The award of Prof. Henryk Struszczyk for original achievements in research in chitin and its derivatives in 2023 was given to dr. inż. ŁUKASZ PAWŁOWSKI from Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ship Technology Gdańsk University of Technology.

Awards winners in short talk competition:

1st Award
Paweł Poznański, Wacław Orczyk
CHITOSAN AND SYNTHETIC FUNGICIDES: SYNERGY OF ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY AGAINST FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM

2nd Award
Eryk Jędrzejak, Patrycja Frąckowiak, Marcin Wysokowski
MULBERRY SILKWORM (BOMBYX MORI) AS AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF CHITIN – ISOLATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTING POLYSACCHARIDE

3rd Award
Anna Rył, Piotr Owczarz, Johanna Hafner, Claude Oelschlaeger, Norbert Willenbacher
CHARACTERISTICS OF LOCAL MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF CHITOSAN HYDROGELS USING PASSIVE MICROREOLOGY TECHNIQUES: PRELIMINARY RESEARCH

Recognition Award
Magdalena Paczkowska-Walendowska, Judyta Cielecka-Piontek
CHITOSAN AS A PLATFORM FOR THE LOCAL DELIVERY ANTI-INFLAMMATORY SYSTEM PROVIDING NATURAL COMPOUNDS

Izabela Dziedzic, Hermann Ehrlich
PATENTOLOGY OF CHITINOUS BIOMATERIALS

Małgorzata Gnus
EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD – AFFECT ON SEPARATION PROPERTIES OF MAGNETITE CONTAINING CHITOSAN MEMBRANES IN ETHANOL DEHYDRATION PROCESS

Awards winners in poster competition:

1st Award
Monika Sikora, Michał Arabski, Maria Wiśniewska- Wrona
CHITOSAN-BASED MATRIX AS A CARRIER FOR BACTERIOPHAGES

2nd Award
Paulina Król, Klaudia Piekarska, Cesar Hernandez, Marcin Kudzin, Katarzyna Śledzińska, Maciej Boguń, Piotr Kaczmarek, Aleksandra Dyrała, Marzena Dymel, Krystyna Guzińska, Zdzisława Mrozińska, Gabriela Pałucka
WHAT ABOUT THESE WOUNDS – WHAT DRESSING TO CHOOSE AND HOW THEY DIFFER?

3rd Award
Dorota Chełminiak-Dudkiewicz, Miloslav Macháček, AleksanderSmolarkiewicz-Wyczachowski, Kinga Mylkie, Sebastian Drużyński, Rafał Krygier, Marta Ziegler-Borowska
NATURAL PLANT EXTRACTS AS ACTIVE COMPONENTS IN CHITOSAN-BASED MATERIALS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION

Recognition Award
Karolina Rolińska, Ewelina Jakubowska, Małgorzata Żmieńko, Katarzyna Łęczycka-Wilk
DEEP EUTECTIC SOLVENTS AS PLASTICIZER AND ACTIVE AGENT IN CHITOSAN-BASED FILMS

Magdalena Gierszewska, Ewa Olewnik-Kruszkowska, Mohamed Bouaziz
RELATION BETWEEN CHITOSAN FILM COMPOSITION, OVERALL MIGRATION, AND SWELLING IN VARIOUS FOOD SIMULANTS

Maria Wiśniewska-Wrona, Klaudia Piekarska, Anna Wojtala, Marek Warzala, Anna Pietruszka, Longina Madej-Kielbik, Monika Sikora, Karolina Gzyra-Jagiela, Konrad Sulak, Wieslaw Adamiec, Piotr Cichacz, Przemysław Wiecek
DEVELOPMENT OF THERMOPLASTIC CHITOSAN ENRICHED WITH UNIQUE BIOMODIFIERS INTENDED FOR PROCESSING BY EXTRUSION