Visit of foreign students through ERASMUS
February 2024
We had a visit from a exchange students attending the courses at the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade. The visit was organized in collaboration with Astronomical Observatory Belgrade and Prof. Dr. Nataša Pavlov, Faculty of Mathematics.
Production of PAW
February 2024
MW plasma sources producing PAW for treatment of bacteria.
APPerTAin-BIOM on Brainz TV
January 2023
Brainz TV and the Knowledge Committee of Serbia created TV show about Center of Excellence for Non-equilibrium Processes where we presented the APPerTAin-BIOM project. The TV show was broadcast on Brainz TV channel.
APPerTAin-BIOM quarterly meeting
December 2023
APPerTAin-BIOM Q8 meeting at the Institute for Biological research “Siniša Stanković”. Discussion about the new experiments and activities for Y3.
APPerTAin-BIOM hosts a visit from a French Embassy
November 2023
The APPerTAin-BIOM project and Center of Excellence for Non-equilibrium processes have hosted a visit from a French Embassy. PI have presented the Center of Excellence and topics and results of APPerTAin-BIOM project.
Presentation of APPerTAin-BIOM project at IAEA, UN, Vienna, Austria
September 2023
PI Dr. Nevena Puač was invited to present, among all, the topics of APPerTAin-BIOM project at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), United Nations, Vienna, Austria.
APPerTAin-BIOM members spread knowledge
September 2023
Neda Babucić, Olivera Jovanović and Nikola Škoro have attended VEIT 2023 in Sozopol, Bulgaria where N. Škoro and O. Jovanović have given invited lectures.
APPerTAin-BIOM members spread knowledge
September 2023
Dr. Maja Miletić, Dr. Boško Toljić and Dr. Dragana Vuković have attended PLASMA 2023 International Conference on Research and Applications of Plasmas in Warsaw, Poland.
APPerTAin-BIOM members spread knowledge
September 2023
PI N. Puač and M. Puač have attended Plathinium 2023 conference in Antibes, France.
APPerTAin-BIOM members spread knowledge
July 2023
Nikola Škoro and Olivera Jovanović have attended 35th ICPIG in Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands.
Running experiments at IPB
July 2023
With the help of molecular biologist Dr A. Morina we have successfully finished experiments with Lemna minor and tested toxicity of PAW. Physicists now know how to measure chlorophyll in plants. And we managed to play with a new toy Implen NanoPhotometer (hopefully one day ours) thanks to Labena Serbia.
APPerTAin-BIOM members spread knowledge
July 2023
Suzana Zivkovic has attended Plant Biology Europe meeting (PBE 2023) held in Marseille (France), July 3rd-6th, 2023. Meeting was hosted by the Federation of the European Societies of Plant Biology FESPB.
Visit by colleague from Belfast University
July 2023
We had a visit by Prof. Dr Thomas Field from Belfast University, North Ireland, UK. This visit resulted in the creation of the new underwater discharge.
APPerTAin-BIOM member in visit to Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
May 2023
Olivera Jovanović visited prof. Franišek Krčma at Masaryk University as a ongoing collaboration. We have used their high speed camera and their expertise to characterize atmospheric pressure kHz pin-jet.
APPerTAin-BIOM members spread knowledge
May 2023
Neda Babucić, Olivera Jovanović, Nikola Škoro and Nevena Puač have attended 8th ICAPT in Gozd Martuljek, Slovenia.
APPerTAin-BIOM quarterly meeting
April 2023
APPerTAin-BIOM Q5 meeting at the Institute of Physics Belgrade. Discussion about the new experiments, internal database for experimental setups and the first draft of paper for journal.
APPerTAin-BIOM members spread knowledge
April 2023
Dr Nevena Puač has presented specific aspects of the APPerTAin-BIOM project the PlasmaTech 2023 conference.
APPerTAin-BIOM members in visit to colleagues from Wigner Institute, Hungary
March 2023
Dr Nevena Puač, Dr Nikola Škoro and Neda Babucić visited colleagues from Wigner Institute, Budapest Hungary in order to discuss the characterization of MW plasma source.
Working breakfast at the Science Fund
March 2023
Science Fund has organized a working breakfast for the PIs of the Idea Projects. It was a great opportunity to meet other colleagues and hear about their projects. .
