that open up new possibilities for applications in medicine and pharmacy. He was honored for his innovative research on the microbiota.

The official matriculation ceremony for students of the Faculty of Health Sciences was held on October 7. A total of 1,738 students began their studies in the programs of dietetics, nursing, midwifery, medical emergency and public health.

Thanks to the support of the Mazovian Voivodeship, the Center for Translational Pharmacy – Specialist Laboratories for Microbiota Research will be established. The contract for co-financing this project has just been signed by our university. The center is intended to be a unique research facility in Mazovia, Poland and Europe. It will conduct comprehensive research on the human and animal microbiota as well as on the metabolism of drugs, toxins, food and cosmetics.

They chose WUM to fulfill their dreams of becoming doctors, and now they are beginning their great academic journey. The journey is challenging, but as the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine explained during the formal matriculation ceremony for newly admitted students, it is worth the effort because it leads to the most beautiful profession in the world.

At the beginning of October, a modern robotic system was launched in the Chair and Department of Orthopedics, Locomotor Oncology and Traumatology of Adults and Children. The system will support the planning and performance of hip and knee replacement surgeries. The first patients are already out of surgery, and thanks to the use of modern technology, they were ready to leave the hospital 24 hours after the procedure.

This modern teaching space for students was opened in the 2nd Chair and Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Gynecological Oncology WUM. The facility will allow for daily training conducted close to departments using advanced high-fidelity simulations and new AI-based tools. Students will be able to practice skills in a safe environment before contact with patients.

The ceremonial inauguration and symbolic opening of the 2026/2027 academic year are behind us. Many guests celebrated alongside our academic community, which has been joined by newly admitted students.

The Swedish Karolinska Institute has awarded Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel the Nobel Prize for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics. “Once again, the Nobel Committee has recognized basic science research that provides the foundation for further scientific breakthroughs. Perhaps the discoveries of this year’s Nobel laureates will help us better understand the mechanisms responsible for emotions, memory, and behavior,” comments Professor Paweł Włodarski, Head of the Department of Histology and Embryology and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at WUM.