'Let's vaccinate to save our own lives and health, not to harm others, to stop the pandemic that is ruining our daily lives, not to allow the virus to create new mutants, to return to normal life,' - said UG virologist Professor Krystyna Bieńkowska-Szewczyk in an interview conducted as part of the University Conversations on Sustainable Development series. University…

Once again, the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) has decided to fund a project by prof. Michał R. Szymański, head of the Department of Structural Biology, and his team. In 2018, EMBO awarded Michał R. Szymański's laboratory a grant of €50,000 per year for 3 to 5 years. Now the organisation has decided to increase the grant to €100k…

Od lewej: dr n. med. Małgorzata Kurkowiak, prof. Mary Anne O’Connell. Dr Małgorzata Kurkowiak from the International Center for Cancer Vaccine Science, University of Gdańsk, received funding from the international Weave-UNISONO competition organized by the National Science Center (NCN) for the project: "Exploring new roles for ADAR1 in cancer; generation…

Among the new members of the Polish Academy of Sciences there are scientists from the University of Gdańsk. Professor Hanna Mazur-Marzec from the Faculty of Oceanography and Geography UG and Professor Piotr Stepnowski from the Faculty of Chemistry UG and the Rector of the University were elected by the General Assembly of PAN.   During all stages of elections to the Polish Academy of Sciences academics took into account…

  Researchers from the University of Gdańsk were among the winners of the MINIATURE 5 competition organised by the National Science Centre. Funding for individual scientific activities was granted to researchers from the Faculties of Biology, Chemistry, Philology, Social Sciences, Law and Administration and the International Centre for Cancer Vaccines Science. In total, 13 projects were submitted by UG scientists. The…

Dr Paulina Nastały, from the Translational Oncology Department at the Institute of Medical Biotechnology and Experimental Oncology, GUMed, has received funding from an EMBO Scientific Exchange Grant for a project entitled: 'The interplay between nuclear envelope architecture, glucocorticoid signalling and YAP pathway leading to prostate cancer progression', which will be carried out with prof. Giannino Del Sal at the…

On November 2nd this year, the Minister of Health awarded prizes for scientific activity in the year 2020 to a team from the Institute of Medical Biotechnology and Experimental Oncology of the Medical University of Gdańsk, from the Department of Cell Biology and Immunology, consisting of mgr Anna Felberg-Miętka, mgr Aleksandra Urban, dr Grzegorz Stasiłojć and dr hab. Marcin Okrój, prof. GUMed.   On November 2nd this…

Virologists from the Institute of Biotechnology at the University of Gdańsk are working on the creation of an effective new-generation vaccine protecting against infection with hepatitis C and B viruses. A decision has already been made to grant a patent for the invention entitled 'Chimeric virus-like particles exposing HCV antigenic sequences for use in the preventive treatment of HCV and/or HBV infection'. Hepatitis C…

The UG research vessel R/V Oceanograf made its first cruise after sea trials. During it, scientists conducted biological and hydrological research. Further cruises using the most modern scientific research vessel on the Baltic Sea are being carried out. The research vessel UG R/V Oceanograf underwent a month-long class overhaul, carried out after the first five years of operation. - 'The individual components were…

The deep-sea is one of the least understood areas of our planet. This great abyss is often seen as a frontier area for life, due to the lack of light, high pressure, limited nutrient availability and extreme temperatures ranging from 2-4°C in most habitats to over 100°C in areas with hydrothermal fields. Photo: Pixabay - 'Even though water covers more than half of the Earth's surface and is home to 2 to 20 million…