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Commemoration in Honor of Professor Greta Pifat-Mrzljak

Mar 10th 2010

A commemoration in honor of our dearly departed colleague, Professor Greta Pifat-Mrzljak, was held today at the Ruđer Bošković Institute. Together with many dignitaries and scientists the ceremony featured contributions from the General Director of the RBI, Danica Ramljak, PhD, the Rector of the University of Zagreb, Dr. Aleksa Bjeliš, the Director of the Institute of Biophysics and Nanosystem research in Austria, Professor Peter Laggner, the Austrian Ambassador to Croatia and Mr. Jan Kickert. Professor Robert Huber a Nobel Prize winner from the Max-Planck Institute for Biochemistry, attended the commemoration as well.

The Ruđer Bošković Institute Initiates Collaboration With the Prestigious Weizmann Institute in Israel

Mar 10th 2010

The official Croatian delegation, consisting of the Croatian Ambassador in Israel, Zorica Matković, the General Director of the RBI, Danica Ramljak, PhD, and the Director's Advisor for International Collaboration at the RBI, Mary Sopta, PhD, visited the Weizmann Institute in Israel today. To mark the occasion, the Croatian national flag was flown, full mast, alongside its Israeli counterpart.

The Scientific Council Meeting Held at the Plitvice Lakes National Park

Mar 8th 2010

At a recent meeting of the Scientific Council of the Plitvice Lakes National Park, a new concept of scientific projects and their application was presented. This included a discussion about priority areas of research. Chaired by the Minister of Science, Education and Sports, Radovan Fuchs, PhD, the conference was attended by a number of prominent scientists and experts, including the Director General of the Ruđer Bošković Institute, Danica Ramljak, PhD.

RBI Scientists Published an Article in the Journal Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Mar 5th 2010

RBI Scientists Anamaria Brozović, PhD, Andreja Ambriović-Ristov, PhD, and Maja Osmak, PhD, from the Laboratory for Genotoxic Agents, Department of Molecular Biology have published a review article entitled The relationship between cisplatin-induced reactive oxygen species, glutathione, and BCL-2 and resistance to cisplatin (IF 7,204) in the journal Critical Reviews in Toxicology, which is one of the most respected journals in the field of toxicology.

Article by RBI Scientists Published in Chemistry a European Journal

Mar 4th 2010

Chemistry a European Journal is one of the leading journals in the field of basic multidisciplinary chemistry (IF 5,454). RBI organic chemists from the Laboratory for Supramolecular and Nucleoside Chemistry, Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry have published an article in this prestigious journal entitled Positionally isomeric Organic Gelators: Structure-Gelation Study, Racemic versus Enantiomeric Gelators, and Solvation Effects.

Intellectual Property is the Driving Force Behind Croatian Economic Growth

Mar 1st 2010

At the one-day business conference on intellectual property Intelektiv, which was held at the Sheraton Hotel, it was concluded that the Croatian system of intellectual property has developed to the highest international standards. The conference gathered nearly 150 participants from all over Croatia. The conference which included 14 lectures and two round table discussions discussed trends and future directions in the commercialization, management and protection of intellectual property, and valuable experiences were exchanged.

Marking the International Rare Disease Day

Mar 1st 2010

As a part of activities regarding the International Rare Disease Day (Feb 28) at the 'Tribine grada Zagreba' today was held a round table under the name Rare diseases in Croatia: On the threshold of European changes. At the roundtable, which brought together medical experts, representatives of associations and patients, Danica Ramljak, PhD, director of RBI participated as well. There were discussed problems which face people with the rear diseases in Croatia - from the science researchs to diagnosis, treatments and socialization.

Croatian-Austrian Bilateral Project Success

Feb 26th 2010

RBI scientists Neda Slade, PhD, and Arijana Zorić, PhD, from the Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Department of Molecular Medicine in collaboration with colleagues from the Medical Faculty at Innsbruck and the Medical School in Vienna published an article in the prestigious journal Oncogene. Their work is the result of successful cooperation on the Croatian-Austrian bilateral project 'The importance of dominant negative izoforms p73 for the sensitivity to chemo therapeutics'.

Lecture Entitled Role and Importance of Programming in Mathematics and Science

Feb 15th 2010

On Thursday February 18th, 2010, Ruđer Bošković Institute and Element Ltd. publishers will cosponsor a lecture entitled Role and importance of programming in mathematics and science. The lecture will be held at 11 am in the lecture hall of building III on the RBI campus.

Expanded Accreditation for the Laboratory for Radioecology

Feb 12th 2010

The Croatian Accreditation Agency (HAA) has completed its regular monitoring of the Laboratory for radio ecology (LRE) in the Department for Marine and Environmental Research at the Ruđer Bošković Institute. The laboratory was previously accredited in methods for determination of 90Sr, 55Fe and for the determination of gamma spectometrics based on the requirements of HR EN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2007 and now accreditation has been expanded to include methods for the determination of tritium and 89Sr.

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