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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…
The Slovak Academy of Sciences awarded its most prestigious prizes. The SAV Award was also awarded to the team of Ing. Ľudovít Škultéty, DrSc. D., from the Biomedical Research Center of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, v. v. i., for his outstanding contribution in the field of innovations in the development of vaccines, diagnostic antigens…
Scientists and experts call on the Government of the Slovak Republic to respect science and the opinions of experts in the field of epidemiology and public health. They refer to the campaign of the Government Office of the Slovak Republic called I respect different opinions. The full text of the open call is shown below. Dear Mr. Prime Minister,…
The international conference “IMMUNO-model Second Annual Conference: From Pre-clinical Models to the Search for Biomarkers in Immuno-Oncology” was held in Bratislava on 14th and 15th May 2024. The conference, which was organized by the Biomedical Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences was officially opened by the Director General prof. Silvia Pastoreková and project coordinator…
The recently published policy paper on the Efficiency of the Widening Measures, presented by Alliance4Life, provides valuable insights and recommendations based on the experiences of twelve progressive life science institutions and universities from Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. The paper focuses on the widening measures Twinning, Teaming, and ERA Chairs, examining their impact, challenges,…