Agata Kołkowska, a student of the Faculty of Chemistry of the Silesian University of Technology, at the turn of July and August took part in the international project "I. FAST – Challenge Based Innovation Accelerators to tackle healthcare challenges", which was co-financed by the European Union.

The motto of the project was " Interdisciplinarity". The participants were divided into four groups of six people. In each of them there were students of physics, medicine, or chemistry. The entire project involved twenty-four people of twenty different nationalities. They made up just 10 percent of the lucky ones who qualified.

“I.FAST was a completely new experience for me. I have never had the opportunity to take part in a project like this and I am very glad that I managed to qualify for it. I feel honoured to be part of this endeavour. The ten days I spent in France meant I gained a lot of knowledge and met people who created a wonderful atmosphere, and working was a pleasure” – recalls Agata Kołkowska.

For 10 days, students worked hard to come up with a new use for particle accelerators in medicine and planned how to put their plan into action. During the project they visited the European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN and the University Hospital in Geneva twice. By participating in lectures, they acquired knowledge from specialists.
The culmination was the presentation of the ideas at CERN.