2024 - Rector of the Jagiellonian University Third Degree Team Award to Prof. Elżbieta Pyza, Dr hab. Milena Damulewicz, Prof. UJ, Grzegorz Tylko and Dr Jolanta Górska-Andrzejak for scientific activity
2023 - Distinction in the competition for the Jerzy Konorski Award for the team Damulewicz M, Doktór B, Baster Z, Pyza E for the best Polish research paper published in 2022
Individual
2024/2025 - Karolina Truchan (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anna Osyczka), Laureate of the Research Support Module competition, Jagiellonian University Excellence Initiative, research internship at the University of Pennsylvania, USA
2024/2025 - Justyna Kadłuczka (Supervisor: Dr hab. Milena Damulewicz) Laureate of the Research Support Module competition, Jagiellonian University Excellence Initiative, Project Manager of the project entitled Impact of ageing on gene expression profile in astrocytes in a model of Parkinson's disease in Drosophila melanogaster
2025 - Justyna Kadłuczka ( Supervisor Dr. Milena Damulewicz) Laureate of the Visibility and Mobility Module, Jagiellonian University Excellence Initiative, EMBO Workshop, ‘Astrocytes: From Molecules to Systems’
2024 - Award of the Jagiellonian University Vice-Chancellor for Student Affairs to Prof. UJ, Grzegorz Tylko for teaching achievements
2024 - Silver medal INTARG (17th International Invention and Innovation Contest) and special award from the Polish Chamber of Patent Attorneys to Karolina Truchan, Prof Anna M Osyczka and colleagues from AGH, Prof AGH, Dr Katarzyna Cholewa-Kowalska and Mgr Barbara Zagrajczuk for the invention entitled. ‘Innovative method for rapid and efficient differentiation of adipose tissue cells into bone tissue cells’.
2024 - E-NNOVATE Gold Medal (International Innovation Summit) and HIUF Special Award to Karolina Truchan, Prof Anna M Osyczka and colleagues from AGH, Prof. AGH, Katarzyna Cholewa-Kowalska and Mgr Inż. Barbara Zagrajczuk for the invention entitled. ‘Innovative method of differentiating adipose tissue-derived cells into bone cells’.
2023 - Award of the JM Rector of the Jagiellonian University to Dr Milena Damulewicz for scientific activity
2023 - Rector of the Jagiellonian University individual award for Prof. Dr. Elżbieta Pyza for scientific activity
2023 - Conference Committee Award to Karolina Truchan (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anna Osyczka) for the best presentation entitled. ‘BMP-2 along with ERK inhibitor and Phenamil effectively enhance osteogenesis of human adipose-derived stem cells cultured on SrO- or ZnO- modified bioactive glass-PLGA composites in static and dynamic cultures’ at the international conference 5th Congress of Polish Biosciences BIO2023, Szczecin, Poland, 2023
2022-2023 - Karolina Truchan (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anna Osyczka), Laureate of the Research Support competition in the Module of Excellence Initiative of the Jagiellonian University, Project Manager entitled ‘Effect of ketogenic diet during pregnancy and lactation on bone marrow regenerative potential of offspring’.
2020-2023 - Karolina Truchan (Supervisor: Prof. dr hab. Anna Osyczka), Laureate of the Diamond Grant IX competition, Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Project Manager entitled ‘Bone-forming potential of selected bioactive materials in human adipose stem cell cultures’
2021 - Conference Committee Award to Karolina Truchan (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Anna Osyczka) for the best presentation entitled. ‘Noggin promotes osteogenesis in adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells through the activation of Src, Akt and ERK1/2 intracellular signalling’ at the international conference XXVIII International Symposium Molecular and Physiological Aspects of Regulatory Processes in the Organism
