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How does exercise help fight cancer?
It is well known that regular physical exercise reduces the risk of various cancers, including breast cancer as well as helps mitigate fatigue, treatment side effects and recurrence, and improves the quality of life of cancer patients post-diagnosis. Now we better...
Promoting responsible antibiotic use and sustainable practices is key to reducing the impact of antimicrobial resistance
“Promoting responsible antibiotic use and sustainable practices is key to reducing the impact of antimicrobial resistance (AMR),” says Silva Gradovska, an AMR researcher from Latvia. “I work in the microbial genome research group at the Institute of Food Safety,...
Two milestones for advancing European 1+ Million Genomes initiative
iStock photo Getty Images + On DNA Day, the European Commission announces two crucial advancements in genomics in Europe: the Genome of Europe project award and the expansion of the Genomic Data Infrastructure to new countries. On DNA Day, we reflect on the...
The good, the bad and the unknown – the roles of EVs in health and disease
University of Latvia, The Baltic Society of Extracellular Vesicles (BSEV) and the Polish Society for Extracellular Vesicles (PSEV) proudly present their joint conference, “The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown – The Roles of EVs in Health and Disease,” on the...
Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Center continues involvement of participants in the Latvian Population Genome Reference Project
Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Center continues involvement of participants in the Latvian Population Genome Reference Project, which takes place within the framework of the European ‘1+ Million Genomes’ initiative The main goal of the project is to create a...
On January 16-17, 2024, the International Advisory Board Meeting of the Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre (BMC)
On January 16-17, 2024, the International Advisory Board Meeting of the Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre (BMC) took place at the BMC. During the meeting, BMC management and scientific groups presented an overview of activities from 2021 to 2023 and also...
Learn about Latvia’s new EMBC Delegate Jānis Kloviņš and his research
17 November 2023 – For Jānis Kloviņš, Latvia’s new EMBC Scientific Delegate, the most productive times tend to come when his team have stepped away from their computers, microscopes and sequencers, and convene to discuss their findings. “Our group covers several areas...
Seminar as a panel discussion of alternatives to animal meat
Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry project partner Bioreactors.net AS present an informative seminar in a form of a panel discussion with experts on animal meat alternatives and current challenges on 27th of November (15:00 UTC+2). Register here –... In order to develop healthcare, Latvia needs a Biobank Law
Photo: Jānis Kloviņš, Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Latvian Biomedicine and Study Center Biobanks, whose main role is to store biological samples and data for research and treatment purposes, have become a key infrastructure in biomedical research and...
Biomedicine research platform BioMedPharm established to foster biomedical research in Latvia
Six leading research organizations in Latvia have joined forces to establish the BioMedPharm consortium, a pioneering platform capable of implementing biomedical research projects of any complexity. The idea for the BioMedPharm consortium was conceived a year ago as a...
The European Genomic Data Infrastructure project releases Starter Kit to enable access across borders to genomic and phenotypic data
The European Genomic Data Infrastructure (GDI) project has released a ‘Starter Kit’ based on the rare disease and cancer proof-of-concepts from the Beyond 1 Million Genomes (B1MG) project. GDI is a collaborative project to build secure sustainable data infrastructure...
BMC begins involvement of participants in the Latvian Population Genome Reference Project, which takes place within the framework of the European ‘1+ Million Genomes’ initiativeBMC
Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Center begins involvement of participants in the Latvian Population Genome Reference Project, which takes place within the framework of the European ‘1+ Million Genomes’ initiative The main goal of the project is to create a...
Seminar “The role of biomedical research in knowledge economy and success stories of bitechnology start-ups”
On February 24, a seminar titled “The role of biomedical research in knowledge economy and success stories of bitechnology start-ups” will be held at the National Library of Latvia, Conference Centre part D, Mūkusalas Str. 3, Riga. Knowledge economy is an economic...
BlueRemediomics: European project launched to harness the vast potential of marine microbial resources
A new European research project was recently launched which aims to leverage the untapped potential of marine microbial resources. The marine microbiome is one of the fastest growing segments of the blue bioeconomy, and its study is vital for the discovery,...
Seminar “Gains brought to Latvia by taking part in the European 1+ Million Genome Initiative”
On January 20, a seminar “Gains brought to Latvia by taking part in the European 1+ Million Genome Initiative” will be held at the National Library of Latvia. Ministry of Health and Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre have closed an agreement about the...
SHAP – outstanding presentation skills in science
On January 20, a seminar “SHAP – outstanding presentation skills in science” will be held at the National Library of Latvia. Science, as any other field that require speaking to various audiences, requires four key elements for outstanding presentation skills: The...
Non-conventional yeasts – what they are and what good they can give us?
Kaia Kukk Postdoctoral researcher at Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre For most people the word “yeast” associates with the baker’s or brewer’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) that is used for rising dough and brewing beer. However,...
