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The research institutes of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS) are gradually publishing the topics of doctoral studies for the academic year 2022/2023. Again, several supervisors decided to present their topics through video presentations and online meetings. Graduating university students or graduates can obtain detailed information not only about the topic, but also about the…
The Alliance4Life, an association of twelve leading life science institutions and universities from eleven EU Member States located in Central and Eastern Europe, addresses the academic and scientific community as well as EU institutions and EU members states with the following position on the aggression against Ukraine. Alliance4Life condemns in strongest possible terms the aggression of…
Also in 2022, on March 4 we are reminding World Obesity Day. Obesity is a global problem and affects all of us. 800 million of us live with this disease and millions more are at risk. We know that the roots of obesity go deep and the only way we can make progress is to…
On 20th and 21st January 2022 Alliance4Life_ACTIONS hosted its first Trigger Event targeting knowledge transfer professionals and early stage researchers. Due to the current pandemic situation, the event which was originally planned to take place in Riga, had to be organised in online mode. What at first looked as a disadvantage was cleverly turned into…
Tick-borne pathogens causing serious human and animal diseases are of protozoan, bacterial and viral origin. The most common diseases occurring in Europe, including Slovakia, include Lyme borreliosis and tick-borne encephalitis. Currently, most of the elucidated molecular interactions between ticks and their pathogens are of bacterial origin. However, the interactions between ticks and pathogens of viral…
Join the virtual retreat which will connect Ph.D. students and postdocs from twelve leading Life Science universities and research institutions from eleven European countries! The event will take place on 20. – 21. January 2022 and it is organized within ALLIANCE4LIFE_ACTIONS project. The event is open also to researchers from institutes that are not members…
CAPSID research project lays foundation for cross-border virology research Joint research without borders With the successful completion of the EU-funded CAPSID project, the foundation for closer collaboration among biomedical research centers in the Slovak-Austrian border region has been laid over the past three years, despite constraints due to the coronal pandemic. Specifically, the VBCF in…
These days, the Biomedical Research Center SAS has published findings from a cross-sectional seroprevalence study focused on the presence of specific IgG antibodies against the SARS-Co-2 virus produced as a result of overcoming COVID-19 diseases and/or vaccination. The study was carried out among the employees of the Slovak Academy of Sciences during the months of…
For the third time, the ESET Foundation will recognise outstanding individuals of Slovak science for their scientific, research and pedagogical work. The evaluation committees selected fifteen finalists of the ESET Science Award, 6 of which represent the SAS. The award is presented in the categories of Outstanding Individual Contributor to Slovak Science, Exceptional Young Scientist…
The objective of the so-called Innovation Days, which are gradually organised by the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic (MZVEZ) for foreign ambassadors accredited in the Slovak Republic, is to raise the profile of innovative Slovak companies and scientific and research institutions with strong international potential and to help establish new…