Visit by Ambassador of Republic of Korea
February 2023
This meeting was very important for the members of APPerTAin-BIOM project because of the strong plasma community that works in R. Korea in the fields of Plasma Medicine and Plasma Agriculture. We have informed the Ambassador that COE obtained APPerTAin-BIOM project funded by Science Fund of Republic of Serbia.
APPerTAin-BIOM members spread knowledge
February 2023
Neda Babucić and Olivera Jovanović have presented APPerTAin-BIOM accomplishments at the 2nd Training School “Cold plasmas to fight microorganisms, viruses & toxins for medical and agricultural applications” in Bari, Italy.
APPerTAin-BIOM quarterly meeting
December 2022
APPerTAin-BIOM Q4 meeting at the Institute of Physics Belgrade. Discussion about the delayed deliveries, surge in prices, internal database for experimental setups and parameters and new experiments.
Visit from high school students of special departments of Valjevo Gymnasium
APPerTAin-BIOM members spread knowledge
December 2022
Dr Nikola Škoro held a popular scientific lecture at the school for programming and robotics for children ‘Digi Klinci’. The team won first place at “The first LEGO league” competition.
Handling of the calli needed for plasma treatment
October 2022
Calli of three different varietes of carrot (Daucus carota), white (A), orange (B), and black (C) grown on the MS medium with plant growth regulators (1 mg L-1 2,4-D and 1mgL-1KIN)
Reference strains in preparation
October 2022
The protocols for maintenance and storage of the reference multidrug resistant strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae /ATCC BAA-2814 and Enterococcus faecalis /ATCC 51299 have been implemented and tested. The first seed stocks had been prepared and subcultured, and the resulting working cultures were used for preparation of bacterial suspensions ranging from 108 CFU/ml – 104 CFU/ml. Their confluent growth as well as inhibition zones of selected antimicrobials were assessed, as part of developing experimental protocols for assessment of antibacterial efficacy of the generated plasmas of the APP sources on agar plates, and possible development of resistance against plasma treatments.
Lecture and activities at the 75th Gaseous Electronics Conference
October 2022
Dr Nikola Škoro gave lecture at the 75th GEC in Sendai Japan. He was member of GEC Student Award Committee. Dr N Puač was invited speaker and chair person of section Plasma Medical & Agricultural Application II. She was also member of Student Poster Award Committee. There was also time for meeting colleagues.
ns-HV power supply – installation and testing
October 2022
Visit from Dr A. Lyublinsky and installation and testing of ns-HV power supply obtained with APPerTAin-BIOM funding.
Visit from colleagues from Hungary
September 2022
APPerTAin-BIOM received three colleagues from the Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary as a part of the ongoing collaboration
MW atmospheric pressure plasma source ready for experiments
August 2022
MW atmospheric pressure plasma source fully operational (no thanks to #Sairem).
New arrival – Fluoroskan™ Microplate Fluorometer
July 2022
The new member of the team – Fluoroskan™ Microplate Fluorometer was delivered and installed at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade.
Carrot calli culture ready for pilot experiments
July 2022
Morphologically, they look almost the same; nevertheless here are presented three different varieties of carrot (Daucus carota). Calli of orange, white, and black carrot grown on the basal medium are ready for plasma treatment.
APPerTAin-BIOM quarterly meeting
July 6th 2022
APPerTAin-BIOM 2nd meeting at the Institute of Physics Belgrade. Discussion about the delayed deliveries, surge in prices, final version of Data Management Plan and new experiments.
Invited lectures at the ICPM 9 conference
June 2022
Dr N. Puač gave two invited lectures at the ICPM9 (Utrecht, the Netherlands) introducing APPerTAin-BIOM to the scientific community.
Visit from high school students of special departments of Zemun Gymnasium
New arrival – UV-VIS Spectrophotometer
May 2022
The new UV-Vis two line spectrophotometer was delivered and installed at the Institute of Physics.
Kick off meeting
March 2nd, 2022
APPerTAin-BIOM Kick off meeting at the Institute of Physics Belgrade. The team has discussed the common research framework and data management. We discussed possible risks that stemmed from the delay of funding, COVID situation and war that hugely influenced the delivery dates for purchases.