A realization of this project will result in creation of the innovative anticancer “pro-pharmaceuticals” characterized by high effectivity and selectivity with accompanying minimalized side effects of the foreseen therapy. Research will be focused on designing, obtaining and in vitro validation of recombinant proteins called immunoendotoxins able to selectively binding, internalization and cancerous cells killing. The most important element of each immunoendotoxin will be an effector domain of a human origin thus minimalizing possible immunogenicity of the proteins. Low immunogenicity in association with known benefits of immunotoxins-based strategies will result in very potent anticancer therapeuticals.
This project concerns the design of cryptographic schemes that are secure even if implemented on not-secure devices. The motivation for this work comes from an observation that most of the real-life attacks on cryptographic devices do not break their mathematical foundations, but exploit vulnerabilities of their implementations. This concerns both the cryptographic software executed on PCs (that can be attacked by viruses), and the implementations on hardware (that can be subject to the side-channel attacks). Typically, fixing this problem was left to the practitioners, since it was a common belief that theory cannot be of any help here. However, new exciting results in cryptography suggest that this view was too pessimistic: there exist methods to design cryptographic protocols in such a way that they are secure even if the hardware on which they are executed cannot be fully trusted. The goal of this project is to investigate these methods further, unify them in a solid mathematical theory (many of them were developed independently), and propose new ideas in this area. The project will be mostly theoretical (although some practical experiments may be performed). Our main interest lies within the theory of private circuits, bounded-retrieval model, physically-observable cryptography, and human-assisted cryptography. We view these theories just as the point of departure, since the field is largely unexplored and we expect to witness completely new ideas soon.
High intelligence quotient, exaggerated social and political awareness and libertarian ethical principles are incompatible with the environment of slowly developing countries with widespread corruption and general lack of perspectives. Individuals suffering from this incompatibility syndrome search for and find relief in substance abuse of which regular Marijuana consumption is by far the mildest. The objective of the project is to assess whether Marijuana consumption is an effective method to reduce IQ and frustration and improve compatibility with the environment. As part of the project we will follow selected adult individuals from Polish scientific and cultural elites and monitor their mental and psychological development. We will also provide access to Marijuana produced under strict quality control to prevent intoxication with black market products that could negatively affect the reliability of our analysis of effects of THC consumption. More at thc.bioinfo.pl.