The postgraduate course EBTT is intended both for novices and experts in electroporation, including PhD students, researchers, and in general prospective users with interest in electroporation technology. During the week of 15-21 November we are organising the course for the fourteenth time, which involves lectures and practical lab work covering […]
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11th of February is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science
An interview with our colleague and member of Laboratory of biocybernetics, Janja Dermol Černe, PhD, has been published the 10th of February in Delo magazine, just one day shy of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Link to the article/interview (in Slovene): https://www.delo.si/novice/slovenija/stabilno-financiranje-in-place-primerljive-z-industrijo-276421.html
Prof. Tomaž Jarm is the recipient of this year’s Milan Vidmar Teacher’s Award – Congratulations!
Tomaž Jarm, PhD, is a professor working within the Laboratory of Biocybernetics (LBK). He gives courses in the Higher Education Program »Applied Electrical Engineering«, in the Master’s Degree Program »Biomedical Engineering«, and in the Doctoral Program. Prof. Tomaž Jarm invests a lot of energy into teaching. The subject of his […]
Prof. Damijan Miklavčič guest on Let’s Bite Into Science
Prof. Damijan Miklavčič made a guest appearance in the Slovene pop-science TV show Let’s Bite Into Science and was interviewed on the subject of cardiac pacemakers. Entire show (in Slovene): 4d.rtvslo.si/arhiv/ugriznimo-znanost/174659405 FB (in Slovene): www.facebook.com/Ugriznimo-znanost-176703559080895
Prof. Damijan Miklavčič awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, awards Prof. Damijan Miklavčič with an Honorary Doctorate (Doctor Honoris Causa) For leadership in Pulsed Electric Fields and electroporation in medicine, biology, food and biotechnology; bridging the gap between engineering, biology and medicine; and leading interdisciplinary research enabling efficient use of electroporation in clinical use. […]
During the week of 10-16 November we are organising the EBTT International Course
The postgraduate course EBTT is intended both for novices and experts in electroporation, including PhD students, researchers, and in general prospective users with interest in electroporation technology. During the week of 10-16 November we are organising the course for the thirteenth time, which involves lectures and practical lab work covering […]
An article authored by members of LBK recently published in a top biophysics journal on the mechanisms and models of electropermeabilisation of cell membranes
Professors Tadej Kotnik and Damijan Miklavčič, together with Dr. Lea Rems from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) and Professor Mounir Tarek from the University of Lorraine (France), have published a review article in the highly ranked journal Annual Reviev of Biophysics (JCR IF 2017 = 11.742) on our […]
Slovenian Expertise for Developing of a New Method of Cardiac Ablation
Medtronic, a global leader in medical technology, services, and solutions, recognized the value of the Slovenian know-how. Medtronic, with operational headquarters in Minneapolis, Minn., U.S. and employing more than 86,000 people worldwide, turned to the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the University of Ljubljana, specifically to Prof. Damijan Miklavčič, the […]
Gene electrotransfection changes the body into a factory of antibodies – an economic pathway to more efficient medicine
Nature – Thursday, 13th December 2018 Nature, vol. 564 S16-17 In the years 1980-2010 the number of outbursts of contagious diseases worldwide has more than tripled every 5 years. Unexpected outbursts of viruses like Ebola and Zika have led to the development of new methods of quenching the rapid spread […]