The contribution of bilberries to developing natural blue coloured food dye
The contribution of bilberries to developing natural blue coloured food dye (Kaia Kukk) Bilberries and bog bilberries (Vaccinium myrtillus and Vaccinium uliginosum) contain high levels of anthocyanins – the plant pigments that give flowers, fruits and some...
Genomic Data Infrastructure – new EU project to unlock the potential of human genomics for healthcare, research and innovation
Today, the European Genomic Data Infrastructure (GDI) project kicks-off in Brussels, Belgium. The new €40 million GDI project, coordinated by ELIXIR, is jointly funded by the European Commission under the Digital Europe Programme and through co-funding from...
L’ Oréal-UNESCO “For Women in Science” Young Talents Program Baltic Award ceremony
A true celebration of women in science and gender equity took place in Riga this Tuesday. During the L’Oréal-UNESCO “For Women in Science” Young Talents Program Baltic award ceremony, at extraordinary premises of RTU, we celebrated the Young Talents...
Latvian science benefits from prospect membership
Caption: The Forum brought together researchers from across Latvia, to discuss wide ranging topics around bioinformatics education, infrastructure, and the ambitions of future research Credit: EMBL/Laura Ansone The first meeting of the Latvian Bioinformatics Forum...
Intellectual Property Auction
APP “Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre” announces a written auction for the intellectual property – know-how: “GUT IT platform prototype and information on platform architecture, intestinal microbiome taxonomic composition reporting algorithm and...
Latvian Microbiome Project Draws Attention to Preventive Healthcare
The Latvian Microbiome Project is a citizen science initiative aimed at establishing an overview of the microbiome of the Latvian population and how diet and lifestyle affect it. Launched in 2019, the project has so far involved 1000 voluntary participants and is...
International Symposium: “Spatial-temporal genome regulation in stress- response and cell-fate change
Full program and Book of Abstract you can finde here: Program and Book of...
EMBL and Latvia deepen collaboration
Agreement signed with Latvia’s Biomedical Research and Study Centre will boost academic exchange and collaboration on some of the largest challenges facing human and planetary health bmc_embl...
COVID-19 Special: Latvia’s fourth wave
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The seminar Science Café
On February 18, 2021, at 16.00 the seminar Science Café, organised by the University of Latvia will be held virtually. The senior researcher of Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre Vita Rovīte will participate in the event. During the seminar, experts will...
Congratulations!
In November 3, 2020, at the meeting of the BMC Scientific council, with December 22, 2020, Prof. Dr.biol. Jānis Kloviņš was elected as the Head of the Scientific Council Thank you for your significant and long-term contribution in BMC development in the performance of...
Covid-19 second wave
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of a method for genome editing
Read... 247 different mutations of the new coronavirus have been detected in Latvia. What else have scientists discovered about the situation in Latvia?
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Online seminar about clinical data management from the perspective of researchers and biobanks
From sustainable biomedical research perspective biobanks are becoming more and more vital and the discussion about the management of connected clinical data and data acquisition from Electronic Health Records is intensifying. Because of different standards of data...
Latvian Microbioma project – Are we ready for It?
03.09.2020 Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre participated in the conversation festival LAMPA with a discussion: Latvian Microbioma project – Are we ready for It? Watch the video Read...
Jānis Kloviņš in the broadcast “Monopols”
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How is made a vacine COVID-19 in Latvia?
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President of Latvia Egils Levits visits the Latvian Biomedicine Research and Study Centre
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To scientists are donated a high-power data network to fight cancer and Covid-19
Latvian technology innovation companies LMT and “MikroTik” donated to scientists a high-power data network. It now at this moment provides a 10-gigabit per second data rate, so that research centers and doctors no longer need to transmit sizeable genome data, who...
Project presentation
After two years of research, a joint project of researchers from the University of Latvia (LU) and the Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre (BMC) on the application of bacterial microcompartments in biotechnology has been completed. The presentation of the...
The Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre has received a significant donation that will promote the scientific research of COVID-19 and other diseases in Latvia.
Within the framework of cooperation with Hong Kong manufacturer of scientific equipment, DNA sequencing instruments and reagents – MGI Tech Co. – and the Mammoth Foundation, the Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre has received a donation –...
Latvian scientists are developing a method to determine the spread of coronavirus in the environment.
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Increases EU funding support for the Latvian Biomedical and Research Centre for Covid 19 vaccine and drug testing.
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What Covid-19 research could be a developed for the 5 million allocated by the state?
Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre – LV BMC director and Chairman of the Latvian Science Council Jānis Kloviņš explains, that researchers have now submitted more than 200 ideas to national research projects. Kloviņš consider that in the forthcoming...
Genetics and evolution of malignancies. A research of the LU doctoral student Nineļa M. Vainšeļbauma.
A doctoral student at the faculty of Biology of the University of Latvia Nineļa M. Vainšeļbauma is a capable young researcher at the Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, who has focused on the cognize of malignancies at the molecular level. Her efforts to...
Latvian researchers invite for refer to Covid-19 infected
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