Photo: Dr. Dina Niculaes trains BMC and OSI colleagues in the use of GCI equipment On March 25–26, 2026, the Latvian national research site of Instruct-ERIC, Instruct-LV, continued its series of staff training sessions on working with structural biology infrastructure...

1 April marked the annual Ēnu diena, and this year’s theme clearly highlighted how important it is to explore different professions—because career choices are not to be taken lightly. At the Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre (BMC), we welcomed 25 curious...

On 29 April at 14:00, Emīls Bolmanis will defend his doctoral thesis at the open session of the Promotion Council of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Sciences “RTU P-01” at Riga Technical University, held at Paula Valdena Street 3/7, Room 272, Riga. Thesis title:...

The traveling exhibition “Research Latvia 2026”, created by the Ministry of Education and Science, offers a unique opportunity to explore 12 Latvian scientific excellence stories and their contributions to the development of society and research. In April, the...

From 18 to 20 March, a BBMRI-ERIC Management Committee meeting took place in Vienna. Latvia was represented by Vita Rovīte, Coordinator of the Latvian National Biobank Network. During the meeting, the future development directions of BBMRI-ERIC were discussed,...

On Friday, 20 March, the kick-off meeting of the second call BioPhoT platform project “SynGABA: Glutamine-driven synbiotic for microbiome-mediated GABA production” took place. The project is implemented within the framework of the Long-Term National Research Programme...

On 27 February, the closing ceremony of the Latvian Academy of Sciences (LAS) competition for the most significant scientific achievements of 2025 took place. Twelve laureates representing various fields of science were honoured, while ten additional participants...

“The 26 highest ranked projects in the second BioPhoT Research and Innovation Project (RIP) call will receive funding, as decided by the Platform's Project Steering Group on 20 February. A total of 99 project applications were submitted to the second call for...

BioPhoT invites you to an analytical webinar on the results of the second call's industry expert panel, project performance evaluation and key insights on the path to market for research ideas. The seminar will take place on 24 February at 14.00 at the Science and...

On 10 February, the Latvian Academy of Sciences (LAS) presented the results of the first year of operation of the BioPhoT research platform. Since the launch of the platform, 223 research and innovation project (RIP) applications have been received during the two...

Photo: Ilze Kuzmina Author of text: Ilze Kuzmina (Latvian Radio News Service correspondent) In the coming years, a vaccine created by the company Pfizer against tick-borne Lyme disease could appear on the pharmaceutical market. Meanwhile, research continues at the...

11 February marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. For more than a decade, this day has highlighted the significant contributions of women and girls to the advancement of science and technology. At the Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre,...

One of the key challenges in regenerative medicine today is the safe, scalable, and cost-effective production of extracellular vesicles (EVs). EVs are small, naturally released biological particles that play a crucial role in cell-to-cell communication and are widely...

In the photo: OSI Leading Researcher Dr. Alons Lends and Dr. Enrico Ravera next to the 800 MHz NMR spectrometer. On 4 February 2026, within the framework of the H2020 Twinning project MR LATVIA, a seminar entitled “Metalloproteins and Their Interactions Studied by...

4 February is marked as World Cancer Day. BBMRI-ERIC has prepared informative materials and aims to highlight members of the BBMRI-ERIC community who are contributing to the advancement of cancer research. The spotlight is on researchers and biobank professionals...