After a successful spawning of stream crawfish, RBI scientists from the Laboratory for ichtyopatology - biological materials have succeeded in breeding the first baby crawfish in ponds of the Croatian Centre for Indigenous Species of Fish and Crawfish in Karstic Waters. This is the first time ever that Croatian scientists have managed to breed stream crawfish in captivity.

The Croatian Commission for UNESCO at the Ministry of Culture and L'Oréal Adria announces the 2009 call for applications for 'For Women in Science' fellowship program. The 4,000-Euro scholarship will be granted to four promising young female scientists, doctorate or post-doctorate. The applicants should be Croatian residents not older than 35. The competition is open until 30 October, and the winners will be announced at the end of 2009.

The Ruđer Bošković Institute partnered with the Observatory Zagreb and the Croatian Astronomic Society to celebrate Galileo’s night. On Saturday, 26 September 2009, our visitors will have the opportunity to observe the sky through powerful telescopes, see a poster show “New era of Discovery”, take part in numerous workshops on astronomy and watch a DVD on 50th anniversary of NASA on Zagreb’s main square. The video show is sponsored by the U.S. Embassy.

The workshop Progress and Challenges in Flavour Physics to be held in Primošten, Croatia, from 29 September - 3 October 2009 is jointly organized by the Theoretical Physics Division of the Ruđer Bošković Institute in Zagreb (Croatia) and Physics Department of the University of Siegen (Germany), and supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia and Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

The Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences awarded professor Joseph Schlessinger, the William H. Prusoff Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology at Yale University School of Medicine and a member of the RBI International Scientific Council, with the Medal of the Order of ‘Danica Hrvatska’ for his outstanding contribution to Croatian biomedical sciences as well as promotion of Croatia in the international scientific community. On behalf of the Croatian President Mr. Stjepan Mesić, the State Secretary for Science and Higher Education Prof. Drazen Vikić Topić, PhD, presented the medal to professor Schelssinger at yesterday`s ceremony held in the Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences.

The 10th International Summer School on Biophysics 'Supramolecular Structure and Function' (ISSB’09) to be held in Rovinj, Croatia from 19 September - 1 October 2009 is organised by the Ruđer Bošković Institute and the Croatian Biophysical Society, supported by UNESCO, the Ministry of science education and sports of the Republic of Croatia, IUPAB, EBSA, and the Adris Group Foundation (Croatia), with a view to contribute to the strengthening of scientific co-operation among scientists from South Eastern Europe.

"Most of the threats and dangers facing the contemporary world can be neither prevented nor reduced by military power and deterrence. The 21st century demands a knowledge-based society," said professor Šlaus to his collegue Paul Guinnessy for the prestigious journal Physics Today.

The traditional 10th Terry Fox Run will be held on 20 September at Zagreb’s Lake Jarun. This year`s event is jointly organized by the MPG Agency and the Embassy of Canada to Croatia in cooperation with the Croatian League Against Cancer, Zagreb Holding and the Regent Esplanade Zagreb hotel.

American Biophysical Society has awarded Professor Greta Pifat Mrzljak, PhD, with the Emily M. Gray Award for her outstanding record of accomplishments and leadership of the triennial international summer schools and textbooks on Supramolecular Structure and Function. This is the first time ever that Biophysical Society has presented this award to a non US laureate, which is a remarkable recognition for Croatia and the Ruđer Bošković Institute as well.

The 5th SEE-GRID - SCI PSC Meeting on Grid computing and Virtual organizations will be held on September 8 – 12, 2009 in Dubrovnik. The Meeting is organized by the Centre for Informatics and Computing from the Ruđer Bošković Institute. The aim of this PSC Meeting is to analyze the project results, present the results of the established infrastructure and developed applications as well as to introduce the participants with the work of Virtual organizations (VO) for meteorology, seismology and environmental protection.