Polish Academy of Science (PAN) posted notice on their website with regard to publishing ‘Challenges and potential in regenerative medicine’ a joint report by EASAC (European Academies Science Advisory Council), formed by the national science academies of the EU Member States (including PAN) and FEAM (Federation of European Academies of Medicine). The document includes guidelines and warnings against commercial use of…

Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) Gdańsk Department awarded prizes and recognitions to best young researchers for best creative work published in 2019. Dr Agnieszka Kaczmarczyk-Ziemba form UG Faculty of Biology and mgr Igor Obuchowski from Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology of UG and GUMed were awarded recognitions in the field of biological and agricultural sciences. Dr Agnieszka Kubowicz-Grajewska from UG Faculty…

Following the decision by Mister of Science and Higher Education the Collection of Plasmids and Microorganisms (KPD) of UG Faculty of Biology received PLN 3,200,000.00 in funding to implement the investment grant called: Equipment for phenotypic analysis of microorganisms and prokaryotic protein characterization (decision of Minister of Science and Higher Education no 7056/IA/SP/2020  of 27 May 2020) The funding…

A biotech company, BioVentures Institute in cooperation with the University of Gdańsk developed a molecular technology to construct recombined vaccines and next generation bio-medicine, unique on a global scale. This groundbreaking technology is currently being used to develop COVID-19 vaccine. The development of this new bio-technology was a research project co-funded by the National Center for Research and Development…

UG Associate Professor Paweł Sitkiewicz from the Institute for Culture Research at the UG Faculty of Languages was nominated for Gdynia Literary Prize in essay category for his book Gorączka filmowa. Kinomania w międzywojennej Polsce (The cinema fever. Cinemaphilia in Poland during the interwar period), Słowo/obraz terytoria publishing house, Gdańsk 2019. The book was nominated for Gdynia Literary Prize, selected out of…

On behalf of the University of Gdańsk, dr Hanna Wolska from the Faculty of Law and Administration is the manager of the grant, co-financed by the Polish-German Foundation for Science, whereas on behalf of the University of Giessen dr Magdalena Jaś-Nowopolska from the Faculty of Law manages the grant. The objective of the project is to conduct research on legal conditions of the freedom of business activity in Poland,…

The EXPRESS CALL TO FUND RESEARCH ON COVID-19 announced at the end of March, has just been concluded.  Dr hab. Ewelina Król from the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and GUMed is one of the competition winners. She received PLN 999.600,00 in funding for the project: “Towards safe anti-SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus vaccine - modifications of the spike protein leading to the elimination of ADE effect”. The objective…

The General Meeting of the newly selected Members of the Polish Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), held remotely on May 11th of the current year, selected dr. hab. prof. UG Waldemar Surosz to serve as the Chairman of the Polish Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research PAN for 2020-2023 term. Professor Waldemar Surosz has served as a Dean of the Faculty of Oceanography and…

For the 28th time the Foundation for Polish Science  granted scholarships under the START program for the most talented Polish researchers. 100 outstanding young scientist will receive the scholarship this year. Start program scholarship recipients are selected through the highly competitive, multi-stage competition to evaluate quality of their scientific achievements so far. The hundred winning researchers were…

Michał Kowalski, freshman student of History of Art at the University of Gdańsk was announced a finalist of the XVI edition of Polish Press Photo Contest – Grand Press Photo 2020, organized by ‘Press’ journal and Grand Press Foundation. The photograph he submitted qualified as individual photo in ‘Environment’ category. It is a last call to vote for your favorite work. Winners will be announced on 13 May, during the…