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2026-07-10
JS2026 Award Winners

During the 6^th Jagiellonian Symposium on Advances in Particle Physics and Medicine (JS2026), awards were presented for outstanding scientific contributions in fundamental physics, medical imaging, and preclinical research.

The Best Poster Awards were presented in three categories:
- Basic Physics: Ivica Friščić, University of Zagreb, Croatia, for Study of Azimuthal Correlations of Compton-scattered Gammas from Ortho-positronium;
- Medical Imaging: Narendra Rathod, University of Bern, Switzerland, for Prototype Development of an On-chip PET System with Dual-sided Crystal Readout for Enhanced Gamma-ray Interaction Point Localization;
- Preclinical Studies: Leila K. Janowska, Ti-com, Inc., Baltimore, USA, for Clinically Relevant Porcine Endovascular Stroke Model for Testing Therapeutic Agents and Medical Devices.

The JS2026 Scientific Committee Awards were presented to:
- PhD Student: Kurumi Narita, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), Japan, for Performance Evaluation of A Brain PET Prototype With Crosshair Light-Sharing Detectors;
- PhD Student: Satyam Tiwari, Jagiellonian University, Poland, for Analytical Modelling of Blank Scan for Detector Scattered Attenuation Correction (DSAC);
- Young Doctor: Dr. Fredrik Olof Andre Parnefjord Gustafsson, CERN, Switzerland, for Probing The Nuclear Periphery Via The Cold Annihilation of Antiprotonic Atoms.

The awarded works reflect the broad scientific scope of JS2026. They range from studies of positronium and antimatter to new PET detector concepts, attenuation-correction methods, and clinically relevant preclinical models.
2026-07-10
Deepak Kumar receives an Award granted by ESMI at JS2026

During JS2026, Deepak Kumar from Jagiellonian University received an award granted by the European Society for Molecular Imaging (ESMI). The award recognized his contribution entitled Measuring the Polarization Correlation of Annihilation Photons in e+e- Decays using Modular J-PET.
The study investigates the correlation between the polarization of photons produced in electron-positron annihilation using the modular J-PET detector.
Photon polarization carries information about the quantum properties of the annihilation process. Measuring such correlations with PET-based detector technology therefore connects two areas that are often considered separately: fundamental studies of matter-antimatter annihilation and the development of advanced medical-imaging detectors.
The award highlights the broader scientific potential of the J-PET technology beyond its direct applications in positron emission tomography.
2026-07-09
JS2026 Panel Discussion: Democratizing PET Worldwide

How can positron emission tomography become a medical technology that is available not only in wealthy hospitals and major cities, but also in regions where resources, infrastructure, and specialist expertise are limited?
This question was at the centre of the JS2026 panel discussion Democratizing PET Worldwide.
The panel was chaired by Prof. Thomas Beyer from the Medical University of Vienna, Austria.

The discussion brought together:
- Prof. Paul Lecoq, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland,
- Prof. Paweł Moskal, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland,
- Prof. Taiga Yamaya, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) / Chiba University, Japan,
- Dr. Christina Vallgren, CEO and Co-Founder of Terapet SA, Switzerland,
- Prof. Qiyu Peng, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, China.

A central point of the discussion was that wider access to PET cannot be achieved simply by reducing the price of the scanner.
A functioning PET programme also requires a reliable supply of radiotracers, trained physicians and technical staff, maintenance, appropriate regulation, and a healthcare system capable of identifying and referring patients who are likely to benefit from the examination.
The panel therefore considered what a minimum viable PET ecosystem might look like in a region with limited resources. In this context, ?ecosystem? means the complete set of elements required to make PET work in practice: the scanner, radiotracer production or supply, trained personnel, maintenance, clinical protocols, and patient referral pathways.
The question of priorities was equally important. If a country or region can initially support only one or two PET centres, which clinical applications should be introduced first? The answer depends not only on what PET can technically measure, but also on which examinations can provide the greatest benefit to patients and the healthcare system.
Emerging scanner technologies were discussed from the same perspective.
Total-body PET, for example, provides very high sensitivity. This can allow lower administered activity, shorter examinations, or increased patient throughput. These advantages are significant, but such systems also require a large initial investment. The panel therefore considered whether total-body PET can help broaden access or whether it may remain concentrated in already well-funded centres.
Smaller, lower-cost, and more flexible PET systems may offer another route. Their value may not lie in reproducing every capability of the most advanced scanners, but in providing sufficient clinical performance at a cost and level of complexity that more healthcare systems can sustain.
Artificial intelligence was also discussed as a supporting technology. AI-based methods may help reconstruct useful images from lower-count data, assist with image interpretation where specialists are scarce, and improve clinical workflow. But AI alone cannot replace the physical, technical, and organizational infrastructure needed to operate PET safely and reliably.
The discussion therefore moved beyond the scanner itself. It addressed how universities, research institutes, companies, international organizations, and established PET centres can contribute to education, technology transfer, and the development of local expertise.
The broader goal is not simply to install more PET scanners. It is to create PET programmes that remain clinically useful, affordable, and sustainable over time.
The panel concluded by looking toward the next decade: If we meet again in Kraków in 2036, what would need to have changed for PET to be considered a truly global medical technology rather than a privilege of wealthy healthcare systems?
2026-07-08
JS2026 Panel Discussion: Medical Experiments and Clinical Trials

How can a promising scientific or technological idea move from the laboratory toward a method that can be tested safely and meaningfully in patients?
This question formed the broader context of the JS2026 panel discussion on Medical Experiments and Clinical Trials.
The panel was chaired by Prof. Mahadevappa Mahesh from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA.

The discussion brought together:
- Prof. Thomas Beyer, Medical University of Vienna, Austria,
- Prof. Paweł Olko, The Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland,
- Prof. Volkmar Schulz, RWTH Aachen University, Germany,
- Prof. Mirosław Janowski, University of Maryland School of Medicine / Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA,
- Prof. Ewa Stępień, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland.

The panel brought together perspectives from medical imaging, radiation physics, experimental medicine, and clinical research.
A new imaging technique may perform well under controlled laboratory conditions, but clinical translation requires much more than technical performance. The method must be safe, reproducible, clinically meaningful, and practical enough to be incorporated into patient care.
This makes clinical translation a multidisciplinary process. Physicists and engineers may develop the technology, but physicians, biologists, medical physicists, regulatory specialists, and clinical researchers are needed to determine whether it provides a real benefit to patients.
The discussion therefore focused on the connection between scientific innovation and clinical evidence: how new methods should be evaluated, how experimental results can be translated into clinical studies, and how researchers can design technologies with real clinical needs in mind from the beginning.
The panel emphasized a simple but important point: a successful medical technology is not defined only by what it can measure, but by whether that measurement can improve clinical decisions and ultimately patient care.
2026-07-05
The 6^th Jagiellonian Symposium on Advances in Particle Physics and Medicine

The 6th Jagiellonian Symposium on Advances in Particle Physics and Medicine (JS2026) was organized by the Jagiellonian University in Kraków from July 5-10, 2026. The symposium was chaired by Prof. Paweł Moskal and Prof. Ewa Stępień. The meeting continues a conference series inaugurated in 2015 and held subsequently in 2017, 2019, 2022, and 2024. As in earlier editions, its purpose was to provide a platform for physicists, clinicians and experts in instrumentation to exchange ideas and to discuss fundamental research and its translation into clinical practice.

The symposium brought together 148 participants from 21 countries. Prof. Habib Zaidi (Geneva) opened the symposium with a lecture on ?Advanced Computational Models for Theranostic Digital Twins?, and Prof. Simon R. Cherry (UC Davis), co-creator of the EXPLORER total-body PET programme, delivered the public lecture ?Seeing is Believing?. The meeting closed with Prof. Stefan Ulmer (Düsseldorf, RIKEN and the BASE collaboration at CERN) on the ?First Transportation of Antimatter?. In addition, the keynote and invited talks were delivered by leading researchers in the fields of total-body and brain PET, positronium imaging, quantum entanglement in positron emission tomography, particle detection and particle-therapy monitoring, radiopharmaceuticals for theranostics, exotic atoms and nuclear physics, antimatter-physics, and artificial intelligence for medicine.

https://indico.koza.if.uj.edu.pl/e/Symposium2026

The symposium was held under the honorary patronage of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland, the Rector of the Jagiellonian University, the Mayor of Kraków, the Committee for Medical Physics, Radiobiology and Image Diagnostics and the Committee on Physiological and Pharmacological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and the European Society for Molecular Imaging (ESMI), which also conferred the award for the best oral presentation. Media patronage was provided by Kraków.pl. The meeting also received partial financial support from Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Hamamatsu and Farnell.
2026-07-05
Professor Peng visits the J-PET laboratories

Professor Qiyu Peng is a leading expert in PET instrumentation and a former Career Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He contributed to the OpenPET and EXPLORER total-body PET projects and currently leads the development of next-generation PET technologies at Shenzhen Bay Laboratory.
Professor Peng visited the J-PET laboratories and became familiar with the latest advances in the J-PET project, including the design of total-body PET scanners based on plastic scintillator technology. The visit provided an excellent opportunity to exchange scientific ideas, discuss recent advances in PET instrumentation, and explore opportunities for future collaboration between Shenzhen Bay Laboratory and the J-PET research team.
2026-05-21
Members of the J-PET group and the Department of Medical Physics at the MCSB 2026 Conference

Researchers from the J-PET collaboration and the Department of Medical Physics presented their work at the 10th Conference on Modeling Cybernetic Systems in Biology (MCSB 2026), held on May 21?22 2026, at the Conference Centre of the Jagiellonian University Medical College in Kraków, Poland. The collaboration is led by Prof. Paweł Moskal, who also served as Chair of the Biophysical Modelling Session.

The conference provided a multidisciplinary forum bringing together mathematics, computer science, engineering, and life sciences to discuss advances in modelling complex biological systems and their applications in medicine and healthcare technologies. The J-PET group presented ten oral presentations during the conference.

1. A simulation study to use organic scintillators as a detector system for Photon Counting Computed Tomography by Tevfik Kaplanoglu,
2. Comparative study of Total-Body J-PET sensitivity for two-layer configurations from 6 × 30 mm^2 and 4 × 18 mm^2 plastic scintillators by Sharareh Jalali,
3. Towards beam range monitoring with J-PET system in proton beam therapy by Wiktor Mryka,
4. Advances in positronium lifetime imaging using an iterative reconstruction algorithm with J-PET by Anand Pandey,
5. Decay constant-based image separation in double isotope imaging studies with the J-PET scanner by Ermias Beyene,
6. Studies of attenuation effects in two- and three-photon positronium decays in phantom models by Kamila Kasperska,
7. Simulation-based performance evaluation of a total-body J-PET scanner for two- and three-gamma imaging by Keyvan Tayefi Ardebili,
8. Deep learning enhancement of detector-scatter attenuation maps for CT-less plastic scintillator PET by Satyam Tiwari,
9. Development of novel ?? + ? emitters for positronium lifetime imaging with the J-PET scanner by Manish Das,
10. Development and characterization of a 3D-printed abdominal phantom by Everjoy Mones.

The presented contributions reflect the J-PET collaboration?s continued efforts to develop advanced computational and experimental methods for medical imaging. By combining simulation studies, detector development, and data-driven approaches, the work supports ongoing progress toward more accurate and efficient positron emission tomography systems, as well as broader applications in quantitative biomedical modelling.
2026-05-15
Prof. Paweł Moskal Highlights J-PET Innovations at MEDAMI 2026 Workshop

Professor Paweł Moskal from Jagiellonian University presented at the IX MEDAMI Workshop, held May 15-17, 2026, at the Terminal Hub in Valencia, Spain. The event immediately followed the technical FTMI/TBPET/PSMR 2026 workshop. The conference focused on expanding molecular imaging access in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to support United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. During the event, Prof. Moskal delivered an oral presentation on democratizing positron emission tomography (PET) using low-cost plastic scintillators.

Presentation Details
Title: Jagiellonian PET: Democratizing access to positron emission tomography with low-cost, modular, lightweight, and portable PET scanners based on plastic scintillators
Session / Track: Nuclear Medicine Deployment in LMICs: Enabling Technologies
Date and Time: May 16, 2026, at 11:30 AM
Speaker: Prof. Paweł Moskal (Jagiellonian University)
Location: BIOHUB VLC, Valencia, Spain

The presentation showcased that the J-PET scanner offers high-end diagnostic capabilities tailored to the economic and structural constraints of LMICs, serving as a practical tool to reduce global healthcare disparities.
2026-05-11
Members of the J-PET group and the Department of Medical Physics at the FTMI-TBPET-PSMR Workshop 2026

Researchers from the J-PET collaboration and the Department of Medical Physics recently presented their work at the FTMI?TBPET?PSMR Workshop 2026, held on May 11?14 2026 in Valencia, Spain. This international event focused on the latest breakthroughs in fast timing technologies, total-body PET, multimodal imaging, and emerging detector systems. Led by Prof. Paweł Moskal, the team highlighted their ongoing efforts to develop next-generation cost-effective total-body J-PET scanner.
During the workshop, the J-PET group delivered six oral presentations detailing their newest technical and analytical achievements. Their contributions covered critical advancements in hardware, including novel detector materials and optimized scanner designs. Additionally, the team shared insights from recent simulation studies, new method for attenuation correction, and progress in positronium imaging techniques.

