Rodrigo Ortiz Archives

30 July 2026

Molecular Velcro: Using Coiled Coils to Deliver Genome Editors Beyond AAV Size Limits

What if one of the biggest obstacles in gene therapy could be solved by borrowing a concept from everyday life? Just as Velcro joins two separate pieces together to create a strong and functional ...

Commentary article in Nature communications by Roman Jerala and Duško Lainšček

24 July 2026

Duško Lainšček interviewed by Svet24

How does a breakthrough gene therapy begin? What does it take to turn a scientific idea into a treatment that can reach a patient? In this interview, Duško Lainšček, researcher at the Institute of Chemistry ...

23 June 2026 Event Date: 9 June 2026 do: 9 June 2026 •

CTGCT at GMP Symposium 2026: Contributing to ATMP Manufacturing Discussions

The CTGCT was represented at the GMP Symposium 2026, held in Tuheljske Toplice, where leading experts gathered to exchange knowledge and practical experiences in GMP environments. As part of the scientific program, our head Dr. ...

19 June 2026

CTGCT Newsletter No. 4

Just as the summer is about to start your friend and colleague the CTGCT is publishing its latest newsletter with news and future events. Watch out! This is becoming a tradition every 6 months ...

18 June 2026

Inside the GeneH Consortium Meeting and Symposium we organised

On the 2nd of June 2026, the GeneH Consortium met together in Ljubljana for their yearly meeting and on the 3rd the consortium organized together with the Center for Functional Genomics and BioChips (CFGBC), ...

GeneH consortium meeting and GeneH & CFGBC Symposium june 2026

8 June 2026 Event Date: 11 May 2026 do: 15 May 2026 •

CTGCT at ASGCT 2026

At the ASGCT 2026 Annual Meeting in Boston (May 11–15, 2026), held held in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, our colleague Dr. Duško Lainšček presented two pieces of work that reflect this translational reality. One of ...

22 May 2026 Event Date: 13 May 2026 do: 13 May 2026 •

CTGCT at BioFair 5.0: connecting with the next generation of experts in gene and cell therapy

On the 13th of May, part of the CTGCT team attended BioFair 5.0 the largest career event for students in the field of life sciences in Slovenia, organized by the non-profit student association BEST ...

11 May 2026

Next-Generation T-Cell Therapies: From Laboratory Engineering to In Vivo Programming

In our latest edition of the CTGCT Science Talks webinar series we had Dr. Thomas Fox, a clinician-scientist whose work bridges the gap between the clinical-laboratory interface working across Harvard Medical School and the ...

6 May 2026 Event Date: 1 June 2026 do: 1 June 2026 •

CTGCT Science Talks June – Assit. Prof. Peter Brazda

On Monday, 1st of June 2026, 2:00 PM (Ljubljana/Berlin time), Assit. Prof. Peter Brazada from the Center for Translational Immunology of the University Medical Center Utrecht , will present in our CTGCT Science Talks ...

5 May 2026 Event Date: 22 April 2026 do: 22 April 2026 •

CTGCT visit to UCL and attending the UCL Advanced Therapies Symposium 2026

Last week 3 of our colleagues (Tjaša, Mojca and Tina) attended the UCL Advanced Therapies Symposium 2026 in London, an event dedicated to recent developments in cell and gene therapies and to strengthening links ...

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 ...