Wojciech Macyk is someone that bacteria should be afraid of. As a chemist and a professor at the Jagiellonian University, he explores processes that occur in the presence of light and a catalyst and finds uses for them. To date, these applications have included air, water and surface purification but what really gets him excited is the idea of photo-activated drugs and even data transmission.
Wojciech Macyk, chemik i profesor Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, bada procesy zachodzące w obecności światła i katalizatora. Efekty mogą znaleźć zastosowanie w obszarze działań związanych z niszczeniem bakterii, oczyszczaniem powietrza, wody i powierzchni. Mogą również zostać użyte jako leki aktywowane przez światło.
Wojciech spoke at the third edition of TEDxKrakow which took place on 21 September 2012 at the Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology in Krakow. Our theme was "Secret Lives" as there's always more to things than meets the eye, but we so rarely take the time to look at what's really going on or what it takes to make life work. This year at TEDxKraków we looked behind the curtain of the apparently mundane and everyday to get a glimpse of some of the unexpected, fascinating, worrying, intricate and maybe even repulsive aspects of life that are usually invisible to us.
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations).
