MSc Weronika Babińska awarded in ‘Student-Inventor’ competition
MSc Weronika Babińska has been awarded in 10th edition of a nationwide ‘Student-Inventor’ competition.
Our PhD student got a special prize from the President of the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland for the invention ‘A method to obtain preparation for plant growth stimulation, formulation of the product generated by these means and application of this solution to stimulate plant growth, especially in the case of economically significant plants’.
Co-authors of this invention: Dr. Agata Motyka-Pomagruk, Dr. eng. Anna Dzimitrowicz, Dr. eng. Wojciech Śledź, Prof. Paweł Pohl, Dr. eng. Piotr Jamróz, MSc Dominik Terefinko, Prof. Ewa Łojkowska
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Dr. Natalia Kaczynska joins our research team
Dr. Natalia Kaczyńska joined our research team.
By now her scientific interests covered molecular determinants in the interaction of plant pathogenic bacteria from the species Dickeya solani and Pectobacterium atrosepticum under different temperatures. After defending a thesis on this subject she obtained a PhD in biology (discipline: biochemistry) on 07.12.18.
She co-authored scientific publications released in JCR list journals i.e. European Journal of Plant Pathology and Plant Pathology.
She gained experience in acredited commercial laboratories and Inspectorates of Plant Health and Seed Inspection.
We organize practical laboratory courses for students
We organize practical laboratory courses for high and primary school students.
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13-17.01.2020 thanks to EU funding (within the Starbios 2 project) we will be conducting practical microbiology workshop for best students from 6 Tricity schools.
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OPUS 17 grant from National Science Centre has been awarded to Dr. eng. Wojciech Śledź
An OPUS 17 grant application entitled ‘Assessment of the antibacterial properties of post-plasma solutions generated with the use of cold atmospheric pressure plasmas against economically important phytopathogens and impact of the obtained liquids on the growth of crops and vegetables’ was awarded with 1,195,340 PLN funding by the National Science Centre in Poland to Dr eng. Wojciech Śledź.
These studies will be conducted in a Research Consortium between University of Gdańsk and the Wrocław University of Science and Technology.
A full list of beneficiaries and summaries of the proposed research are available on the website of the National Science Centre.
Prof. Ewa Łojkowska has been elected to the Scientific Council of the Biology Discipline at the University of Gdansk
Professor Ewa Łojkowska has been elected by the employees of the University of Gdańsk conducting research in the field of biological sciences to the Scientific Council of the Biology Discipline at the University of Gdańsk.
The aforementioned body will be responsible for, among others, awarding and evaluating scientific degrees and titles.
Prof. Ewa Łojkowska among the panelists of the conference ‘Women know what they are doing’
On 26 of October 2019, Prof. Ewa Łojkowska participated as a panelist in the conference ‘Women know what they are doing’ that took place in Gdansk. During the panel ‘Women to Women’, chaired by Katarzyna Pawłowska vice-chief of the ‘Wysokie Obcasy’ supplement to Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper, Prof. Ewa Łojkowska shared experience from the academic sector:
– Women constitute only 11 percent of the professors in Poland. Though the situation is better than even several years ago. I work with lots of PhD students that know exactly what they want to do in life, and do not give up family life if they don’t really want to – said Prof. Łojkowska.
Report (in Polish) from this event is available on the ‘Wysokie Obcasy’ official website.
Lab members awarded by the Rector of UG
His magnificence, the Rector of the University of Gdansk awarded the members of our research group with the 1st degree Team Award for a series of 5 publications released in 2018 on the genomic characteristics of bacteria from the species Dickeya solani and Pectobacterium parmentieri, as well as development of innovative methods of their eradication.
The awarded team includes: Prof. Ewa Łojkowska, Dr eng. Wojciech Śledź, Dr Agata Motyka-Pomagruk, Dr Sabina Żołędowska, Dr Marta Potrykus and Dr Małgorzata Golanowska.
Involvement in BioArt exhibition
Head of our Laboratory, Prof. Ewa Łojkowska, participated in preparation of an exhibition of Zbigniew Oksiuta entitled ‘STUDIOLO. Cosmic gardens’ in collaboration with Centre for Contemporary Art Laznia in the frames of Art + Science Meeting series.
The vernissage took place on 09.08.19 at 18.00 in the Laznia 2 building, 5 Strajku Dokerów street in Gdansk Nowy Port.
More information about this event can be found on the official website of the Centre for Contemporary Art Laznia.
Funding under the frames of Innovation Incubator 2.0 programme
The Investment Committee of the Innovation Incubator 2.0 programme granted 30 750,00 PLN for pre-implementation works under the title “Method of preparing plant material and the method of detecting and identifying bacteria from the species Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum, Pectobacterium atrosepticum and bacteria from the genus Dickeya” to the team of Research & Development Laboratory of the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology University of Gdańsk and Medical University of Gdańsk: professor Ewa Łojkowska, MSc Agata Motyka-Pomagruk, MSc Weronika Babińska, Dr eng. Wojciech Śledź.
The Innovation Incubator 2.0 programme is financed by the European Union (financing agreement No. MNiSW / 2019/169 / DIR) under the Smart Growth Operational Programme 2014-2020.
Realisation of the project is coordinated by the Technology Transfer Office of the University of Gdańsk.
