Тhe scientific conference EMBO|FEBS Lecture Course entitled "The evolving role of mitochondria in metabolism", will be held from 14 to 18 September 2025 at the Belgrade Youth Center. The organizers of the meeting are the CECAD Cluster of Excellence for Aging Research at the University of Cologne, Germany and the Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković" - National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade.

More information about the meeting and the speakers as well as the preliminary programme can be found on the website https://meetings.embo.org/event/25-mitochondria.

The deadline for registration and submission of abstracts is 1 June 2025 at the following link: https://coms.app/febs25-05/welcome.html.

Science Fund Proof of Concept project, which resulted in the national patent application P-2025/0366, is completed successfully. The patent refers to innovative materials for the ecological protection of legumes and cereals from pest insects.

In addition to the patent, two publications are being prepared for publication in top international journals, which further confirms the scientific importance and potential of this team work.

Research was conducted with the support of the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia, PROJECT NUMBER 12929, Project name "Materials for controlled release of natural repellents produced in an environmentally friendly manner" - Acronym: NatuRep.

This international meeting under the auspices of European Federation of the Immunological Societies and Immunology Letters journal was dedicated to the standardization of innate lymphoid cells phenotyping and establishment of pan European collaboration between different research laboratories. Participants from Spain, Germany, Hungary, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Albania and Serbia met at the Institute for the Biological Research (IBISS) for the first time. The meeting was organized by IBISS immunologists led by Dr. Ivana Stojanović.

Lecturer: Dr. Jasmina Živanović, Department of Cytology, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković" - National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade

Time: Wednesday, 30th April 2025, 13.00

Venue: IBISS Library

Colleagues from the Department of Biochemistry have been awarded the Hop-on facility project entitled "Widening the investigation of endocrine-disrupting chemicals as contributors to progression of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease" (widenEDC-MASLD) under the HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-06 call.

The Goran Ljubijankić Foundation has presented awards for the best doctoral dissertations and master's theses in the field of molecular biology defended in 2024.

"The effect of fish oil treatment on cholesterol metabolism in mouse retina during physiological aging and in Alzheimer's disease model"

Wednesday, 20th November 2024, 12.00

IBISS LIbrary

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Max Nieuwdorp, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Netherlands

Time: Friday, 15th November 2024, 10.00

Venue: IBISS Library

Lecturer: Janko Ž. Nikolich, MD, Ph.D. Bowman Professor and Head, Department of Immunobiology; Co-Director, University of Arizona Center on Aging; Director, the Aegis Consortium for Pandemic-Free Future; University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson

Time: Thursday, 14th November 2024, 12.00

Venue: IBISS Library