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Protection of the environment is one of the highest priorities for organizations, politicians, and individuals in today’s world. Research laboratories in the field of life sciences significantly contribute to the environmental burden through the production of large quantities of waste, the consumption of large amounts of water, and the use of substantial energy resources. Although…
Biomedical Research Center of the SAS invites you to the international conference entitled “IMMUNO-model Second Annual Conference: From Pre-clinical Models to the Search for Biomarkers in Immuno-Oncology”. The conference is held in within the project – COST Action IMMUNO-model CA21135 (https://www.immuno-model.eu/), which is dedicated to supporting research and innovation in preclinical immuno-oncology models and creating…
Biomedical Research Center SAS confirmed another species of invasive mosquito in Slovakia. The invasive species of Aedes albopictus mosquito, commonly known as the Asian tiger mosquito, was discovered based on the data collected from the public in 2023 in the Bratislava area. Residents used, among other things, the Mosquito Alert mobile app, which helps experts monitor invasive…
Diseases transmitted from animals to humans, known as zoonoses, are infections that we commonly encounter today. Biodiversity losses due to human interventions in ecosystems also contribute to their increased incidence. But how big is the impact of changes in land use and loss of biodiversity on the transmission of relevant pathologies between animals and humans?…
In 2023, the Slovak Academy of Sciences commemorates the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Act on the Slovak Academy of Sciences, which defined its foundations and the form in which it exists today. The Academy will celebrate this significant jubilee with several events. The main celebrations will take place in Bratislava on June…
The journal Acta Virologica will move to gold open access publisher Frontiers, as part of an agreement signed by the Institute of Virology from the Biomedical Research Center of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (BMC SAS). The agreement is Frontiers’ first publishing partnership in Slovakia and marks an important step forward for open access in…
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) affects millions of individuals worldwide, and currently, there are no effective disease-modifying therapies. Prompt AD diagnosis is beneficial with respect to care and delay of disease progression. However, the implementation of modern AD diagnostics in clinical practice in Czechia and Slovakia is fragmented. To address this problem, the project coordinator Jozef Hritz…
Members of Alliance4Life recently conducted the mapping of best practices in career systems in life sciences research, including the self-assessment of human resources (HR) systems in twelve research organisations in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, and are committed to working hard to offer better conditions for the career development of their researchers. The detailed…
Do the rare diseases Wolfram syndrome, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial Parkinson’s disease, and Harel-Yoon syndrome share common pathomechanisms? Would it be possible to use a joint therapeutic approach for these hitherto incurable diseases in the future? The symposium “Mitochondria-associated membranes as therapeutic target in rare neurodegenerative diseases – SIRMAMTHERA’22” provided a platform for top scientists…
The SASPRO project launched by the Slovak Academy of Sciences in 2015 is now being continued. It is the most successful scheme to combat the brain drain abroad in Slovakia. This time, the Slovak University of Technology (STU) and the Comenius University (UK) also participated in the SASPRO 2 project. Since last year, 39 young…