Head of the PhD study programme:
dr hab. Joanna Kapusta, UJ prof.phone: +48 12 664 5206
joanna.kapusta@uj.edu.pl
PhD Student Administration Office:
mgr inż. Anna Stecphone: +48 12 664 6752
wb.doktoranci@uj.edu.pl
The PhD Programme in Biology is carried out in English, in a full-time, eight-semester system.
This PhD programme covers courses representing various areas of biological sciences, including training in modern methodology and mastering skills useful in professional academic and non-academic careers. Choice of facultative classes and the possibility of gaining credits for courses offered outside of the University ensures flexibility and helps to adjust participation in courses to the individual research plan of the student.
For everyone who will be accepted for the PhD programme in Biology, a scholarship is guaranteed.
PhD students are recruited for the specific research topics offered by the faculty members. Some of the competitions listed below are held outside the OAS system (Online Application System). We kindly ask you to follow the recruitment rules described in each competition.
Each year, PhD students and their advisors/promotors write an individual research plan for a given year. Until the end of four semesters, students’ achievements are evaluated (mid-term evaluation) by the committee.
Doctoral dissertations are prepared under the supervision of a scientific staff of the Faculty of Biology (members of the Institute of Botany, Institute of Environmental Sciences or Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research). PhD programme in Biology leads to the scientific Doctoral title in the discipline of biology. More information about the programme can be found here.
Pursuant to § 7 sections 1 and 3 of Resolution No. 91/IX/2021 of the Senate of the Jagiellonian University of 29 September 2021 on the rules of recruitment for the Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences at the Jagiellonian University in the academic year 2022/2023, the Director of the Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences announces a competition for 1 doctoral student with a scholarship financed from the research project funds as part of the 4-year PhD programme in Biology.
Within the NCN-funded Opus20 project entitled: "Molecular mechanisms of the protective effect of swimming training on skeletal muscle atrophy and the course of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)", a commission set up at the School will conduct recruitment for the 4-year PhD study programme PhD programme in Biology.
The project manager Prof. dr hab. Elżbieta Pyza offers an opportunity to complete the doctorate in the following area: "Molecular mechanisms of the protective effect of swimming training on skeletal muscle atrophy and the course of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)".
After the interviews and the evaluation of the candidates, the Chairman of the committee presents a report to the Director containing a list of candidates recommended for admission to the school as part of the research project.
Project description:
In the neurodegenerative disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), muscles degenerate and this muscle atrophy leads finally to the death of patients. Molecular processes leading to the atrophy of muscles are still unknown, however, there are published reports that swimming training may have positive effects and delay symptoms of ALS.
The aim of the project is to examine, at the level of confocal microscopy and transmission electron microscopy, changes of selected protein levels and ultrastructural changes in neurons of somatosensory cortex of the brain and in skeletal muscles obtained from transgenic mice, models of ALS, before and after the swimming training.
An additional advantage will be: