After a three-year break due to the bad epidemiological situation, from April 25 to 29 this year, the 61st Congress of Biomedical Sciences Students of Serbia was held with international participation. It is the largest student congress of its kind in our country. Every year, the congress gathers students who present their scientific research works in the field of biomedicine. With the help and cooperation with the mentor, they decide on the field and subject they want to write a paper on and embark on research.
Organized by the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Belgrade, this year's participants were 13 faculties with over 1,000 students.
In the four days that the congress lasted, the central part of the day was the sessions where the students presented their works. Between them, every day students had the opportunity to participate in over 15 workshops on different topics where they could hear useful advice and stories from professors and doctors.
This year's participants were also our scholars Mladen Hadzi Makuncevic from the Medical Faculty of the Military Medical Academy of the University of Defense in Belgrade and Aleksandar Milenković from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Prishtina with temporary headquarters in Kosovska Mitrovica.
Scholars share their experiences with us.
Mladen Hadži Makunčević: "My work dealt with the most common symptomatology and the way to manage the consequences of acute abuse of non-standard psychoactive substances. Due to the increasing presence and abuse, this way the attention of clinicians was drawn to potentially think about these substances if they have a young person in front of them with signs of using a psychoactive substance and standard drug tests, such as heroin, cocaine, marijuana, amphetamines, are negative. I presented the data of my institution which is also the national poison control center."„
Mladen Hadži Makunčević: "My work dealt with the most common symptomatology and the way to manage the consequences of acute abuse of non-standard psychoactive substances. Due to the increasing presence and abuse, this way the attention of clinicians was drawn to potentially think about these substances if they have a young person in front of them with signs of using a psychoactive substance and standard drug tests, such as heroin, cocaine, marijuana, amphetamines, are negative. I presented the data of my institution which is also the national poison control center."„
Aleksandar Milenković: "Due to the devastating statistics that have followed the Republic of Serbia in the last few years in terms of the number of cervical cancer patients, my mentor Prof. Vitković and I tried to prove at the cellular level the connection between HPV infection and premalignant and malignant lesions. The main goal was to apply scientific facts for the purpose of prevention, earlier diagnosis and saving women's lives.".
I believe that the subject of my work, molecular biomarkers, are the future of preventive medicine.
The congress brought me new knowledge, experiences and acquaintances, which is the most valuable part of it."“
