Prof Iva Tolić was awarded the Ignaz L. Lieben Award 2017 of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. The award has been granted for Iva’s pioneering work and outstanding achievements in the field of molecular cell biology, especially for Iva’s work…
President of the ERC visited our lab
During his stay in Croatia, the president of the European Research Council (ERC), Prof Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, has visited our lab where we introduced him to our ERC project entitled NewSpindleForce.
Juraj and Patrik attended the ASCB | EMBO Meeting
At the ASCB | EMBO 2017 Meeting, held in Philadelphia, PA, USA, Patrik presented our results on the role of bridging microtubules in anaphase, in his Minisymposium talk entitled “Microtubule sliding in the bridging fiber pushes kinetochore fibers apart to…
Patrik received Rector’s Acknowledgement
On the occasion of Dies Academicus (University Day), which has taken place on November 3, 2017 in Zagreb, the University of Zagreb has granted Rector’s Acknowledgement for international scientific achievements to our master student, Patrik Risteski. Congratulations!
Our paper is featured on the cover of Dev Cell
Our artistic representation of our paper entitled “Microtubule Sliding within the Bridging Fiber Pushes Kinetochore Fibers Apart to Segregate Chromosomes” is featured on the Developmental Cell (Volume 43 Issue 1) cover page. For meaning behind the image, please see text…
Patrik received an ASCB International Travel Award
Patrik Risteski has received an American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) International Travel Award to attend the 2017 ASCB | EMBO Meeting in Philadelphia, PA from December 2-6, 2017. His travel award has been funded by generous support from EMBO.
Juraj will give a microtalk at the ASCB | EMBO 2017 Meeting
Juraj Simunic was selected to give a talk, The mitotic spindle is chiral due to torques generated by motor proteins, in the Microsymposium entitled, “Microsymp 6: Cellular regulation of the cytoskeleton” at the 2017 American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)…
Patrik was selected for a minitalk at the ASCB | EMBO 2017 Meeting
Patrik Risteski was selected to give a talk, Microtubule sliding in the bridging fiber pushes kinetochore fibers apart to segregate chromosomes in human cells, in the Minisymposium entitled, “Minisymposium 9: Ensuring Fidelity of Chromosome Segregation” under the topic Cell Division, Cell Cycle…
Join us on the island of Hvar at the EMBO Conference on Meiosis 2017
Under sponsorship of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), Prof Iva Tolić organized EMBO Conference on Meiosis 2017 which will take place on the island of Hvar, Croatia, from 27th August to 1st September 2017. The topics will include establishment…
Luka graduated today
Another graduation this week! Our Master student, Luka Bačić, received his Master degree in molecular biology from the Division of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb. Luka did his Master thesis on kinetochore oscillations in our lab. Congrats on…