How to become a scientist?

Streaming of the event will begin at hrs. 11.00 a.m. on 16.03.2023

Meeting with the Nobel Prize winner - event description

You are cordially invited to attend a unique event – a meeting with Sir Peter Ratcliff, winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, who was honored for his contribution to the discovery of how cells sense and adapt to the availability of oxygen.

The meeting entitled How can I become a scientist?(How can I become a scientist?), to be held on March 16, 2023, is aimed at high school students participating in the UW’s Nobel Week Partner Schools program. The event is an opportunity for students to ask the British Nobel laureate in a less formal atmosphere about, among other things, the origins of his career, his attitude to science and development; or what are the advantages and disadvantages of being a scientist. The Q&A meeting will be hosted by Adam Smith, chief communications officer of Nobel Prize Outreach.

Each facility can until March 1, 2023. send a proposal for one question (in English) that students would like to ask the Nobel Prize winner. A committee, consisting of experts from the Nobel Prize Outreach initiative, the University of Warsaw and AstraZeneca, will then select the 10 most interesting proposals. The authors of the selected questions will have the opportunity to ask them in person in the form of a video, which will be presented at the official event on March 16, 2023. The meeting will be streamed on the CWiD UW YouTube channel so that all school students, regardless of where they live, can attend.

All schools that wish to participate in the “Meeting the Nobel laureate” project will receive promotional materials that can be used both on the official website, social media and on the premises. Each participating school* will be included in a special list that will appear after the event on the official website of the UW Center for Cooperation and Dialogue. Teachers carrying out the various activities and school principals/directors will receive a named thank-you from Nobel Prize Outreach after the event – for their participation in the project. *Each school (even if its question is not selected) will be able to participate in the rest of the project, i.e. use the educational materials prepared after the meeting or carry out other additional activities.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Meeting date: March 16, 2023, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

The meeting will be held in English. A Polish translation will be available on YouTube after the event. We will soon publish educational materials on. meetings on the CWiD website.

How to participate in the event?

To apply, please send an email to: spotkanieznoblista@cwid.uw.edu.pl and provide the following information:

– school name and address;

– one question that students would like to ask the Nobel Prize winner;

– The names of the participating teachers;

– Name of school principal/director;

– A description of additional activities that the school plans to implement as part of the project (e.g., joint viewing of the broadcast, activities implemented on the basis of the materials provided, author’s activities related to the theme of the meeting with the Nobel laureate).

If you have any questions, please email: spotkanieznoblista@cwid.uw.edu.pl

The main organizer of the event - Nobel Prize Inspiration Initiative

The main organizer of Sir Peter Ratcliffe’s visit to Warsaw is Nobel Prize Outreach through the Nobel Prize Inspiration Initiative.

INSIGHTS FROM NOBEL LAUREATES, FOR SCIENTISTS EVERYWHERE

Nobel laureates share their experiences with scientists around the world.

The Nobel Prize Inspiration Initiative is an international program that enables Nobel Prize winners to share inspiring stories and insights with the academic community, especially young researchers and students. Meetings are held at universities and research centers, which are then recorded and made available to a wider audience.

The idea for the initiative and the main organizer of the activities is Nobel Prize Outreach, the company that manages the Nobel Prize‘s media communications, in cooperation with AstraZeneca.

More information: Nobel Prize Inspiration Initiative and AstraZeneca.

If you have any questions, please contact: rebecca.nesbit@nobelprize.org

The Nobel Prize Inspiration Initiative thanks the University of Warsaw community for preparing the event.

Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe - biography

Born: May 14, 1954, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Nobel Prize in: physiology or medicine, 2019
Justification: “for discovering the processes by which cells sense the concentration of oxygen in the environment.
and adapting to its changes”
Share of the prize: 1/3

Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe studied medicine at Cambridge University and completed his medical training at St Bartholomew Hospital in London. After additional studies at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, he earned his doctorate in Cambridge in 1987. Since then, he has worked at Oxford University and, since 2016, at the Francis Crick Institute in London.

Awarding the Nobel Prize

Animals need oxygen to convert food into usable energy. The importance of oxygen in this process has been recognized for centuries, but how cells adapt to changes in oxygen levels has long remained a mystery. William Kaelin, Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenza have discovered how cells can sense and adapt to changing oxygen availability. In the 1990s. have identified the molecular machinery that regulates gene expression and the activity of cellular processes in response to changing oxygen levels. This discovery could lead to new treatments for anemia, cancer and many other diseases.

Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe is a fellow of the Royal Society of London, the Academy of Medical Sciences, the European Molecular Biology Organization and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2004, he became Nuffield Professor of Clinical Medicine at Oxford University, serving as head of the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine from 2004 to 2016. In May 2016, he took on the role of Director of Marketing. clinical research at the Francis Crick Institute, retaining a position in Oxford as a member of the Ludwig Institute of Cancer Research and director of Oxford’s Target Discovery Institute. His work has won numerous awards, including the Louis-Jeantet Prize in Medicine and the Lasker Prize for basic biomedical research. He was knighted for his services to medicine. In 2019, together with William Kaelin and Greg Semenza, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for discovering the processes by which cells sense the concentration of oxygen in the environment and adapt to changes in it.”

Downloadable promotional materials

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