High school students from Sisak, led by Professor Višnja Kovač Vezmarović, visited the Cell Biophysics Laboratory at the Ruđer Bošković Institute and learned about cells and high-resolution (STED) microscopy. Ph.D. candidates Ivana Ponjavić and Jelena Martinčić gave a short lecture…
Two recent studies by Patrik Risteski, Isabella Koprivec, and Valentina Štimac from the Tolić group together with Domagoj Božan, and prof. Nenad Pavin from the University of Zagreb uncovered the secrets of how chromosomes are guided to the center of…
The aim of this mini-workshop was to initiate the technology transfer process to other areas of operation and start activities to establish R&D agreements. Participants included Iva M. Tolić, Ivana Ponjavić, Jelena Martinčić, and Patrik Risteski from the Ruđer Bošković…
Professor Nenad Pavin gave a lecture “Motors in the Human Body” and explained to the 4th-grade students of the Ruđer Bošković Technical School how sometimes physics is necessary for understanding the biology and biological processes at the cellular level. 15.12.2022.…
Valentina Štimac, Patrik Risteski, and Kruno Vukušić participated in Cell Bio 2022, a joint meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) and the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) which took place from December 3 to 7, 2022 in…
Iva Tolić and Nenad Pavin were guests in the TV show “Hrvatska za 5” on Croatian Radiotelevision, edited and presented by Branimir Bilić, on the topic of Science Oscar winners. They talked about how much knowledge, work, and creativity was…
Iva gave a plenary lecture and opened the 6th meeting of the Croatian Association for Cancer Research (Hrvatsko društvo za istraživanje raka, HDIR), a member of the European Association for Cancer Research (EACR), at the Hotel International in Zagreb.
Ph.D. candidate Ivana Ponjavić participated in the “Science for Young People in Vukovar” event co-organized by Lotusmedia d.o.o., the City of Vukovar, and Professor Ivan Đikić. This event aimed to bring science closer to young people and present a scientific…
Patrik defended his thesis. He developed speckle microscopy for human spindles, discovered flux-driven chromosome alignment, and more about bridging fibers and optogenetics. Congratulations!