1. Definitive Design for Developing a Cost-Effective Total-Body J-PET from Plastic Scintillators by Prof. Paweł Moskal,
2. Investigation of the Sensitivity of a Brain PET Insert in a Total-Body J-PET System: A Simulation Study byProf. Paweł Moskal,
3. Selection of Plastic Scintillators for the Total-Body J-PET Scanner by Dr. Łukasz Kapłon,
4. A Multi-Axes Gantry System for Total-Body J-PET/CT Scanner by Tevfik Kaplanoglu,
5. Studies of Attenuation and Detector Geometry Effects in Two- and Three-Gamma Positronium Decays Towards 3gamma/2gamma Imaging Using the Total-Body J-PET Tomograph by Kamila Kasperska,
6. A Novel CT-less Attenuation Correction Approach for Cost-Effective Plastic Scintillator based Total-body PET by Satyam Tiwari.

Overall, the contributions highlighted the J-PET collaboration's coordinated efforts to advance total-body PET technology through innovations in detector design, system architecture, and imaging methodology.
2026-03-24
Members of the J-PET group at the 21st European Molecular Imaging Meeting (EMIM 2026)
Seven members of the J-PET group and the Department of Medical Physics participated in the European Society for Molecular Imaging meeting, EMIM 2026, which took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from March 24-27, 2026 (https://e-smi.eu/meetings/emim/2026_ljubljana).

As every year, over 1,200 scientists from Europe and around the world presented their achievements in cutting-edge molecular imaging techniques and their applications in preclinical and basic research.

Professor Paweł Moskal and Dr. Aleksander Khreptak gave two oral presentations, and we had six posters in total.
- First Application of PALS to Human Thrombi: Nanoscale free volume Characterization
  - Session: Quantification & Analysis
  - Authors: Simbarashe Moyo, Karol Kubat, Jakub Stępniewski, Grzegorz Kopeć, Paweł Moskal, Ewa Stępień
- Towards a Long-Lived 44Ti/44Sc Generator for PET and Positronium Imaging
  - Session: PET, SPECT, Hybrid Nuclear Technologies
  - Authors: Paweł Moskal, Aleksander Khreptak, Jarosław Choiński, Pete Jones, Ihor Kadenko, Agnieszka Majkowska-Pilip, Rudrajyoti Palit, Anna Stolarz, Rafał Walczak, Ewa Stępień
- Developing Positron Range Correction for Beam Monitoring with J-PET System in Proton Beam Therapy
  - Session: PET/SPECT, Hybrid Technologies
  - Authors: Wiktor Mryka, Szymon Niedźwiecki, Ewa Stępień, Paweł Moskal
  - Mr. Wiktor Mryka won the Best Poster Award for this poster.
- Double Isotope Studies with Mouse Phantom (J-PET)
  - Session: Quantification & Analysis
  - Authors: Ermias Yitayew Beyene, Bartosz Leszczyński, Łukasz Kapłon, Paweł Moskal, Ewa Stępień
- CT-less Attenuation Correction via ML Reconstruction
  - Session: Acquisition & Processing
  - Authors: Satyam Tiwari, Sushil Sharma, Ewa Stępień, Paweł Moskal
- Iterative Reconstruction for Positron Lifetime Imaging (44Sc)
  - Session: Acquisition & Processing
  - Authors: Anand Pandey, Sushil Sharma, Manish Das, Ewa Stępień, Paweł Moskal
- First Ex-vivo Positronium Imaging with J-PET (44Sc)
  - Session: Acquisition & Processing
  - Authors: Karol Kubat, Manish Das, Łukasz Kapłon, Bartosz Leszczyński, Rafał Walczak, Paweł Moskal, Ewa Stępień
- A new microCT-supported human WM-266-4 melanoma model in SCID mice
  - Session: Tumour Metabolism, Acidosis & Redox Biology
  - Authors: Bartosz Leszczynski, Grzegorz Kwiatkowski, Birger Tielemans, Ewa Stępień, Greetje Vande Velde
2025-12-01
Doctoral promotion of Dr Neha Chug

The ceremony was held in the Aula of Collegium Novum of the Jagiellonian University
2025-11-28
Pooja Tanty and Simbarashe Moyo received the PRELUDIUM 24 grants

Pooja Tanty and Simbarashe Moyo received the PRELUDIUM 24 grants from the National Science Centre for the projects titled: 'Charge conjugation invariance test in Electromagnetic interaction via ortho-positronium decay' (abstract) and 'Can positronium lifetime reveal chemical modifications in biological samples?' (abstract)
2025-11-27
Udział prof. Ewy Stępień w podcaście Bio-Phi-Cast

Profesor Ewa Stępień gościła w odcinku podcastu Bio-Phi-Cast pod tytułem Teranostyka: Przyszłość Medycyny - Gdy Diagnostyka Spotyka Terapię.
2025-11-24
J-PET at CYFRONET AGH Open Day

The J-PET research group members took part in the CYFRONET AGH Open Day, 24 November 2025, an event dedicated to presenting the computing resources, data centers, and advanced IT infrastructure offered by CYFRONET. During the meeting, Bartłomiej Rachwał presented scientific activities of the J-PET group, emphasizing the crucial role of CYFRONET's computational resources in supporting ongoing research and data analysis. Summary of CYFRONET Open Day
2025-11-13
Udział dr hab. Magdaleny Skurzok w podcaście Bio-Phi-Cast

Dr hab. Magdalena Skurzok gościła w odcinku podcastu Bio-Phi-Cast pod tytułem Polska Innowacja w Obrazowaniu Medycznym J-PET .
2025-10-30
Udział prof. Pawła Moskala w podcaście Bio-Phi-Cast

Profesor Paweł Moskal gościł w odcinku podcastu Bio-Phi-Cast pod tytułem J-PET zza kulis.
2025-10-16
Joining the ENRICH COST Action CA24131

The J-PET group joined the ENRICH (European Network for radiation-detection based Research and Innovation addressing increasing societal CHallenges) COST Action CA24131 which aims to build a European network of researchers and stakeholders working on radiation-detection based experiments and applications. For more information visit COST ENRICH webpage.
2025-08-27
A new interview with Prof. Paweł Moskal in Physics World

Physics World publishes interview with Prof. Paweł Moskal entitled: Towards quantum PET: harnessing the diagnostic power of positronium imaging
2025-08-13
A new article in Science highlights our pioneering research on Positronium Imaging

Science highlights our pioneering research on Positronium Imaging in the article entitled: New twist on PET scans unlocks hidden signals for diagnosing disease
2025-06-27
Doctoral Defence of Neha Chug

Neha Chug defended her doctoral thesis: Testing CPT symmetry in ortho-positronium decays at the precision of 10^-4 with J-PET
2025-06-23
J-PET zamiast biopsji?

Portal Polityka Zdrowotna poinformował o otrzymaniu grantu ERC przez prof. Pawła Moskala w artykule J-PET zamiast biopsji? Prof. Paweł Moskal chce zrewolucjonizować diagnostykę raka - otrzymał już grant ERC.
2025-06-13
Prof. Paweł Moskal Received Prestigious ERC Advanced Grant

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant to Prof. Paweł Moskal for project 'Can tissue oxygenation be sensed by positronium?'
2025-04-28
Doctoral promotions of Dr Monika Pawlik-Niedźwiecka and Dr Nikodem Krawczyk

The ceremony was held in the Aula of Collegium Novum of the Jagiellonian University.
2025-03-14
J-PET at EMIM 2025 | Manish Das received 1st prize for the best poster

The 20th European Molecular Imaging Meeting (EMIM 2025) took place from March 11-14, 2025, at the Palacio Euskalduna Bilbao in Bilbao, Spain, marking two decades of progress in molecular imaging. This international conference brought together over 1,100 researchers, clinicians, and industry experts, providing a platform for knowledge exchange and collaboration. The program featured 345 oral presentations and 452 poster sessions, covering a wide range of topics including mass spectrometry, microscopy, and advanced non-invasive imaging techniques such as positron emission tomography (PET) and fluorescence imaging, applied in both preclinical and early clinical research. Additionally, the meeting showcased innovations in image-guided therapy and theranostics, highlighting the growing impact of molecular imaging on precision medicine and patient care.
During the conference, research findings were presented by faculty and doctoral researchers from the Department of Medical Physics, under the leadership of Prof. Ewa Stępień, as well as the Department of Experimental Particle Physics, including the J-PET group, led by Prof. Paweł Moskal.

We returned from the conference with notable achievements:

1. Manish Das received the Best Poster Award in the PET, SPECT & Hybrid Technologies category for his poster titled 'Positronium as a Biomarker for Neuroendocrine Tumor' (Authors: Manish Das, Sushil Sharma, Ewa Stępień, Paweł Moskal).

2. Prof. Paweł Moskal delivered an oral presentation in the X-Ray, CT, PET & SPECT Technologies session, titled 'First PET Image of a Human Subject from a Plastic-Based PET Scanner', marking a significant milestone for the J-PET project initiated nearly two decades ago under his leadership, aimed at developing a cost-effective approach to cancer diagnosis.

In total, we presented seven posters covering advances in molecular imaging, PET technology, and in vitro modeling, featuring research on extracellular vesicles (Prof. Ewa Stępień), positronium imaging for neuroendocrine tumors (Manish Das), the development of a total-body J-PET scanner (Keyvan Tayefi Ardebili), double-tracer imaging (Ermias Y. Beyene), PALS imaging with thrombi (Simbarashe Moyo), tumor microenvironment modeling (Dr. Kamil Wawrowicz), and high-resolution cell quantification using microCT (Dr. Bartosz Leszczynski).
2024-12-05
Wizyta Konsul Indii w Laboratorium J-PET

Niedawne otwarcie Konsulatu Indii w Krakowie było okazją do wizyty Honorowej Konsul Generalnej Republiki Indii pani Aleksandry Głód-Ahmed w Szkole Doktorskiej Nauk Ścisłych i Przyrodniczych UJ. W ramach wizyty prof. dr hab. Paweł Moskal i prof. dr hab. Ewa Stępień gościli panią konsul w laboratorium tomografu J-PET.

Relacja z wizyty na stronach Szkoły Doktorskiej Nauk Ścisłych i Przyrodniczych.

Report from the visit of Honorary Consul General of the Republic of India, Ms. Aleksandra Głód-Ahmed, in the J-PET laboratories.
2024-12-04
Deepak Kumar received the PRELUDIUM 23 grant

Deepak Kumar received the PRELUDIUM 23 grant from the National Science Centre for the projects titled: 'Investigating the Quantum Nature of Positron Annihilation: A Machine Learning-Aided Polarization Correlation Study'
2024-11-19
Wizyta prof. Neera Agnimitra, Przewodniczącej ds. Stosunków Międzynarodowych Uniwersytetu w Delhi

Uniwersytet w Delhi (DU) jest jedną z najbardziej docenianych instytucji szkolnictwa wyższego w Indiach. Ma również jedną z najwyższych pozycji akademickich wśród indyjskich uniwersytetów. W sumie na DU studiuje ponad 330 000 studentów w ramach edukacji formalnej i nieformalnej. Uniwersytet składa się z 86 wydziałów akademickich i 91 szkół wyższych rozsianych po całym mieście.
Profesor Neera Agnimitra odwiedziła Wydział Fizyki Medycznej i Laboratoria J-PET 19 listopada 2024 r. Profesor Agnimitra jest przewodniczącą ds. stosunków międzynarodowych Uniwersytetu w Delhi i jej rolą jest wzmacnianie naszej współpracy. Obecnie w Zakładzie Fizyki Medycznej pracuje jedna doktorantka z Indii, pani Kriti Awasthi, oraz w Zakładzie Doświadczalnej Fizyki Cząstek i Zastosowań kierowanym przez prof. Pawła Moskala pracuje 7 doktorantów, jeden stażysta i jeden adiunkt, dr Sushil Sharma.
2024-11-14
Spotkanie inaugurujące projekt UPLIFT w GSI Darmstadt

W dniach 14-15 listopada 2024 odbyło się spotkanie inaugurujące projekt MSCA Doctoral Networks ? UPLIFT, który rozpoczął się 1 października 2024 roku. Spotkanie inaugurujące odbyło się w GSI/FAIR w Darmstadt. W spotkaniu uczestniczyli prof. Ewa Stępień, reprezentująca Uniwersytet Jagielloński, który jest partnerem projektu.
Projekt UPLIFT finansuje studia doktoranckie, a jego celem jest zmiana paradygmatu radioterapii i włączenie radioterapii w pozycji pionowej do standardów radioterapii. W ramach projektu profesorowie Ewa Stępień i Paweł Moskal będą kierować pracą doktorską poświęconą opracowaniu opłacalnego, modułowego detektora okołooperacyjnego do monitorowania dawki podczas terapii hadronowej u pacjentów w pozycji pionowej.
Na spotkaniu omawialiśmy cele projektu, harmonogramy, obowiązki i role każdego partnera UPLIFT (radioterapia UPright: nauka, innowacje, stypendia i szkolenia), a także wspólne działania i obowiązki, osobiście wymieniliśmy poglądy i nawiązaliśmy kontakty.
Projekt UPLIFT finansowany jest ze środków Unii Europejskiej w ramach umowy o dofinansowanie nr 101168955. Więcej na stronie projektu.
2024-11-05
Rozmowa w audycji Eureka w Polskim Radiu

W audycji Eureka w PR1 odbyła się rozmowa z prof. Ewą Stępień oraz prof. Pawłem Moskalem pt. Obrazowanie nowotworów głowy. Wyjątkowy tomograf Jagielloński PET.

