Scientific Achievement for 2021 of the Institute for Biology and Immunology of Reproduction. A method and a kit for the diagnosis of new mutant forms of fusion between two genes, (TMPRSS2 and ERG) with relevance for the determination of the degree of malignancy of prostate cancer is the most significant scientific and applied achievement for 2021 of the Institute of Biology and Immunology of Reproduction (IBIR). […]
In early 2022, the National Anthropological Museum at the Institute of Experimental Morphology, Pathology and Anthropology with Museum of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IEMPAM-BAS) presents the temporary exhibition "The Health Centre in Antiquity and the Middle Ages", which is organized in partnership with the Museum of the History of Medicine at the Medical University-Plovdiv and the Historical Museum-Svishtov. The authors have focused on the origin and development of the hospital as a health institution, its structuring and financing, its growth as an educational centre, the achievements of hospital treatment. The current topic is developed and presented as a "civilizational" choice made by humanity. The exhibition "The Health Centre in Antiquity and the Middle Ages" is realized with the financial support of the Ministry of [...]
Prof. Dr. Krasimira Todorova-Hairabedyan from the Institute of Biology and Immunology of Reproduction of BAS was awarded in the competition of the Patent Office and the Union of Inventors in Bulgaria "Inventor of the Year" 2021, category "Chemistry and Biotechnology". The awards were presented at an official ceremony held on December 8. Prof. Todorova-Hairabedyan participated with the invention METHOD AND KIT FOR DETECTION OF ONCOFUSION PROTEIN in team with Prof. Soren Hairabedyan. A method for the detection of oncofusion protein was developed that represents a combination of immunological and molecular biological method, allowing the recognition of the most common and with the highest clinical relevance functionally fit oncofusion protein in prostate cancer - TMPRSS2-ERG. The proposed solution detects at the protein level the two distinct [...]
The Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering (IBPhBME) at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) has established a tradition of holding a Youth Scientific Session “Biomedicine and Quality of Life” every two years. The scientific session will be held for the third time, online, on 2-3 December 2021. […]
On the occasion of 24 May – the Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius, the Bulgarian alphabet, education and culture and the Slavonic Literature, at the Institute of Microbiology the prize of “Academician Stephan Angeloff” Foundation was awarded for best work of a young microbiologist. After the ceremony, the professors and associate professors elected in 2020 at the Institute presented public academic lectures. […]
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) includes dozens of the most prominent Bulgarian clinicians, biologists, immunologists, virologists, geneticists, mathematicians and other diverse specialists who are involved in the problems of the global pandemic caused by the new coronavirus. With their research work and active participation in various media presentations, where they share the most up-to-date and objective data on the pandemic, they contribute a lot to the proper awareness of the public and to the scientifically based guidelines for the fight against coronavirus. With all this in mind, we consider it necessary to express our opinion on the forthcoming vaccination campaign against coronavirus infection, as a result of the analysis of the existing data from the world literature and current practice. […]
