Biological interaction at nanoscale
The National Institute of Biology (NIB) was proud to host researcher Dr. Marta Sendra Vega from the Department of Biotechnology and Food Sciences at the University of Burgos, Spain. As…
Read moreThe 7th Congress titled “Challenges and traps of Tobacco Smoking and Related Products”
The Slovenian Toxicological Society organized the 7th Congress titled “Challenges and traps of Tobacco Smoking and Related Products“, held at the National Institute of Biology in Ljubljana. The congress focused…
Read moreKemomind Science Conference 2024
The Kemomind Science Conference brings together the brightest minds in biomedical and analytical sciences for a transformative experience. With a focus on cutting-edge technology and interdisciplinary collaboration, this event is…
Read moreBEST days of science: AI and advanced technologies in science, interdisciplinary professional-educational event
BEST days of science: AI and advanced technologies in science, interdisciplinary professional-educational event (https://www.best-dnevi-znanosti.si/ ), was organized by students of the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and the Faculty…
Read moreNIB short visit to SciLifeLab, SU
Cancer Biology unit from NIB has visited SciLifeLab, prof. Mats Nilsson group from SU. In tha last year we have worked together on WP4; Uncovering changes in the TME after…
Read moreNIB visits SU to present radio-resistance in brain tumours
CutCancer team has visited the group of docent dr. Lovisa Lundholm from Stockholm University, Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, which is interested in biological and physical factors affecting…
Read more54th KRKA PRIZES
On Friday, October 18, 2024, awards were presented at Krka pharmaceutical company in Novo Mesto to young researchers for their achievements in undergraduate and postgraduate research. Among the recipients of…
Read more1. Slovenian scientific symposium on cancer research
The first Slovenian symposium on cancer research took place on October 11, 2024 at the Institute of Oncology Ljubljana. The aim of the symposium was to bring together researchers, clinicians…
Read moreEuropean Society for Alternatives to Animal Testing (EUSAAT) 2024 congress in Linz, Austria
From 18th to 20th of September 2024, the European Society for Alternatives to Animal Testing (EUSAAT) organized a 2024 conference in Linz, Austria. This conference takes place every two years,…
Read moreSMUL Conference – The importance of knowledge and the university in society
On 7 October 2024, the Academy of Music hosted the first international conference of the University of Ljubljana Global Alumni and Associates Network (SMUL), entitled The importance of knowledge and…
Read moreEEMGS congress in Rovinj September 2024
Bojana Žegura, Alja Štern, Matjaž Novak, Martina Štampar, Katja Kološa and Tim Ravnjak presented research work in the frame of CutCancer project at the EEMGS congress in Rovinj (23-27 September)…
Read moreESTIV congress in Prague June 2024
Martina Štampar presented research work at the ESTIV congress in Prague (3-6 June) in a form of poster presentation. She presented work, entitled »Hepatic 3D cell models for assessment of…
Read moreMini symposium “Challenges in Drug Delivery”
Mini symposium was organized by Jozef Stefan Institute researcher dr. Nina Kostevšek and hear team to present the work of each researcher and form project ideas to apply together as…
Read moreSU Visit at NIB
The National Institute of Biology was proud to host Chika Yokota, PhD, Head of Unit of the In Situ Sequencing National Facility at Stockholm University/SciLifeLab in Sweden and a…
Read moreThe visit of students from EPFL University – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland
National Institute of Biology (NIB), Department of genetic toxicology and cancer biology (GEN) hosted a group of Bachelor students from EPFL University – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland.…
Read moreGenotoxicity Workshop in Swansea
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…
Read moreNIB Info Day for Bachelor’s and Master’s Students in Laboratory Biomedicine of Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana
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…
Read moreThe visit of Prof. Krzysztof Wrzesinski
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…
Read more16th Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School Student’s conference
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…
Read moreHands-on training of PhD student Tina Kolenc Milavec from NIB to VUmc
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…
Read moreGlioBank consortium meeting at NIB
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.…
Read moreSU hands-on training at NIB
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…
Read moreSeminar at NIB, 24.04.2024 “In Situ sequencing applied to cancer”
In 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…
Read moreCapsule of Oppurtunity
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…
Read moreInfo Day for the students of the Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana.
