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We would like to encourage you to read the newest issue of the journal of University of Gdańsk. You can find there an interesting article on the innovations developed by our Academic society, including our research group. We investigate how to limit the spread and economic impact of bacterial phytopathogens and boost the transfer of knowledge between Academia and business. Have a nice reading:)

2022.11.23 Patent Office of the Republic of Poland granted us a patent for a new invention entitled ‘Method for inactivating antibiotics in aqueous solutions‘ (Application no. P.431823 from 2019-11-15; Pat.242412)

This invention is the outcome of collaboration between University of Gdansk and Wroclaw University of Science and Technology.  It enables effective degradation of antibiotics from aqueous solutions. These research outcomes are the effects of realisation of NCN Sonata 15 project 2019/35/D/ST8/04107.

This invention was awarded in Eureka! DGP competition in 2022.

We are pleased to announce that from 04.03.23 until 18.03.23 we hosted in our laboratory Dr. George DiCenzo from Queen’s University in Canada. Dr DiCenzo is a specialist in molecular biology, systems biology and bioinformatics. Funding for his visit was granted in 3rd Visiting Professor Competition at Univeristy of Gdańsk.  We collaborate in terms of realisation of OPUS 17 project and RNA-seq-based transcriptomic analyses on D. solani strains differing in the level of virulence. Dr. DiCenzo also prepared a course on bioinformatics and comparative genomics for PhD students of IFB UG & MUG.

We are pleased to announce that MSc Michał Prusiński, PhD student working under the supervision of Prof. Ewa Łojkowska and Dr. eng. Wojciech Śledź, was granted with ‘Pearls of Science’ project in the first edition of this competition. 

Project PN/01/0050/2022 entitled “The use of plant extracts and metal nanoparticles against quarantine phytopathogens” received funding in the amount of PLN 239,866.00.

The subject of the program is to support entities of the higher education and science system in creating development conditions for exceptionally talented graduates of second-cycle studies by enabling them to conduct scientific research under the supervision of a scientific supervisor.

Congratulations!

We are pleased to inform that we successfully implemented a certified environmental management system according to ISO 14001:)

We are pleased to announce that a 9,000 PLN prize will go to the initiators of the exhibition “Pioneers. Researchers. Leaders. Women of Science in Gdańsk” as this project received the Fahrenheit Universities Award, which is awarded for innovative activities carried out across the three member universities i.e. University of Gdańsk, Medical University of Gdańsk and Gdańsk University of Technology. 

The authors of the texts and the concept of the exhibition are: Dr. Ewa Bojaruniec-Król, Monika Głowińska, Marta Szaszkiewicz, Magdalena Jaszcza, prof. Ewa Łojkowska, prof. Beata Mozejko, Magdalena Nieczuja-Goniszewska, Dr. Anna Lepacka and Barbara Ząbczyk-Chmielewska. The organization of the exhibition and debates was possible thanks to the cooperation with the Promotion Office of the Medical University of Gdańsk under the direction of Jolanta Świerczyńska-Krok. The exhibition was designed by Alan Stocki from the University of Gdańsk Press Team.

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Agata Motyka-Pomagruk was granted with Young Fahrenheit Award in the second edition of this competition. The invention of the laureate and her team, involving Dr. Wojciech Śledź and MSc Weronika Babińska-Wensierska, is a pro-ecological method based on the use of post-plasma solutions to eradicate economically significant phytopathogens and stimulate plant growth. 

The main objective of the Young Fahrenheit competition, organized by Univentum Labs in cooperation with the Center for Technology Transfer of the University of Gdańsk, is to search for inventions of a commercialization potential.

MSc Weronika Babińska will be heading a new project entitled “Does the microbiome of arable soil affect the development of blackleg and soft rot symptoms caused by pectinolytic bacteria from the genera Dickeya and Pectobacterium (2022/45/N/NZ9/01923) awarded in NCN Preludium 21 competition. The allocated funding is PLN 209 960 PLN.

Also a new project “Development of new processes for the production and sterilization of functional plant drinks using cold atmospheric pressure plasma technology” (2022/45/B/ST8/02410) awarded to Dr. Eng. Anna Dzimitrowicz in NCN OPUS 23 competition will be carried out in a consortium between the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology and the University of Gdańsk. On behalf of the University of Gdańsk, two research teams will be involved in its implementation: the group of Prof. Piotr Stepnowski and our team led by Prof. Ewa Łojkowska. The amount allocated for this project is 1 845 860 PLN