Rodrigo Ortiz Archives

15 April 2026

New Project Grant Received: Sonogenetics as a central modulator of CAR-T function and lineage commitment

As part of our efforts towards the sustainability of the CTGCT and with the goal in mind to develop new gene and cell therapies for cancer and rare diseases, our team members are applying ...

9 April 2026 Event Date: 3 June 2026 • 08:30 do: 3 June 2026 • 17:30

Our next big event: GeneH & 21st CFGBC Scientific Symposium

We are proud to announce that in partnership with the Centre for Functional Genomics and Biochips (CFGBC),we are organising a scientific symposium held at the University of Ljubljana this 3rd of June. The event ...

10 March 2026 Event Date: 13 April 2026 • 14:00 do: 13 April 2026 • 14:30

CTGCT Science Talks April – Dr. Thomas Fox

On Monday, 13th of April 2026, 2:00 PM (Ljubljana/Berlin time),Dr. Thomas Fox, from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute & Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School and UCL Institute of Immunity and Transplantation, University College London, ...

5 March 2026 Event Date: 27 February 2026 • 09:00 do: 27 February 2026 • 15:30

CTGCT at the 12th National Rare Disease Day Conference

On Friday, February 27, 2026, part of our team joined experts, decision-makers, and patient advocates at the 12th National Rare Disease Day Conference held at the Congress Center Brdo pri Kranju. The event, organized by ...

3 March 2026

Remote-Controlling the Cell: The Future of Precision Medicine?

Imagine if we could talk to our cells the same way we talk to a smart home device. We could tell a cell to start producing a specific medicine only when it’s needed or ...

23 February 2026 Event Date: 2 March 2026 • 14:00 do: 2 March 2026 • 14:30

CTGCT Science Talks March – Dr. Ajasja Ljubetič

On Monday, 2nd of March 2026, 2:00 PM (Ljubljana/Berlin time),Dr. Ajasja Ljubetič, Research Assistant Processor and group leader in the Department of Synthetic Biology and Immunology at the National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia will present in ...

Rodrigo Ortiz

17 February 2026

Happy Pust!

Today is PUST (carnival) in Slovenia and some of the brave members of the CTGCT dared to come to the office (or WFH) in full costume! May the krof be in you, Happy #Pust! Can you guess ...

12 February 2026

Molecular Surgery: How Base Editors are Rewriting the Future of Cancer Therapy

Imagine being able to open the "instruction manual" of a human cell and fix a single typo that causes a life-threatening disease. This is no longer science fiction; it is the reality of base ...

19 January 2026 Event Date: 2 February 2026 • 14:00 do: 2 February 2026 • 14:30

CTGCT Science Talks February – Dr. Shady Sayed

On Monday, 2nd of February 2026, 2:00 PM (Ljubljana/Berlin time), Dr. Shady Sayed from the Department of Medical Systems Biology, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany Fill up the form to ...

7 January 2026 Event Date: 22 December 2025 do: 22 December 2025 •

Ceremonial Signing of the Agreement on Co-Financing of the CTGCT

We are proud to announce a historic milestone for our project. On December 22, 2025, the Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Innovation, Dr. Igor Papič, and the Director of the National Institute of ...

17 December 2025

CTGCT Newsletter No. 3 – Happy Holidays to everyone!

As the year wraps up, we want to share our third official CTGCT newsletter, summarizing a period of great growth, both in our team size and our scientific impact! In the last six months, we ...

12 December 2025 Event Date: 15 October 2025 do: 17 October 2025 •

Building a Sustainable Future: CTGCT at the 4th Teaming Club Conference in Porto

From October 15th to 17th, our colleague Vesna Merc joined colleagues and leaders from other Centres of Excellence across Europe for the 4th Teaming Club Conference. Hosted by BIOPOLIS, Biodiversity and Genetic Resources Research ...