Photo and text: OSI On 23 May, the leadership of the Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis (LIOS) and the Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre (BMC) met with their International Advisory Boards to present progress on the merger of both institutions into a...

The recent Genome of Europe (GoE) consortium meeting in Milan reinforced a powerful, shared motivation among all participating countries:🔹 To represent the rich genetic diversity of modern European populations 🔹 To demand and deliver the highest standards of...

Foto: https://blueremediomics.eu/ Last month, BlueRemediomics partners came together for three days in the Latvian capital to present updates and discuss the project’s progress and challenges. Hosted by the Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre (LMBC), project...

Genomic research is essential for understanding human health and disease origins, but like any activity that requires sizeable data-set processing, its computational demands are immense. In Latvia, the Riga Technical University High Performance Computing Center (RTU...

Today, on March 13, the Long-Term National Research Program project “Biomedical and Photonics Research Platform for the Creation of Innovative Products” – “BioPhoT” Mentor Day took place at the Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre. One of the platform's...

Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre (BMC) has launched a significant initiative in the field of bioinformatics – the implementation of the project EchoHEALTH: ERA Chair in Integrative One Health Informatics, which is planned to run for the next five years....

BBMRI-ERIC biobanks as pillars of modern paediatric cancer research On the International Childhood Cancer Day 2025, we invited you on a virtual journey across Europe to get to know biobanks in our network that build and sustain paediatric cancer collections and make...

Photo: University of Latvia Within the framework of the PMNET forum, Nils Rostoks, Director of the Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, signed an agreement for participation in EATRIS – the European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC), together with...

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 (AMR),” says Silva Gradovska, an AMR researcher from Latvia. “I work in the microbial genome research group at the Institute of Food Safety,...

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...

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 6th and 7th...

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) took place at the BMC. During the meeting, BMC management and scientific groups presented an overview of activities from 2021 to 2023 and also...

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...