On 3 December 2025, the final, third annual project meeting was held online and was attended by all partners of the CutCancer consortium. The partners reviewed the results and achievements of the final year of project implementation and concluded that the project had been implemented very successfully, with only minor deviations, all of which were…
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Industry Webinar Recap: Advancing GBM Research with Targeted Expression Profiling In a recent industry webinar organized by Standard BioTools, Dr. Barbara Breznik shared groundbreaking insights into glioblastoma (GBM) research using targeted expression profiling on patient-derived samples sourced from Gliobank. Her team’s work sheds light on biomarkers associated with poor prognosis and therapy resistance, paving the…
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New methodological approaches and opportunities for improved human health and progress in medicine for MSc students from the Faculty of Pharmacy. As part of the CutCancer twinning project National Institute of Biology (NIB), more precisesly the Department of Genetic Toxicology and Cancer Biology, organised on 13 November 2025 a seminar for MSc students from the…
Read articleWe are proud to have successfully concluded the CutCancer Final Conference held on 22–23 October at the National Institute of Biology in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Under the theme “Shaping Tomorrow: Innovative Approaches in Genetic Toxicology and Cancer Research”, the event brought together leading scientists, collaborators, and stakeholders for two days of inspiring exchange. 🔬 The scientific…
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Open access: Melanoma antigens in pediatric medulloblastoma contribute to tumor heterogeneity and species-specificity of group 3 tumors | Acta Neuropathologica Communications | Full Text Rebecca R. J. Collins, Rebecca R. Florke Gee, Sima Tozandehjani, Tara Bayat, Maria Camila Hoyos Sanchez, Juan Sebastian Solano Gutierrez, Barbara Breznik, Anna K. Lee, Samuel T. Peters, Jon P. Connelly,…
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On 26 September 2025, the 55th Krka Awards for Secondary School Research Projects were held in Novo Mesto, Slovenia. The event, hosted by pharmaceutical company Krka d.d., recognized outstanding student research, with 49 projects submitted and 11 selected for oral presentation.Among the presenters was Teja Kljun, a student from Bežigrad High School in Ljubljana, who…
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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…
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