Open meetings in the form of scientific cafés bring the scientific activities of university staff closer to a wider audience. In the next part of the series of meetings, the lecture "Brain in cyberspace" will be presented by Dr Wojciech Glac from the Faculty of Biology, UG. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, February 23, 2021, at 18:00, via MS Teams platform. Those who…

Researchers from the University of Gdańsk, under the direction of dr hab. Sebastian Mahlik, prof. UG, intend to create modern infrared luminescent phosphors that could be used, among others, in the food industry or medicine. The project entitled. 'Perovskite and Broadband Infrared Phosphors for Lighting-Emitting Diode Applications' is implemented under the Polish-Taiwanese…

In conjunction with the beginning of the national programme for monitoring the variability of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Poland, scientists of the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology (MWB) of the University of Gdańsk and the Medical University of Gdańsk under the direction of dr Łukasz Rąbalski performed a pilot high-throughput study of the full genome sequences of the…

Dr Jakub Szlachetko of the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Gdańsk, has been appointed to the expert team preparing an update to the National Urban Policy. The team works under the auspices of the Minister of Funds and Regional Policy and the Institute for Urban and Regional Development. The National Urban Policy is addressed to all Polish cities (regardless…

Photo: Dominik Paszliński/Gdansk.pl Professor Maria Mendel from the University of Gdańsk, a social pedagogue and an outstanding figure in the Polish humanities and social sciences, has been awarded the Johannes Hevelius Award 2020 of the City of Gdańsk in the humanities and social sciences. This most important scientific distinction in Pomerania was…

pre-implementation works, analysed and approved decisions concerning submitted applications, as a result of which co-financing was granted to 5 teams conducting pre-implementation research at the University of Gdańsk. Under the Innovation Incubator 4.0 project funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (POIR 2014-2020) on the initiative of the Consortium composed…

Rankings are photographs taken at a particular time and from an angle chosen by the "photographer" - the ranking organisation that decides on the choice of criteria and their importance. We don't always like how we look in it, but that's no reason to take offence at the photographer. There is a better way. You need to prepare well for posing for that photo. And this has…

In the photo from left: prof. Barbara Lipińska, prof. Ewa Łojkowska. Source: academia-net.org The NCN Council nominated prof. Ewa Łojkowska from the Interuniversity Faculty of Biotechnology UG and GUMed and prof. Barbara Lipińska from the Faculty of Biology UG to AcademiaNet - European Database of Outstanding Women Academic. The portal is operated by the…

Prof. dr hab. Jerzy Zajadła's book from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Gdańsk was among five books selected by the jury of the Tadeusz Kotarbiński Award competition for the best humanities book of 2020, organised by the University of Łódź. The winner will be announced during the online gala broadcast of the competition on February 7. The prize…

Prof. dr hab. Robert Alicki, a member of the International Centre for Quantum Theory at the University of Gdańsk, will be a guest of Radio MORS. Together with prof. Alejandro Jenkins from the Universidad de Costa Rica, thanks to new methods of quantum thermodynamics, they solved one of the oldest riddles of physics - the mechanism of electrification of bodies, the so-called…