This Friday, the 15th edition of Brain Days in Tricity will begin as part of the worldwide Brain Awareness Week, during which knowledge about the brain is popularised. At the Faculty of Biology of the University of Gdańsk (March 14 and 15) and in Hevelianum in Gdańsk (March 16), a total of more than a dozen popular science lectures and several dozen…

By decision of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, dr Anna Panasiuk from the Plankton Biology Laboratory of the Department of Marine Biology and Biotechnology at the University of Gdańsk has been appointed as Poland's representative to the Scientific Committee of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR…

New teams to be established at the University of Gdańsk thanks to funding from the National Science Centre will investigate the mathematical aspects of quantum computing and the molecular mechanism and functions of the GNOM protein in plant development. The NSC Sonata BIS competition is aimed at researchers with experience in independent scientific work and is designed to support the creation of new research teams…

The Minister of Justice, Adam Bodnar, has appointed dr hab. Sławomir Steinborn, prof. UG, Head of the Department of Criminal Procedure Law and Forensic Science at the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Gdańsk, to serve as President of the Court of Appeal in Gdańsk. The appointment document was signed by the Minister of Justice on…

The University of Gdańsk is the only Polish institution honoured with the ‘EU Award for Gender Equality Champions’ for leaders in gender equality, awarded by the European Commission. The university was recognised in the Newcomer Gender Equality Champions category. The European Commission has announced the winners of the third edition of the award for…

Collecting water and sediment samples from streams and proglacial lakes, collecting hydrological and bathymetric data from the reservoirs in the foreground of the White Eagle Glacier and measuring the physicochemical properties of the water - these were some of the tasks that the scientists from the University of Gdańsk and the Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz were performing during their research expedition to…

‘These inventions open up new possibilities for the development of a cure for cancer, including pancreatic cancer, which is extremely difficult to treat.’ A team of scientists from the Faculty of Biology at the University of Gdańsk, led by prof. Anna Herman-Antosiewicz, has been granted two patents for innovative inventions - two organic compounds,…

Using specialised software to simulate quantum systems, performing large calculations and attempting to examine in detail three key issues of quantum Darwinism – this is the project that dr Aleksander A. Lasek from the University of Maryland will work on during his postdoctoral internship at the International Centre for Theory Of Quantum Technologies…

On Polish Science Day - February 19, 2025 - the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń hosted the Polish Science Gala, during which the Minister of Science and Higher Education Awards were presented. Prof. dr hab. Małgorzata Lipowska received the award for significant achievements in the field of scientific activity. ‘I congratulate prof. Małgorzata…

Prof. Wiesław Laskowski Professor of physics, winner of numerous national and international grants, supervisor, author of several dozen scientific publications on quantum theory, including the unmasking of the polygamous nature of quantum non-locality, as well as Vice-Rector for Research at the University of Gdańsk - prof. Wiesław…