The major limitations in drug carrier production are protocol efficiency, bioincompatibility and cost. There is a great need to overcome these limitations and meet the requirements of sustainability and environmental friendliness, such as using algae.

Our main goal is to explore innovative marine bioinspired algal carrier on model organism that will enable advances in life sciences and biotechnology.

To achieve this goal, building regional research cooperation (V4-Croatia) would allow cross-border access to infrastructures and complementary expertise, as well as the exchange of young fellows. Project is financed by International Visegrad Fund, Bratislava, Slovakia.

Grantee

• Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
• Project coordinator: Dr. Nadica Ivošević DeNardis
• Collaborators: Dr. Nives Novosel, Dr. Tea Mišić Radić, Dr. Tanja Matijević Glavan, Dr. Ruža Frkanec

Partners

• Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Trebon, Czech Republic
  (Prof. Dr. Ondrej Prasil, Dr. Severio Rana, Dr. Martin Lukeš)
• Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary
  (Dr. Tibor Pali, Dr. Krisztina Sebők Nagy)
• Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bratislava, Slovakia
  (Dr. Maria Klacsova, Katarina Zelinska PhD student, Prof. Dr. Daniela Uhríková)
• Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
  (Dr. Joanna Zemla, Prof. Dr. Malgorzata Lekka)

ANNOUNCMENT OF PROJECT ACTIVITY

• Kickoff meeting
  24.10.-25.10.2022. Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
• Regional research exchange

1. Dr. Joanna Zemla, Prof. Dr. Malgorzata Lekka, from the Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland visited the Ruđer Bošković Institute in Zagreb, Croatia.
   Host: Dr. Nadica Ivošević DeNardis
   Time of visit: 26.10.2022.-28.10.2022.
   Work plan: algal ghost vesicle isolation, nanomechanical characterization of algal ghost vesicles
2. Dr. Tibor Pali, Dr. Krisztina Sebok Nagy, from the Biological Research Center, Szeged, Hungary visited the Ruđer Bošković Institute in Zagreb, Croatia.
   Host: Dr. Nadica Ivošević DeNardis
   Time of visit: 26.10.2022.-28.10.2022.
   Work plan: preliminary measurements for membrane permeability and antioxidant activity