At a time when the question of a third dose of vaccine for all is on the table, research using advanced computer simulations and atomic force microscope has revealed more stable—and therefore more difficult to break—bindings of SARS-CoV-2 variants to receptors in our cells. Combined with the loss of affinity of some antibodies for variant spike proteins, these results beg the question of adapting the vaccine to the variants rather than administering a third dose of existing vaccines.

Article written by Adolfo Poma Bernaola, ICRI-BioM (https://icri-biom.p.lodz.pl/) 

Dear all, employees, students and doctoral students of Lodz University of Technology

I have repeatedly expressed my wishes and, at the same time, my hidden desire to return to normal work, face-to-face education and to at least try to forget about the coronavirus threat as soon as possible. Unfortunately, the current situation does not make it possible to fulfil these wishes in full. The virus is still very aggressive, mutating and taking more lives.

Lodz University of Technology is a partner in the implementation project "Development of an innovative technology for continuous lyophilisation of strawberries with on-line control and optimisation of product quality parameters based on artificial intelligence algorithms and spectral measurements". The work conducted at our university is headed by Assoc. Prof. Eng. Paweł Wawrzyniak, from the Faculty of Process and Environmental Engineering, who writes about the effects planned in the project.

Article written by Paweł Wawrzyniak, Department of Environmental Engineering

A door with a handle that only appears when you walk up to it, a board game for the blind or... a dog's internet. These and other topics concerning new ways of human-computer interaction were discussed during the international ACM ISS 2021 conference.

Article written by Magdalena Wróbel-Lachowska, Institute of Applied Computer Science

Photo: Matthias Hoppe

The project "Masters of Didactics", an advanced training programme in cooperation with the University of Groningen, has begun with the first workshop attended by academic staff from our university.

Article written by Alina Wujcik, International Cooperation Centre

The International Cooperation Centre invites students to participate in a personalised learning experience with the use of tutoring

Article written by Alina Wujcik, International Cooperation Centre

Within the framework of the VTech project, in which 11 universities participate, including the Lodz University of Technology, a VR/AR Hackathon was held to create virtual 3D programs used in education. The organizer was Mother Teresa University from Skopje (Northern Macedonia).

Article written by Katarzyna Żykwińska-Rouba, Instytut Informatyki

The partners of the FRONTSH1P project met at the Lodz University of Technology. The conference was attended by representatives of 34 consortium members, discussing the goals of the project, with a budget of as much as EUR 19 million.

Article written by Ewa Chojnacka and Grzegorz Liśkiewicz, Institute of Turbomachinery

Researchers from the Institute of Information Technology at TUL are working on a project for an intelligent system that will help save electricity and ensure a comfortable working environment. NCRD has granted over PLN 2.2 million in funding for this purpose.  

3D bioprinting greatly supports medicine and research. In this regard, great progress is being made in laboratories around the world. Research in this field is also conducted in carried out at the Laboratory of 3D Bioprinting and Biomaterials Research at the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Lodz University of Technology).

Article written by Dorota Bociąga, Institute of Materials Science and Engineering