Fragmentu programu z ww. rozmową można wysłuchać tutaj.
2024-10-23
J-PET at EANM'24 Congress

The 37th Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine EANM took place in Hamburg, October 19-23, 2024, aiming at the exchange and discussion of the latest theranostic advances, the most impactful clinical evidence, the most recently developed radiopharmaceuticals, and the most novel imaging and detection technologies. Two J-PET Collaboration members: prof. Paweł Moskal and mgr Szymon Parzych presented new advancements in novel positronium lifetime imaging with PET, first-ever in-vivo positronium lifetime images of humans and metabolic images with J-PET scanner.
2024-10-05
1st Total-Body J-PET General Meeting 2024
On the 5th and 6th of October 2024, the first Total-Body J-PET General Meeting was organised by the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy, and Applied Computer Science at Jagiellonian University, Kraków. The meeting brought together collaborators from various prestigious institutions, including:
- Cracow University Hospital,
- National Laboratory of Frascati, Italy,
- AGH University of Science and Technology,
- Cyclotron Centre Bronowice,
- Cracow University of Technology,
- Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Warsaw,
- Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin,
- Heavy Ion Laboratory, University of Warsaw.
The event began with an informal gathering on the evening of 5th October in the heart of Kraków, where participants discussed the present and future of J-PET research while enjoying delicious Indian cuisine.

On 6th October, the formal meeting commenced with an opening speech by the Dean of our department, Prof. Dr hab. Zbigniew Postawa, followed by opening statements from the collaborating institutions. The day proceeded with presentations from our esteemed collaborators and colleagues, showcasing the latest developments in Total-Body J-PET hardware and software, as well as exciting research projects.

Every participant, including PhD students, presented their work, which led to fruitful discussions and fostered collaboration across different research groups. The event highlighted the significant progress being made in J-PET technology and its potential future applications.

Details of the event.
2024-09-19
Professor Moskal won the award at the TBPET2024

Professor Paweł Moskal won the award for the best presentation at the Total-Body PET 2024 - TBPET2024 conference, awarded by the European Societies for Molecular Imaging (ESMI).
His presentation titled Constructing total-body JPET: 250 cm long multi-photon PET from plastic scintillators was devoted to the project of building a whole-body PET tomograph from plastic scintillators. The prototype of this device was first used for clinical imaging at the University Hospital in Krakow and at the University Medical Center of the Medical University of Warsaw.
The conference took place in Groningen at the FORUM cultural center between September 19 and 21. More than 220 scientists and clinicians from around the world took part in it, including research groups cooperating with the only manufacturers of long-axis field imaging (LAFOV) PET tomographs: United Imaging and Siemens Healthineers and GE HealthCare.
Professor Paweł Moskal presented to participants the vision of making molecular imaging technology available also in low- and middle-income countries, not only by producing economical PET tomographs made of plastic, but also by producing more accessible radionuclides for imaging (scandium-44 isotope).
2024-08-28
First prize for best poster to Neha Chug at EXA/LEAP 2024 Conference

J-PET members presented their research at the EXA/LEAP 2024 conference in Vienna, where Neha Chug won the best poster award on the CPT symmetry test with J-PET.
2024-06-17
Habilitation promotion of Dr Magdalena Skurzok

The ceremony was held in the Aula of Collegium Maius of the Jagiellonian University. Photos from the ceremony one can find on the webpage of Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science.
2024-04-10
Doctoral promotions of Dr Faranak Tayefi Ardebili and Dr Meysam Dadgar

The ceremony was held in the Aula of Collegium Novum of the Jagiellonian University.
2024-03-26
Agata Grabska otrzymała stypendium MNiSW

Jako jedyna studentka na Wydziale Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej, Agata Grabska otrzymała stypendium ministra nauki i szkolnictwa wyższego (MNiSW) na rok akademicki 2023/2024 za znaczące osiągnięcia naukowe, artystyczne lub sportowe.

Informacja na ten temat znajduje się na stronie UJ.

Agata Grabska studiuje na V roku biofizyki, swoją pracę magisterską pt. "Analysis of the nanostructure of fibrin clots fixed with various organic fixatives" przygotowuje w Zakładzie Fizyki Medycznej pod opieką prof. Ewy Stępień. Jednym z osiągnięć zgłoszonych do nagrody MNiSW jest wygłoszenie prezentacji zatytułowanej "Comparison of the fresh and fixed blood clots with PALS technique" na konferencji Applications of radiation detection techniques in fundamental physics, food control, medicine and biology" we Frascati w Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (LNF - INFN).
2024-03-15
Manish Das received 1st prize for the best poster at EMIM 2024 conference

At the 19th European Molecular Imaging Meeting (EMIM 2024), which took place in Alfandega Congress Centre in Porto, Portugal, Manish Das was awarded for the best poster in the PET, SPECT & Hybrid Technologies category. The winning poster was titled "Developing Positronium Imaging Technique for the Liver Phantom Using Modular J-PET".
2024-02-27
OPUS-22 project general meeting in the Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology

On 27 February 2024, we visited the Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Centre of Radio-chemistry and Nuclear Chemistry, Warsaw. During this visit, an experiment was conducted to separate the 44Sc from the target material (CaCO3) using a separation system created by Dr Rafał Walczak in the Institute. It was attended by 6 members of our group: Prof Paweł Moskal, Ermias Yitayew Beyene, Wiktor Mryka, Manish Das, Keyvan Tayefi Ardebili and Piyush Pandey.

On the next day, 28 February, a meeting was held in the same institute and it was attended by 7 members of our group: Prof. Paweł Moskal, Prof. Ewa Stępień, Ermias Yitayew Beyene, Wiktor Mryka, Manish Das, Keyvan Tayefi Ardebili and Piyush Pandey. Our members also presented their work in the meeting:
1. Prof. Ewa Stępień -> Talk on Extracellular vesicles,
2. Ermias Yitayew Beyene -> Simultaneous images of 22Na and 68Ge isotopes with modular J-PET scanner,
3. Wiktor Mryka -> Proton beam therapy monitoring,
4. Manish Das -> Preliminary studies of the positronium lifetime for the multifocal gastric Neuroendocrine tumor,
5. Keyvan Tayefi Ardebili -> Performance characteristics of the Total-Body J-PET,
6. Piyush Pandey -> Introduction to AEgIS.

On-site participants from the Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology were: Professor Aleksander Bilewicz, Dr. Rafał Walczak, and Dr. Monika Łyczko, Dr. Agnieszka Majkowska-Pilip, Anna Stolarz, Jarosław Choiński.
2024-02-18
Kick-off meeting of scientists implementing the OPUS 24+LAB High-throughput PET imaging

On 18-20 February 2024, a meeting of scientists implementing the OPUS 24+LAB High-throughput PET imaging by decoding multi-photon signals on long axial field-of-view PET using physics-quided artificial inteligence project (PI: Prof. Ewa Stępień and Prof. Kuangyu Shi) was held.

On-site participants from Jagiellonian University was:
- Professors: Ewa Stępień (PI), Paweł Moskal,
- Assistant professors: Magdalena Skurzok, Sushil Sharma, Kamil Wawrowicz, Martyna Durak-Kozica, Szymon Niedźwiecki, Narendra Rathod, Karol Kubat,
- PhD students: Manish Das, Szymon Parzych, Ermias Yitayew Beyene, Tevfik Kaplanoglu, Keyvan Tayefi Ardebili, Simbarashe Moyo, Wiktor Mryka, Kriti Awasthi, Piyush Pandey,
- Graduate students: Agata Grabska, Gabriela Łapkiewicz,
- Visiting professor: Piotr Żołnierczuk (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA).

On-site participants from University of Bern:
- Professors: Kuangyu Shi (PI), Axel Rominger,
- Assistant professors: Lorenzo Mercolli, Robert Seifert.

Remote participant from University of Bern:
- Professor: Marianna Kruithof de Julio.

Remote participants from Simens Healthiness:
- Hasan Sari, William Steinberger.

On Monday 19.02 the Morning Guide Tour from St. Florian's Gate to Wawel Castle took place. Then, at the Faculty of Physics of the Jagiellonian University, a Kik-off meeting was held according to the schedule:

Kick-off Meeting II - image reconstruction and data analysis - chair prof. Paweł Moskal
1. Dr Szymon Niedźwiecki -> Status of the data import to the J-PET framework,
2. Szymon Parzych -> Sensitivity of positronium imaging with the Quadra and J-PET(s) - research & outcomes to date,
3. Gabriela Łapkiewicz -> Comparison of the positronium lifetime measurements in quartz with J-PET and Quadra,
4. Manish Das -> Estimating the efficiency and purity for detecting annihilation and prompt photons for positronium imaging with J-PET using toy Monte Carlo simulation,
5. Keyvan Tayefi Ardebili -> GATE Simulations of performance characteristics of the total-body J-PET; Eng Tevifk Kaplanoglu -> Design for the cross-stage gantry for TB-J-PET and CT imaging,
6. Ermias Beyene -> Simultaneous images of 22Na and 68Ge isotopes with modular J-PET.

Kick-off Meeting III - bio-research on spheroids or organoids - chair prof. Ewa Stępień
1. Dr Kamil Wawrowicz, Bioreactor-based tumorspheres for in vitro positronium imaging,
2. Dr Martyna Durak-Kozica, Application of spectral flow cytometry ID7000 SONY and RAMAN/IR microscopy for tumorspheres characterisation,
3. Dr Karol Kubat, Preparation of Positronium Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy - PALS for bio-research,
4. Eng. Simbarashe Moyo, Investigation of human plasma lots and thrombi from patients with pulmonary embolism,
5. Agata Grabska, Fixed plasma clot analysis with PALS technique.

After the Kik-off meeting, there was a tour of the Theranostics Center (40 Kopernika Street). The dinner took place at Kazimierz Dawno temu na Kazimierzu (Szeroka 1 St.).

