The Ministry of Science and Higher Education awarded scholarships for outstanding young scientists for the 19th time. The results were announced on Friday, June 21. Eight scientists from the University of Gdańsk were among those awarded. Applications for granting scholarships for outstanding young scientists demonstrating significant achievements in scientific activity may be submitted by rectors of universities,…

The University of Gdańsk has once again been ranked among the world's best and is the leader among Polish universities in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, a ranking that assesses universities from around the world in terms of their commitment to the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.   On June 12, 2024, the results of the sixth edition of…

Two projects by scientists from the Department of General and Medical Biochemistry of the Faculty of Biology of the UG have been awarded more than 3 million in funding under the SONATA 19 competition of the National Science Centre. photo by R. Mielczarek The project by dr Urszula Zarzecka, '…

Photo by Janusz Kreczmański from Pixabay It is the ninth time that prizes and distinctions have been awarded in the PAS Branch Science Prize competition for young scientists in Gdańsk. Among those recognised in the competition were six employees and doctoral students from the University of Gdańsk. The PAS Gdańsk Branch Prize for…

The Institute of Psychology has been accredited by the Centre for Medical Postgraduate Education to run a specialisation in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy. In northern Poland, it is the only institution with such authorisation, with only nine of them in the country. The accreditation is linked to the newly created postgraduate course Psychotherapy…

The (C)ombinatorial (O)ptimisation for (V)ersatile Applications to (E)merging u(R)ban problems (COVER) project received funding under HORIZON-MSCA-2023-SE-01-01 - MSCA Staff Exchanges 2023, which will enable work on, among other things, an urban strategy for the ‘15-minute city’. We discuss the assumptions of the project with its manager on the UG side…

‘Nowadays, large-scale research is no longer possible within a single institution or discipline. We have more and more research tools that require interdisciplinary knowledge, and it is only through cooperation that we can conduct modern research and push the boundaries of the known,' says the research team leader of the BaltArctic Research Cruise, dr…

photo by Alan Stocki/UG The academic platform for scientists Research.com has published the latest ranking of the best researchers in the field of molecular biology. Prof. dr hab. Grzegorz Węgrzyn from the Department of Molecular Biology at the Faculty of Biology was ranked 1st in Poland and 1614th in the world. Research.com, a…

The drama of the small Crimean Tatar nation was discussed at the Faculty of Social Sciences on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the displacement of the Crimean Tatars. The initiators and discussants of the meeting were prof. dr hab. Cezary Obracht-Prondzyński from the Institute of Sociology of the UG and Nedim Useinov, a graduate of the Institute of Political Science of the UG, an employee of the University of…

On more patents, the potential of genistein and whether it will finally get a chance as a breakthrough drug for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, and about the strength of the team in science. Join us for an interview with prof. dr hab. Grzegorz Węgrzyn.   Julia Bereszczyńska: - Professor, it has been two years since you obtained a patent…