Research on storm deposits on coastlines allows for the reconstruction of the frequency and strength of past weather events. Earth-Science Reviews has just published a review article summarising over a decade of geological research on storms in the Baltic Sea over the last few thousand years. The publication was co-authored by dr Damian Moskalewicz from the Faculty of Oceanography and Geography at the University of…

Scientists from the University of Gdańsk have discovered a new species of mite. It is a skin parasite that caused serious symptoms in the head of the Senegal galago. The new species of mite has been named Demodex galagoensis (Izdebska, Rolbiecki et Skomorucha, 2025). It was discovered and described, along with the symptoms of parasitism, by scientists…

Kacper Tomasik Two third-year students of the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG - Kacper Tomasik and Jan Styn - represented the University of Gdańsk at the international scientific conference Znanstveni skup o zaštiti okoliša i održivom razvoju - ZORH 2025, organised by the University of Split (Croatia). They…

The Polish-German Foundation for Science will co-finance research by scientists from the University of Gdańsk in the project ‘Young entrepreneurs in Poland and Germany. Two legal systems, three perspectives: economic law, labour law, financial law’, led by the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdańsk. The principal investigator of the international project and coordinator of research in the field of…

Dr Katarzyna Świerk, UG Representative for Open Access to Publications and Research Results; photo by Alan Stocki The University of Gdańsk has adopted a Research Data Management Policy, which is an important step towards transparency, quality and accountability in scientific research. Along with the document, a guide for researchers…

Photo by Monika Nagórska Are the Middle Ages really ‘dark ages’? What new discoveries can old sources reveal to us? What can previous eras teach us, including about ourselves? Prof. Emilia Jamroziak, who took over the Named Chair of Honour of Professor Maria Janion in the 2024/2025 academic year, spoke to us about the Middle Ages,…

Photo: NAWA archives (nawa.gov.pl) Increasing academic mobility and strengthening the international position of Polish science, as well as building a strong position of Polish universities and research institutes in the world - these are the key issues to be addressed by the National Team for the Development of the…

Conference participants, photo by B. Jętczak An international group of specialists dealing with J-domain proteins (JDP) met in Gdańsk at the invitation of prof. Jarosław Marszałek from the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG. The conference, organised under the auspices of the Cell Stress Society International, was…

Fe-Mn concretion on the seabed; photo by Wojciech Machaj The main objectives of the five-day research cruise that the University of Gdańsk's ship r/v Oceanograf undertook in the last week of March were to examine iron-manganese (Fe-Mn) concretions in the southern part of the Baltic Sea and in the area of the Polish Exclusive…

UG Rector, prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski has appointed a new Ombudsman for Scientific Integrity. Dr hab. Tomasz Widłak, prof. UG, took up the appointment on 7 April 2025. He will replace dr hab. Sławomir Steinborn, prof. UG, who recently became President of the Court of Appeal in Gdańsk. Prof. dr hab. Piotr Stepnowski created the position of Ombudsman…