Researchers at the University of Gdańsk and other universities which are members of the Association of Fahrenheit Universities, i.e. the Gdańsk University of Technology and the Medical University of Gdańsk, can take advantage of numerous training courses on preparing scientific articles. During the second online training, conducted by dr inż. Katarzyna Gaca-Zając from Elsevier, scientific employees could learn, among…

Over 5.6 million for 2 UG spin-offs: QSAR LAB and NANOEXPO and the Institute of Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine for the creation of a digital platform enabling the design and development of molecular diagnostic tests, both for known diseases and newly emerging ones, such as COVID-19. Two Pomeranian companies, QSAR Lab and NanoExpo, as well as the Institute of…

The call for applications for the 21st edition of the L'Oreal-UNESCO Scholarship Programme for Women and Science is open until May 11. For years, Polish female scientists researching the broadly defined life sciences have been given the opportunity to present and promote their scientific achievements and have received annual scholarships. - 'The L'Oreal UNESCO For Women and…

A skeleton of a sileasaurus. Source: Wikipedia The skeletons of a metoposaurus and a sileasaurus, casts of the skulls of a metaposaurus, a cyclotosaurus and a stagonolepis, as well as ammonites, will go to the Faculty of Biology of the University of Gdańsk, where an exhibition of ancient organisms will be organised. The animals come from the Triassic and…

The Polish-American Fulbright Commission has published a list of the winners of the BioLAB 2021-2022 Programme. Among the 42 winners who will receive a one-year internship in one of the four renowned research centres in the U.S., there are students from the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and GUMed and the Faculty of Chemistry UG. The BioLAB programme is intended…

We invite you to another meeting within the project 'Scientific Cafés at the University of Gdańsk'. This time the lecture 'Genetically enhanced plants - a chance to feed humanity and not an unnecessary interference in food production' will be presented by prof. dr hab. Ewa Łojkowska from the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and GUMed. The meeting will take place on…

A scholarship funded by the Bavarian State Chancellery for a research stay in Würzburg was awarded to dr Karol Kłodziński from the Faculty of History UG. Dr Karol Kłodziński took part in the competition for the Polish Historical Mission scholarship funded by the Bavarian State Chancellery. The scholarship will be used for a research stay in 2021 in a project entitled Otto Hirschfeld (1843-1922) as a researcher of Roman…

The University of Gdańsk publishes a monograph by prof. Janina Ciechanowicz-McLean from the Faculty of Law and Administration, entitled 'Global Environmental Law. Basic issues'. The author attempts to provide answers to several important questions: whether ecological security for present and future generations is ensured, whether the human right to live in an ecologically…

A new book by prof. Bogdan Skwarc entitled 'Radiochemistry of the Environment' has been published by the University of Gdańsk Publishing House. The book gives the reader not only the basics of knowledge about ionizing radiation, radioactive isotopes in the environment and their importance to man but also explains several doubts, shows the benefits and losses arising from the…

The cruise aims to test the possibilities of transport by water on the Vistula River and the transhipment of goods, as an alternative to road or rail transport. The cruise takes place within the framework of the EMMA Extension project (INTERREG Baltic Sea Region Programme). On April 6, 2021, the first-ever commercial container voyage on the Vistula from Gdańsk to Chełmno will…