CTGCT 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

18 November 2025 Event Date: 10 November 2025 do: 11 November 2025 •

CTGCT at the CREATIC Conference 2025: Driving Advanced Therapy Innovation

We were thrilled to participate in the 2nd Central European Conference for Advanced Therapy and Immunotherapy (CREATIC Conference 2025), a significant European event focusing on the advancement of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs). Organized ...

5 November 2025 Event Date: 27 October 2025 do: 29 October 2025 •

CTGCT Takeaways from the World Orphan Drug Congress Europe 2025

CTGCT attended the World Orphan Drug Congress (WODC) Europe 2025 in Amsterdam from the 27th to the 29th of October, an event dedicated to strategies and partnerships in the orphan drug industry. There were ...

29 October 2025 Event Date: 23 October 2025 do: 23 October 2025 •

CTGCT Highlights Role of AI in Medicine at Austria-Slovenia Business Forum

On October 23, 2025, the "Austria – Slovenia: Connected for the Future" business forum happened in Vienna, uniting nearly 300 leaders from the economy, research, and diplomacy. The event, organized by SPIRIT Slovenia and ...

10 October 2025

Academic developers for affordable medicines

CTGCT (Centre for the Technologies of Gene and Cell Therapy, at National institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana) has joined the statement to preserve the Hospital Exemption in the revised EU pharmaceutical legislation. The Joint Statement, ...

10 October 2025

A Nobel-Worthy Topic: Harnessing Inflammation to Fight Cancer

On October 6th, the very day the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded for groundbreaking work in T-cell based cancer immunotherapy, our CTGCT community had the pleasure of hosting a talk ...

3 October 2025

CTGCT DAYS 2025 – Spotlight on Tomorrow’s Medicine

The Centre for the Technologies of Gene and Cell Therapy (CTGCT) hosted the second edition of CTGCT Days from 15 to 17 September 2025 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Over three days, the conference brought together ...