Knowledge Transfer Zone

On the 7th and 8th of October, IPC PAS hosted an extraordinary conference Industrialization Potential of Optics in Biomedicine. Due to the pandemic restrictions, the whole event had to be moved online, but it seemed only to enrich the panel of speakers, who came virtually (in more than one sense of the word) from all over the world, eager to share their knowledge, experience, and passion. All lectures and talks had been streamed live on YouTube but also recorded for further reference.

At the invitation of the ERA Chair Holder Prof. Yoon-Kyoung Cho paid a visit at IPC and delivered an open lecture "Microfluidic chips to study cell to cell communication and translational research towards precision medicine" under series of “Innovation source” lectures.

On November, 5 Professor Hywel Morgan delivered an open lecture “From Smartphones to Diagnostics”. The lecture was held under the series “Innovation source”. The whole society of IPC, including IPC researchers and doctoral students, was invited – 49 persons signed the attendance list. This event’s goal was to show miniature analytical systems that exploit low-cost consumer electronics for both sample processing and sensing of samples and above their path to commercialization.

On October, 28 a course on "How to become an entrepreneur" took place at the Institute of Physical Chemistry PAS (IPC). It was held under “Innovation source” open lecture series.

This event was aimed, in particular, to support a transfer of ideas generated at our institute to business. The event consisted of two seminars and a workshop, delivered by Sarai Kemp, and dr. Nitza Kardish – representatives of Trendlines, an Israeli company offering commercialization services at the field of life sciences. The whole society of IPC, including IPC researchers and doctoral students, was invited.

The ninth open lecture under a series of “Innovation source” was held on June 25th, 2019 at the Institute of Physical Chemistry PAS (IPC). At the invitation of the ERA Chair Holder, Prof. Jakub Gołąb , Head of the Department of Immunology at Medical University of Warsaw paid a visit at IPC aimed at delivering a lecture „Academic exploring industry - a case study”.

On the 19^th June, 2019 the eighth open lecture under a series of “Innovation source” was held at the Institute of Physical Chemistry PAS (IPC). Prof. Leon Gradoń was invited to the Institute by the CREATE Project Coordinator and the ERA Chair holder to deliver the lecture entilted “From phenomenological investigations towards industrial applications. Production of CCV filters for automotive industry”.

On the 11th June, 2019 the open lecture under a series of “Innovation source” was held at the Institute of Physical Chemistry PAS (IPC). Prof. Tomasz Ciach was invited to the Institute by the CREATE Project Coordinator and the ERA Chair holder. Prof. Tomasz Ciach is a professor at the Warsaw University of Technology who has broad experience in applying scientific knowledge in practice.

On May, 31 Rafał Bator delivered an open lecture “How to deal with the investment of a Venture Capital fund”. The lecture was held under the series “Innovation source”. The whole society of IPC, including IPC researchers and doctoral students, was invited – 59 persons signed the attendance list. This event was aimed at offering support to researchers, interested in commercial application of own ideas, with development of own ventures and acquiring private funding for initial development stages.

The fifth open lecture under a series of “Innovation source” was held on November 19^th, 2018 at the Institute of Physical Chemistry PAS (IPC). At the invitation of the ERA Chair Holder, Prof. Christophe Gorecki, Director of research at CNRS and Head of the MOEMS team at the FEMTO-ST Institute

On the 10^th May, 2018 the another open lecture under a series of “Innovation source” took place at the Institute of Physical Chemistry PAS (IPC). The purpose of the above series of lectures is to update scientists’ knowledge of current technological trends and innovation in chemistry-related sectors, as well as establishment of relations with business.