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In April, at the Biomedical Research Center of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (BMC SAS) we organized two intensive three-day workshops focused on leadership in research, led by instructors from the prestigious European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). Research group leaders and other leaders had the opportunity to learn more about communication, providing feedback, conflict resolution,…
The first meeting of partners in the international scientific SEED project B-CENTRE, part of the A4L_BRIDGE initiative of the Alliance4Life (A4L). The B-CENTRE project, coordinated by Dr. Karolína Kuchárová from BMC SAS, focuses on research into biomarkers and changes in EEG brain activity following traumatic spinal cord injury. In addition to the BMC SAS, the…
On April 30, 2026, the Biomedical Center of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (BMC SAV) welcomed thirty Dutch students from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, to whom we presented our diverse research. During the visit, our researchers also took them to our laboratories or animal house. The visit was organized by the students themselves. Every year, they…
Associate Professor Soňa Čierniková from the Institute of Experimental Oncology at the Biomedical Center of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (BMC SAS) spoke on April 22, 2026, at the European Parliament in Brussels at a high-level event focused on bridging the gaps between countries in the field of cancer care. She was invited to the…
The Biomedical Research Center of the SAS (BMC SAS) cordially invites you to the EV4 international conference, which will take place on October 21–22, 2026, in Budapest. The event is organized in collaboration with the national societies for extracellular vesicle research from the V4 countries: Hungary (HSEV), the Czech Republic (CzeSEV), Poland (PSEV), and Slovakia…
In March 2026, researcher Dr. Adela Penesová from the Biomedical Research Center of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (BMC SAS) became the first person in Slovakia to receive an international certificate from the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) as a European expert in obesity management (EASO European Clinical Fellow). “This is confirmation…
Maria Ananchenkova, a Senior International Relations Officer at European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) last week outlined the extensive possibilities for scientists in life sciences at the Alliance4Life (A4L) meeting at the Biomedical Research Center of the SAS in Bratislava. In an interview she provided more details on what kind of unique data and facilities they…
On March 9–10, 2026, representatives from twelve institutions of the international Alliance4Life (A4L) consortium, including the Biomedical Research Center of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (BMC SAS), met in Bratislava. The goal of this consortium is to contribute to the advancement of life sciences in Central and Eastern Europe. Partners from eleven countries discussed progress…
Over the past decade, research institutions in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) have invested significant effort in reforming their human resource management. New recruitment rules, leadership programmes, and gender equality plans are now commonplace. But have these changes altered everyday practice in laboratories, departments, and research groups? A recent analysis by Alliance4Life (A4L) consortium, of which Biomedical…
New findings on chemotherapy resistance in breast cancer, which may lead to the development of more effective therapies, have been published by scientists from the Biomedical Center of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (BMC SAS) in the journal Drug Resistance Updates, one of the world’s most prestigious scientific journals in the field of pharmacology and…