‘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…

Dr hab. Karol Horodecki, prof. UG, dr inż. Jan Tuziemski, mgr Leonard Sikorski and dr inż. Marek Winczewski won the main prize in the Tech category at the QL Future Hackathon. The scientists prepared a proposal to use a quantum computer for analysing the genome to detect the slice responsible for the anaemic disease or a subsequence of…

dr Anna Supernat The Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics UG is participating in the HerTechVenture project aiming to support female students in careers in the technology industry. The project manager is dr Hanna Furmańczyk from the Department of Combinatorial Optimisation at WMFiI. Join us for interviews with inspiring…

In the competition of the Polish Economic Society Gdańsk Branch, two main prizes - for a master's thesis and a bachelor's thesis - as well as two distinctions were awarded to graduates and undergraduates of economics at UG: Julia Recław, Wojciech Kamiński, Sara Stasiak, Wanessa Szuplewska and Przemysław Sadowski. They wrote the awarded works under the supervision of our researchers: dr inz. Aleksandra Koszarek-Cyra, dr…

Rising Stars in Materials Science is an award given to 17 early career scientists who represent the breadth, diversity and interconnectedness of materials science conducted around the world. Dr Alicja Mikołajczyk from the Department of Didactics and Popularisation of Science in the Faculty of Chemistry was among the scientists recognised. The editors…

After a year and a half of operation, the Memling Research Centre can boast cooperation with many foreign scholars, interesting conferences organised and numerous popular science initiatives - from the lecture series 'Around Memling' to the ongoing art competition 'How Paul Beneke acquired the famous Last Judgement for Gdańsk'. We talk about the…

Another publication of research within the Towards Gender Harmony project has occurred in the prestigious journal Nature Scientific Data. The project, headed by dr hab. Natasza Kosakowska-Berezecka, prof. UG from the Faculty of Social Sciences, was carried out in 62 countries from all over the world. More than 160 male and female researchers…