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Bachelor's Graduation Ceremony

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Published on Friday, 18 January 2013 13:31

Graduation ceremony for students that have succesfuly completed undergraduate program Biotechnology and drug research will be held on Friday, 8th of February 2013, at 13.00 hours in hall O-027 on the ground floor of the building of University Departments on campus, Radmile Matejčić 2.

Journal Biotech - science in society

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Published on Monday, 07 January 2013 12:40

The first issue of  "Biotech - science in society" has been published by graduate students of Biotechnology and drug research. The journal can be found on the website  http://biotech-ri.eu.pn/, and it can be downloaded in PDF format.

Prof. dr. Pavelić gave a lecture in Brussels at the invitation of the European Reseach Council

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Published on Monday, 07 January 2013 12:36
Prof. dr. Krešimir Pavelić held, at the invitation of the European Research Council in Brussels, a lecture entitled: "The ex-post evaluation of the impact of research projects and funding programs" within the European Research Council Workshop "The ex-post evaluation of the impacts of projects and reserch funding programs ", (Brussels, Belgium, November 29, 2012). The gathering discussed the elements and purpose of the ex-post evaluation, justification of the peer review process and bibliometric approaches to final evaluations and ex-ante and ex-post evaluation.

Prof. dr. Pavelić once again elected general secretary of EMBC

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Published on Monday, 07 January 2013 12:28
Prof. dr. Krešimir Pavelić, head of the Department of Biotechnology at the University of Rijeka has been elected for a prestigeous scientific function in Europe for the fifth time. At the meeting of delegations of 27 member countries of EMBC (European Molecular Biology Conference) in Hamburg, he has been reelected as general secretary of the organization.

Smart contact lens as a new diagnostic tool

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Published on Monday, 11 January 2016 15:21

Google, Novartis, California University and partners are developing smart contact lens for diagnostic purposes1. Project was started in 2015, and the clinical studies are expected to be finished in 2016. The idea for the project comes from Sensimed company who first designed sensor contact lens for monitoring intraocular pressure in glaucoma patients2,5. However, this project has a wide range of possible applications in diagnosis and it could be used for measuring blood glucose levels in diabetic patients, correcting presbyopia or detecting environment allergens1,3,4. Also, this contact lens could measure a wide range of carrier's biological data such as body temperature, alcohol levels etc., primarily analyzing physiological characteristics of tears4. Lens could be integrated with smartphones or computers for constant monitoring of physiological markers and data. Project is ecologically friendly since the lens are solar powered.
 

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1. Google, Novartis Smart Lens To Be Ready For Human Trials In 2016 by Jof Enriquez, September 2015.
2. From www.popsci.com, Sensor equipped contact lens monitors glaucoma sympthoms around clock
3. From https://googleblog.blogspot.hr, Introducing our smart contact lens project
4. By Cadie Thompson, October 2015.
5. Piso et al., Modern Monitoring Intraocular Pressure Sensing Devices Based On Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Journal of Biomaterials and Nanobiotechnology, 2012,3,301-309
 
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