EventsCliniciansPacientsResearchersATMPsClinic studyRodrigo Ortiz 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 ... More
ArticlesPacientsResearchersATMPsResearchCTGCTNICRodrigo Ortiz 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 ... More
EventsCliniciansResearchersResearchNICRodrigo Ortiz 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 ... More
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 ... More
ArticlesCliniciansPacientsATMPsGen TherapyResearchTUDRodrigo Ortiz 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 ... More
EventsCliniciansResearchersCell therapyGen TherapyResearchTUDRodrigo Ortiz 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 ... More
ArticlesPacientsResearchersCell therapyGMPResearchCharite BerlinRodrigo Ortiz 16 January 2026 Boosting Immunity After Transplantation: The Future of Automated T-Cell Therapy For patients undergoing a life-saving organ transplant, the road to recovery is often a delicate balancing act. While the new organ offers a second chance, the drugs needed to prevent the body from rejecting ... More
EventsCliniciansPacientsResearchersInvestmentCTGCTNICRodrigo Ortiz 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 ... More
LatestCliniciansPacientsResearchersCell therapyGen TherapyCTGCTRodrigo Ortiz 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 ... More
EventsPacientsEconomicsCTGCTRodrigo Ortiz 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 ... More
EventsPacientsResearchersATMPsCell therapyLaboratoryManufacturing ProcessResearchCharite BerlinRodrigo Ortiz 10 December 2025 Event Date: 12 January 2026 • 14:00 do: 12 January 2026 • 14:30 CTGCT Science Talks January – Claudia Beltran Mestres On the 12th of January 2026, Claudia Beltran Mestre, from the Berlin Center for Advanced Therapies at Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin will present in our CTGCT Science Talks webinar series. The talk is titled "Automation of ... More
ArticlesPacientsResearchersATMPsGMPLaboratoryManufacturing ProcessPre ClinicalUMCUtrechtRodrigo Ortiz 9 December 2025 Bridging the Gap: The Role of GMP Simulation in ATMP Translation In recent decades, the medical toolbox has expanded dramatically. While traditional medicine relied on synthetic drugs (small molecules interacting with specific pathways) and later biologicals like antibodies, we have now entered the era of ... More