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Thirteen projects of scientists from BAS with prizes of the Bulgarian National Science Fund

At a special ceremony held on April 23, 2025 at the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the Bulgarian National Science Fund of the Ministry of Education and Science awarded diplomas for the most successful projects reported in 2024. Of the 22 awarded projects, 13 are by scientists from BAS. Two projects were awarded for each of the scientific fields, and their leaders were honoured with diplomas. For a project within international cooperation - contracts for national co-funding of COST Actions and bilateral agreements, a diploma was awarded to Prof. DSc. Margarita Popova from the Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry - BAS. A diploma for an excellent project in the field of bilateral cooperation was also awarded to [...]

Връзки с обществеността2025-04-24T16:51:22+03:00Thursday, 24 April 2025|Categories: General news|

Earth Day was celebrated at BAS

The International Earth Day was celebrated today by scientists from the Geological Institute of BAS with a conference which was held in the "Prof. Marin Drinov" Hall of the Academy. The director of the institute, Assoc. Prof. Svetoslav Georgiev, opened the forum which was attended by representatives of the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology, the Ministry of Energy, the Embassy of Finland, scientists from the country and abroad. "Despite Bulgaria's traditions in mining and deposits development, our country is not on the map of European deposits of critical raw materials. Bulgaria is also not on the list of 47 priority strategic projects for the European Commission for the extraction of critical raw materials," Assoc. Prof. Svetoslav Georgiev said. According to him, the topic of [...]

Връзки с обществеността2025-04-23T11:00:16+03:00Wednesday, 23 April 2025|Categories: Biodiversity, Bioresources and Ecology|

The film “155 Years of BAS – The Living Spirit of the Founders” was screened at the Ethnografilm International Festival in Paris

The film "155 Years of BAS - The Living Spirit of the Founders" by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ina Aneva, Scientific Secretary of the Biodiversity, Bioresources and Ecology Division of BAS, was selected and screened at this year's edition of the prestigious Ethnografilm Festival in Paris. The screening took place on Easter Sunday at the iconic Parisian cinema Club de l'Étoile, next to the Arc de Triomphe. The selection of the film to participate in the festival is a high recognition as Ethnografilm enjoys the support of a number of international scientific and academic organizations. Particularly significant among these is the involvement of the International Science Council (ISC) which recognises the role of documentary film as a vehicle for scientific communication and social dialogue. The film [...]

Връзки с обществеността2025-04-23T10:58:26+03:00Wednesday, 23 April 2025|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity|

Scientists at BAS have developed an innovative method that reveals the movement of chromosomes with unprecedented accuracy

The paper has received outstanding recognition - it has been selected for the cover of the April issue (2025) of the Nature Cell Biology journal. An all-Bulgarian research team from the “Acad. Roumen Tsanev” Institute of Molecular Biology at BAS published an article in the Nature Cell Biology journal on 14 April 2025. The authors of the study are Rumen Stamatov, Sonya Uzunova, Yoana Kicheva, Maria Karaboeva and Tavian Blagoev, under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Stoyno Stoynov. The team overcomes long-standing methodological challenges in the study of chromosome dynamics during mitosis, a key process in cell division. Over the course of more than four years, scientists developed an innovative method called FAST CHIMP (Facilitated Segmentation and Tracking of Chromosomes in Mitosis Pipeline). [...]

Връзки с обществеността2025-04-14T16:43:15+03:00Monday, 14 April 2025|Categories: Biomedicine and Quality of Life, Selected|

The President of BAS meets with the Ambassador of Germany

The President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Corr. Memb. Evelina Slavcheva met today at BAS with the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany H. E. Irene Maria Plank. During the meeting, the relations between the two countries in the field of science were discussed as well as the long-standing successful cooperation with the German scientific research community. Opportunities for expanding the partnership with the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and for organizing joint events aimed at promoting scientific contacts between young Bulgarian and German scientists were discussed. H.E. Irene Maria Plank expressed her interest and willingness to visit BAS units in different scientific fields.

Връзки с обществеността2025-04-11T09:44:49+03:00Thursday, 10 April 2025|Categories: General news|

The Cyrillo-Methodian Research Center commemorates the Dormition of St. Methodius Slavo-Bulgarian

On April 8, 2025, in the hall of the Czech Centre in Sofia, the Cyrillo-Methodian Research Centre of BAS commemorated the 1140th anniversary of the blissful dormition of St. Methodius Slavo-Bulgarian. Guests of the academic celebration were the Vice-President of BAS Prof. Shtelian Shterionov, the Deputy Director of the "St. Constantine-Cyril the Philosopher" National High School of Ancient Languages and Cultures (NGDEK) and conductor of the high school choir Mr. Daniel Ivanov, current and former colleagues from BAS and Sofia University, students, pupils and citizens. After the welcoming speech of the Director of CMRC Prof. Veselka Zhelyazkova, a short musical program was performed by the Choir for Early Music at NGDEK - part of the partner network of CMRC. Of particular interest was the lecture [...]

Връзки с обществеността2025-04-09T16:00:35+03:00Wednesday, 9 April 2025|Categories: Cultural-historical Heritage and National Identity|