FRINGE Consortium Meeting 2023 in Athens, Greece

The FRINGE Consortium gathered for a three-day meeting from September 17th to 19th, 2023, hosted by the National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos” (NCSRD) in Athens, Greece bringing together experts and researchers from across Europe. The meeting began with an opening session and tour de table, where attendees introduced themselves and highlighted their contributions to … Read more

FRINGE experiments at Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) at Vilingen, Switzerland, 25-29 August 2023

FRINGE consortium members travelled to PSI in Switzerland for further experiments. Irradiating FRINGE samples in solution with cold-thermal neutrons at ICON, to detect the production of singlet oxygen. Ongoing irradiations of the FRINGE samples in the bunker of ICON at SINQ, PSI. Preparing the samples for the experiments, from left to right: Theo Theodossiou (OUS), … Read more

Summer visit to Prague for FRINGE experiments at CV Rez

Yet another round of experiments at Rez with the hottest temperature in Czech Republic. We are optimizing the cell experiments and preparing the ground for animal experiments in the fall/winter of 2023. Somayeh Ezzatpanah (OUS) preparing the cells for neutron irradiation. The July team within CV Rez campus. From right to left: Katerina Vesela (Charles University), … Read more

Newest FRINGE experiments organised in Řež

Yet another visit to the reactor at Centrum výzkumu Řež for FRINGE cell experiments (19-May – 09 June). In this visit we also started paving the way for animal experiments, hopefully to start in Late autumn 2023. FRINGE biolab bench – our new cell counter Once again Mrs Kateřina Veselá of Charles University (BIOCEV) in … Read more

Experiments at Řež, January 23 – February 3, 2023

The FRINGE ultracentrifuge expedites the day to day cell work for the project in the dedicated biolab at Centrum výzkumu Řež. The extended FRINGE team in an after-action picture: In the back row, Katerina Vesela helping with the FRINGE in vitro experiments, Kostas Stefanopoulos, Theodossis Theodossiou and Milan Jakubek. The selfie was taken by Antigoni Kalamara … Read more

Experiments at Rez in December 2022

FRINGE teams up with BIOCEV. New FRINGE equipment for cell work (laminar flow hood, incubator and centrifuge) have been installed at Rez. Meeting with the director of BIOCEV Professor Pavel Martásek. From Left to right: Dr. K. Stefanopoulos (NCSRD), Prof. P. Martásek (BIOCEV), Dr. T. Theodossiou (OUS) and Dr. M. Jakubek (VSCHT/BIOCEV) Mrs. Kateřina Veselá is … Read more

FRINGE Workshop at the European Researcher’s Night – Exploring Porphyrins and Metal Transport for a Cure

As part of the European Researcher’s Night, the University of Girona (UdG) organised workshop on 30 September 2022 for children and the general public on exploring porphyrins and metal transport in the context of cancer treatment in an easy to understand way. The primary objectives of the workshop were to introduce children to the following … Read more

FRINGE video interview with our coordinator

FRINGE  is an ambitious project as it sets out to achieve a scientific breakthrough in previously uncharted territory in order to pave the way for a ground-breaking new cancer therapy. In this video interview our FRINGE coordinator,  Dr Theodossis Theodossiou from the University of Oslo, explains to us what FRINGE is about, what the consortium … Read more