Lecture by Prof. Milivoj Boranić: “50 Years of Scientific Work and 75 Years of Life”
The distinguished scientist Prof. Dr. Milivoj Boranić will present a lecture on Thursday, November 24, at 2 p.m., in the Auditorium of Wing III of the RBI, entitled “50 Years of Scientific Work and 75 Years of Life”.
Dr. Enis Afgan Has Published a Paper in Nature Biotechnology
Znanstveni suradnik dr. Enis Afgan iz Centra za informatiku i računarstvo (CIR), objavio je članak pod nazivom "Harnessing cloud computing with Galaxy Cloud" u časopisu Nature Biotechnology (IF=31.1). Rezultati rada omogućuju jednostavnu dostupnost okruženju za izvršavanja bioinformatičkih analiza na cloud infrastrukturi kroz Galaxy aplikaciju.
The Seventh Lecture in the Embassy Series Sponsored by the Ruđer Bošković Institute
We cordially invite you to attend a lecture by the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China, H. E. Shen Zhifei, entitled "Scientific Innovation Is the Only Way to Realize Sustainable Development", to be held on Wednesday, November 23, 2011, at 4 p.m., in the Auditorium of Wing III of the Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička 54.
Dr. Nevenko Bilić Appointed to the National Council for Science
At the proposal of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, the Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Ruđer Bošković Institute (RBI), Dr. Nevenko Bilić, has been appointed as a member of the National Council for Science, the highest professional body responsible for the development and quality of overall scientific activity and the science system in the Republic of Croatia.
The RBI Intensifies Collaboration with Leading French Scientific Institutions
At the invitation of the Embassy of the Republic of France in the Republic of Croatia, delegates from the Ruđer Bošković Institute (RBI) led by the Director General, Dr. Danica Ramljak, will pay an official visit to France, organized by Embassy for the purpose of establishing and strengthening cooperation with top scientific institutions and universities of strategic interest to the RBI.
Cover Article by Dr. Robert Vianello Published in the European Journal of Organic Chemistry
The cover article in the most recent issue of the European Journal of Organic Chemistry (IF = 3.206) is a paper by Dr. Robert Vianello, Irreversible Inhibition of Monoamine Oxidase B by Antiparkinsonian Medicines Rasagiline and Selegiline: A Computational Study.
DAQ/FPGA Workshop as Part of the FP7 "Particle Detectors" Project
A DAQ/FPGA workshop is being organized at the RBI on November 4 and 5 as part of the Particle Detectors FP7 project.
Article by RBI Scientist Published in the Journal Optics Letters
The latest article by Dr. J. Sancho-Parramon of the Division of Laser and Atomic Research and Development, entitled “Near-field coupling of metal nanoparticles under tightly focused illumination”, has been published in the journal Optics Letters (IF 3.316) and attracted great interest among the academic community. In the month of September, it was in second place in terms of the number of downloads from the website of the journal Optics Letters.
Nobel Prizes at the RBI (medicine)
On Thursday, November, 3, 2011, starting at 3 p.m. in the Auditorium of Wing III of the Ruđer Bošković Institute (RBI), Prof. Dr. Branko Malenica will deliver the third lecture in the Popular Science Series on the awarding of the 2011 Nobel Prizes in the Natural Sciences, entitled Receptors for the Recognition of Microorganisms and the Activation of Effector Mechanisms of Innate and Acquired Immunity.
New Significant Results from the Group for Hadron Spectroscopy
Following two significant papers in Physical Review Letters, members of the Group for Hadron Spectroscopy, Division of Experimental Physics, of the RBI, led by Dr. Alfred Švarc, published two related papers on excited nucleon states (1,2) manifested in the form of baryon resonances, in one of the world's leading journals of nuclear physics, the most recent issue of Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics.