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This grant is awarded to the mentor of a prospective PhD candidate and supports the student's salary over a four-year period. The student will receive training in the “Biology of Robustness“ group at MedILS under the mentorship of Katarina Trajkovic

Aging is one of the greatest mysteries in biology and a considerable contemporary societal challenge. Despite extensive research, the etiology of aging remains poorly understood. Most current theories focus on DNA damage as the root cause of aging

3D and Virtual Reality Technologies for VET“ je projekt financiran sredstvima Erasmus+ programa u okviru ključne aktivnosti Suradnja za inovacije i razmjenu dobrih praksi. Vrsta aktivnosti: Strateška partnerstva za strukovno obrazovanje. Ukupno trajanje projekta je dvije godine.

Cellular parabiosis: the role of cell-to-cell communication in phenotypic suppression

Croatian Science Foundation (2020-2023)

Coordinator: MedILS (lead Katarina Trajković)

Partners: Nortwestern Univesity, Institut Ruđer Bošković

Healthy aging is one of the most important goals of the contemporary society from the medical and economical perspectives. Thus, major research efforts are directed towards identifying molecular mechanisms of aging with the aim to develop strategies for attenuating aging.

COST Action CA18240

ADHEsion GPCR Network: Research and Implementation Set the path for future Exploration

Description:

The Action aims to promote, stimulate and translate research on Adhesion-G protein-coupled receptors (aGPCRs) ‘from bench to bedside’ in Europe. Adhesion-GPCRs are a class of structurally and functionally highly intriguing cell surface receptors with essential functions in health and disease, which have remained understudied for a long time and thus, display a vastly unexploited pharmacological potential.

PROMISE – Personalized Medicine Inquiry Based Education

Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership in Higher Education (Oct 2019 – Sept 2021)

Project coordinator: MedILS (project manager: Branka Bernard)

Project partners: European Alliance for Personalised Medicine, University of Split, University of Zagreb, Tamara Milošević, Universidad Pompeu Fabra

P4 Medicine, which stands for predictive, preventive, personalized and participatory, aims to revolutionize the practice of medicine by focusing on predicting and preventing the apparition and development of a disease while personalizing the treatment to each patient’s needs.

Europska Noć istraživača je jedna od Marie Sklodowska Curie akcija, aktivnosti unutar prioriteta Izvrsne znanosti Okvirnog programa EU za istraživanje i inovacije – Obzor 2020.

Cilj projekta je poboljšanje kvalitete i relevantnosti visokog obrazovanja kroz povećanje broja studijskih programa na stranim jezicima jačanjem kompetencija studenata i osoblja visokih učilišta. Kroz projekt će se razviti i uspostaviti četiri diplomska studija na engleskom jeziku: Astrofizika i fizika elementarnih čestica; Fizika okoliša; Molekularna biologija te Podatkovna znanost i inženjerstvo.