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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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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Last Thursday, 17th of April, our institute had the pleasure of hosting a group of enthusiastic primary school students from Ribnica for a day full of science, discovery, and fun. The visit began with an interactive workshop where the kids took part in hands-on lab tasks. They practiced pipetting, identified microscopic images of cells and…
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At the invitation of the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr. Nataša Pirc Musar, the President of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, paid an official visit to Slovenia on 18 and 19 March 2025. The visit, accompanied by a prominent Portuguese business delegation, aimed to strengthen bilateral relations in various strategic sectors,…
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