WUM_PW INTEGRA is a competition for joint research projects between Warsaw University of Technology and Medical University of Warsaw in the fields of medicine, biomedical engineering and biotechnology, innovative technologies for medicine and medical diagnostics or related issues. In the first edition of the competition, eight projects were qualified for funding.
List of projects qualified for funding
- "Application of aerosol in anticancer gene therapy"
Project manager: Prof. Tomasz Sosnowski, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, project leader: Prof. Maciej Małecki, Department of Applied Pharmacy, MUW - "Creation of adaptive, three-dimensional models of bronchopulmonary segments based on tomographic and lung scintigraphic imaging: new perspectives in the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension"
Project manager: Prof. Tomasz Markiewicz, Department of Electrical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology; project leader: Olga Dzikowska-Diduch, MD, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology with the Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism, MUW - "Effect of remineralizing agents on tooth enamel - an in vitro study"
Project manager: Anna Turska-Szybka, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, MUW, project leader: Prof. Małgorzata Lewandowska, Faculty of Materials Engineering, WUT - "Platform for screening genetically determined disorders of hemoglobin synthesis in a blood sample using microscopy and phase tomography"
Project manager: Wojciech Krauze, Department of Mechatronics of the Warsaw University of Technology, project leader: Dr. Piotr Mrówka, Department of Biophysics, Physiology and Pathophysiology MUW - "Thermographic evaluation of postoperative wounds"
Project manager: Dr Piotr Kalinowski, Department of General, Transplantation and Liver Surgery, UCC MUW; project leader: Paweł Wiśniewski, Dr Eng., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology (WUT) - "GliomAI: Artificial Intelligence in the Development of a Radiogenomic Collection of Gliomas"
Project manager: Dr. Krzysztof Bartnik, 2nd Department of Clinical Radiology, MUW, project leader: Prof. Przemysław Biecek, Department of Mathematics and Information Sciences, WUT - "Development of a freely available tool for automatic morphometric evaluation of peripheral nerves in regenerative medicine research using modern methods of image analysis"
Project manager: Dr. Wiktor Paskal, Department of Research Methodology MUW, project leader Magdalena Jasionowska-Skop, Dr Eng., Department of Mathematics and Information Sciences WUT - "New composite materials for potential applications in the treatment of hard-to-heal wounds"
Project manager: Joanna Kolmas, MD, PhD, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Biomaterials, MUW; project leader: Roman Grygoruk, Dr Eng., Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, WUT
The first edition of the competition ran from October 12 to November 13, 2023. Thirty-six applications were submitted, which were evaluated by a competition committee jointly appointed by MUW and WUT.