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#RBI molecular biologists discovered previously unreported macro-dyad symmetries in repetitive DNA of Tribolium madens, offering new insight into chromosome organization and cell division. DOI: doi.org/10.1186/s13059…

May edition of AIoD newsletter is out! 😎 This issue of the AI-on-Demand Newsletter highlights collaboration with EDIHs (including AI4Health.Cro), a recap of SCynergy and the Luxembourg Consortium Meeting, and upcoming community events. linkedin.com/pulse/welcome-…

From AI to data analysis, big computing powers modern research—but at what cost to the planet? Join SC4RC expert panel to discuss the environmental footprint of hardware and energy use, and how we’re fixing it. Join live today at 19 CEST! youtube.com/live/JQbdZ7mO3…

RBI scientists reveal how ACRC acts as molecular scissors, protecting DNA in the earliest hours of embryo development. doi.org/10.1093/nar/gk…

A new computer model by #RBI scientist Dr Nina Marn reconstructs the full life cycle of the leatherback turtle, and shows that even small changes in food availability and ocean temperature can reduce its reproductive success. doi.org/10.1016/j.mare…

Why haven’t perovskite solar cells taken over the market yet? A new paper in Nature Energy shows that the problem is not a single “culprit,” but a chain of interconnected chemical processes that gradually undermine cell stability. @NatureEnergyJnl doi.org/10.1038/s41560…

@NatureComms @Toliclab bravo team!

Your cells divided thousands of times today. Most chromosomes landed where they should, some got stuck. New research reveals how cells rescue trapped chromosomes during division, and why cancer cells often fail at it. Published in @NatureComms doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

NATO financira, Hrvati razvijaju: Revolucionarni tekstil otporan na vatru i bakterije slaže se na Institutu Ruđer Bošković poslovni.hr/europska-unija…

New research by a Croatian multidisciplinary team shows that Parkinson’s disease is linked to measurable changes in specific immune cells in the blood. Key bioinformatics analysis was carried out at the Ruđer Bošković Institute. doi.org/10.1038/s41531…

Last day of a week-long synchrotron shift! Soon going home exhausted but with lots of great new data 🥳 @p021_desy @institutrb @hrzz_science

💡New paper! Sugar-bearing amino acids can “program” peptide folding. Different sugars/positions → predictable 3D shapes - useful for drug & functional-material design. @angew_chem International Edition doi.org/10.1002/anie.2…

What if one fabric could resist fire, block UV, and fight bacteria all at once? RBI researchers are making it happen through the @NATO SPS-funded SAFEGUARD project. Better protection for soldiers, firefighters, and medics. 🧪🛡️

• reactions start only after a threshold hit breaks the crystal • progress happens in jumps, not smoothly • a little water helps, too much slows it down Published in Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed. + featured on the cover. doi.org/10.1002/anie.2…

Chemistry by smashing, not mixing. Researchers used computer simulations to watch a single ball-mill impact in “ultra slow motion” and found out that:

Satellite DNA isn’t “junk”. RBI sequenced T. freemani: 135 satDNAs make ~40% of its genome. Biggest differences vs T. castaneum are in centromeres, not genes - hinting why hybrids are sterile. New paper at @genomeresearch #Genomics #SatelliteDNA #Science bit.ly/4pQduNA

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Apply for JIC–IRB Summer School “Microbial Specialised Metabolites” 12–20 Sep 2026, IUC Dubrovnik. Includes lectures + hands-on computational work on biosynthetic gene clusters. Deadline: 23 Jan 2026. Croatian early-career researchers: ask about IUC scholarship support.

45 years of Martinska! IRB’s field station near Šibenik is our window into the Adriatic: a rare freshwater–brackish–seawater interface, long-term monitoring, and data that inform real decisions from biodiversity and fisheries to planning and climate adaptation.

@hrzz_science @SrceHr

Speeding up the search for cancer therapies: how computational modeling helps researchers spot the strongest drug candidates first. doi.org/10.1038/s41598…