Our project team members, PhD students Ivana Pašić and Maja Petrović, participated in a two-week scientific training program at the Center for Cancer Research at the Medical University of Vienna (MUW), from June 23 to July 4, 2025, as part of the RadExIORSBoost project. This experience was rewarding, providing hands-on work, inspiring discussions, and new insights into genotoxicity. The short-term visit provided IORS team members an opportunity to collaborate with a dedicated and welcoming team from the Center for Cancer Research. They deepen their knowledge through practical training, meaningful idea exchanges, and experimental setup ideas for genotoxicity testing. During this visit, Ivana and Maja performed the comet assay, a versatile method for detecting DNA damage in individual cells. They completed all steps of the alkaline comet assay, also known as single cell gel electrophoresis assay, from preparing the slides and embedding the cells into low-melting-point agarose to conducting electrophoresis, evaluating the comets, and performing statistical analysis of the results.
RadExIORSBoost project team members, Ivana and Maja, are grateful to Prof. Dr. Siegfried Knasmüller, Dr Miroslav Mišík, and Dr Franziska Ferk, and the staff from the Center for Cancer Research, for their support, generosity, and knowledge-sharing. They were honored to be a part of the MUW team during this short-term visit.
