Symposium in Memory of Nikola Cindro
As a scientist, lecturer and an initiator of the internationally recognized Zagreb school of heavy-ion physics, Nikola Cindro contributed significantly to the recognition of the Ruđer Bošković Institute and Croatia in Europe and the world.
Commemoration in Memory of Professor Zvonimir Maksić
A gathering in memory of Professor Zvonimir Maksić, a scientist emeritus of the Ruđer Bošković Institute, will be held on Wednesday, September 21, 2011, in the Auditorium in Wing III at the RBI, beginning at 11 a.m
Humanitarian Campaign - The Twelfth Terry Fox Run
On Sunday, September 18, 2011, at Jarun in Zagreb, the Twelfth Terry Fox Run will be held, with the goal of raising public awareness and collecting donations for cancer research.
The Largest European Symposium on Marine Biology Held This Year in Rovinj
The opening ceremonies of the 46th European Marine Biology Symposium, EMBS, the largest symposium of its kind in Europe, were held yesterday in Rovinj and organized by the Center for Marine Research of the Ruđer Bošković Institute (RBI).
Ana Tomašić Paić Awarded First Prize for Poster Presentation
Ana Tomašić Paić, Ph.D., a research assistant at the Laboratory for Electron Microscopy, Department of Molecular Biology, was awarded first prize for a poster presentation entitled “CYP38 auxiliary enzyme in Arabidopsis thaliana is involved in State II transitions” at the international conference „Plant Organellar Signaling - From Algae to Higher Plants“.
The Croatian Crystallographic Association Has Been Chosen to Host the XXIX European Crystallographic Meeting
On August 25 at the XXII Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography, held this year in Madrid, Croatia was chosen to host the XXIX European Crystallographic Meeting (ECM29).
Nina Marn Wins the SymBioSE 2011 Prize for the Best Ph.D. Student Presentation
Nina Marn, B.S., a research assistant at the Laboratory for Informatics and Environmental Modeling, Division of Marine and Environmental Research, won the first prize in the category of "Best Ph.D. Student Presentation" at the international symposium SymBioSE 2011, held from July 27 to August 6 in Basel, Switzerland. In her presentation, entitled "Differences That Distinguish Us and Similarities That Bring Us Closer. Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) Theory – What Do Bacteria and Humans Have in Common?” she gave an overview of the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB).
Paper by RBI Scientists Published in the American Journal of Pathology
The American Journal of Pathology (IF: 5.22), the leading journal in pathology research, published a paper by RBI scientists Dr. Ivica Kopriva (ZLAIR), Dr. Mirka Hadžija, Dr. Marijana Popović-Hadžija, Dr. Marina Korolija (ZMM) and Dr. Andrzej Cichocki (RIKEN, Japan), entitled "Rational Variety Mapping for Contrast-Enhanced Nonlinear Unsupervised Segmentation of Multispectral Images of Unstained Specimen". One of the results of the study was published on the front page of the journal.
Strong presence of RBI scientists at WATOC 2011
The Ninth Triennial Congress of the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists (WATOC 2011) was held in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, from July 17-22, 2011. To go with a total record attendance in excess of 1300 participants, the size and success of the RBI delegation also reached new heights.
Dr. Vjekoslav Štrukil Wins a CrystEngComm PosterPrize
Dr. Vjekoslav Štrukil, senior assistant at the Laboratory for Physico-Organic Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, won a CrystEngComm Poster Prize for a poster presentation entitled "Mechanochemical Synthesis of Zinc and Cadmium Metal-Organic Frameworks – The Story of Dimensionality and Solid-State Reactivity", at the XX International Conference on the Chemistry of the Organic Solid State, held from June 26 to 30, 2011, in Bangalore, India.