Glacier puzzles, lectures on the structure of the brain, genetic puzzles, an exhibition of carnivorous plants, a biotechnology-crime escape room, and a biotechnology perfumery are just some of the attractions awaiting visitors to this year's Biologists' Night at the University of Gdańsk.
Biologists' Night is a nationwide event that will take place on January 10, 2025. The University of Gdańsk will participate for the 14th time. On this occasion, the Faculty of Biology of UG and the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG have prepared a number of shows, lectures, workshops, and experiments. The slogan for this year's event is ‘The biology of climate change: the heated... the losers?’
The Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG invites, among others, to:
- Microscopic worlds - the invisible beauty of edible plants, cell cultures and microorganisms
- Experiments at your fingertips - secrets of proteins, microbiology of water and soil, plant cultures and secondary metabolites, biotechnological perfumes
- Science in fun - escape room, quizzes, educational games and fun for the youngest scientists
- At the stand of the International Centre for Cancer Vaccine Science there will be an opportunity to sort out cancer-fighting cells with one's own hands.
The Biology Department, in turn, has prepared, among other things:
- Home remedies in the fight against microbes - the effect of substances available in every home on inhibiting the growth of bacteria will be presented
- Magic mass - a demonstration based on the magnetic properties of mass containing, among other things, iron filings
- The backstage of biotechnology: How in vitro culture passage works - a workshop introducing the basic laboratory technique in plant biotechnology - in vitro culture passage
- Glacier puzzles - find out what factors influence glacier melt and climate change through an interactive game using puzzles
The Biologists' Night events will start at 02:30 p.m. and the last of the events will run until 11:30 p.m. See the full programme of events:
Biologists' Night at the Faculty of Biology
Biologists' Night at the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG