Over PLN 24 million for BioNanoTechno. The University of Białystok will build a next-generation center.
The University of Białystok has received PLN 21 million in EU funding to establish a new BioNanoTechno Research and Development Center. The investment, worth over PLN 24.7 million, is scheduled for completion by mid-2027. The facility will house four specialized laboratories equipped with unique equipment for biological, chemical, and materials research.
The University of Białystok is launching the BioNanoTechno Research and Development Center project. Thanks to PLN 21 million in EU funding, as well as funding from the state budget and the university itself, a modern research facility worth over PLN 24.7 million will be created.
The completed center is expected to be operational by mid-2027. As the university emphasizes, it will be the only facility in the region equipped with such specialized equipment.
The center will be established in collaboration between three faculties: chemistry, biology, and computer science. The project will include four laboratories: microscopy, spectral, chromatographic, and spectroscopic.
As Dr. Beata Kalska-Szostko , a professor at the University of Bialystok who will lead the facility, announces, the equipment will be unique in the region. The purchases include:
transmission electron microscope,
scanning probe microscopes,
NMR spectrometer,
liquid and gas chromatographs,
advanced computing cluster for data analysis using artificial intelligence.
“It is mainly aimed at all kinds of materials research, but also biological research, because the scanning probe microscope allows for the study of biological materials and processes occurring with both nanomaterials and microorganisms,” explains Kalska-Szostko.
The scope of research will be broad—from the development of new chemical compounds and drugs, through the study of functional materials, to the design of nanocarriers for pharmaceuticals. Scientists will also investigate the potential use of new materials as supercapacitors and components of modern batteries.
“We can approach the topics that can be covered quite broadly because we are focused on environmental protection in the broad sense, looking at it from the perspective of a biologist and a chemist, and conducting extensive materials research,” says Prof. Kalska-Szostko.
The new center will serve not only as a resource for scientists but also as a partner for companies. The equipment will enable research at the level required for implementation projects, including those funded by the National Centre for Research and Development.
"Entrepreneurs often want certain research at a sufficiently high level, because if someone has an application, for example from the National Centre for Research and Development or an implementation project, and is seeking funding, very often, even if the entrepreneurs have the types of research entered there, it must be conducted using appropriate quality equipment," emphasizes the BioNanoTechno manager.
Thanks to the investment, the University of Białystok will strengthen its research and development potential and strengthen cooperation with the socio-economic environment of the region.
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