20.02 scientists return to Switzerland.
2024-01-29
Faranak Tayefi Ardebili defended PhD thesis

Faranak Tayefi Ardebili defended PhD thesis entitled: Evaluation of the NEMA characteristics for the Modular J-PET scanner at 29.01.2024 under the supervision of Professor Pawel Moskal and Auxiliary supervised by Dr Szymon Niedźwiecki.
2023-11-17
Mgr Shivani Shivani Doctoral Defence

Shivani defended PhD thesis entitled: Evaluation of Positron Emission Mammography using plastic scintillators and wavelength shifters at 2023.11.17 under the supervision of Prof. Pawel Moskal and dr hab. Elżbieta Łuczyńska.
2023-11-03
Monika Pawlik-Niedźwiecka defended PhD thesis

Monika Pawlik-Niedźwiecka defended PhD thesis entitled: Determination of performance characteristics of the J-PET tomograph at 2023.11.03 under the supervision of Prof. Paweł Moskal and Dr. Michał Silarski.
2023-07-06
Positronium Measurements Results At III Kongres Młodej Nauki - Międzynarodowa Konferencja

III Kongres Młodej Nauki held at the University of Gdańsk brought together young researchers from Poland and Europe to present their scientific work through paper presentations and posters. The multidisciplinary conference showcased around 200 papers. The event emphasized international collaboration, with the participation of Ukraine's Odessa National University. Plenary sessions covered challenges and opportunities in scientific careers, financing, and administrative solutions. Special panels on topics like Ukraine-Poland relations were included. During the Young Science Congress at the University of Gdańsk, Simbarashe Moyo successfully presented his findings on Positronium measurements of blood clots. This study explored the application of PALS in differentiating blood clots. The results showcased the potential use of PALS as a biomarker in cardiac masses assessment during PET examination.
2023-06-15
Arrival of CT at the Center for Theranostics

On June 15th, the CT (Computed Tomography) machine was delivered to the Center for Theranostics, Kopernika 40. It marks the arrival of the first component for the total-body J-PET, a significant milestone in the center's development. Below please find some photos from the departure of the equipment from Türkiye and its arrival to Kraków.
2023-06-05
Opening Ceremony of the Center for Theranostics

Opening Ceremony of the Center for Theranostics took place on 5th June 2023 in the Theranostics Center building in Kopernika 40 Street in Kraków. Prof. Paweł Moskal and Prof. Ewa Stępień gave the lectures on the history of the place and planned projects. The ceremony was attended, among others, by Prof. Włodzimierz Bernacki, the vice Minister of Education and Science, and Prof. Piotr Kuśtrowski, the vice Rector of the Jagiellonian University. More informations can be found in https://qlife.cm-uj.krakow.pl/aktualnosci/uroczyste-otwarcie-centrum-teranostyki-uj
2023-06-02
Distinction for Szymon Parzych in XVI Rzeszowska Konferencja Młodych Fizyków

Szymon Parzych got distinction for the best talk during conference XVI Rzeszowska Konferencja Młodych Fizyków organized at University of Rzeszów.
2023-05-08
Workshop in Frascati: Applications of radiation detection techniques in fundamental physics, food control, medicine and biology

Workshop at LNF-INFN, Frascati was organized to exchange experience and expertise gained by various institutions in the fields of radiation detection techniques developed for fundamental physics, food control, medical diagnostics and biology. The J-PET members participated and presented their work.
2023-04-23
Image reconstruction meeting at NCBJ, Warsaw

On April 21, in Warsaw, we had a meeting together with scientists from National Centre for Nuclear Research with whom we cooperate. The topic of the meeting was image reconstruction focused on 3 gamma and positronium reconstruction. Researchers from Warsaw presented the progress of their studies. Researchers from Jagiellonian University also presented progress and future plans for research development.
2023-03-27
5-day visit to the laboratories of iThemba LABS

Professor Ewa Ł. Stępień, prof. Paweł Moskal, dr Szymon Niedźwiecki and dr Magdalena Marzec, the representatives of the Department of Experimental Particle Physics and Applications and the Department of Medical Physics, building the Theranostics Center, had the pleasure of visiting between March 27 to April 1, 2023 the laboratories of iThemba LABS at the invitation of the directors and Dr. Faical Azaiez and Dr. Rudolph Nchodu and the head of the Radiation Biophysics Laboratory, Dr. Randal Fisher. iThemba LABS near Cape Town (South Africa) is a group of acceleration laboratories (Laboratories for Accelerator Based Science _ iTlemba LABS https://tlabs.ac.za/), where particle accelerators (linear and cyclotrons) are used as research tools to study the structure and properties of matter and for the production of medical radioisotopes used in diagnostics, imaging and therapy. During the 5-day visit, seminars were delivered combined with familiarization with the accelerators located at iThemba LABS, including 200-MeV Separated Sector Cyclotron (SSC) powered by two fixed-pole cyclotrons to pre-accelerate the beam. In 2023, the flagship iThemba South African Isotope Facility (SAIF) project was launched, the aim of which is to increase the availability of beams for research and to develop new research areas on new and innovative solutions in the field of cancer treatment and early diagnosis. In this field, both iThemba LABS and the Center for Theranostics want to establish long-term cooperation, under which new radioisotopes and radiopharmaceuticals will be created, but also the use of innovative techniques for imaging and diagnostics of early stages of cancer.
2023-03-14
18th European Molecular Imaging Meeting - EMIM 2023

The EMIM addresses the latest developments in morphological, functional and molecular imaging at all scales, including mass spectroscopy, microscopy, and noninvasive imaging in preclinical and exploratory clinical studies. This also includes new strategies for image-guided therapies and theranostics. The J-PET members participated and presented their work.
2023-02-26
Positronium imaging with Quadra in Bern

On 26th of February we had a pleasure of visiting colleagues from Inselspital Bern: Lorenzo Mercolli, Hasan Sari, Kuangyu Shi, Axel Rominger. In collaboration with Will Steinberger from Siemens and Lorenzo Mercolli from Inselspital we performed experiments with modified NEMA phantom in view of ortho-positronium lifetime measurements with 68Ga isotope. During the visit prof. Paweł Moskal and prof. Ewa Stępień delivered a talk about positronium imaging and biomarkers development.
2023-02-23
Participation in an experiment at ICHTJ, Warsaw

On 23 February, we visited Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Centre of Radio-chemistry and Nuclear Chemistry, Warsaw. It was participated by 5 members of our group: prof. Paweł Moskal, Manish Das, Ermias Yitayew Beyene, Wiktor Mryka and Agata Jędruszczak. During this visit, an experiment was conducted to separate the 44Sc from the target material (CaCO3) using a separation system created by Dr Rafał Walczak in the Institute.
2023-01-09
Doctoral promotion of Dr Kamil Dulski

The ceremony was held in the Aula of Collegium Novum of the Jagiellonian University.
2022-12-21
Mgr Meysam Dadgar Doctoral Defence

Meysam Dadgar defended PhD thesis entitled: Feasibility study of lesion detection by means of Total-Body Jagiellonian Positron Emission Tomography scanner at 2022.12.21 under the supervision of Professor Pawel Moskal.
2022-12-12
OPUS-22 project kick-off meeting

Kick-off meeting of the research project, OPUS-22, in Cracow on December 12, 2022, aimed at the development of three-photon emitting radiotracers for positronium imaging. The project is realized through the collaboration of the Heavy Ion Laboratory at the University of Warsaw, the Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology in Warsaw, and the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. Our colleagues from Warsaw who visited us were: Professor Aleksander Bilewicz, Dr. Rafal Walczak, and Dr. Monika Łyczko, Dr. Agnieszka Majkowska-Pilip, Anna Stolarz.
2022-12-06
PRELUDIUM21 grant awarded to Neha Chug

Neha Chug received the PRELUDIUM 21 grant from the National Science Centre for the project titled: First measurement of CP and CPT violation sensitive angular correlation operator in ortho-positronium decays.
2022-11-28
IThemba Labs UJ Visit Report by Simbarashe Moyo

J-PET (Jagiellonian-PET TOMOGRAPHY) group had the honor to host a delegation from iThemba LABS (Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences) Republic of South Africa, from 28-30 November 2022. Full IThemba Labs UJ Visit Report by Simbarashe Moyo you can read here.
2022-11-17
Professor Ewa Stępień takes part among 50 invited experts from around the world in Sparks! Forum at CERN

Professor Ewa Stępień takes part among 50 invited experts from around the world in Sparks! Forum at CERN.
The theme for the second edition of the Sparks! Forum is Future Technology for Health. CERN has actively pursued medical applications of its technologies since as far back as the 1970s. The tools of experimental particle physics are ubiquitous in hospitals and biomedical research. However, Sparks! goes beyond what is done at CERN.
Spanning the domains of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, the topics for this edition of Sparks! will spark new questions about the links between medical technologies and fundamental science, globalization, accessibility, trust, ethics, and more. We will be calling on doctors, tech developers, economists, policymakers, ethicists, patient associations, medical researchers, humanitarian organizations, medical foundations, UN agencies, data specialists, climate modelers, AI developers, and journalists to discuss the topics listed below - and any others that arise in the process!
The second edition of Sparks! Future Technology for Health on YouTube
2022-10-31
The Hitchhiker's Advanced Guide to Quantum Collapse Models workshop

The Hitchhiker's Advanced Guide to Quantum Collapse Models workshop was held 31.10-4.11.2022 in Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Italy and it was participated by 4 members of our group: prof. Paweł Moskal, prof. Ewa Stępień, Kamil Dulski and Łukasz Kapłon. Their presentations reported on topics of J-PET experiment.
2022-10-14
The Gold Cross of Merit was awarded to professor Ewa Stępień

During the National Education Day celebration at the Jagiellonian University professor Ewa Stępień received the Gold Cross of Merit awarded by the president of Poland. This prestigious distinction was awarded to Prof. Ewa Stępień for her outstanding contribution to developing laboratory and imaging medical diagnostics. One of the photos shows from left to right:
Łukasz Kmita, Voivode of Lesser Poland
Prof. Ewa Stepień
Prof. Zdzisław Pogoda
Prof. Jacek Popiel, Rector of the Jagiellonian University
2022-07-27
Radio Kraków interview with prof. Piotr Słomka

Prof. Piotr Słomka from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles our distinguished guest and keynote speaker at the Jagiellonian Symposium gave an interview to Radio Kraków about Artificial Intelligence in Medicine.
2022-07-16
Radio Kraków interview with prof. Ewa Stępień

Prof. Ewa Stępień during Jagiellonian Symposium gave an interview to Radio Kraków about the development of novel biomarkers.
2022-07-15
The 4th Jagiellonian Symposium on Advances in Particle Physics and Medicine poster winners
Poster Award Committee Prof. Catalina Curceanu and Prof. Ihor Kadenko announced that there were two 1st prices ex aequo for:
- Monika Szczepanek from Jagiellonian University, Poland: "Determination of 10B concentration in melanocytes and melanoma cells";
- Deepak Kumar from Jagiellonian University, Poland: "Measurement of correlation between polarization of annihilation photons emitted in e+e- system to detect entanglement at subMeV range".
Congratulations!
2022-06-03
The First Prize for Ksymena Poradzisz and Distinction for Gabriela Łapkiewicz in Students Poster Session

Ksymena Poradzisz got the First Prize while Gabriela Łapkiewicz got distinction in Students Poster Session organized at Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Computer Science. More information can be found here.
2022-05-13
Mgr Juhi Raj Doctoral Defence
2022-04-29
Doctoral promotions of Dr Aleksander Khreptak and Dr Hanieh Karimi

The ceremony was held in the Aula of Collegium Novum of the Jagiellonian University.
2022-04-22
Mgr Kamil Dulski Doctoral Defence
2022-03-24
Mgr Hanieh Karimi Doctoral Defence
2022-03-14
Zimbabweans in Ukraine Evacuation

At least 250 Zimbabwean students were stranded in Ukraine after flights were grounded as Russia began a military offensive on 24th February 2022. The students sent a plea to the Zimbabwe government to be evacuated. Our PhD student mgr Simbarashe Moyo joined in helping the evacuated students. You can his presentation about it here.
2022-03-07
First measurement campaign with human patients using the Modular J-PET

In the middle of March (07-25.03.2022), the first measurement campaign with human patients took place in the University Clinical Center of the Medical University of Warsaw (WUM) on Banacha street, Warsaw. This research was performed using the Modular J-PET prototype, which consists of one layer of cylindrically arranged 24 modules of plastic scintillators. On the first day (07.03.2022), the tomograph together with all the electronics (cables, server etc.) was transported from UJ Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Sciences faculty to the WUM hospital. After one day of assembling the tomograph in the hospital, the trial measurements with a uniformly filled cylindrical phantom were done. On 10.03.2022 a measurement with the NEMA IEC phantom was performed. On Friday (11.03.2022) the first measurement of a patient with the J-PET tomograph took place. This started a two-weeks long measurement campaign with human subjects. In this campaign, the imaging tests were done on patients subjected to either head or torso region. Additionally, a measurement of a 44Sc radioisotope has been performed together with researchers from the Heavy Ion Laboratory at the University of Warsaw. Many thanks to all WUM University Clinical Center and UW Heavy Ion Laboratory staff, as well as members of the J-PET group, who were a big part of this project.
2022-01-26
Doktorantka z naszego zakładu wystąpi w Pekinie

Po raz drugi w z rzędu społeczność akademicka Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego będzie reprezentowana na zimowych igrzyskach olimpijskich. W Pekinie wystartuje Weronika Biela-Nowaczyk, doktorantka Wydziału Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej UJ. - W snowboardzie dużą rolę odgrywają warunki, ustawienie tyczek i po prostu szczęście. Jadę z bojowym nastawieniem - zapowiada zawodniczka AZS-u Zakopane. Więcej można przeczytać na Portalu UJ w artykule Z laboratorium na olimpijską trasę. Doktorantka z UJ wystąpi w Pekinie.
2022-01-10
Positronium physics day

Positronium physics day discussion with talks by Eryk Czwerwinski, Beatrix Hiesmayr, Steven Bass and Elena Perez del Rio was held on January 10 afternoon, just after the Monday seminar of Prof. Paolo Crivelli (ETH-Zürich). The focus of the meeting was to collect together where things are at with J-PET related positronium physics plus thinking about possible future measurements. Slides one can find on the event indico web page.
2022-01-05
Special volume of Bio-Algorithms and Med-Systems

Invited articles connected to the symposium have been published in the special volume of Bio-Algorithms and Med-Systems edited by Prof. E. Stępień and Prof. P. Moskal
2021-12-14
Meeting with colleagues from Cracow University of Technology at Kopernika 40

