Dear Academia, In accordance with the Decree of the Council of Ministers of March 25, 2022, on the establishment of certain restrictions, orders and prohibitions in connection with the outbreak of an epidemic, the obligation to wear masks at the University of Gdańsk and the regulations concerning proceedings in the event of a decision to send you to isolation or quarantine are abolished. In such cases, you should follow…

SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus Regulations and other information, i. a. on safety requirements on the premises of the University of Gdańsk and the rules of performing remote work at the UG during the threat of SARS-CoV-2 virus Read here

Prof. dr hab. Krystyna Bieńkowska-Szewczyk, virologist from the Department of Molecular Biology of the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and GUMed was a guest on Monday's edition of Fakty po Faktach. The topic of the conversation was vaccination against COVID-19. Decision on vaccination: emotions replaced scientific knowledge Prof. Krystyna Bieńkowska-Szewczyk, a…

Gender & career development versus COVID-19 - is the second webinar in the ResBios Open Dialogue series dedicated to the issues of responsible research and innovation with a particular focus on equal opportunities. The webinar Gender & career development versus COVID-19 will take place on May 28, 2021, from 15.00 to 16.30. The meeting will be hosted by dr hab. Natasza…

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…

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…

We are witnessing a pivotal time in the human history of our generation - the global COVID-19 pandemic. As the University of Gdańsk community, we are also experiencing this world-changing event. From the beginning, our activities have taken various forms - from conducting scientific research, remote teaching, keeping the University administration running to providing psychological support and sharing creative ways to…

The opening article of the newest edition of “Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny” (The Juridical, Economic and Sociological Movement), the oldest legal journal in Poland, has been written by researchers from the Faculty of Law and Administration (WPiA) of the University of Gdańsk. It is titled ‘Pandemia COVID-19: wielopłaszczyznowość problemu dostępu do szczepionek i…

The European Commission published the report titled ‘Improving pandemic preparedness and management - Lessons learned and ways forward’. It was based on experiences from the current and previous pandemics, experts contemplated ways for Europe to efficiently manage the crisis caused by COVID-19. Guidelines and recommendations have been developed regarding management methods…

Prof. dr hab. Magdalena Gabig-Cimińska from the Department of Medical Biology and Genetics of the UG Faculty of Biology and the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IBB PAN) collected data and prepared research paper on studying and using SARS-CoV-2 ‘weak spots’ in COVID-19 treatment. - Although we…