Paweł Golonko, Szymon Jaskulski and Jędrzej Michalik are UG students who received scholarships from the Minister of Science and Higher Education this year. All laureates were recognised for their significant scientific or artistic achievements; each will receive PLN 17,000. Students from all over Poland competed for the scholarships - each could submit achievements in a particular scientific or artistic discipline, as…

Researchers from the University of Gdańsk have developed new efficient and stable emitters for use in so-called fourth-generation OLEDs. The article, in which they describe the entire process from design to testing of the new devices, was published in the prestigious ASC journal ‘Applied Materials & Interfaces’ with an impact factor of 9.6 and an…

What is Russian disinformation? How do you dement fake news during a face-to-face conversation? Where should we be most wary of fake news? This is what we talk about with mgr Adam Majchrzak, an assistant at the Institute of Media, Journalism and Social Communication, who is also associated with the Demagog Association. If you are interested in the topic of disinformation, enter the fact-checking competition 'Detector…

Is it safe for humans to treat antibiotic-resistant infections with bacteriophages - viruses that destroy bacterial cells? This is what biologists from the University of Gdańsk decided to test in collaboration with a scientist from the University of Agriculture in Krakow. Their findings suggest that phage therapy can be considered a safe method. The…

The doctoral thesis entitled 'Forecasting the risk of bankruptcy for companies in the construction industry using statistical classification methods' defended at the Faculty of Management of the University of Gdańsk by dr Tomasz Nowicki won the main prize in the doctoral thesis category in a competition organised by StatSoft Polska. In the twenty-fifth…

A new expert team is overseeing the research, strategic, and technological development of the UG ship r/v Oceanograf. The unit will ensure that the ship's potential is properly exploited, especially in the context of research voyages. ‘The team will be in charge of coordinating activities related to the r/v Oceanograf vessel, which is used for scientific research on the one hand and for commercial activities on the…

The University of Gdańsk was the only university in Poland to receive funding for two International Research Agendas in the latest round of funding from among all four units that were awarded these funds. The establishment of one of them was supported by Nobel Prize winner prof. Anton Zeilinger. ‘International Centre for Quantum Technology Theory 2.0: B and R Industrial and Experimental Phase’ (ICTQT) and ‘Science for…

The Patent Office of the Republic of Poland issued a decision to grant a patent for the invention called Recombinant Virus-Like Particle of Tick-Borne Encephalitis and Its Medical Application. The inventors are: dr hab. Ewelina Król, prof. UG, Marta Zimna, mgr, Gabriela Brzuska, prof. dr hab. Bogusław Szewczyk and Sara Boch-Kminikowska, mgr. The…

Spatial structure of an example protein containing an iron-sulfur centre Dr hab. Rafał Dutkiewicz, prof. UG from the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG, has received funding of PLN 688,080 in the PRELUDIUM BIS 5 competition announced by the National Science Centre.                              The funding was…

The functions of basigin, an important protein for the human body, will be investigated by the team of dr hab. inż Agnieszka Piwkowska from the Faculty of Chemistry. The scientist is the head of the project, which was co-financed under the National Science Centre's Prelude BIS 5 programme for PLN 687 000. The team's findings may help to better understand ailments associated with diabetes, such as kidney damage and…