Just before Christmas break a technical meeting had place in future Theranostics Center at Kopernika 40 of part of J-PET group with colleagues from Cracow University of Technology. Adjustments to the room where J-PET/CT scanners will operate were discussed and plans for the next year were established. On the photo, from the left: eng. A. Heczko, prof. E. Lisowski, prof. P. Moskal, eng. M. Kajetanowicz, W. Migdał, PhD eng. F. Lisowski. Photo taken by Sz. Niedźwiecki.
2021-12-10
Mgr Udai Singh Doctoral Defence
2021-11-23
J-PET collaboration image reconstruction meeting in Warsaw

Following the ongoing collaboration with researchers at the University of Warsaw, a hybrid meeting by hosting Profesor Wojciech Wiślicki was held on December 23, 2021, at the University of Warsaw, to review and present the latest methods used in image reconstruction. Based on the discussion on the contents presentations, the participants drew the roadmap by considering the horizon of developments in J-PET collaboration
2021-10-15
Hadron Therapy Center experiment

In the middle of the October the experiment aimed at measuring the range of irradiation using proton beam in different phantoms was conducted. This experiment was carried out at the hadron therapy center in the Nuclear Physics Institute, which is a part of Polish Academy of Sciences and is located in the north part of Kraków (Bronowice). This research was performed by using modified version of already existing modular J-PET prototype - dual-head, which was designed especially for this experiment. The measurements were possible due to the fact that during proton beam irradiation, the small fraction of protons is able to convert some elements (like carbon, nitrogen or oxygen) into their beta+ radioactive isotopes: 11C, 13N and 15O. This means that after emission of a positron and its annihilation with an electron, two gamma quanta that are produced can be used to measure the annihilation position, which in turn is correlated to the position of isotope production by the proton beam. Measurements will give the possibility to study this correlation during the proton beam irradiation, which was never successfully performed before. In the facility where the experiment was conducted mainly tumors located in inoperable positions are treated, especially those located very close to vital organs, e.g. brain. Thus knowing exact depth of proton interaction and possibility to modify it in a fast way is pivotal.
Above-mentioned dual-head is a device consisting of two separate heads. Each of the heads consisted of 12 modules (in total 24 modules). Single modules were ordered into three layers and each layer consisted of four modules. Details of the dual-head construction can be seen in Figure 1. On the first day of the experiment (16.10.2021r.) dual-head setup was transported from UJ Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Sciences faculty to the Hadron Therapy Center in Bronowice. Dual-head along with all the electronics (cables, server etc.) was transported in boxes filled with foam in order to minimize the possibility of any damage. During the first day two heads were assembled and trial measurements with weak radioactive source were conducted in order to see if all the parts of dual-head device are working. This part was done by dr Szymon Niedźwiecki, dr Grzegorz Korcyl, Maciej Bakalarek and prof. Paweł Moskal (Figure 2.).
First off beam measurements were conducted on 18.10.2021 and they were continuing throughout the week, until Sunday (24.10.2021r.). During off-beam measurements PMMA phantoms were placed on the clinical table, then they were irradiated by proton beam and transported to the other room where the dual head device was stationed (Figure 3). After first off-beam measurements some initial data analysis was performed, thanks to help of dr Aleksander Gajos (Figure 4).
On Sunday (23.10.2021) whole set-up was transported to the room where the patients are treated. Dual-head was placed on the clinical table and the nozzle, from which the beam is coming was placed directly above the irradiated phantoms (Figure 5). Unfortunately, measurements had to be rescheduled to another day due to the cyclotron malfunction.
On Sunday (24.10.2021), after the beam was working and was stable again on-beam measurements were conducted. Similarly as with previous measurements, PMMA phantoms were irradiated and additionally, CIRs phantom was irradiated (Figure 6).
All the measurements were supervised and controlled from the control room (Figure 7), which was located right next to the therapy room where the irradiation took place. Many thanks to dr inż. Jan Gajewski, dr Antoni Ruciński, dr inż. Marzena Rydygier, all CCB staff and members of J-PET group, who were a big part of this project (Figure 8).
2021-10-09
1st Symposium on Theranostics

International scientific conference 1st Symposium on Theranostics took place on 9 ? 11 October 2021 at the newly established Theranostics Center in Kopernika 40 St. in Kraków, Poland. The conference brought together physicists and medical specialists devoted to the development of medical diagnostic and treatment methods. The main purpose of the 1st Symposium on Theranostics was to exchange knowledge andexperience from various institutions in the field of applied and fundamental nuclear physics, biology, biotechnology, chemistry, materials science, medical imaging, radiotherapy and healthcare.
2021-10-04
Mgr Aleksander Khreptak Doctoral Defence
2021-09-25
Talk by Wojciech Krzemień at the Science Festival 2021 in Warsaw

Wojciech Krzemień gave a talk at the Science Festival 2021 in Warsaw, details and recording are here.
2021-06-11
Start-up? Set it up!

June 11, 2021 at 15.00 was an online meeting Start-up? Set it up! with a discussion panel on the development of entrepreneurship among the academic communities of Kraków universities. Its participants learned how to transform an idea or invention into a profitable business. The event was held under the patronage of Center for Technology Transfer of AGH University of Science and Technology and Centre for Technology Transfer CITTRU from the Jagiellonian University. The speakers in this event included prof. dr hab. Paweł Moskal and prof. dr hab. Ewa Stępień. Meeting was organized by Assay Group which invests private funds in startups.
2021-06-11
Best talk in NanoTech Poland 2021- international conference by Hanieh Karimi

Hanieh Karimi was selected as one of the best oral presentations by the organizing committee of the NanoTech Poland 2021 - 11th International Conference, 9th-11th June 2021.
2021-05-27
Mgr Paweł Kowalski Doctoral Defence
2021-03-25
2nd generation annihilation chamber for 2g/3g measurements with J-PET

2nd generation chamber with porous (silica) insertion was transported from UMCS in Lublin and mounted into J-PET detector. The chamber will be used for studies of discrete symmetries and 2g and 3g annihilations.
2021-02-22
Minister's of Education and Science Scholarship for Szymon Parzych

Szymon Parzych was awarded with the Minister's of Education and Science Scholarship for the best students. More information can be found on the Ministry of Education and Science webpage.
2020-12.10-11
WORKSHOP: Is Quantum theory Exact? Exploring Quantum Boundaries.

The Workshop was organized by LNF-INFN to discuss the possible boundaries and limits of validity of the quantum mechanics theory and the implications of this research in various sectors. Prof. Paweł Moskal gave a lecture on Perspectives for the investigations of quantum entanglement of high energy photons with the J-PET scanner. One of the session was chaired by dr Magdalena Skurzok. The workshop was held on MS TEAMS platform. Timetable
2020-12-02
Lecture of prof. Paweł Moskal at the Panel Discussion Total-body PET: Is it ready for Clinic?

Prof. Paweł Moskal gave a lecture on Development of cost-effective Total-body PET during Digital Panel Discussion Total-body PET: Is it ready for Clinic?
2020-11-20
PRELUDIUM 19 grant for Meysam Dadgar

Meysam Dadgar qualified for the PRELUDIUM 19 grant by the National Science Center for the project entitled: Assessment of metastasis lesions, detection by means of Total-Body Jagiellonian Positron Emission Tomography scanner.
2020-11-12
International Day of Medical Physics

The event has been celebrated since 2013 on the initiative of the International Organization of Medical Physics, aims to promote issues related to medical physics. It was established on November 7, in honor of Maria Skłodowska-Curie, an outstanding physicist and chemist. This year, on November 12, AGH is organizing, as every year, an event called Medical Physicist as a Health Professional. During the event, which will take place on-line, lectures by prof. Ewa Stępień and prof. Paweł Moskal, devoted to the use of the unique full-body PET (J-PET) imaging technology for preclinical and clinical research, will be given.
2020-09-29
WORKSHOP: Investigating the Universe with exotic atomic and nuclear matter

The Workshop was organized by LNF-INFN and Jagiellonian University to discuss the theoretical and experimental hot issues related to exotic matter, in particular kaonic atoms, mesic nuclei and positronium. The J-PET members participated and presented the progress of their work. The workshop was held on MS TEAMS platform.
2020-09-22
Visit of prof. Piotr Walczak

On September 9th prof. Walczak from School of Medicine at University of Meryland has visited J-PET laboratories to discuss methods for on-line reconstruction of PET image in view of possible future collaboration. At the beginning a small talk by PhD G. Korcyl was given on principles of on-line processing of the data in J-PET scanner, then professor was shown both first and second J-PET prototype as well as laboratories belonging to Department of Medical Physics.
2020-09-17
Mgr Ewelina Kubicz Doctoral Defence
2020-05-29
Mgr Mushin Mohammed Doctoral Defence
2020-04-05
Workshops organized for diploma and Ph.D. students

A list of lectures for diploma and Ph.D. students from the first and second year in the Department of Experimental Particle Physics and Applications, organized via teleconference as a chance to acquire knowledge which will be useful in their research in these strange times:
1. Dr. Kacper Topolnicki (from Cracow), the course on how to use Mathematica;
2. Dr. Oleksandr Rundel (from Kijev, Ukraine), the course on basics of C++ programming;
3. Dr. Magdalena Skurzok (from Frascati, Italy), the course on Relativistic Kinematics.
2019.10.21
STRANEX: Recent progress and perspectives in STRANge EXotic atoms studies and related topics

Conference on strange and exotic atoms studies was held 21-25.10.2019 at European Center for Theoretical Studies - ECT* Trento, Italy and it was participated by 3 members of our group: Magdalena Skurzok, Aleksander Khreptak and Krzysztof Kacprzak. Their presentations reported on topics of WASA-at-COSY and J-PET experiments.
2019-11-28
Second meeting in Warsaw in view of medical tests of modular J-PET

A group consisting of W. Migdał, M. Kajetanowicz, A. Heczko and Sz. Niedźwiecki visited Heavy Ion Laboratory of the University of Warsaw Department of Nuclear Medicine of the Medical University of Warsaw with the goal of taking measurements necessary to prepare modular J-PET assembly to take data in cooperation with both institutions. Many thanks to prof. L. Królicki and prof. J. Choiński for their time and constructive comments.
2019-10-24
First meeting in Warsaw in view of medical tests of modular J-PET

Professor Moskal and prof. Stępień have visited Heavy Ion Laboratory of the University of Warsaw, Department of Nuclear Medicine of the Medical University of Warsaw and Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology to discuss possibility of data taking, in cooperation with aforementioned institutions, with modular J-PET prototype. On the picture (from left): prof. A. Bilewicz, prof. P. Moskal, prof. L. Królicki, prof. J. Choiński, prof. E. Stępień and prof. K. Kilian. Many thanks for colleagues from Warsaw for dedicating their time.
2019-10-14
The Cross of Merit was awarded to professor Moskal

During the National Education Day celebration at Jagiellonian University professor Paweł Moskal received the Silver Cross of Merit awarded by the president of Poland.
2019-10-10
Third J-PET Software Workshop
The Third J-PET Software Workshop took place on the 10th of October 2019 at the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science of the Jagiellonian University, Kraków. It featured two practical training sessions dedicated to the software that is being used for the analysis of the J-PET data as well as for generation of J-PET Monte Carlo Simulations. It was intended to introduce both new users and users of the former releases to the features of the latest version of the J-PET Analysis Framework (framework repository) for analysis of data. Moreover, for the first time, an introduction to generation of the J-PET MC simulations was given.

Plan of the Workshop

9:00-11:00 Morning session
- General overview of the software used in J-PET
- Installation of the J-PET Analysis Framework and ready usage examples
Tea and lunch break

12:00-16:00 Afternoon session
- Writing our own analysis and maintenance of your code
- Running tasks on the J-PET severs
- Visualization with J-PET Event Display
- Generation of Monte Carlo simulations with Geant4
- image reconstruction with TOF-FBP
2019-10-01
J-PET laboratory opening ceremony
The official opening of the J-PET laboratory took place on October 1st, 2019. The ceremony was recognized in the TV, radio, in press and by the Polish Press Agency.

Program of the Inauguration of Opening of the J-PET laboratory:

14:00 Guest welcoming

Prof. Ewa Gudowska-Nowak
Dean of the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science

Prof. Roman Płaneta
Director of Physics Institute

Prof. Paweł Moskal
"Jagielloński-PET, nowa technologia badania dynamiki metabolizmu i patologii tkanek in-vivo"
(eng. Jagiellonian-PET, new technology for in-vivo examination of metaboligal dynamics and tissue patology)

Prof. Ewa Stępień
"Jagielloński-PET, nowe perspektywy rozwoju spersonalizowanej medycyny precyzyjnej"
(eng. Jagiellonian-PET, new perspectives for developement of personalized precise medicine )

14:30 Labolatory demonstration
Ceremonial cutting of the ribbon by Lesser Poland Governor Piotr Ćwik, Dean of the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science Prof. Ewa Gudowska-Nowak, Director of Physics Institute Prof. Roman Płaneta and J-PET inventor and leader of the scientific group Prof. Paweł Moskal.

