This year, the Festival will take place on 2–3 October in Zgorzelec. Here is the programme:

Thursday, 2 October:

  • 8:30–9:15 a.m. – Computer Geek in a Chemistry Laboratory (Dr Przemysław Dopieralski – Faculty of Chemistry, UWr) – MDK auditorium
  • 9:25–10:10 a.m. – Chemistry for Body and Soul: Cosmetics Through a Chemist’s Eyes (MA Karolina Paszek-Piątek – Faculty of Chemistry, UWr) – MDK auditorium
  • 9:25–10:10 a.m. – Meteorites in the World of Gemstones (MA Antoni Stryjewski – geologist, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Environmental Management, UWr) – MDK cinema hall
  • 10:20–11:05 a.m. – Girls Are from Mars and Boys Are from Venus??? (Dr Zygmunt Domagała – physician, Faculty of Medicine, UMW) – MDK auditorium
  • 10:20–11:05 a.m. – Life with Taste: What Are We Really Eating? (Dr Eng. Aleksandra Bielawska-Pohl – immunologist, IITD) – MDK cinema hall
  • 11:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m. – At the Beginning of the Path of Reason: Possibilities for Examining Bone Materials in Paleoanthropology and Bioarchaeology (Dr Paweł Dąbrowski – anthropologist, anatomist, Faculty of Medicine, UMW) – MDK auditorium
  • 11:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m. – Virus—How Easy It Is to Say, or Fascinating Facts About Virology (Dr Katarzyna Zwolińska – biotechnologist, microbiologist, IITD) – MDK cinema hall
  • 12:10–12:55 p.m. – How Much Butter Is in Butter? Butter, Margarine and Commercial Tricks (Dr Hubert Bartosz-Bechowski – chemist, Faculty of Chemistry, UWr) – MDK cinema hall
  • 12:10–12:55 p.m. – How Long Will Modern Antibiotics Protect Us? (Dr Marcin Kołaczkowski – biotechnologist, molecular biologist, biophysicist, Faculty of Medicine, UMW) – MDK auditorium

Friday, 3 October:

  • 8:30–9:15 a.m. – How to Outsmart Your Appetite and Stop Stress Eating? These and Other Mysteries of Our Brain (Dr Marta Sochocka – biologist, IITD) – MDK auditorium
  • 8:30–9:15 a.m. – Nanotechnology—Passing Fad or Scientific Revolution? (Dr Piotr Psuja – physicist, INTiBS) – MDK cinema hall
  • 9:25–10:10 a.m. – The Winged Hussars in the History of Polish Warfare (Lt Col Dr Krzysztof Nowacki – Command Institute, WSOWL) – MDK auditorium
  • 9:25–10:10 a.m. – How Can Wind Be Turned into Hydrogen? (Dr Piotr Psuja – physicist, INTiBS) – MDK cinema hall
  • 10:20–11:05 a.m. – Do You Really Know What You Eat? Truths and Myths About a Healthy Lifestyle (Dr Marta Sochocka – biologist, IITD) – MDK auditorium
  • 10:20–11:05 a.m. – How Can We Look into the NANOWorld? (Dr Piotr Psuja – physicist, INTiBS) – MDK cinema hall
  • 11:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m. – A Great Army in a Drop of Blood: How the Immune System Works (Dr Marta Sochocka – biologist, IITD) – MDK auditorium
  • 11:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m. – Water—the Great Mystery (Dr Piotr Psuja – physicist, INTiBS) – MDK cinema hall
  • 12:10–12:55 p.m. – The Fascinating World of Animal and Human Parasites (MA Maja Adamczyk and MA Ewa Gajda, Faculty of Biological Sciences, UWr) – MDK cinema hall

Registration is required for all lectures: biuro@csr.zgorzelec.pl or tel. 75 64 92 706 or 782 810 502. Details on the Zgorzelec municipal office website.

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