Dr Agata Motyka-Pomagruk of the Research and Implementation Laboratory of the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology of the University of Gdańsk and the Medical University of Gdańsk, and the Laboratory of Plant Protection and Biotechnology was honoured with the Prime Minister's Award for her doctoral dissertation. The results of the research…

‘Two current problems, one solution: improved organic materials for OLED and photogeneration of hydrogen’ Project, led by dr Illia Serdiuk from the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics of the University of Gdańsk, has been listed as qualified for funding within the scope of LIDER XI Program. Total amount of funds granted by the National…

Rector's Committee for Social Responsibility of Science (KomSON), established in November 2019 by the University of Gdańsk Rector - dr. hab. Jerzy Piotr Gwizdała, prof. UG, has published the Report titled ‘Women in science – managing diversity and gender equality within social responsibility of the University of Gdańsk’. Broad spectrum of University of Gdańsk activities in the area of social responsibility contributed…

Justyna Rogowska, Head of the Disability Issues Office at the University of Gdańsk joined the Equal Educational Opportunity Commission at the Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland (CRASP). The remote electoral meeting of the Equal Educational Opportunity Commission at the Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland took place on…

Dr hab. Magdalena Horodecka, prof. UG from the Institute of Polish Language at the UG Faculty of Languages was elected as expert member to the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) Committee on Literary Studies (KNoL). She will serve for the 2020-2023 term. PAN Committee on Literary Studies is a permanent consulting and advisory body at the Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences. The Committee…

The Patent Office of the Republic of Poland granted patent to the University of Gdańsk for the invention of scientists from the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology (IFB) of University of Gdańsk and Medical University of Gdańsk. The invention, created within the scope of LIDER VI project, may be applied in eco-friendly and safe for humans biological protection of crops…

The Patent Office of the Republic of Poland granted two patents to the University of Gdańsk for inventions applicable in cancer treatment. The subject of the inventions are new active ingredients based on anthraquinone derivatives, their extraction techniques and molecular systems structurally constructed from an anthracene rings. The inventors are prof. dr hab. inż. Tadeusz…

The Department of Business Informatics, Faculty of Management, University of Gdańsk, was invited to participate in the international research World IT Project. Its purpose was to identify, compare and evaluate the organizational, technological and individual problems of IT employees around the world and confront them with the organizational culture…

After reading nearly 290 items published in Pomerania or written by Pomeranian authors in 2019, the Jury of the Pomeranian Literary Award Wiatr od morza nominated Znikanie by Dr Izabela Morska from the Faculty of Languages UG for the Literary Book of the Year award. The Jury of the Pomeranian Literary Award Wiatr od morza: prof. dr hab.  Zbigniew…

A research paper ‘Geographical and temporal distribution of SARS-CoV-2 clades in the WHO European Region, January to June 2020’ analyzing the genetic variability of the SARS-CoV2 virus during the 6 months of the pandemic in Europe was published in the international journal Eurosurveilance on infectious disease surveillance, epidemiology and control in…