Refreshments for invited guests

List of all invited guests:
1. Jarosław Gowin, Vice-Prime Minister, Minister of Science and Higher Education
2. Wojciech Nowak, Rector of Jagiellonian University
3. Tomasz Grodzicki, Prorector of Jagiellonian University
4. Piotr Ćwik, Governor of Lesser Poland
5. Tomasz Urynowicz, Vice-Governor of Lesser Poland
6. Maciej Małecki, Dean of Medical Department of Collegium Medicum
7. Alicja Hubalewska-Dydejczyk, Head of Science Department of Endocrinology of Collegium Medicum
8. Grzegorz Lipiec, Member of Parliament
9. Andrzej Kosiniak-Kamysz, Director of J. Dietl Specialist Hospital in Cracow
10. Bożena Jasińska, Council for Nuclear Safety and Radiological Protection, National Atomic Energy Agency
11. Elżbieta Łuczyńska, Head of Department of Radiology and Imagining Diagnostics, Center of Oncology
12. Renata Kopeć, Head of Bronowice Cyclotron Center, Institute of Nuclear Physics of Polish Academy of Sciences
13. Stanisław Rumian, Director of John Paul II Specialist Hospital in Cracow
14. Marcin Jędrychowski, Director of University Hospital in Cracow
15. Michał Pędziwiatr, Head of Endoscopic Surgery and Soft Tissue Cancer Clinic, Collegium Medicum
16. Małgorzata Przybyło, Head of Cluster of Glycoconjugates Departments, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Studies
17. Beata Lubos, Vice-Director of Department of Innovation, Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Technology
18. Dorota Hubka-Wójcik, Fundation Lesser Poland Center of Technology Transfer
19. Gabriela Konopka-Cupiał, Director of Center of Technology Tranfser of Jagiellonian University
20. Dorota Zięba-Przybylska, Faculty of Animal Science, Hugon Kołłątaj University of Agriculture in Cracow
21. Henryk Figiel, University of Science and Technology in Cracow
22. Kvetoslava Burda, University of Science and Technology in Cracow
23. Danuta Kisielewska, University of Science and Technology in Cracow
24. Joanna Chwiej, Institute of Nuclear Physics of Polish Academy of Sciences
25. Michael Waligórski, Institute of Nuclear Physics of Polish Academy of Sciences
26. Paweł Olko, Institute of Nuclear Physics of Polish Academy of Sciences
2019-09-23
Workshop in Frascati: Is Quantum Theory Exact? From quantum foundations to quantum applications

Workshop at LNF-INFN, Frascati was organized to discuss the experimental and theoretical advancement of quantum physics and to investigate its roles in biological systems. A lecture by Sir Roger Penrose titled as Wave-function collapse as a resolution of a Tension between general relativity and quantum mechanics was the major attraction of the workshop. The J-PET members participated and presented their work.
2019-09-23
J-PET and TEAM meeting in Frascati

Interesting talks about theoretical and experimental hot issues related to quantum physics were presented. J-PET collaboration contributed with 24 talks, among which there was 10 talks from the TEAM project. Presentations are available on https://agenda.infn.it/event/19468/overview. The main attraction of workshop was a lecture by Sir Roger Penrose. There was also an opportunity to see unique electron-positron collider DAFNE.
2019-09-12
Total Body PET Workshop, Brussels

Workshop was a multidisciplinary event to launch new projects and ideas for imaging and therapy with Total Body PET. Research groups in attendance can present their activities, their interest and potential projects in Total Body PET and this will be followed by brainstorming on different topics (e.g. Brain body, pharma, large animal, therapy, in beam imaging). Two J-PET group members took part in the workshop and presented the possibility to use positronium life-time imaging along standard measurement of dose distribution and new detector prototype based on SiPM readout and modular design.
2019-09-02
J-PET contributions at the SLOPOS-15 Conference

15th International Workshop on Slow Positron Beam Techniques & Applications (SLOPOS-15) was held in Prague from 2-6 September 2019. Interesting talks aiming the uses of slow and polarized positron beams were presented. From the J-PET collaboration in total 7 oral presentations along with 2 poster presentations were selected.
2019-08-12
Radboud Summer School

PhD students form J-PET collaboration have attended Radboud Summer School, participating in course 'Personalized Medicine 101 organized by Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands form 12.08.2019 to 16.08.2019
2019-07-09-12
DESY meeting for QETIR development

During this meeting with Dr. Ekaterina Mikhayelova, which held in DESY, Hamburg, we discussed about the methods of J-PET image reconstruction by QETIR from the data of GATE simulation. most of the discussions were about making QETIR compatible with multi-layer geometries and also Long axial Field Of View (FOV). The other problem which solved in this meeting was data converting from GATE to QETIR readable type. All the meetings and discussions with Dr. Mikhayelova was useful in QETIR development.
2019-06-27
Visit of Professor Simon Cherry

Professor Simon R. Cherry from the University of California, USA visited the J-PET lab during his participation in 3rd Jagiellonian symposium chaired by Professor Pawel Moskal. Professor Cherry is one of the main leaders of the EXPLORER facility developed as a first crystal based total body PET scanner. The opportunity leads to a very fruitful discussion on the current status and future challenges in the field of medical science. Professor Moskal showed him the J-PET, first scanner in the world composed of plastic scintillators, which has the potential to provide an economic alternative to the commercially available crystal based scanners. Furthermore, the status and applications of modular PET, a compact and portable scanner were also discussed.
2019-06-26
Fukushima Accident - 8 years after

Public lecture of the 3rd Jagiellonian Symposium on Fundamental and Applied Subatomic Physics given by prof. Ryugo Hayano (University of Tokio)
Watch recording of the lecture
2019-06-23
Zbigniew Rudy Prize award ceremony

One day before the official 3rd Jagiellonian Symposium on Fundamental and Applied Subatomic Physics opening took place Zbigniew Rudy Prize award was given.
2019-05-23
Gate Output J-PET Analyzer(GOJA)

Gate Output J-PET Analyzer(GOJA) developed and maintained by Pawel Kowalski, a member of J-PET collaboration, is a strong tool to analyze ?raw? data of Gate simulation. GOJA is written in C++ and Python and is able to analyze any ?list mode? output of J-PET Gate simulation. One of the most valuable output of GOJA is a list of the coincidence events which include information about hits positions, energy deposition and type of coincidences mainly tagged as true or scatter ones. These information can be use in image reconstruction. A short two day workshop (23- 24 May, 2019) in learning the essentials of GOJA software was organized by Pawel Kowalski in Jagiellonian University. This workshop was divided mainly in two sections. First part was dedicated to learning the basics of software and its applications whereas second one was dedicated for questioning, discussion and hands on examples for the uses of software. In addition to GOJA, Pawel introduced a new interactive session called as simulation manager which merge the GOJA and GATE all in one for J-PET applications.
2019-04-29
Visiting Ghent University

In April 2019, Professor Pawel Moskal and Meysam Dadgar visited Ghent University, Belgium. There is an advanced research group dedicated to studies in Medical Imaging and Signal Processing (MEDISIP) which works in a close collaboration with Ghent Univesity Hospital. The group is lead by Professor Stefaan Vandenberghe. The main motivation was to visit their lab called as INFINITY, a preclinical core imaging facility of Ghent University providing multi-modality imaging services e.g., PET, SPECT, MRI, Ultrasound and Optical Imaging etc. There was also an opportunity to visit radiopharmaceutical facility of Ghent Univesity Hospital. In INFINITY lab, the research group from Ghent University developing an imaging technique in PET and improving the detector performance by using monolithic based PET systems. Meysam Ddadgar stayed for one week in order to have hands on experience with learning the locally used image reconstruction softwares named as Quantitative Emission Tomography Iterative Reconstruction (QETIR) and data analyzing procedures
2019-04-10
SIDDHARTA-2 Installation in Frascati
2019-03-25
Visit of Professor Roberto Brusa

Professor Roberto Brusa delivered an invited seminar on Physics with positrons and positronium. The occasion was used to discuss the potential collaboration between the J-PET group and the Trento University in Trento, Italy. Professor Pawel Moskal is showing the J-PET facility along with the new modular PET and explaining how they can play a dual role in the field of medical science as well as to test the fundamental symmetries in the decay of Positronium atom.
2019-03-19
Mgr Oleksandr Rundel Doctoral Defence
2019-03-01
Essentials of Mathematica

A short course dedicated to learning the Essentials of Mathematica was organized by Dr. Kacper Topolnicki for the duration of 01.03.2019 to 31.05.2019 at the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science of the Jagiellonian University, Kraków. The tutorials were mainly problem-based requiring the knowledge of main tools and functions of the software. After the introduction of various methods and technique e.g., Monte Carlo methods etc, the hands-on examples were also done for the proper understanding.
2019-02-12
Mgr Daria Kisielewska Doctoral Defence
2019-02-08
50th Birthday of Professor Paweł Moskal

The 50th birthday of Professor Paweł Moskal was celebrated in the faculty meeting at the Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University. Fellow colleagues along with the PhD students organized the event. On this occasion, wishes were also sent via video from collaborators and friends around the world. You can see a video report from the event.

2019-01-08
Doctoral promotions of Dr Aleksander Gajos

The ceremony was held in the Aula of Collegium Novum of the Jagiellonian University.

2018-12-17
Dr Michał Silarski nominated to the Polish Award of Inteligent Development 2019 in the category Scientist of the future

Since 2018 the prize is awarded under the patronage of the President of the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland, Dr. Alicja Adamczak. The winners of this prestigious distinction are people or institutions showing a constant focus on the future, constituting the basis for the balanced economic development of the country.

2018-12-10-14
DAE International Symposium on Nuclear Physics, Mumbai, India

The Department of Atomic Energy in India organized an International Symposium on Nuclear Physics at Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai. The conference was held for the duration of December 10-14, 2018. Four speakers from the Jagiellonian Unversity were invited to present their research activities as key members of various international collaborations: WASA collaboration, J-PET collaboration, KLOE collaboration, and SABAT collaboration. In addition to the invited talks, young scientists from the J-PET group presented three posters.

2018-11-27
Advanced C++ course

A crash course dedicated to advanced c++ was organized by Dr. Oleksandr Rundel for the duration 27-11-2018 to 06-12-2018 at the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science of the Jagiellonian University, Kraków. The objective was to familiarize with the advance features in C++. The main emphasis was given in utilizing the Object Oriented Approach for the individual's research projects.

2018-11-16
SABAT project at the Science: Polish Perspectives 2018

Presentation of the SABAT project poster at the University of Oxford, Said Business School during the conference Science: Polish Perspectives 2018.

2018-11-15-16
New Quantum Horizons: From Foundations To Biology - Symposium, Frascati, Italy

Symposium New Quantum Horizons: From Foundations To Biology was organized in ILFN Frascati, Italy. Few members of the J-PET collaboration gave talks about prospects with positronium imaging.

2018-10-10
Meeting in Trento University, Trento, Italy

Recently, a team of researchers lead by Professor P. Moskal visited the Trento University (TU) in Trento, Italy. The aim of the visit was to discuss the possibilities of collaboration with the group in TU which is intensively involved in AEgIS (Antimatter Experiment gravity Interferometry Spectroscopy) experiment. Mutual research concerns were discussed which led to forming a collaboration with the aim to develop a detection system to characterize the various properties of metastable Positronium atom.

2018-10-08
Discrete Symmetries in Particle, Nuclear and Atomic Physics and implications for our Universe, Trento, Italy

The workshop on 'Discrete symmetries in particle, nuclear and atomic physics and implications for our universe' was organized by the combined efforts of many international institute and universities such as ECT*, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Uppsala University, California State University and Helmholtz-Institute Mainz at Villa Tambosi for the duration 8-12 October, 2018, Trento, Italy. The aim of the meeting was to bring the scientists together exploring the horizons in the field of discrete symmetries both in theory and experimental sectors. During this meeting, a lots of present-day open questions were addressed e.g., violation of CPT symmetries, Lorentz or spin-statistics etc. in the field of particle, nuclear and atomic physics.

2018-09-14-15
1st Symposium on Boron Neutron Capture Therapy

1st Symposium on Boron Neutron Capture Therapy, took place September 14 ? 15, 2018. The event was held at the Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics of the Jagiellonian University. This was an occasion to bring together scientists from physics, nuclear medicine and healthcare to share their ideas and gave them chance to gain. Followed up by poster session for young scientists.

2018-09-10-13
3rd Symposium on Positron Emission Tomography

3rd Symposium on Positron Emission Tomography was organized by the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. The conference took place September 10 - 13, 2018, event was held at the Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics of the Jagiellonian University. Following the success of the first meeting, organized in 2013, and the second, in 2014. This symposium gave the possibility to compare and develop new ideas among researchers from different parts of the world. This symposium gave a chance to all researchers to gather and celebrate.

