Guest lecture

On Monday July 9th 2018 Prof Eva Roblegg form the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Graz, held a lecture titled: “Impact of oral biological barriers on the fate of nanoparticles in the oral cavity: translation into drug delivery”. The lecture was held in the Great Hall of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb. Continue reading “Guest lecture”

Short Term Scientific Mission in Tallinn

In collaboration with National Institute for Chemical Physics and Biophysics in Tallinn, Estonia, Krunoslav Ilić participated in a Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) titled „Dissolution-driven environmental effects of antimicrobial coatings“ as part of COST Action CA15114 – Anti-Microbial Coating Innovations to prevent infectious diseases (AMICI). The STSM was hosted by Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology of the Institute, from April 2nd to April 28th.

Conference

Project leader Dr Ivana Vinković Vrček and PhD student Barbara Pem participated in the spring school and conference “2nd Conference and Spring School on Properties, Design and Applications of Upconversion Nanomaterials”, held in Valencia, Spain from 2. to 6. 4. 2018.  Continue reading “Conference”

Workshop on microscopy of nanomaterials

Project associates participated in the workshop “Advanced microscopy of nanomaterials and their interactions with living systems”, organized in Ljubljana, Slovenia on the 19th and 20th of March 2018. The school comprised tutorials and hand-on training and was aimed at PhD students and Postdoctoral researches.

Guest Lecture

Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health hosted professor Daniel Horak from the Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, on February 20th 2018. Prof. Horak held a lecture titled “Multifunctional magnetic nanoparticles for nanomedicine: Small, smart and safe“.

Lecture on Nanotoxicology

On December 2017 and January 12th 2018, Dr.  Ivana Vinković Vrček held a lecture entitled “Nanotoxicology” at the meeting for professionals in the healthcare education organised by the Agency for Vocational Education and Training and Adult Education and hosted by the Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health. During this lecture, Dr. Vinković Vrček briefly presented research project NanoFaceS.