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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... Jan 29, 2024 | News
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... Nov 28, 2023 | News
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... Nov 23, 2023 | News
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 –... Nov 7, 2023 | News
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... Oct 17, 2023 | News
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... Jun 28, 2023 | News
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... Apr 17, 2023 | News
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... Feb 7, 2023 | News
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... Feb 2, 2023 | News
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,... Jan 5, 2023 | News
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... Jan 5, 2023 | News
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... Dec 28, 2022 | News
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,... Dec 23, 2022 | News
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... Nov 17, 2022 | News
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... Aug 26, 2022 | News
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... Aug 5, 2022 | News
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... Jul 11, 2022 | News
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... Jun 2, 2022 | News
Full program and Book of Abstract you can finde here: Program and Book of... Feb 17, 2022 | News
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... Nov 3, 2021 | News
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