What is Russian disinformation? How do you dement fake news during a face-to-face conversation? Where should we be most wary of fake news? This is what we talk about with mgr Adam Majchrzak, an assistant at the Institute of Media, Journalism and Social Communication, who is also associated with the Demagog Association. If you are interested in the topic of disinformation, enter the fact-checking competition 'Detector…

Is it safe for humans to treat antibiotic-resistant infections with bacteriophages - viruses that destroy bacterial cells? This is what biologists from the University of Gdańsk decided to test in collaboration with a scientist from the University of Agriculture in Krakow. Their findings suggest that phage therapy can be considered a safe method. The…

The doctoral thesis entitled 'Forecasting the risk of bankruptcy for companies in the construction industry using statistical classification methods' defended at the Faculty of Management of the University of Gdańsk by dr Tomasz Nowicki won the main prize in the doctoral thesis category in a competition organised by StatSoft Polska. In the twenty-fifth…

A new expert team is overseeing the research, strategic, and technological development of the UG ship r/v Oceanograf. The unit will ensure that the ship's potential is properly exploited, especially in the context of research voyages. ‘The team will be in charge of coordinating activities related to the r/v Oceanograf vessel, which is used for scientific research on the one hand and for commercial activities on the…

The University of Gdańsk was the only university in Poland to receive funding for two International Research Agendas in the latest round of funding from among all four units that were awarded these funds. The establishment of one of them was supported by Nobel Prize winner prof. Anton Zeilinger. ‘International Centre for Quantum Technology Theory 2.0: B and R Industrial and Experimental Phase’ (ICTQT) and ‘Science for…

The Patent Office of the Republic of Poland issued a decision to grant a patent for the invention called Recombinant Virus-Like Particle of Tick-Borne Encephalitis and Its Medical Application. The inventors are: dr hab. Ewelina Król, prof. UG, Marta Zimna, mgr, Gabriela Brzuska, prof. dr hab. Bogusław Szewczyk and Sara Boch-Kminikowska, mgr. The…

Spatial structure of an example protein containing an iron-sulfur centre Dr hab. Rafał Dutkiewicz, prof. UG from the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG, has received funding of PLN 688,080 in the PRELUDIUM BIS 5 competition announced by the National Science Centre.                              The funding was…

The functions of basigin, an important protein for the human body, will be investigated by the team of dr hab. inż Agnieszka Piwkowska from the Faculty of Chemistry. The scientist is the head of the project, which was co-financed under the National Science Centre's Prelude BIS 5 programme for PLN 687 000. The team's findings may help to better understand ailments associated with diabetes, such as kidney damage and…

prof. Grzegorz Węgrzyn Researchers from the UG Department of Biology with a new European patent. The patent relates to a treatment method for Huntington's disease, a severe genetic disorder that runs with neurodegenerative processes and very severe symptoms. The invention offers hope for a drug that will slow down or halt the…

The Psychological Research Circle 'Experior' and doctoral students of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Gdańsk invite you to a conference on the occasion of the National Day for Combating Depression. At the conference, we will approach the topic of depression interdisciplinarily from the following perspectives: scientific, philosophical, police, therapeutic, suicidological, and adolescent. Programme:…