2018-08-19-24
18th International Conference on Positron Annihilation, Orlando, USA

A conference dedicated to positronium physics involving the positron beams and annihilations entitled as ?18th International Conference on Positron Annihilation? was organized during August 19-24 in Orlando, USA. The conference provided the opportunities to discuss and share the knowledge with new ideas among the positron/positronium researchers from all over the world. Wide areas of exotic research topics were covered such as recent development in antimatter, Polarized positrons, Polymers and porous materials, Pet and related medical applications, Physics related to positron annihilation spectroscopy etc.

2018-06-30
Total Body PET - From Mice to Men, Ghent, Belgium

First international conference aiming to share the expertize in developing the facilities for Total Body PET was organized by Ghent University and the Ghent University Hospital in Ghent, Belgium. The main aim of the conference was to provide an interactive environment to share knowledge about new technology and systems, methods for fast and dynamic imaging and low dose applications in the field of medicine.

2018-05-18
MSc Łukasz Kapłon Doctoral Defence

Doctoral defense took place on May 18th, 2018 in Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow.

2018-05-06
Annihilation chamber for 2g/3g measurements with J-PET

Cylindrical chamber with porous (silica) insertion was transported from UMCS in Lublin and mounted into J-PET detector. The chamber will be used for studies of discrete symmetries and 2g and 3g annihilations.

2018-04-17
MSc Aleksander Gajos Doctoral Defence

2018-04-11
Materiał filmowy Innowacyjnej Małopolski

Na rzecz Innowacyjnej Małopolski został zrealizowany materiał filmowy pt. 'Jagiellonian PET - tomograf najnowszej generacji'

2018-04-04
Neha Gupta-Sharma Phd defense

The defense of Neha Gupta-Sharma took place on April 04, 2018 at Jagiellonian University in Krakow.

2018-03-21
Warsaw wokshop/Meeting - 2018

The workshop/meeting was held on march 21-22,2018 in Warsaw. The purpose of meeting was to discuss and see the results from simulations as well as from real data of J-PET. The workshop part was focused on getting trained in open source software i.e, GATE and STIR. Where GATE is useful for simulations in medical imaging and radiotherapy and STIR emphasis is on image reconstruction in PET.

2017-08.28-09.01
12th International Workshop on Positron and Positronium Chemistry

12th International Workshop on Positron and Positronium Chemistry took place from 28 August - 1 September 2017 in the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University Lublin, Poland. The Workshop was an opportunity to bring together scientists and researchers interested in positron and positronium chemistry and to exchange information in various research disciplines (Fundamental aspects of positron and positronium chemistry Polymers and soft matter ,Liquids and multiphase systems ,Other non-metallic solids ,Biological and medical applications of e+ and Ps, etc). This meeting allowed everyone to report on new results and achievements as well as on novel experimental and theoretical methods in this field. During the Symposium participants could take part in excursion ,concert and short tour of Lublin.

2017-06-4-11
2nd Jagiellonian Symposium on fundamental and Aplied Subatomic Physics

2nd Jagiellonian Symposium on Fundamental and Applied Subatomic Physics took place June 4 - 11, 2017 in Collegium Maius - the oldest building of the Jagiellonian University. Moreover to the Symposium there were three independent focused three Satelite Meetings: Workshop on PET and MR Imaging, AMADEUS Collaboration Workshop and Workshop on Discrete Symmetries and Entanglement. Following the success of first meeting organised in 2015, this Symposium was a continuation to once again bring together scientists from physics, nuclear medicine and healthcare. One of the main purposes of the Jagiellonian Symposium is to exchange experience and expertise gained by various institutions in the field of applied and fundamental nuclear as well as atomic and particle physics, medical imaging, radiotherapy and healthcare. The symposium was a showcase for forefront experimental as well as theoretical developments, where the interplay between outstanding research and innovative concepts on the borderline between basic and applied science was promoted. During the Symposium participants could take part in Classical Music Concert as well as in Barn Party.

2017-04-24-28
Hannover Messe 2017

Jagiellonian PET technology was presented at Hannover Messe 2017 as one of top 17 inventions from Poland selected by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The Hannover Messe is the world's leading trade fair for technology combining leading international trade fair (Industrial Automation, MDA, Energy, Digital Factory, Comvac, Industrial Supply und Research & Technology) under one roof.

Presentation can be found here: (GOOGLE DRIVE)

Photos by Michal Ozdoba (michal@michalozdoba.com)

2017-03-5-8
Visit to KVI - Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

2017-03-20
Second J-PET Software Workshop

The Second J-PET Software Workshop took place on the 20th and 21st of March 2017 at the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science of the Jagiellonian University, Kraków. The two-day workshop was dedicated to the software that is being used for the analysis of the J-PET data. The spectrum of subjects covered in the talks and tutorials ranged from on using the J-PET Analysis Framework (framework repository) for analysis of data from our prototype scanners to general programming techniques (e.g. C++ 11 features, STL, debugging and profiling) and tools (e.g Unix shell tools and git version control) were given.

Plan of the Workshop

20th of March

9:30-10:45 git tutorial I Tomasz Kisielewski

10:45-11.00 coffee break

11:00-12:00 git tutorial II Tomasz Kisielewski

12:00-13:00 gitKraken Klara Muzalewska

13:00-14:00 lunch

14:00-16:00 STL basics + some elements of C++11 I Wojciech Krzemień

16:00-16:15 coffee break

16:00-17:00 Unix/Linux minimal tutorial Aleksander Gajos

21th of March

9:30-10:30 STL basics + some elements of C++11 II Wojciech Krzemień

10:30-11:00 Debugging and profiling Aleksander Gajos

11:00-11:15 coffee break

11:15-13:00 Framework analysis I Framework Tutorial 1 Krzysztof Kacprzak, Aleksander Gajos

13:00-14:00 lunch

14:00-... Framework analysis II Krzysztof Kacprzak

2016-12-09
Prof. dr hab. Paweł Moskal received the Prize of the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education for outstanding scientific research and teaching achievements

Prof. dr hab. Paweł Moskal otrzymał Nagrodę za wybitne osiągnięcia naukowe oraz za osiągnięcia w opiece naukowej i dydaktycznej.

Nagrody Ministra Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego przyznawane są corocznie za wybitne osiągnięcia naukowe lub naukowo-techniczne (w trzech kategoriach: badań podstawowych, badań na rzecz rozwoju społeczeństwa i badań na rzecz rozwoju gospodarki), za wybitne osiągnięcia naukowe, za osiągnięcia w opiece naukowej i dydaktycznej, za całokształt dorobku naukowego oraz za osiągnięcia naukowe, dydaktyczne i organizacyjne.

2016-11-17
Doctoral promotions of Dr Iryna Schaetti-Ozerianska

2016-11-10
Mgr Tomasz Bednarski Doctoral Defence

Pierwsza obrona pracy doktorskiej o tytule 'Kalibracja energetyczna i synchronizacja czasowa modularnego scyntylacyjnego systemu detekcyjnego do tomografii TOF-PET' z dziedziny tomografii pozytonowej.

2016-09-16
Dr Michał Silarski won a prestigous LIDER grant from NCBR

Wśród 35 laureatów rozstrzygniętej przez Narodowe Centrum Badań i Rozwoju siódmej edycji konkursu Lider znalazł się projekt dr. Michała Silarskiego z Wydziału Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej UJ. Więcej informacji dostępne na stronach:
http://www.uj.edu.pl/wiadomosci/-/journal_content/56_INSTANCE_d82lKZvhit4m/10172/134281556
http://www.ncbir.pl/programy-krajowe/lider/lider-vii-edycja/aktualnosci/art,4507,program-lider-rozstrzygniecie-vii-edycji-konkursu.html

2016-09-1-4
1st European Congress of Medical Physics, Ateny

2016-08-27 - 09-03
J-PET Symposium in Ukraine, Lviv, Kyiv

The J-PET Symposium took place from 27th to 30th of August in Lviv and from 31st of August to 3rd of September in Kyiv.

Plan of the Symposium

August 27. Kraków

12:00 Departure by bus from the Institute of Physics (Łojasiewicza 11)

August 28. Lviv

10:00 - 16:00 Seminars with a break for lunch

18:00 Opera

August 29. Lviv

10:00 - 15:30 Seminars with a break for lunch

16:00 - 18:30 Tour around the city with a guide. Part I

August 30. Lviv

10:00 - 15:30 Seminars with a break for lunch

16:00 - 19:00 Tour around the city with a guide. Part II

21:46 Departure by train to Kyiv

Topics of seminars:

pomiar polaryzacji kwantów gamma

identyfikacja kwantów w oparciu o TOT

wyznaczanie czasu życia o-Ps za pomocą J-PET

wyniki z Run-1

plan wykonania pierwszych obrazów

wyznaczanie norm NEMA z symulacji i eksperymentu

synchronizacja czasowa

analiza danych za pomocą frameworka

organizacja i plany najbliższych pomiarów

szkice wykładów na najbliższe konferencje

projekt podzespołów cyfrowego J-PETa

status, wyniki, szkice i plany na drodze do publikacji:

dwupaskowy PET

charakterystyki NEMA

IEEE

etc. etc.

August 31. Kyiv

14:00 - Seminars and discussions at the Taras Shevchenko National University in Kyiv

September 1. Kyiv

10:00 - Lectures at the Kyiv University:

Igor Kadenko. Opening

Rita Alyokhina. Design and Performance Evaluation of the Cherenkov TOF PET using GATE simulation

Vyacheslav Shariy. Development of the Innovative PET Scanners at IRFU

Pawel Moskal. Potential of the J-PET detector for medical imaging and for basic research

Michał Silarski. A design of the system for underwater detection of dangerous substances

Paweł Kowalski. Characteristics of the J-PET tomograph simulated using GATE package

Eryk Czerwiński. Studies of the discrete symmetries

Wojciech Krzemień. Overview of the software architecture and data flow for the J-PET tomography device

Magdalena Skurzok. Search for the exotic nuclear matter in the form of eta-mesic helium

September 2. Kyiv

Discussions and tour around the city with a guide

September 3

9:05 - 9:40 Flights from Kyiv to Katowice

10:30 Departure by bus to the Institute of Physics (Łojasiewicza 11)

SYMPOSIUM ON NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY

2016-07-21-22
J-PET general meeting , Jagiellonian University, Kraków

2016-07-07
First J-PET Software Workshop

The First J-PET Software Workshop took place the 7th and 8th of July at the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science of the Jagiellonian University, Kraków. The two-day workshop was dedicated to the software that is being used for the analysis and simulations of the J-PET data. Apart from presentations covering different topics, several tutorials were conducted. Among those: a tutorial on using the J-PET Analysis Framework ( framework repository) for analysis of data from our prototype scanners, a tutorial on Go4-package, used for the detector performance monitoring and also a dedicated session for the GATE simulation package adapted to be use within the J-PET project. Apart from the J-PET specific subjects, also several general talks about programming techniques (e.g. unit testing, software design) and tools (e.g git) were given. The workshop gathered users and developers from three different organization involved in the J-PET project (Jagiellonian University, National Centre for Nuclear Research and Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin). In total 12 speakers presented their talks and/or tutorials.
Plan of the Meeting

07.07 2016

9:10-9:20 Introduction W. Krzemien

Session: J-PET framework for users

9:20 - 9:50 Structure of the J-PET Analysis Framework, A. Gajos

9:50 - 11.20 Using the J-PET Framework for data analysis I, A. Gajos

11.20 - 11.30 Coffee break

11:30 - 13.00 Using the J-PET Framework for data analysis II, A. Gajos

13:00 - 14:30 Lunch break

Session: Go4 - monitoring tool

14:30 - 16:00 Event building, unpacking and monitoring with go4 G. Korcyl

16:00 - 16:10 Coffee break

Session: J-PET Framework development contributions I:

16:10 - 16:30 Signal Recovery Module L. Raczynski

16:30 - 16:40 Module for analysis of GATE simulations (GOJA) P. Kowalski

16:40 - 17:00 New library for HV steering O. Rundel

08.07 2016

Session: General-purpose tutorials:

9:00 - 9:30 Git tutorial T. Kisielewski

Session: Monte Carlo simulations with GATE package

9:30 - 10:00 GATE package and implementation of the user-defined 3-gamma source N. Krawczyk

10:00 - 10:10 Status of development of the JPetActor, P. Kowalski

Session: Programming guidelines I

10:10 - 10:50 From Ockham?s razor to unit testing W. Krzemien

Session: J-PET Framework development contributions II

10:50 - 11:00 No-DB solution T. Kisielewski

11:00 - 11:10 Calibration with cosmic radiation T. Bednarski

11:10 - 11:25 Coffee break

11:25 - 11:40 Linking Python and C++. Integration with J-PET framework. A. Gruntowski

12:10 - 12:30 From ASCII files to 2D reconstruction image - analysis of scope data in framework Sz. Niedzwiecki

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break

Session: J-PET Framework development/programming guidelines II

14:00-14:10 Proposed branch scheme in github for J-PET developers W. Krzemien

14:10-14:50 Avoiding stupid mistakes in the code O. Rundel

15:00 -infinity Future of the J-PET framework and Hackathon session

2016-06-30
Conference 'From Vacuum to Universe' Kitzbuhel - Best Poster Prize Award for Mgr Ewelina Kubicz and Mgr Anna Wieczorek

2016-06-27
Mgr Sławomir Tadeja has become one of the Seeds for the Future 2016 laureates

Mgr Sławomir Tadeja has become one of 12 polish laureates of the third edition Seeds for the Future 2016 contest organized by the Huawei company.

