University of Gdańsk

For several decades, the Department of Civil Law has been conducting scientific research on the fundamental and topical problems of all branches of civil law, in particular obligations, in particular civil liability, property law, family law, medical law, intellectual property law, insurance and European private law. 

Adriana Zaleska-Medynska’s research team has been involved in both basic and applied research. Basic research has been mainly focused on preparation and characterization of novel types of nanomaterials, including better understanding of mechanism of formation of nanostructures, as well as, on correlation of their surface properties with some useful features (eg. photocatalytic, antibacterial and antifungal properties).

• radionuclides determination (Po, Pb, Gd, Ra, Cs, U, Th, Pu, Am) in food and diet supplements as well as in environmental samples;
• speciation, distribution and accumulation of radioisotopes in living organisms and their radiological effects;
• food as radioactive elements source;
• Chernobyl accident and other radiation events impact on the radioactive contamination

We aim to understand mechanisms of cell communication in the skin and other body barriers. We focus our attention on exosomes, a nanoscale vesicles secreted by epithelial cells and are interested in the message which these convey to the immune system. We hope that our research will lead to better therapeutic approaches for patients.

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Scientific interests:

•   communication between cells during immune responses

•  role of epidermal barrier in health and disease

Structural studies of glycans and glycoconjugates isolated from various natural sources: gram negative bacteria, gram positive bacteria, fungi, plants and human tissues.

Main focus on biochemical characteristic of proteolytic enzymes using combinatorial chemistry methods. Design and synthesis of selective substrates of particular protease. Main interest: neutrophil proteases, diagnostic, molecular probes ect. Using our techniques we are able to characterized substrate specificity of any proteolytic enzyme. Also we are involoved in antimcrobial and immunostimulating peptides.

La créativité, l'écriture créative, les techniques théâtrales dans l'enseignement/apprentissage des langues étrangères: du français langue étrangère, anglais langue étrangère, espagnole langue étrangère. Nous visons dans le projet de prouver le bienfait de la créativité sur le développement des compétences sociales: l'ouverture ver l'autre, la compréhension de l'autre, le respect de l'autre, l'empathie et sur l'efficacité dans l'apprentissage des langues étrangères dont la finalité est l'autonomie.

• Marine dynamics (hydrodynamic modeling; wind wave modeling; coastal hydro- and morphodynamics; statistical analysis and risk assessment)
• Acoustic remote sensing (hydroacoustics; acoustic identification of objects; seabed mapping; biomass estimation)
• Satellite remote sensing (methodology and applications to the Baltic Sea; surface temperature, pigments, primary production, etc.)
• Marine optics (optical properties of sea water, phytoplankton, suspended matter etc.)

Anthropology of Pomerania and the Baltic Sea Peoples

Anthropology of Polish Western and Northern Territories

Cultural Heritage Studies

Anthropological studies of Amerindians (South America),
Anthropological studies of cultural and language minorities (Spain)