Katarzyna Dziubek in the laboratory; photo: Alan Stocki/UG. Cancer is a complex and devious disease, constantly evolving and trying to trick our immune system. It comes in many varieties, characterised by numerous genetic mutations. A doctoral student at the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG and a…

Aleksandra Górska-Jankowska. Fot. Alan Stocki/UG. It is not easy to predict the commercial success of a work. Therefore, it happens that the disproportion between the remuneration of the creator and the benefits of the copyright purchaser is crushing. What is the 'bestseller clause', and why is it so rarely used? In the next episode…

Łukasz Arcimowicz is a PhD student at the International Centre for Cancer Vaccine Science, based at the University of Gdańsk. He has been scientifically involved in developing a lung cancer vaccine from the beginning. - My research focuses on interactions between the immune system and cancer. I am looking for cells that can fight the tumour and ultimately help a patient with non-small cell lung cancer to beat the…

dr Monika Lipińska, photo by Alan Stocki/UG The scientific interests of dr Monika Lipińska from the Laboratory of Plant Taxonomy at the Faculty of Biology, UG, revolve around the orchid family, and her research is aimed at learning and better understanding the taxonomy, biology and ecology of tropical orchids. Guatemala, Ecuador,…

Fot. Pixabay. In Poland, the so-called car culture is very strong. What is more, the level of our habituation to the car is constantly growing. And although we are increasingly willing to use alternative means of transport, micromobility in our country is only in its infancy. I talk with dr Agnieszka Szmelter-Jarosz from the Faculty of Economics about what…

She was supposed to become a behavioural therapist for children with developmental difficulties. However, she devoted herself to experimental psychology. Dr Aleksandra Mańkowska from the Department of Neuropsychology at the WNS Institute of Psychology studies processes related to the orientation of visual attention in horizontal and vertical space, and her training in prismatic adaptation is a chance for a long-term…

The photo shows dr Maurycy Żarczyński programming an automatic sedimentation trap. The geographical environment is constantly changing. What influence did our ancestors have on it? Is it possible to know millions of years of the Earth's history which is not described anywhere? Or can we predict in which direction catastrophic processes caused by climate…

What I want to do in my dissertation is to create an algorithm that can indicate with a certain probability that an article is fake news. Photo: Mateusz Byczkowski. I talk to Katarzyna Raca, a specialist in data analysis and an assistant at the Department of Statistics of the Faculty of Management at the University of…