Five scientists from the University of Gdańsk will sit on the Council for Scientific Excellence for the 2024–2027 term. On October 6, 2023, the Election Committee announced the results of the elections to the Council for Scientific Excellence for the 2024–2027 term.  The Council for Scientific Excellence works to ensure the development of scientific…

Once again, researchers from the University of Gdańsk have been included in Stanford University's prestigious list of scientists with the highest number of citations in the world, TOP 2%. The list comprises the names of the top 2% of scientists whose publications are most frequently cited by other authors. Stanford University produces two versions of the ranking. The first takes into account the achievements of a…

Experiments, lectures and popular science games. On September 29, scientists revealed their secrets to all those interested. The Pomeranian Researchers' Night involved researchers from all over the voivodeship, including employees of the University of Gdańsk from the Faculties of Biology, Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, History, Chemistry, and the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG. At the UG, PRN…

Fot. Krajowa Rada Spółdzielcza Konrad Trapkowski, a graduate of full-time undergraduate studies in Economics, specialising in Business Theory, received the First Degree Award in the Competition of the National Co-operative Council for his bachelor's thesis entitled 'Rola bankowości spółdzielczej w polskim systemie bankowym' ('The…

  The Museum of Amber Inclusions at the University of Gdańsk continues to expand. This time, a unique arachnid of the Solifugae (solifuges) order has joined the university’s collection. It is the third specimen found worldwide and only the second species described from Eocene resin – Baltic amber.  The Museum already possesses almost 17,000 inclusions…

The AquaLoop project, with a total budget of EUR 1,673,347.79 (including EUR 395,950.00 for the University of Gdańsk), will enable the University of Gdańsk to further its cooperation with leading bodies working on the green and blue economy in the South Baltic region. The development of the University of Gdańsk's cooperation with foreign partners: research institutions, businesses, and local authorities is also expected…

Students from the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG are working on cleaning the sea of toxic phthalates, chemicals used to soften plastic. The team is taking part in the international iGEM competition, where young researchers from around the world work to solve problems using synthetic biology. Similar to hormones, but harmful…

Prof. dr hab. Grzegorz Węgrzyn and dr hab. Marc-André Selosse have been ranked among the most prominent scientists in Poland in their respective fields according to the Research.com portal. This year's Best Scientists in the World list included five researchers from UG, among them (in addition to those mentioned above) Rector UG prof. dr hab. Piotr…

Fot. archiwum FNP The head of the Laboratory of Experimental and Translational Immunology at the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG, dr hab. n. med. Danuta Gutowska-Owsiak, prof. UG has been recognised with a nomination from the Foundation for Polish Science to AcademiaNet. The portal is run by the Swiss National…

A book Minor Cinema. In the Circle of Films of the Czech and Slovak New Wave (UG Publishing House, Gdańsk 2022) by dr Grażyna Świętochowska (Department of Film and Media at the Institute for Cultural Research of the Faculty of Philology, UG) was awarded the prestigious annual prize of the Polish Society for Film and Media Studies for the best debut of…