'The brain before a switch - neurobiology of moral dilemmas', 'Grażyna and Janusz, or about the brain of a woman and a man', 'How to have sex in space?' - these are just a few sample topics of lectures that will be presented on March 14-20, 2022, during the 12th Edition of Brain Days in Tri-City. This year, Brain Days, an annual event organised as part of World Brain Week by…

Photo. Arek Smykowski / UG Dr Wojciech Glac, a neurobiologist and popularizer of science from the Faculty of Biology of the University of Gdańsk, talks about functioning in a prolonged and constantly extended lockdown and how our brain copes in such a situation. 1. The unusual everyday life in which we find ourselves, completely different from the previous…

- At the beginning of lockdown the feeling of novelty connected with turning our lives upside down accompanied us for some time and could be troublesome, but now we have adapted to the situation to such an extent that the novelty is no longer such a great challenge. The problem, however, is the lack of pleasure associated with contact with people and entertainment…

Dr Wojciech Glac from the Faculty of Biology of the University of Gdańsk again proves that he has not received Science Popularizer Award in ‘Scientist’ Category in vain. The neurobiologist created board game called ‘Infection’, where you protect human body infected with the coronavirus. In that assessible way, dr Glac accustoms us with this difficult subject and educates us on the functioning of the immune system. We…

Dr Wojciech Glac from the Faculty of Biology of the University of Gdańsk won the Science Popularizers 2019 competition in ‘Scientist’ category, organized by PAP – Science in Poland portal and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The researcher is an esteemed academic and popularizer of knowledge concerning brain. He is also a driving force behind the Tricity Brain Days held at the University of Gdańsk. The 15th…

Finalists have been announced in Poland's oldest and most prestigious competition for scientists, institutions and social activists whose passion is sharing knowledge with people outside the academic community. Science Promoter 2019 nominee in the ‘Scientist’ category, dr Wojciech Glac is a physiologist and neuroscientist at the Department of Animal and Human Physiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk. 22…