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The Biomedical Research Center of SAS (BMC SAS) is the first institution of the Slovak Academy of Sciences to implement a quality management system and has been awarded the ISO 9001:2015 certificate. This is a guarantee that BMC SAS will consistently provide products and services that meet the requirements of customers and partners, as well…
On 5th December 2024, the Biomedical Center of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, v. v. i. (BMC SAS) hosted a visit of a high representation of the European Commission. The event, aimed at presenting the projects of the Recovery and Resilience Plan in the Slovak Republic, was organised by the Office of the Deputy Prime…
On 12-13 November 2024, the Biomedical Center of the SAS, v. v. i. (BMC SAV) hosted eight international experts, members of the International Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB). The role of these renowned scientists, working in the research areas of the BMC SAS research teams, is to evaluate the research and societal activities of the BMC…
From 29 October to 1 November 2024, a conference of members of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) was held in Heidelberg, where Professor Silvia Pastoreková, Director General of the Biomedical Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, v. v. i. (BMC SAV), participated as a newly elected member and the first ever representative of…
Statement of the Institute of Virology of the Biomedical Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, v. v. i., on the press conference of Peter Kotlar, Government Commissioner for the review of the process of governance and resource management during the pandemic COVID-19. The Institute of Virology of the BMC SAV as a scientific institution…
The Public Health Authorities of the Slovak Republic and the Biomedical Research Center of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, (BMC SAS) are working together on a project to monitor the presence of West Nile virus and Usutu virus in the bodies of local mosquitoes. Epidemiologists and scientists are thus gaining important data and insight into…
The team of Dr. Miroslav Baláž from the Biomedical Research Center of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with the teams of Prof. Wolfrum from ETH Zurich (Switzerland) and Dr. Spiegelman from Harvard University (USA) discovered several new subtypes of beige fat cells that use different mechanisms to generate heat and may help in…
The Biomedical Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in cooperation with the Public Health Office of the Slovak Republic started the first full-scale monitoring of West Nile virus and Usutu virus in Slovakia. “We are testing a new method that should make monitoring easier and more affordable,” describes Viktória Čabanová, who is leading the…
Professor Silvia Pastoreková, Director General of the Biomedical Research Center of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, v. v. i., was elected as the first representative of the Slovak scientific community to EMBO, a major international organisation in the field of life sciences, of which nearly one hundred Nobel Prize laureates are or have been members….
According to the first monitoring results, the invasive Asian tiger mosquito, which was recorded in 2023 in the Ružinov district of Bratislava, has managed to overwinter in this location, has settled here and forms a local population. The occurrence of the Aedes albopictus mosquito was first reported by the Biomedical Research Center of the Slovak…