Media ReleasesCliniciansPacientsResearchersResearchCTGCTRodrigo Ortiz 30 June 2025 CTGCT Newsletter No.2 What Happened? and What’s Coming? Yes, it has been almost 6 months since our last newsletter. So here is our second edition where we will quickly show you what happened in the last 6 months and what we are ... More
ArticlesCliniciansPacientsResearchersGen TherapyResearchRodrigo Ortiz 5 June 2025 Unraveling the Mysteries of NLRP3: A Key Player in Inflammation In the complex world of cellular biology, proteins play a crucial role in maintaining our body's health and responding to threats. One such protein, NLRP3, is known for its ability to assemble the inflammasome ... More
ArticlesCliniciansPacientsResearchersCell therapyGen TherapyLaboratoryResearchCTGCTNICRodrigo Ortiz 3 June 2025 Harnessing Synthetic Biology for Innovative Medical Treatments In the world of synthetic biology, scientists are pushing the boundaries of what's possible by designing proteins that can be controlled in specific ways. This review written by Tjaša Plaper, Urška Knez Štibler and ... More
ArticlesCliniciansPacientsResearchersCell therapyResearchCTGCTNICRodrigo Ortiz 28 May 2025 How Ultrasound Can Control Cells, the Future of Medicine? Members of our team have already published work on sonogenetics (check our article breaking down that research here). We think this could have interesting applications in the future, since it overcomes the issue of ... More
EventsCliniciansPacientsResearchersATMPsCell therapyGen TherapyBusiness ModelMarketaccessCTGCTNICGregor Cuzak 20 May 2025 Event Date: 1 May 2025 do: 31 May 2025 • Posters at Krakovski nasip – Ljubljanica embankment In May 2025, our Centre for the Technologies of Gene and Cell Therapy CTGCT) is participating in a poster exhibition on Krakovski nasip, as part of the Chemical Institute’s public presentation. More
EventsCliniciansPacientsResearchersCharite BerlinCTGCTNICTUDUCLUMCUtrechtRodrigo Ortiz 19 May 2025 Event Date: 15 May 2025 do: 15 May 2025 • Review meeting of Reporting Period 1 for the CTGCT On May 15, 2024, the members of the CTGCT hosted the review meeting for the Reporting Period 1of its EU-funded project at the Kemijski Inštitut in Ljubljana, in collaboration with representatives from its Advanced Partners More
EventsCliniciansResearchersATMPsRegulationResearchRodrigo Ortiz 15 April 2025 ADVANCE 5-day Summer School on Cell and Gene Therapies The next ADVANCE school on ATMP from Faculty of Pharmacy will happen here in Ljubljana. We think is a great FREE opportunity to learn more about ATMPs. Learn more in the official page of ... More
ArticlesEventsCliniciansPacientsResearchersGen TherapyRaziskaveCTGCTNICRodrigo Ortiz 8 April 2025 Event Date: 21 March 2025 do: 21 March 2025 • CTGCT’s Role in the GeneH Project: Accelerating Gene Therapy Innovations We are thrilled to announce our participation in the GeneH consortium, an ambitious project led by the University of Coimbra, and their GeneT project, colead by the Kemijski Inštitut with the CTGCT project, aimed ... More
EventsCliniciansResearchersGen TherapyResearchCTGCTRodrigo Ortiz 12 March 2025 Event Date: 17 March 2025 • 14:00 do: 17 March 2025 • 15:00 Gene Therapy: Triumphs, Challenges, and Future Directions Lecture by Luis Pereira de Almeida on the 17th of March at the Kemijski Inštitut More
ArticlesCliniciansResearchersATMPsCell therapyGen TherapyManufacturing ProcessRegulationCTGCTUMCUtrechtRodrigo Ortiz 5 March 2025 Navigating Viral Vector Production for Gene Therapy This week we had the opportunity to listen to Ganesh Ramesh, a PhD candidate at the Viral Vector Production Center for Translation Immunology of UMC Utrecht, under the supervision of Dr. Zsolt Sebestyen. Here ... More
ArticlesCliniciansPacientsResearchersATMPsCell therapyResearchCTGCTNICRodrigo Ortiz 25 February 2025 Controlling Cells With Chemically Switchable Antibodies: A New Opportunity For Precision Therapy Imagine being able to turn a cell’s behavior ON or OFF, just like flipping a light switch. That’s exactly what scientists have achieved with the innovative technology presented in this paper published in the ... More
Media ReleasesCliniciansPacientsResearchersATMPsEconomicsResearchCTGCTNICGregor Cuzak 22 January 2025 Slovenia Joins ERDERA to Advance Rare Disease Research and Collaboration CTGCT welcomes Slovenia's entry into the European Research Partnership for Rare Diseases ERDERA More