From September 23rd to 27th, 2024, PainLab members Magda Białoń and Katarzyna Popiołek-Barczyk participated in the Twinning TrePsy School workshop, hosted by the Neurocentre Magendie in Bordeaux.
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The 2024 World Congress on Pain, hosted by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), has just concluded! From August 5-9 in Amsterdam, IASP celebrated its half-century of achievements and looked forward to many more years of impactful collaboration in the fight against pain worldwide.
On June 17-18, prof. Katarzyna Starowicz, along with many distinguished specialists in the field of pain research took part in in a face-to-face meeting of the IT PAIN project consortium. This meeting was preceded by numerous subgroup meetings and a questionnaire study to reach the consensus meeting point.
Thanks to a bilateral Scientific Cooperation Agreement signed by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and Polish Academy of Sciences Prof. Katarzyna Starowicz spend 5 working days at the Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitellit. She was accompanied by a talented post-doc, dr Katarzyna Popiołek-Barczyk.
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Strong public and patient demand have led to the decision to allow cannabis products for medical use in most European countries. Med-Cannabis2023, which took place in Frankfurt from Dec 4-5, addressed the many controversies surrounding cannabis-based medicines.
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The L’Oréal-UNESCO Scholarships for Women and Science Award Gala took place in Warsaw on November 14, 2023. The Polish Academy of Sciences was represented by Prof. Katarzyna Starowicz-Bubak from the Maj Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, who conveyed heartfelt congratulations to the winners from the President of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Prof. Marek Konarzewski.
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„The focus on Polish-Italian cooperation in the area of biomedicine” was the first meeting within the Copernicus Dialogues organized by the Polish Academy of Sciences scientific Centre in Rome, Maj Institute of Pharmacology PAS and Polish Science Contact Agency (PolSCA) in Brussels.
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On June 24 we were heading for the most awaited and anticipated meeting of the year! The 33rd Annual International Cannabinoid Research Society Symposium on the Cannabinoids (ICRS 2023).
We were curious to discover the latest cutting-edge scientific advances in the field of cannabinoids and endocannabinoids and to connect with long-time-no-see colleagues.
This week Krakow welcomed 361 scientists (252 in-person and 109 on-line) to the first in-person Central European Biomedical Congress since 2018, a reflection of the enthusiasm to meet up with colleagues from across Europe and beyond.
Here are some reflections and photos from the CEBC 2023.
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