Polish-British Science Forum

The Heavy Ion Laboratory participated in the first day of the 6th Polish‑British Science Forum, which this year was hosted by the University of Warsaw.

The Director of HIL, Paweł Napiorkowski, presented to the guests from the United Kingdom the accelerator facility operating at the University of Warsaw and its importance for the European Research Area. Particular attention was given to the Laboratory’s extensive international cooperation in nuclear physics research and applications, as well as the use of the Warsaw Cyclotron for training students and young researchers from Poland and abroad.

A brief visit of the Forum participants to the Laboratory allowed them not only to see the research infrastructure available at HIL, but also to meet the international research team led by Dr. Desislava Kalaydjieva from Canada and Dr. Marco Siciliano from the United States. The researchers were conducting measurements using the beam of the Warsaw Cyclotron at the time.

The Deputy Directors of HIL, Dr. Jarosław Choiński and Dr. hab. Krzysztof Kilian, presented the history and characteristics of the cyclotrons operating on the University of Warsaw’s Ochota Campus. Afterwards, the guests from the United Kingdom watched a short film showing the production of FDG — a radiopharmaceutical used in medical diagnostics — manufactured using one of the accelerators installed at the Heavy Ion Laboratory.

More information is available on the websites of the University of Warsaw and the Centre for Europe at UW.