CURRENT PROJECTS

WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON:

Long-term research programme: 

• P3-0108 Differentiation of urothelial cells, principal investigator dr. Rok Romih

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Current research projects funded by the Slovenian Research Agency:

• Linking prolonged oxidative stress to chronic inflammation in interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (Project No. Z3-50118), principal investigator: dr. Tadeja Kuret

• Inflammatory process in interstitial cystitis and evaluation of the influence of cannabinoid receptor agonists in urinary bladder - from cells to patients (project No. ​J3-2521), principal investigator dr. Peter Veranič

• The amniotic membrane as a novel multimodal therapy for bacterial cystitis and bladder cancer: unravelling its antimicrobial, immunomodulatory and anticancer activity (project No. ​J7-2594), principal investigator dr. Mateja Erdani Kreft

• Exploitation of the magneto-mechanical effect in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases (project No. J2-3043) in collaboration with dr. Slavko Kralj    

• Magnetically-controllable nanocarriers mimicking endogenous lipid particles for improved drug/nanoparticle delivery (project No. J2-3040) in collaboration with dr. Darko Makovec

• Bioactive, in situ modified, fibrous membranes based on bacterial cellulose: processing, characterisation and assessment of biomedical potential (project No. J2-2487) in collaboration with dr. Selestina Gorgieva

• Unravelling glioma stem cell niches for novel therapeutic targets in glioblastoma patients (project No. J3-2526) in collaboration with dr. Cornelis J.F. van Noorden

• Selective electroporation by distributed nanoelectrodes (project No. J2-3046) in collaboration with dr. Damijan Miklavčič

• Development of safe multifunctional surfaces for catheters to combat biofilms (DemoCat) (project No. L2-3163) in collaboration with dr. Alenka Vesel