The genetic toxicology group from NIB attended the 7th International Congress of the Croatian Society of Toxicology (CROTOX 2025), taking place in Rab, Croatia between the 5th to 8th of October. Researches from NIB presented their work in two oral presentations and five posters, which are published in the book of abstracts (https://crotox2025.htd.hr/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/bookofabstracts.pdf) . Oral…
Read articleOn the 19. 09. 2025 Barbara Breznik, researcher from National Institute of Biology, Slovenia, gave a close lecture on Modeling the tumor microenvironment and response to treatment of aggressive cancers. She presented advanced tumor models that closely mimic the tumor microenvironment and immune compartment observed in glioblastoma patients, as well as mechanisms of resistance…
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The 17th Multinational Congress on Microscopy (17th MCM) was held in Portorož, Slovenia, and served as an important international scientific event focused on recent advancements and applications of microscopy across various disciplines. The congress brought together academic researchers, students, and professionals from the commercial sector, fostering collaboration and the exchange of knowledge through presentations,…
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In May 2025, Tim Ravnjak, PhD student at NIB, visited In vitro toxicology group of the Swansea University Medical School in United Kingdom. The research visit programme was focused on the hands-on training on establishing and maintaining hepatic 3D mono and cocultures in in vitro conditions. 3D hepatic cocultures are emerging cell models in the…
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We are pleased to announce the launch of the HORIZON ERA Fellowship project “Environmental Nanoplastics Liver Impact and Variability in Endogenous Networks (ENLIVEN)”, which officially started on 1 June 2025 at the National Institute of Biology (NIB). Funded under the WIDERA–Talents programme (Grant Agreement No. 101244206; https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101244206), the project is coordinated by NIB and hosted…
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Dr. Bojana Žegura from the National Institute of Biology (NIB), Ljubljana, Slovenia, visited the Institute of Life Science 1 (ILS1) at Swansea University Medical School. She was welcomed by Dr. Gillian Conway, who is responsible for the day to day running of Swansea work package under the guidance of Prof. Shareen Doak. The discussions also included…
Read articleAs part of the CutCancer project, a Flow cytometry course for researchers and technicians was organised from 17-18. June 2025. The course was organised by Thermo Fisher Scientific and Omega. The instructors were Vincent Van Averbeke; Field Application Scientist – Flow Cytometry from Thermo Fisher Scientific, and Lea Vukanović from Omega. The Flow Cytometry Course…
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We are pleased to share that our PhD student Simona Katrin Galun has recently completed another one-month research visit to the Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) in Sweden. The training took place between May and June 2025 at the Mats Nilsson lab. This was her second visit to the Nilsson lab, where she had previously…
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Jure Povšin a,b, Timotej Sotošek a,b, Metka Novak a, Barbara Breznik a* a National Institute of Biology, Department of Genetic Toxicology and Cancer Biology, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia b Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, 113 Večna pot, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Read more
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At the EEMGS 2025 congress in Bratislava (June 2–6), Bojana Žegura presented research from the CutCancer project, including an oral presentation on the genotoxicity of MFe₂O₄ magnetic nanoparticles in a 3D HepG2 model, and two posters addressing genotoxic and inflammatory effects of PAHs in a lung co-culture model, and cellular responses to non-genotoxic carcinogens…
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