2016-06-26
Conference 'From Vacuum to Universe' Kitzbuhel, Austria

2016-06-10
Nomination to the Polish Innovation Prize 2016 for Mobile PET/MR Insert

Wydział Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej znalazł się w gronie nominowanych do Polskiej Nagrody Innowacyjności 2016. Nagrodę tę otrzymują najbardziej kreatywne i innowacyjne uczelnie, firmy, instytuty czy instytucje działające w Polsce, których praca badawczo - rozwojowa przyczynia się do rozwoju gospodarki. Nominacja została przyznana za efektywne inicjowanie współpracy pomiędzy podmiotami z sektora przemysłu w zakresie wdrażania innowacyjnych rozwiązań naukowych, a w szczególności projekt pt.: Innowacyjny przenośny tomograf PET do jednoczesnego obrazowania PET/MRI. Nominowany projekt realizowany jest w ramach programu NCBR - LIDER 2015, którego kierownikiem jest dr inż. Marcin Zieliński oraz przedsięwzięcia mającego na celu stworzenie innowacyjnego Tomografu PET realizowanego w ramach grupy prof. dr. hab. Pawła Moskala.

2016-04-15
Mgr. Iryna Schaetti-Ozerianska Doctoral Defence

2016-04-04
Doctoral promotions of Dr Magdalena Skurzok

2016-02-12
Mgr Magdalena Skurzok Doctoral Defence

2015-12-16
Ms. Dominika Alfs was awarded witht the Minister's of Science and Higher Education Scholarship for the best students

More information can be found on the Ministry of Science and Higher Education webpage (in Polish)

2015-12-14
LIDER 2015 Awards Gala - Dr inż. Marcin Zieliński received symbolic check from the Jarosław Gowin Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education

14 grudnia 2015 roku w warszawskim Teatrze Muzycznym Roma miała miejsce gala programu LIDER 2015, na której 34 laureatom otrzymało granty na innowacyjne projekty naukowe. Granty przyznało Narodowe Centrum Badań i Rozwoju (NCBR).
Galę LIDER 2015 prowadził dziennikarz sportowy ? Bożydar Iwanow. Gościem honorowym był Wicepremier i Minister Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego ? Jarosław Gowin. W swym wystąpieniu położył nacisk na to, że dzięki to właśnie dzięki innowacjom, mamy szansę szybkiego nadrobienia dystansu jaki dzieli nas od Europy Zachodniej.
Dyrektor NCBR ? prof. dr hab. inż. Krzysztof Jan Kurzydłowski: ? Dotychczasowe edycje programu LIDER pokazały ogromny potencjał młodych polskich naukowców. W oparciu o ocenę ekspertów wspieramy najlepszych z najlepszych - osoby, które są nie tylko niezwykle utalentowane, ale także chcą i potrafią prowadzić innych do osiągnięcia ambitnych celów. Dzięki uzyskanemu wsparciu mogą realizować własne projekty badawcze, których wyniki przysłużą się polskiej gospodarce.
W gronie laureatów znalazł się Dr inż. Marcin Zieliński z Zakładu Fizyki Jądrowej, Wydziału Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej UJ, któremu na realizację projektu Innowacyjny przenośny tomograf PET do jednoczesnego obrazowania PET/MRI przyznano 1 199 999 zł dofinansowania. Sukces w konkursie oznacza nie tylko wsparcie finansowe, ale także możliwość stworzenia i zarządzania własnym zespołem badawczym.

2015-10-02
Dr Marcin Zieliński won a prestigous LIDER grant from NCBR

Narodowe Centrum Badań i Rozwoju (NCBR) rozstrzygnęło 6. edycję programu Lider. W gronie laureatów znalazł się Dr. Marcin Zieliński z Zakładu Fizyki Jądrowej Wydziału Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej UJ, któremu na realizację projektu Innowacyjny przenośny tomograf PET do jednoczesnego obrazowania PET/MRI przyznano 1 199 999 zł dofinansowania. Sukces w konkursie oznacza nie tylko wsparcie finansowe, ale także możliwość stworzenia i zarządzania własnym zespołem badawczym.
Celem programu Lider jest aktywizacja środowiska młodych naukowców i wspieranie ich rozwoju. Udział w programie daje im wyjątkową szansę, by zarządzać własnym zespołem badawczym. Jednocześnie program stymuluje współpracę młodych naukowców z przedsiębiorstwami, a także mobilność uczonych wewnątrz sektora nauki oraz pomiędzy nauką i przemysłem.

Więcej informacji dostępne na stronie: NCBR

2015-06-28- 07-04
PSPA2015 Conference and J-PET collaboration meeting in Lublin

2015-04-09
J-PET Framework Workshop in the National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw

2015-02-14
Goodbye event for Mgr Natalia Zoń

2015-02-11
J-PET Meeting in Collegium Maius

2015-02-10-13
Wykład Prof. Pawła Moskala na XI edycji Akademii Fizyki

Sesja naukowa dla uczniów szkół gimnazjalnych i ponadgimnazjalnych, zorganizowana została przez Instytut Fizyki Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, w której uczestniczyło około 700 osób. W związku z ustanowieniem przez Organizację Narodów Zjednoczonych roku 2015 Międzynarodowym Rokiem Światła oraz Technologii wykorzystujących światło (www.light2015.org) tematem przewodnim wykładów było ŚWIATŁO.

2015-01-22
Ghanshyambhai Khatri received the prestigious INTERSTUDENT award for the best foreign student under the program Study in Poland

Detaild information: http://www.perspektywy.pl/portal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2096:brawa-dla-najlepszych-studentow-zagranicznych-w-polsce&catid=24&Itemid=119

2014-12-27
dr Eryk Czerwiński received the Professor Stefan Pienkowski Award for Outstanding Contribution to Polish Natural Sciences

The Professor Stefan Pieńkowski Award is given by the University of Warsaw, Director of Institute of Experimental Physics for Outstanding Achievements in Polish Natural Sciences. The Prize has national outreach and is awarded annually for outstanding scientific achievements which contributed to the development of the Polish research community in experimental physics, astronomy, chemistry and biology.

2014-12-08
Prof. dr hab. Paweł Moskal has been elected a member of Scientific Committee SPSC at CERN.

link

2014-10-03
Dr Eryk Czerwiński received the prestigious fellowship for outstanding young scientists from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education

2014-09-24-27
II Symposium on Applied Nuclear Physics and Innovative Technologies

2014-09-21-24
II Symposium on Positron Emission Tomography

2014-07-07-08
Workshop on hadronic physics at ~1GeV scale

The Workshop concerns topics related to: dark matter searches, investigation of entangled quantum states, tests of discrete symmetries, production, interactions and decays of mesons, tests of the Standard Model and searches for phenomena beyond the Standard Model in the context of experiments operating at energy scales around 1 GeV.

2014-06-02
Prof. Paweł Moskal and Mgr Aleksander Gajos have been awarded with the prizes for the two best posters presented on the MESON 2014 Conference

http://meson.if.uj.edu.pl

2014-05-15
J-PET Collaboration at the Warsaw Medical Physics Meeting (15-17 May 2014)

J-PET Collaboration has taken part in a Medical Physics Meeting wich was held in the Heavy Ion Laboratory in Warsaw.

2013-12-18
IV Międzyzaborowe sympozjum dotyczące symulacji komputerowych paskowego pozytonowego tomografu emisyjnego.

W spotakaniu wzięli udział fizycy z Narodowego Centrum Badań Jądrowych w Warszawie i Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie, a także przedstawiciele Silvermedia (Kraków) - współwykonawcy projektu PET.

2013-12-11
Third general tele-symposium on International PhD Studies in Applied Nuclear Physics and Innovative Technologies

2013-10-02
Dr Marcin Zieliński received the prestigious award for distinguished young scientists in 2013 from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education

Detaild information: http://www.nauka.gov.pl/aktualnosci-ministerstwo/stypendia-dla-mlodych-badaczy.html

2013-09-27-30
Group Meeting in Zakopane

2013-07-25
III Międzyzaborowe sympozjum dotyczące symulacji komputerowych paskowego pozytonowego tomografu emisyjnego.

W spotakaniu wzięli udział fizycy z Narodowego Centrum Badań Jądrowych w Warszawie i Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie.

2013-07-05
General meeting of the Positron Emission Tomography Group, Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University

Summary of the research in winter and summer semesters.

2013-06-03-06
Symposium on applied nuclear physics and innovative technologies

web page: http://koza.if.uj.edu.pl/mpd-symposium-2013/

2013-05-24
Mgr Jarosław Zdebik Doctoral Defence

2013-05-09
Dr Eryk Czerwiński represents laureates of SONATA research projects at the 'National Science Centre Days'

2013-04-22
Michał Silarski receives the prestigous award of the Foundation for Polish Science (START 2013)

2013-04-11
Second general tele-symposium in framework of International PhD Studies in Applied Nuclear Physics and Innovative Technologies

2013-02-22
II Międzyzaborowe sympozjum dotyczące symulacji komputerowych paskowego pozytonowego tomografu emisyjnego.

W spotakaniu wzięli udział fizycy z Narodowego Centrum Badań Jądrowych w Warszawie i Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie.

2013-01-18
Międzyzaborowe sympozjum dotyczące symulacji komputerowych paskowego pozytonowego tomografu emisyjnego.

W spotakaniu wzięli udział fizycy z Narodowego Centrum Badań Jądrowych w Warszawie i Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie.

2012-11-08
Doctoral promotions of Dr Malgorzata Hodana, Dr Michał Silarski and Dr Marcin Zielinski.

The ceremony was held in the Aula of Collegium Novum of the Jagiellonian University.

2012-09-25
Symposium on Positron Emission Tomography - Cittru, UJ (2012)

2012-09-12
Mgr inż. Marcin Zieliński Doctoral Defence

2012-09-09
Dr Eryk Czerwiński receives Henryk Niewodniczański Prize, 2012

2012-09-04
Mgr Michał Silarski Doctoral Defence

2012-05-31 - 06-05
MESON 2012, 12th International Workshop on Meson Production , Properties and Interaction Kraków, Poland

2012-05-23
Conference promoting laureates of the Doctus - scholarship for PhD students of Malopolska

Awarded: mgr Michał Silarski, mgr Jarosław Zdebik, mgr inż. Marcin Zieliński

2012-05-16-19
Conference on Positron Emission Tomography in Research and Diagnostics, PETRAD2012, Warsaw (2012)

2012-05-12
Strip-PET kick-off meeting in Czułówek (2012)

2012-04-27
Open lecture at The Naval Academy in Gdynia (2012)

2012-04-21
Marcin Zielinski receives the prestigous award of the Foundation for Polish Science (START 2012)

2012-03-16
Mgr Małgorzata Hodana Doctoral Defence

2012-03-15
Seminar in Cafe 'U Pęcherza' in Collegium Maius of the Jagiellonian Univeristy

2011-10-21
Diploma promotions 2011

2011-08-07
The public poster session in front of White House in Juelich, Germany.

2011-08-01
School on Amplitude Analysis in Modern Physics in Bad Honnef, Germany

web page: http://www2.fz-juelich.de/ikp/workshops/LesNabis/index.shtml

2011-01-20
Paweł Moskal receives profesor title from Polish President Bronisław Komorowski

2009-11-03
Doctoral promotions of Dr Joanna Klaja, Dr Paweł Klaja and Dr Eryk Czerwiński in 2009

2009-09-08
Mgr Eryk Czerwiński Doctoral Defence

2009-08-09
Summer School 2009 in the Juelich Forschungszentrum

web page: http://koza.if.uj.edu.pl/~abram/juelich/index_ang.html

2009-03-21
Lecture of Prof. Paweł Moskal at the Małopolski University for Children

2008-06-26
Diploma defences of Ewelina Czaicka, Michał Silarski, Jarosław Zdebik and Marcin Zieliński in 2008

2008-04-15
Group meeting in room 222

2007-08-01
COSY-11 visits Brussels

2006-10-30
Visit of guest from Uppsala University (Sweden) and LNF Frascatii (Italy)

2006-08-24
COSY Summer School, Jülich, 2006

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Jagiellonian University

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