Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in Bio-Nano-Science
About us
Established in 2001, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in Bio-Nanosciences of Babes-Bolyai University, Romania, is a leading research and technology transfer unit focused on Biosciences, Nanosciences, and interdisciplinary studies. Our core mission involves conducting cutting-edge research, to tackle critical scientific inquiries and push the boundaries of knowledge in various fields.
Research Centers
Infrastructure elements - R-UBB platform
1. NMR Imaging Scanner – Bruker BioSpec 7.0 Tesla
2. NMR Imaging Scanner – Bruker BioSpec 11.7 Tesla
3. Bruker ELEXSYS E II 500(540) 3D EPR X/L band Preclinical EPR Imaging Scanner
4. SPECS(XPS) multifunctional surface analysis system
5. High-resolution transmission electron microscope type FEI Tecnai F20 (TEM)
6. Dual beam scanning electron microscope: FEB and FIB, FEI Quanta 3D FEG (SEM)
News
UK Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating Meeting 2025
The PROGRESS team attended the UK Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating Meeting (UK LED 2025), held from 20–22 August 2025 at the University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom. The conference brought together researchers and students in the fields of luminescence dating and ESR spectroscopy, featuring workshops, oral presentations, and poster sessions on recent advances and applications.
We are proud to announce that PhD student Șerban Constantin Grecu, member of the PROGRESS group and supervised by Prof. Alida Iulia Gabor, received the Best Oral Presentation award for his talk “Investigating Red Cathodoluminescence Enhancement in Quartz under SEM Electron Beam Irradiation”.
George Emil PALADE
50 years since the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
On December 12, 2024, at 12:00 PM, the amphitheater of the “Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in Bio-Nano-Sciences” hosted a symposium celebrating the 50th anniversary of George Emil Palade receiving the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
The program included the presentations:
1. Academician Octavian Popescu
George Emil Palade – encyclopedic spirit and great “sower” of ideas.
2. Lecturer dr. Vlad-Alexandru Toma
Before and after Palade. 50 years after the Nobel Prize. The next 50, where to?
3. Professor dr. Simon Simon
George Emil Palade, DHC of Babeş-Bolyai University – June 23, 2003,
Unique event in Aula Magna.
4. Cristian Mureșanu
Interview with Nobel laureate Randy Scheckman – about George Emil Palade.
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN MICROSCOPY
Carl Zeiss Instruments together with Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca invites you to the lecture series INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN MICROSCOPY.
The event will take place on 11.10.2024, starting at 9:30 AM at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in Bio-Nano-Sciences, Scientific Seminar Hall (Treboniu Laurian Street 42, Cluj-Napoca 400271).
More details can be found by accessing this link.
MAGNETIC RESONANCE DAY
On September 6, 2024, the Preclinical MRI Center of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in Bio- Nano- Sciences organized the MAGNETIC RESONANCE DAY.
The action took place in the INSPIRE Platform building, entrance from Nuferilor Street.
In the first part, at 10:00 AM, the session titled “Advances in Magnetic Resonance Scientific Research at Babeș-Bolyai University through the INSPIRE Project: Imaging, Spectroscopy, and Relaxometry” featured presentations by Professor Radu Fechete, director of the Preclinical MRI Center, and Dr. Dan Boitor-Borza from the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic I. The following papers were presented:
1. Advanced methods in magnetic resonance spectroscopy and magnetic resonance MRI, in vivo and ex vivo, at 11.7 T
2. MRI examination of the brain in the first semester of pregnancy in humans.
From 11 am there was an anniversary moment, Professor Simion Simon at 75 years.
He presented the presentation RESONANT REFERENCE POINTS . 55 years of magnetic resonance research, 1968 – 2024.
The presentation can be accessed, here.
Afterwards, the participants: physicists, biologists, chemists, engineers, visited the clinical and preclinical magnetic resonance imaging laboratories of the INSPIRE Platform.
