Dr. Maja Buljan (Semiconductor laboratory, Department of Material Physics) has been recognized for her research in spatially ordered Ge nanocrystals in amorphous mattrices deposited on periodically corrugated-rippled silicon substrates.

The Ruđer Bošković Institute organized the international scientific conference "5th Central European Conference - Chemistry Towards Biology" held Sept. 8th to 11th in Primošten. The conference was attended by 124 scientists from both Croatia and abroad.

The Ruđer Bošković Institute (RBI) invites you to attend the "Night Under the Stars" event which will be held September 18th beginning at 18:00, at the RBI campus Bijenička 54, Zagreb.

The first international summer school on nanoscience in Croatia, entitled the Adriatic School on Nanoscience, will be held from the 19th to the 23rd of September at the Palace Hotel in Dubrovnik. The event is being organized by the Ruđer Bošković Institute and several leading European institutions in the field of nanotechnology, such as the Finnish Institute for Nanoscience, Jyvaskyla University and the Joanneum Research Centre in Graz.

Amid stiff competition and ten nominated candidates from Europe and the USA, RBI scientist Dr. Robert Vianello was awarded the Promising Scientist Award at the 15th international conference on Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics. The award was given by the Centre for applied quantum Mechanics in Paris for his significant contributions to the computational design of extremely strong superacids and superbases and insights into their properties.

In step with European and international strategies toward the development of nanotechnology as a driver of economic development, the Ruđer Bošković Institute is organizing the first international summer school, Adriatic School of Nanoscience - ASON-1 in cooperation with leading institutions in the field of nanotechnology: Finnish Centre for Nanotechnology, University of Jyvaskyla and Joanneum Research in Graz.

Thanks to the unique expertise of RBI scientists in crystal diffraction with macromolecules, Dr. Marija Luić and Nives Ivić made a significant contribution to the article "Homologs of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases acylate carrier proteins and provide a link between ribosomal and nonribosomal peptide synthesis".

Amid stiff competition among 36 submitted projects in the Scientific Cooperation call by the UKF, RBI scientists won 3 out of 9 financed projects with a total funding of 2.5 million kuna. Evaluation and selection of projects was conducted by 120 leading international experts. The projects will lead to major scientific and technological development at Croatian scientific institutions and through collaboration with diaspora scientists help in the transfer of scientific knowledge and the realization of scientific results in the Republic of Croatia.

On the invitation of Dr. Danica Ramljak, US ambassador James B. Foley made his first official visit to the Ruđer Bošković Institute.

Mr. Krešo Perica, director of IBM, Croatia and Mr.Damir Zec, leader of service sales have organized a one day visit by RBI director, Dr. Danica Ramljak and Dr. Marin Roje, assistant director of finance, to IBM’s research laboratory in Zurich. The delegation was hosted by Dr. Paul Seidler, leader of the Department of Science and Technology. During the visit the RBI delegation will tour the cleanroom facilities and hold a series of meetings on the subject of future collaborations and the possibility of building such a centre in Croatia.