Eurasian treecreeper An injured treecreeper, a small bird of the passerine order, was spotted near the University of Gdańsk's Rectorate. The University Guard handed the animal over to the Laboratory of Avian Ecophysiology UG, whose scientists helped it to recover. Helping injured birds is just one of the many activities of this unit…

A total of 780 points were added to the point value of periodicals run by researchers at the University of Gdansk. This year on July 17, the Ministry of Education and Science published a new list of scientific journals and peer-reviewed materials from international conferences. The highest score from MEiN, i.e. 200 points, was awarded to Current Issues…

A remarkable research project carried out in cooperation with the Bird Migration Research Station of the Faculty of Biology UG has been collecting data on bird migrations continuously for over 60 years! The Baltic Action (Akcja Bałtycka) is a research programme currently under the scientific supervision of dr inż. Jarosław Nowakowski from the Bird Migration Research Station of the Faculty of Biology, UG, headed by dr…

The scientific article, whose authors include dr inż. Karolina Jagiełło, dr Alicja Mikołajczyk, and prof. dr hab. Tomasz Puzyn from the Laboratory of Environmental Chemoinformatics at the Faculty of Chemistry, UG, was published in the journal 'Materials Today'. The publication entitled 'A computational view on nanomaterial intrinsic and extrinsic…

Ricard Ravell Rodríguez Ricard Ravell Rodríguez is the first person at UG to be awarded a doctorate in doctoral school mode. For his dissertation 'Different levels of approximation in quantum open systems and their applications', on July 6, the Physical Sciences Discipline Council UG awarded the young researcher the degree of Doctor…

The Minister of Education and Science has awarded scholarships to eminent young scientists. Six people from the University of Gdańsk were among this year's 230 laureates. The researchers will receive the Minister's scholarships of PLN 5,390 per month for up to three years. The Minister's scholarships were granted to young scientists conducting…

We want to inform you that thanks to the cooperation of three research groups led by dr Łukasz Rąbalski (University of Gdańsk and the Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Warsaw), dr Maciej Grzybek (Medical University of Gdańsk), and prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Pyrcia (Jagiellonian University), the first sequence of the H5N1 influenza virus that infects cats in Poland, has been obtained. The sequence has been…

Journals of Psychology edited by the scientists from the Institute of Psychology of the University of Gdańsk turned out to be among the best magazines in Poland. Health Psychology Report (HPR) was given two IF points, proving that our journals are well-recognised in the international science community.  ‘The place of our journals in the Web of Science…

Prof. Marcin Pawłowski's invention – a unique device on the global scale – a self-testing quantum random numbers generator won the 3rd prize in the 10th edition of 'Eureka! DGP – discovering Polish inventions' contest in the category of discoveries. Dr hab. Artur Sikorski, prof. UG, and mgr MałgorzataRybczyńska, scientists from the Department of…

In the photo: mgr inż. Małgorzata Rybczyńska and dr hab. Artur Sikorski, prof. UG. The invention - new forms of Nimesulide, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug- was worked on by scientists from the Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk - mgr inż. Małgorzata Rybczyńska, under the supervision…