Eight participants from the National Institute of Biology (NIB) attended a three-day workshop on genotoxicity at Swansea University in June 2024, hosted by Prof. Dr. Shareen Doak. The workshop focused on sharing knowledge and best practices in laboratory techniques, project applications, and genotoxicological research as part of the CutCancer project. Participants explored advanced equipment for…
Read article
Is there something better and more satisfying than passing on knowledge to younger generations? Seeing their eyes shine while you talk about all the things you have already done and things that still need to be revealed and explored? As part of the EU CutCancer_twinning project Department of Genetic Toxicology and Cancer Biology hosted Bachelor…
Read article
National Institute of Biology was proud to welcome prof. Krzysztof Wrzesinski from 21 to 24 May 2024, co-founder and CSO of CelVivo ApS and Extraordinary Professor at Centre of Excellence for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Health, The North-West University, South Africa, and a member of Advisory board of CutCancer project. Prof. Wrzesinski obtained his PhD…
Read article
From 29th to 31st of May 2024 the Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School (IPS) Student’s conference took place. This is an annual event that aims to bring together PhD student of IPS and give them the opportunity to present their research to peers in various research areas. Tim Ravnjak gave an oral presentation with the…
Read article
The last two months Tina Kolenc Milavec, a PhD student from the Department of Genetic Toxicology and Cancer Biology at the National Institute of Biology (NIB), spent at University Medical Center in Amsterdam, in the group of Febe van Maldegem. During the expert visit she learnt all about the Imaging Mass Cytometry, a relatively new…
Read article
We need a little bit of all our diverse knowledge to recognize, understand and treat brain cancer so that one day we can say that we have it under control. GlioBank consortium, a Slovenian translational platform for the collection of tissue samples and corresponding tumour models as well as clinical data from patients diagnosed with…
Read article
We are very grateful and happy to have a PhD student Maria Escrivá Conde from SU Stockholm on hands-on training at NIB. Maria came to train NIB researchers to set up the microscopy settings for In Situ Sequencing (ISS) methodology. Planning joint activities further plans for collaborative experiments focused around e.g. ISS methodology and spatial…
Read articleIn this presentation, we will explore the methodology and significance of analyzing In Situ Sequencing (ISS) data in thecontext of colorectal cancer liver metastasis (CRCLM) and glioblastoma (GBM) samples. ISS offers a powerful approachto investigate spatially resolved gene expression patterns within tissues, providing crucial insights into tumormicroenvironments and cellular interactions. We will discuss the principles…
Read article
Iza Rozman, a young researcher at National Institute of Biology (NIB) gave on 11th of April 2024 an oral presentation to graduate and postgraduate students at the Faculty of Pharmacy about the NIB, namely the Department of Genetic Toxicology and Cancer Biology, the CutCancer project, and her career as a young researcher at the institute.…
Read article
Exciting day at the National Institute of Biology! Department of Genetic Toxicology and Cancer Biology, as part of the EU CutCancer_twinning project, hosted an insightful CutCancer Info Day for the talented students of the Master’s Degree in Molecular and Functional Biology from the Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana. Dr. Bojana Žegura and Dr. Barbara Breznik…
Read article