Two researchers from the University of Gdańsk will travel to the United States as part of the Fulbright STEM Impact Award grant programme. In the 2025/2026 recruitment process, grants were awarded to eight people in Poland. The Fulbright STEM Impact Award is a scholarship programme for researchers representing STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields employed at Polish academic and scientific…

Researchers from the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG have published a paper that sheds new light on how bacteria interact with each other in the natural environment. The article, authored by prof. Robert Czajkowski's team, appeared in the prestigious journal ISME Communications, one of the leading international periodicals devoted…

The results of the Mieczysław Bekker Scholarship Programme (Bekker NAWA) for 2025 are now known. Among those selected to receive funding for research trips abroad are three scientists from the University of Gdańsk. Dr hab. Maria Kaźmierczak, prof. UG, will undertake a three-month research internship at Ghent University in Belgium, where she will…

An innovative agent combating antibiotic-resistant bacteria, Pseudomonas aeruginosa (blue pus bacillus), based on the synergy of naphthoquinone and silver nanoparticles, has been granted patent protection by the Polish Patent Office. The invention was developed by scientists from the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG, the Faculty of…

The leading ranking agency Times Higher Education has published the results of its global subject rankings - World University Rankings 2026 by Subject - for eleven subjects. The University of Gdańsk was listed in nine rankings - all those in which it was possible to apply for an assessment due to the university's profile. Our University was…

Bone fractures are becoming an increasing health risk in a rapidly ageing society. In response to this challenge, the BONEFILL project was created, which aims to develop bioactive, injectable bone fillers that closely mimic the natural composition of bone, with the aim of accelerating the regeneration of small bone defects and reducing post-operative complications. The project is led by Dr Aneta Szymańska, prof. dr hab…

The Gdańsk Branch of the PAS has announced a call for applications for the 11th edition of the annual Gdańsk Branch of the PAS Award for Young Scientists. The award will be granted for the best scientific publication of 2025, whose lead author is an employee or doctoral student of a scientific institution (including a university) from the Pomeranian,…

During the first meeting of the Fahrenheit Union of Universities in Gdańsk in the new year, the FarU Award was presented for a grassroots initiative that has had an impact on the communities of three universities and is sustainable in nature. The award went to an inter-university team whose innovative method, based on basic research in…

Dr Alicja Mikołajczyk from the Faculty of Chemistry has been named (as the only Polish candidate) among 60 young researchers from around the world in the LUSH PRIZE 2026 competition in the Young Scientists category. The Lush Prize is the world's largest prize fund working to end the use of animals in research, testing and education. Her research is…

We present the profile of another winner of the National Science Centre's OPUS 29 competition: dr inż. Emilia Gontarek-Castro from the Faculty of Chemistry, whose project ‘Nature-Inspired, Biodegradable and Fluorine-Free Membranes: Toward Sustainable Water Treatment Without Compromising Performance’ received funding in the amount of PLN 1,715,686.00.   Dr inż. Emilia Gontarek-Castro…