We cordially invite you to attend a lecture by Ivica Rubelj "Telomeres and Aging".

The Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Croatia, His Excellency James B. Foley, delivered a lecture entitled "U.S. Science and Innovation Policies—from Research to Prosperity”.

As part of International Hands-on Particle Physics Masterclasses, on Thursday, March 8, a group of 40 high school students will have the opportunity to analyze real data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the largest and highest-energy particle accelerator in the world, located at CERN.

The Ruđer Bošković Institute is one of the few institutions in the world to offer the possibility of determining and analyzing human telomere length, one of the most reliable indicators of the progression of aging. Such analysis provides insight into the biological condition of the body, i.e., determines the biological age of an individual in relation to chronological age.

We invite you to attend a lecture by the Ambassador of the United States of America, His Excellency James B. Foley, entitled “U.S. Science and Innovation Policies – from Research to Prosperity", to be held at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, in the auditorium of Wing III of the Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička 54.

Today at the Rectorate of the University of Zagreb, a Letter of Intent on the construction and establishment of a Croatian center for advanced materials and nanotechnology to be located at the Ruđer Bošković Institute, was signed.

Today at the Rectorate of the University of Zagreb, a Letter of Intent on the construction and establishment of a Croatian center for advanced materials and nanotechnology to be located at the Ruđer Bošković Institute, was signed by the Rector of the University of Zagreb, Prof. Aleksa Bjeliš, Ph.D., the Director General of the Ruđer Bošković Institute, Danica Ramljak, Ph.D., and the Head of the Institute of Physics, Petar Pervan, Ph.D.

Nena Peran, Ph.D., a research assistant in the Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Ruđer Bošković Institute, recently received the Annual Award of the Society of University Teachers, Scholars and Other Scientists of Zagreb for her contribution in the area of the natural sciences.

A scientist's mobility is an advantage to be cultivated in order to allow him to play the role of an ambassador of his country in the world and a promoter of science and its importance in society, as was said at the celebration at the Ruđer Bošković Institute in Zagreb held today on the occasion of the election of the distinguished Croatian scientist Ivo Šlaus as President of the World Academy of Art & Science. (HINA)

As part of the series Distinguished Scientists at the RBI, Prof. Jadran Lenarčič, Ph.D., (Jožef Štefan Institute, Slovenia) will deliver a lecture entitled The Jožef Stefan Institute—Between Science and Technology, on Wednesday, February 22, 2012, beginning at 12 noon in the auditorium of Wing III.