14 researchers from the University of Gdańsk have been featured in the World’s Top 2% Scientists List in terms of the citability of their works among their peers. The current edition of the World’s Top 2% Scientists List has just been published in the PLOS Biology Journal by Stanford University authors, together with Elsevier publishing house and SciTech Strategies company.…

Photograph shows prof. dr hab. inż. Adriana Zaleska-Medynska from the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Gdańsk. Prof. dr hab. inż. Adriana Zaleska-Medynska from the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Gdańsk won the Intelligent Development Award Poland 2020 in the ‘scientists of the future’ category, for carrying out three research projects.…

Prof. UG, dr hab. Radosław Giętkowski and prof. UG, dr. hab. Grzegorz Wierczyński from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdańsk have been elected members of the Disciplinary Commission at the National Council for Science and Higher Education Poland for the 2021-2024 term. The National Council for Science and Higher Education Poland (RGNiSW), by the resolution of 8 October 2020, elected prof. UG…

The execution of the project funded by the National Center for Research and Development (NCBiR), titled “Nowe technologie farmakologicznej stymulacji regeneracji” (New technologies for pharmacological stimulation of regeneration) REGENNOVA resulted in two positive decisions of the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland on granting patents to researchers from the Faculty of…

The patented compound can be potentially applied in Huntington’s disease treatment – genetic central nervous system disease characterized by mobility issues and psychic disorders, among other symptoms. The Patent Office of the Republic of Poland granted another patent to the University of Gdańsk, for the invention titled ‘2 - izotiocyjanianoetylobenzen do…

Dr Alicja Bonk,  Dr Alicja Bonk from the Faculty of Oceanography and Geography of the University of Gdańsk, an oceanographer specializing in marine geology, received PAGES Early-Career Award. Dr Bonk was recognized for her expertise in paleolimnology, her cross-disciplinary work to improve knowledge of past global environment changes in East-Central Europe…

Prof. dr hab. Magdalena Gabig-Cimińska from the UG Department of Medical Biology and Genetics on studying and using SARS-CoV-2 ‘weak spots’ in COVID-19 treatment. 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…

Can we use artificial intelligence (AI) to tailor your treatment? A new project being implemented at the University of Gdańsk as part of the Horizon 2020 program is attempting to do just that. The project is entitled: “Knowledge At the Tip of Your fingers: Clinical Knowledge for Humanity” (KATY). It uses an AI-supported personalized medicine system to help clinicians making…

The mere presence of the University of Gdańsk among top ten Polish universities receiving most funds under Horizon 2020 Program and the 8th spot on that list shows the university is way up there when it comes to innovation. The University of Gdańsk placed among 10 Polish universities that received the largest EU funding for research and innovation in 2014-…

Patent Office of the Republic of Poland decided to grant patent, titled ‘Radiosensybilizator do zastosowania w radioterapii.’ (Radiosensitizer to be applied in radiotherapy)  to researchers from the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Gdańsk. It will allow improving the efficiency of radiotherapy and minimizing its negative effects. Radiotherapy…