National Science Center issued grants for basic research of advanced researchers and scientists wishing to create research teams within a framework of MAESTRO 11 and SONATA BIS 9 competitions. MAESTRO 11 is a funding opportunity designed for advanced researchers aiming to conduct pioneering research, including interdisciplinary research, which is significant for the development of science and goes beyond the current…

BARI stands for Baltic Science Network Mobility Programme for Research Internships. BARI offers summer research internships with appropriate academic training across the Baltic Sea Region to students with interest in Life Sciences, Photon & Neutron Science and Welfare State. During their internship, students will assist in research and lab work for a proposed project. They will be hosted by research groups…

The special jubilee, which is the 50th anniversary of the University of Gdańsk establishment, constitutes an excellent opportunity to present the university's achievements in many different fields of its activity. The technologies published in the catalogue are the results of research work of the scientific teams of the University of Gdańsk in the last years. Majority of the innovations presented represents fields of "…

Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Gowin appointed Doctor Sławomir Antkiewicz from the Department of International Business at the University of Gdańsk to the Council of the National Center for Research and Development. The Council consists of thirty representatives of the scientific, socio-economic and financial community and the representatives of individual ministries (usually deputy ministers). The duties of the Council…

The year 2020 is a special date for the whole University of Gdańsk because we celebrate our 50th anniversary. It is also a special year for the UG Faculty of Biology Biological Station. It celebrates both the round anniversary of our university and the anniversary of Sobieszewo Island creation, the place its located at. This year marks the 180th anniversary of one of the Vistula river branches , Wisła Śmiała (Bold…

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…

University of Gdańsk researchers elected Members of the Scientific Committees of the Polish Academy of Sciences for the term 2020-2023. 3. Committee on Demographic Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences dr hab. Beata Jackowska, prof. UG Faculty of Management 5. Committee on Ethnological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences dr hab. Tarzycjusz Buliński, prof. UG Faculty of History 6.…

Professor Iwona Sagan was invited by the Director of the Strategy Department at the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy to join a body of experts responsible for the preparation of the programme of the 11th World Urban Forum, that will be held in Katowice in 2022. Congratulations! The panel of experts consists of 25 representatives of the central government, the City of Katowice, the Silesian Voivodeship, NGOs,…

Dr Agnieszka Gajewicz-Skrętna from the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Gdańsk was named the finalist of Lirene, Kobieta,Innowcja.Natura (Woman. Innovation, Nature) Contest, in the area of Science. The University of Gdańsk researcher develops new computer tools that support chemical risk analysis, reducing number of lab animals necessary for trials, saving time, research costs and amount of waste in genuine…

Dr hab. Michał R. Szymański won the internal competition among the FIRST Team grant awardees to receive over  PLN 480,000 funding. That money will allow for the purchase of the specialized Amersham Typhoon RGB Biomolecular Imager, equipped with fluorescence, radioactivity, densitometry and chemiluminescence detection modes. Dr hab. Michał R. Szymański, University of Gdańsk Associate Professor,  is the Head of the…