The Board of Directors of the Professor Wacław Szybalski Foundation would like to invite you to the ceremonial unveiling of a plaque dedicated to prof. Wacław Szybalski, honorary doctor of the University of Gdańsk. The plaque will be placed on the building at 10a Goyki Street in Sopot, where prof. Wacław Szybalski lived from 1945 to 1949.

The plaque will be unveiled to commemorate Prof. Wacław Szybalski, an outstanding scientist of world renown, and his association with the Fahrenheit Union Universities: the Medical University of Gdańsk, the Technical University of Gdańsk and the University of Gdańsk. The plaque was designed and created by sculptor prof. dr hab. Jan Szczypka of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk.

The unveiling ceremony will take place on October 30, 2024, at 3 p.m. on 10a Goyki Street in Sopot. The event will be attended by the rectorial authorities of the University of Gdańsk, the Medical University of Gdańsk and the Gdańsk University of Technology, the Dean of the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG, dr hab. Ewelina Król, prof. UG, and the professor's colleagues and friends.

The event will be immediately followed by a talk about prof. Wacław Szybalski and refreshments at the headquarters of ArtInkubator, 3 Goyki St. During the meeting, there will be an opportunity to purchase a book about prof. Szybalski published in 2018 by Wydawnictwo UG.