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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.

2nd Nanomedicine-Austria Day

Project associates attended the 2nd Nanomedicine-Austria Day, held on the 27th of February in Graz, with the aim of exchanging ideas and presenting latest achievements in the field of nanomedicine. The symposium included the 8th BioNanoNet Association General Assembly, where project leader Dr Ivana Vinković Vrček presented the project NanoFaceS.

Details of the meeting

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.

Guest lecture

Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health hosted prof. Vladimir M. Mirsky from Institute of Nanobiotechnology, Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus – Senftenberg, Germany, from January 18th to January 22nd, as a part of NanoFaces project. Prof. Mirsky gave an open lecture titled “Ultrasensitive detection, quantification and identification of nanoparticles” on January 21st.