Dr Eng. Magdalena Sikora

Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

Analysis

The winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize awarded by the Central Bank of Sweden are three American economists working on the impact of social organization on the wealth of nations. The awardees are Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson. Why are some countries unexpectedly successful and others unexpectedly unsuccessful? Why is it that countries with such rich cultures as India and Mexico have consistently struggled economically, while Australia or Canada have been successful?

Commentary on Nobel Prize in chemistry

Analysis

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded half to David Baker ‘for the design of proteins using computational techniques’ and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper ‘for the prediction of protein structure’.

The first Nobel Prize in computer science!

Analysis

On Tuesday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that the Nobel Prize in Physics goes to American physicist John Joseph Hopfield and Canadian-British computer scientist Geoffrey Everest Hinton. Although the prize was awarded in physics, the justification reads that it was based on ‘discoveries and inventions enabling machine learning through artificial neural networks’, which is clearly associated with computer science.

Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology 2024

Analysis

When it seemed that all functions of ribonucleic acids (RNA) had been studied and described, scientists discovered new types of RNA at the end of the 20th century that influence inheritance, development, and diseases. This year, the Nobel Prize was awarded for the discovery of one of these new RNAs. According to the Nobel Committee's decision, two American biologists, Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, received the award in Physiology and Medicine for their "discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation".

magdalena.sikora@p.lodz.pl

Long-time employee of the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences at the Lodz University of Technology.

One of the creators of the second cycle studies in Cosmetics Technology, launched in 2015 at Lodz University of Technology.

Co-author of many articles in foreign journals, and dozens of patents and patent applications, including in the field of raw materials and cosmetic preparations.

She is the author of over 200 articles on cosmetic raw materials in branch magazines, including LNE - Polish edition, Chemical Review, The World of the Cosmetics Industry, The Cosmetics Industry, Pollena TŚPK, Gazeta Farmaceutyczna, Cosmetyka i Kosmetologia, Polish Journal of Cosmetology, Bez Recepty (published by PGF).

Awarded in 2010 by Cosmetics and Cosmetology magazine in the Beauty Poll for her commitment to the education of cosmetologists, and in 2018 by Les Nouvelles Esthetiques magazine with the Beaty Industry Icon diploma - for the highest quality of education in the Beauty industry, commitment to the development of cosmetology and for introducing exemplary standards in the education of cosmetologists.

Member of the Program Council of the World of the Cosmetics Industry. Reviewer - Polish Journal of Cosmetology.