Results of the Faculty Master’s Thesis Competition 2025
We are pleased to present the results of the Faculty Master’s Thesis Competition 2025, which took place on April 5, 2025. Below is a list of the winners in individual categories, as well as information about the sponsors and organizers of this event. We sincerely congratulate all participants!
Category: GENERAL RANKING:
1st Place – Olga Ostrowska, MSc, Field of Study: Pharmacy
Thesis Title: Synthesis of selectively functional analogues of 5-HT1A and D2 receptor ligands with modified physicochemical properties.
UJCM Unit: Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Supervisor: Dr. Beata Gryzło
2nd Place – Angelika Śmiertka, MSc, Field of Study: Pharmacy
Thesis Title: Optimization of mycophenolate mofetil dosing in kidney transplant recipients.
UJCM Unit: Department of Clinical Pharmacy
Supervisor: Dr. Agnieszka Cios
3rd Place – Piotr Klimek, MSc, Field of Study: Medical Analytics
Thesis Title: Cytometric analysis of T lymphocytes modified with a chimeric antigen receptor against the GD2 surface protein.
UJCM Unit: Department of Clinical Immunology and Transplantology
Supervisor: Dr. Aleksandra Krasowska-Kwiecień
4th Place – Izabela Krzemień, MSc, Field of Study: Medical Analytics
Thesis Title: Diagnostic value of measuring the concentration of selected cytokines in assessing the intensity of psoriasis-like skin inflammation symptoms in mice.
UJCM Unit: Department of Immunology UJ CM
Supervisor: Dr. hab. Katarzyna Nazimek
5th Place – Zofia Mazurkiewicz, MSc, Field of Study: Pharmacy
Thesis Title: Evaluation of the possibility of improving the pharmaceutical availability of vinpocetine by preparing solid dispersions using the hot-melt extrusion method.
UJCM Unit: Department of Drug Form Technology and Biopharmacy
Supervisor: Dr. Mateusz Kurek
Category: FIELD OF STUDY: PHARMACY:
1st Place – Olga Ostrowska, MSc
Thesis Title: Synthesis of selectively functional analogues of 5-HT1A and D2 receptor ligands with modified physicochemical properties.
UJCM Unit: Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Supervisor: Dr. Beata Gryzło
2nd Place – Angelika Śmiertka, MSc
Thesis Title: Optimization of mycophenolate mofetil dosing in kidney transplant recipients.
UJCM Unit: Department of Clinical Pharmacy
Supervisor: Dr. Agnieszka Cios
3rd Place – Zofia Mazurkiewicz, MSc
Thesis Title: Evaluation of the possibility of improving the pharmaceutical availability of vinpocetine by preparing solid dispersions using the hot-melt extrusion method.
UJCM Unit: Department of Drug Form Technology and Biopharmacy
Supervisor: Dr. Mateusz Kurek
Category: FIELD OF STUDY: MEDICAL ANALYTICS:
1st Place – Piotr Klimek, MSc
Thesis Title: Cytometric analysis of T lymphocytes modified with a chimeric antigen receptor against the GD2 surface protein.
UJCM Unit: Department of Clinical Immunology and Transplantology
Supervisor: Dr. Aleksandra Krasowska-Kwiecień
2nd Place – Izabela Krzemień, MSc
Thesis Title: Diagnostic value of measuring the concentration of selected cytokines in assessing the intensity of psoriasis-like skin inflammation symptoms in mice.
UJCM Unit: Department of Immunology UJ CM
Supervisor: Dr. hab. Katarzyna Nazimek
3rd Place – Agnieszka Łyczak-Dumanowska, MSc
Thesis Title: Evaluation of the prognostic significance of selected abnormalities in Ras signaling pathway genes in children with de novo AML and rearrangements in the 11q23 region.
UJCM Unit: Department of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics
Supervisor: Dr. Teofila Książek
Category: FIELD OF STUDY: COSMETOLOGY
1st Place – Klaudia Janusz, MSc
Thesis Title: Studies on the cytotoxicity and photocytotoxicity of selected arene derivatives in the context of their application in the photodynamic therapy of melanoma.
UJCM Unit: Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry
Supervisor: Prof. dr hab. Elżbieta Pękala
We sincerely congratulate the Winners and all Participants of the Competition. The reviewers unanimously emphasized that the level of the theses and presentations was very high and closely matched.
The winning theses were selected by the Competition Committee composed of:
Dr hab. Barbara Wiśniowska, Prof. UJ, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy UJ CM for Didactics
Dr hab. Anna Więckowska, Prof. UJ, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy UJ CM for Student Affairs
Dr Anna Kwiecień (Secretary PTFarm/Krakow Branch)
Reviewers: Prof. dr hab. Agnieszka Szopa, Dr hab. Beata Bystrowska, Dr hab. Joanna Gdula-Argasińska, Dr hab. Dorota Łażewska
The prizes in the Competition were funded by:
District Chamber of Pharmacists in Krakow
National Chamber of Laboratory Diagnosticians
Dr Irena Eris S.A.
Polish Society for Laboratory Diagnostics – Krakow Branch
MedPharm Polska Publishing House
Diagnostyka – Medical Laboratories
Promega Poland
Polish Pharmaceutical Society – Krakow Branch
Polish Society of Microbiologists – Krakow Branch
The Competition was organized by the Polish Pharmaceutical Society – Krakow Branch.
Honorary patronage over the event was assumed by the Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy UJ CM, Prof. dr hab. Marcin Kołaczkowski.
The event was also patronized by: National Chamber of Laboratory Diagnosticians, Polish Society for Laboratory Diagnostics, District Chamber of Pharmacists in Krakow, and Polish Society of Microbiologists. Students from the Student Society of Laboratory Diagnosticians UJCM (Ms. Julia Siwak, Ms. Kinga Wątor, and Ms. Kinga Pietryka) and representatives of the Student Government of the Faculty of Pharmacy UJCM (Ms. Alicja Kacprzak and Ms. Natalia Gniado) participated in the organization of the event.
We thank everyone for their commitment and invite you to the next edition of the competition.
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