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We are pleased to inform you that the article titled "Mitochondrial exonuclease EXOG supports DNA integrity by the removal of single-stranded DNA flaps" (doi: 10.1093/nar/gkaf099) has been published in the prestigious scientific journal Nucleic Acids Research. The journal boasts an impact factor (IF) of 16.7!

We are happy to inform you that dr hab. Danuta Gutowska-Owsiak, prof. UG has been honored with the prestigious Science Diplomacy Star Award by the Perspektywy Foundation. The award ceremony took place at the Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre during the official gala of the conference “International Students in Poland”.

We are pleased to announce the election of Prof. Danuta Gutowska-Owsiak as Chairwoman of the Polish Society for Fundamental and Clinical Immunology, Gdańsk Branch. Prof. Gutowska-Owsiak is an immunologist with years of experience gain at world-leading research institutions, incl. University of Oxford and University of Liverpool.

During the 21st International Symposium on Iron Nutrition and Interactions in Plants (ISINIP), which took place on July 8-11, 2024 in Düsseldorf, Germany, PhD student Alicja Dobek won the 2nd prize for the best poster.

The presented research was performed under the supervision of Dr. Anna Ihnatowicz in the Laboratory of Plant Protection and Biotechnology headed by prof. Ewa Lojkowska.

At the international EMBO conference titled Molecular Biology of Mitochondrial Gene Maintenance and Expression, which took place on May 19-23, 2024, in Józefów, Poland, Adela Bledea, a PhD Student from the Structural Biology Laboratory, led by Prof. Michał R. Szymański, won the award for the best poster!

Congrats Adela!

We are happy to announce that three projects from our faculty have been awarded Opus National Science Centre funding:

We are pleased to inform that Dr. Aleksandra Siedlar from Experimental and Translational Immunology group received an international Short Term Scientific Mission grant under COST Action CA21108: European Network for Skin Engineering and Modeling (NETSKINMODELS).

Dr hab. Danuta Gutowska-Owsiak, prof. UG from the Laboratory of Experimental and Translational Immunology has been elected President of the European Epidermal Barrier Research Network. She will hold the position together with dr Ryan O'Shaughnessy from Queen Mary University of London.

Dr hab. Rafał Dutkiewicz, prof. UG from the Laboratory of Evolutionary Biochemistry, has received funding of PLN 688,080 in the PRELUDIUM BIS 5 competition announced by the National Science Centre.                             

Danuta Gutowska-Owsiak, MD, PhD, DSc, professor at the University of Gdańsk and the head of the Laboratory of Experimental and Translational Immunology was distinguished by the nomination of the Foundation for Polish Science for AcademiaNet.