"Antioxidative and antiinflammatory effects of agmatine pretreatment on lipopolysaccharide-induced activation of murine microglial cell line"

Thursday, 25th September 2025, 17.00

IBISS LIbrary

The overall aim of the Metabolic Disease Research Unit (MDRU) is to advance translational research in the pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of metabolic disorders such as obesity, type 2 diabetes and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). Through a multidisciplinary approach combining fundamental research, molecular biology, biochemistry, multi-omics and data science, the MDRU will foster innovation and collaboration to improve metabolic health. The functioning of MDRU is based on the complementary field of research and expertise of different departments of IBISS in the metabolic disease research, and includes shared facilities, infrastructure and technology.

The main mission of MDRU is support the collaboration of research groups with different scientific backgrounds and the training of young researchers and innovators in translational research in the field of metabolic diseases.

Main objectives:
• Improvement of basic and translational metabolic disease research
• Implementation of a research roadmap based on multi-omics and bioinformatics
• Accelerated discovery of new disease biomarker and therapeutic targets
• Enhanced outreach activities and awareness from metabolic diseases in the general population

Coordinator: Dr. Nataša Veličković, Department of Biochemistry

Participating departments:
1. Department of Biochemistry
2. Department of Molecular Biology
3. Department of Immunology
4. Department of Plant Physiology
5. Department of Cytology
6. Department of Neurobiology
7. Department of Neurophysiology
8. Department of Ecology

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In order to increase the capacity of IBISS in terms of writing and implementing EU projects, the STRIMHealth project organized the "Workshop for Strengthening IBISS Project Support Team Capacity", which took place online on September 10- 12, 2025.

The Core Group of the COST Action CA22103 – A Comprehensive Network Against Brain Cancer (Net4Brain) held its fifth meeting on 6th September 2025, for Grant Year 2 in Belgrade, hosted by Dr. Milica Pešić at the Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković".

Lecturer: Dr. Pierre Blier, Director of the Laboratory of Evolutionary and Integrative Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Quebec, Canada

Time: Friday, 19th September 2025, 13.00

Venue: IBISS Library

Lecturer: Florencia Camus, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, United Kingdom

Time: Friday, 19th September 2025, 11.00

Venue: IBISS Library

The Project Support Team is organizing a workshop for young researchers from IBISS on September 19, 2025, in the library from 14:00 to 16:00.