Watch a great video/interview with Damijan on how a novel technique using electricity to destroy targeted cells (pulsed field ablation) might change the way clinicians treat atrial fibrillation. The video, produced and published by Medtronic is available on YouTube, link. There’s also more information available from the original accompanying news article, […]
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We are looking for a Young Researcher (announcement of a vacant position / job call)
The Young Researcher will be trained in the Laboratory of Biocybernetics, which is an international interdisciplinary group composed of engineers, biologists, microbiologists, medical doctors and chemists. Major direction pursued in the research group is the use of high-intensity pulsed electric fields in biomedicine and biotechnology. Exposure of biological cells and […]
Electroporation featured in the news broadcast Odmevi on channel TV SLO 1
On Thursday’s (February 23, 2023) show Odmevi on TV SLO 1 (link below), you could catch, among others, a just under 10-minute long segment on electroporation, with an emphasis on electrochemotherapy and cardiac ablation, and including an interview with prof. Damijan Miklavčič and cardiologist Matevž Jan. Link to the broadcast: https://365.rtvslo.si/arhiv/odmevi/174938225 […]
The first Slovenian Congress on Electroporation: Slovenia among the superpowers in the field of electroporation
Electroporation is a versatile method for increasing the permeability of the cell membrane, which is used in the treatment of tumors, gene therapy, food pasteurization, and water purification. Slovenians are at the very top in research and application solutions in this field. The pioneers are both the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of […]
Tjaša Potočnik and Jessica Genovese recipients of awards at the 4th World Congress on Electroporation
Member of the laboratory for biocybernetics and young researcher Tjaša Potočnik received the The Best Presentation Award in the category “Vaccines and Oncoimmunology” at the 4th World Congress on Electroporation in Copenhagen, Denmark (4th World Congress on Electroporation and Pulsed Electric Fields in Biology, Medicine, & Food and Environmental Technologies). Award […]
Interview with Damijan Miklavčič entitled ‘Cracking down on cells using high-voltage electric pulses’ in Delo, October 13, 2022
An interview with prof. Damijan Miklavčič, dr. h. c., head of the LBK Research Programme Leader, was published in the Delo newspaper in its October 13 issue, and is entitled ‘Nad celice z visokonapetostnimi električnimi pulzi’ (trans. Cracking down on cells using high-voltage electric pulses). The interview is in Slovene […]
PhD student Angelika Vižintin awarded for 3rd best student platform at BioEM 2022
Angelika Vižintin, PhD student at the Laboratory of Biocybernetics, presented the paper entitled “Electrochemotherapy with microsecond and nanosecond pulses leads to the same cellular amount of cisplatin in vitro” at the BioEM 2022 conference which took place between the 19th and 24th June in Nagoya, Japan and received the award […]
A vacancy for a PhD position
We are announcing an open PhD position on developing electroporation-based technologies and treatments at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia. More information is available from the PDF document: here. Mentor/contact for interested candidates is Prof. Damijan Miklavčič.
Prof. Stanislav Reberšek has passed away
Professor Stanislav Reberšek was born 1942 in Celje, Slovenia. In 1969 he graduated from University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, where he later received his master’s degree in 1980 and his doctorate in 1984. He entered research in the field of biomedical engineering in 1968 at the Faculty of […]
Interview with Lea Rems in the scope of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Conference
The interview was conducted as part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) conference, which was organized this year by Slovenia, as the country presiding the European Union. The central theme of the conference was “Fostering balanced mobility flows in Europe”. The conference was held online on 15 and 16 November […]