Delegation from the Medical University of Gdansk participated in the World EXPO 2025 in Osaka

30.04.2025

The delegation of the Medical University of Gdańsk, consisting of: Rector Prof. Michał Markuszewski, Representative of the Rector for Implementation of the Excellence Initiative Program – Research University, Prof. Tomasz Bączek, Dr Habil. Barbara Kutryb-Zając (Acting Coordinator of the Center for Experimental Cardiooncology, Department of Biochemistry, MUG), Natalia Bednarz-Knoll, Ph.D. (Department of Translational Oncology, MUG), and Head of IDUB Program Services Olga Hofman, attended the EXPO 2025 World Exhibition in Osaka. EXPO 2025 in Osaka, Kansai is the largest and most prestigious semi-annual global promotional event, bringing together more than 160 countries and regions to showcase their economic, tourism and cultural offerings.

As a part of its participation in EXPO 2025, the MUG delegation attended three key events:

• April 23 – Round Table Conference of Polish and Japanese universities, aimed at reinforcing academic and scientific cooperation between Poland and Japan.
• April 25 – Reception Gala at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Tokyo, ith the participation of Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Maria Mrówczyńska. MUG was represented by Rector Prof. Michał Markuszewski and Prof. Tomasz Bączek.
• April 26 – Poland’s Medicine for the Planet Day, during which the initiative Toward Global Prosperity Developing Polish-Japanese cooperation to address transnational health issues was presented in the Polish pavilion.

– EXPO 2025 is the largest and most important economic and promotional event in the world. The participation of Polish universities in building the image of Poland as an innovative country open to science is also an opportunity to present their potential and areas of distinction in the national and international arena. This is exactly where we want to be and what our University cares about. That is why we are honored to be invited to participate in this prestigious endeavor, and it is a pleasure for me, since I have been working with researchers from Japan for years – says Prof. Michał Markuszewski, rector of MUG.

During the event, representatives of MUG presented modern research topics in a way that popularized science through workshops with visitors to the exhibition, such as:

• Personalized medicine,
• Liquid biopsies,
• Atlas of circulating neoplastic cells,
• Analysis of different cell type respiration.

MUG’s presentations in Osaka were an opportunity to promote Polish science and medicine internationally and establish new contacts in research and academic cooperation.

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