Lauma Ieviņa is a 2nd year student in the Biomedicine master’s programme at the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Faculty of Medicine, and a scientific assistant at the Institute of Microbiology and Virology.
After a crash and 11 surgeries, the cyclist was ready for a hip replacement that would give him hope of walking again. However, an infection appeared in his pelvis and right leg. Doctors failed to cure it even after several months of medications because the bacteria were resistant to them. Bacteria can have mutations in their genes that make them resistant to antibiotics, and that is exactly what happened in this case of this young cyclist.
Vineta Kleinberga, a researcher at the Faculty of European Studies at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), is the first student from the social sciences to receive the University’s Doctoral Student of the Year Award. She received the award at the RSU Academic Ball this year (pictured).
On 28 September, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) held a memorial event at the RSU Anatomical Theatre for people who have donated their bodies to science and medicine. A total of 14 urns with remains were laid to rest in a special ceremony that was attended by RSU management and staff as well as the media. Members of the general public also responded to the invitation to participate in the public events. Those who came out to honour these people later said that they been moved.
Although Modra Murovska, a senior researcher and virologist at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), has been working at the Institute of Microbiology and Virology for 50 years and has just received the RSU Lifetime Achievem
141 residents graduated from Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) on 30 September. At the graduation ceremony, the medical residents received their diplomas for completing the study programme Residency in Medicine and they also obtained their specialisation and qualification.
World Contraception Day is the 26 September every year, and reproductive health was mentioned many times at the Latvian Congress of Physicians and the Latvian Congress of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians. Unfortunately, comprehensive information on the situation in Latvia is more than ten years old (see here).
Within the framework of the EU Research and Innovation Programme Horizon 2020 project Reducing networking gaps between Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) and internationally leading counterparts in viral infection-induced autoimmunity research (VirA) the RSU Institute of Microbiology and Virology will be holding a workshop Morphological studies in autoimmune disease research on 13–14 October 20
Foetal Attraction, a series of ceramic works by British ceramicist and artist Paddy Hartley, is currently on display at the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Anatomy Museum.
Difference and variation within the human body is normal. Identical replication within the human body is almost unheard of.