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…
Read moreSINGLE CELL & SPATIAL DISCOVERY SYMPOSIUM
𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐥 & 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐮𝐦 was co-organised by Labena Slovenia & 10x Genomics and was a highly engaging event attended by over 120 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧-𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 and well 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 200…
Read moreSCIENCE FOR ALL – PRESENTATIONS OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF SMUL MEMBERS, Barbara Breznik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyDFLCPcysw&t=3621s Barbara Breznik gave an oral presentation to wider audience entitled “How understanding and modeling tumor ecosystems leads to new knowledge about cancer treatment”. She presented current knowledge of tumor…
Read moreOfficial opening of the Biotechnological Hub of the National Institute of Biology and the Zei Awards
On 2nd of February 2024 the National Institute of Biology (NIB) officially opened the new Biotechnological Hub (BTS-NIB). BTS-NIB is an extremely important research infrastructure hub that represents a major…
Read moreWorkshop on confocal microscopy
The National Institute of Biology hosted a Three-Day Confocal Microscopy Workshop: Theory Meets Hands-On Learning with Assist. Prof. Miloš Vittori. Participants from the Department of Genetic Toxicology and Cancer Biology,…
Read moreShort visit Swansea University at NIB
Delegation from Swansea University, UK, visits the National Institute of Biology as part of the HEU CutCancer project From 14 to 16 November, the National Institute of Biology (NIB) hosted…
Read moreResearch & Innovation Transforming European Healthcare
“If we don’t speak up, they will not hear!” We were very honoured and grateful to present our CutCancer Project and our research done at NIB (National Institute of Biology),…
Read moreSWAN Visit at NIB
The National Institute of Biology was proud to host Michael John Burgum, PhD, a researcher from Swan – Swansea University – UK. The purpose of the visit to NIB…
Read moreOral presentation at the INTERNATIONAL PATHOLOGY CONFERENCE OF THE „VICTOR BABEȘ” INSTITUTE
International Conference on Pathology of the Victor Babeș Institute took place at the the Institute, Splaiul Independeței 99-101, Bucharest, between November 2-4, 2022. The conference covered topis of cellular and…
Read moreVisit at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
We visited Karolinska Institutet and Lewensohn/Viktorsson team and their research facility on a sunny October day. Metka and Barbara presented CutCancer project and their research on “Personalized glioblastoma model for…
Read more»Air protection 2023« conference
Martina Štampar, PhD, gave an oral presentation entitled “Hepatic 3D Cell Model – A Sensitive Approach for Determining the Adverse (Geno)toxic Activity of Air Pollutants.” She summarized research work on…
Read moreNIB opens the door four young students
We are always investing in the product of research, but we have to invest also in the future researchers themselves. NIB (National Institute of Biology) opened the door to more…
Read moreRound table (26.09.2023): ” World Cancer Research Day at NIB”
On World Cancer Research Day, the National Institute of Biology hosted a lecture and a discussion about new technologies that will increase the understanding of cancer as part of the…
Read moreDogodek (26.09.2023): Z novimi tehnologijami do boljšega razumevanja in novih možnosti zdravljenja raka
Program 14.00 – 14.05 Uvodni pozdrav prof. dr. Maje Ravnikar, direktorice NIB 14.05 – 14.10 Predstavitev evropskega projekta CutCancer, izr. prof. dr. Bojana Žegura 14.10 – 14.25 …
Read moreToxLearn4EU Summer School
Within ToxLearn4EU Summer School in Zagreb (3.7. – 14.7.2023) Bojana Žegura gave a lecture on the advanced hepatic in vitro 3D cell models as a novel approach for studying genotoxic…
Read moreExpert visit of NIB researchers to Amsterdam Medical Center, VUmc
Metka Novak and Barbara Breznik had an expert visit to Amsterdam University Medical Center, location VUmc from 4-5 July 2023. They gave scientific lecture on NIB research activities, got acquainted…
Read moreExpert visit of NIB at Swansea University, UK
Bojana Žegura visited a project partner Shareen Doak at Swansea University Medical School. Bojana gave an oral presentation about the Department of Genetic Toxicology and Cancer Biology, NIB, and the…
Read moreExploring the Frontiers of Cancer Immunotherapy: From Models to Breakthroughs
Barbara Breznik, PhD, gave oral presentation entitled Personalized glioblastoma models for immunotherapy research. She summarized research work on personalize glioblastoma models that have been established at NIB to explore glioblastoma…
Read moreNews in the field of radiotherapy and radiobiology: from research to the clinic
The aim of the conference was to give an overview of the research being carried out in Slovenia in the field of radiotherapy and radiobiology. Clinical and preclinical research in…
Read moreInfoday Horizon Europe Opportunities for Danube Countries
Bojana Žegura, PhD, presented the story of the successful Twinning application "Twinning for excellence to strategically advance research in carcinogenesis and cancer (CutCancer)". She explained what the Twinning project is…
Read moreTC3R Seminar Series-invited talk
Barbara Breznik from NIB gave an invited talk as part of TC3R Seminar Series at the Texas Tech University, USA. She summarized the work on new advanced 3D tumor models…
Read morePhi Zeta Research Day
Our recent findings on new cancer vulnerabilities were presented at Research day at Texas Tech University in Amarillo, Texas, USA. Dr. Barbara Breznik gave a talk on advanced 3-dimensional cancer…
Read moreDiscover More About the Project
The overarching aim of CutCancer is to improve the scientific excellence and innovation capacity in the field of 3D in vitro cancer research at the National Institute of Biology, Slovenia.