Genetic Association in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Genetic Association in Bosnia and Herzegovina (GENuBiH) is a nongovernmental society registered at the state level. It assembles eminent geneticists also establishing collaboration with Bosnian-Herzegovinian experts abroad. The Association was founded in February of 2011 with the idea of joined activities of professionals towards development, improvement and popularization of all aspects of genetics and related scientific fields through research, conservation and protection of native species and improving public awareness. By organizing scientific and professional meetings, the Association seeks to promote knowledge and application of novel experiences and with educational activities aiming to inform the scientific community but also broader public about achievements in genetics. With the recognition of growing toxicological problems, in 2020 the Section for toxicology and mutagenesis has been established within the Association. The public engagement activities are mainly accomplished by the electronic publication of the Bulletin of the Association of Geneticists in Bosnia and Herzegovina firstly published in 2017. It is a professional publication that informs about current events in the field of genetics and related scientific disciplines, promotes genetics as a science and connects geneticists in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 

GENuBiH has organised following professional and scientific events:

  • The First Symposium of Geneticists in BiH (2011),
  • “Establishment of forensic DNA databases in the countries of the region: experiences and perspectives”, Sarajevo (2011),
  • Scientific conference “GENETICS IN BiH: retrospective and perspective” Sarajevo (2013),
  • Scientific meeting “(Cyto)genetics and biomedicine” Sarajevo (2014),
  • The Second Symposium of Geneticists with international participation, Banja Luka (2015),
  • Participation in European Research Night, Sarajevo (2016, 2017),
  • DNA day – Theoretical lectures for high school students at Institute for genetic engineering and biotechnology, Sarajevo (2016, 2017),
  • Educational workshops „Isolation of DNA from human, animal and plant material “Sarajevo (June 2017; September 2017),
  • DNA Day – Educational workshops in high schools, Sarajevo (2018),
  • Educational workshops „Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) – practical and theoretical workshop“, Sarajevo (June 2018; September 2018),
  • The First Congress of Geneticists in Bosnia and Herzegovina with international participation Sarajevo (2019),
  • „COMET Workshop-Basic Comet assay techniques “, Sarajevo (2019),
  • Round table „Genetic testing for diagnosis and treatment of rare disorders “Sarajevo (2019),
  • The Second Congress of Geneticists in Bosnia and Herzegovina with international participation, online (2021),
  • Workshop on Advanced Biotechnology in Bosnia and Herzegovina – novel tools, safety measures, and ethical issues in genetic manipulation, online (2021),
  • Development of entrepreneurial network of young geneticists and molecular biologist in B&H (2023),
  • 1st B&H symposium of laboratory genetics and molecular biologist (2023),
  • The Third Congress of Geneticists in Bosnia and Herzegovina with international participation (2023),
  • “CSI school – from theory to laboratory practice” (2023),
  • POLYO BioInfoW: Ocean4Biotech Organisms Repository (2024),
  • 2nd B&H symposium of laboratory genetics and molecular biologist (2024),
  • 2nd European Symposium on Phytochemicals in Medicine and Food (2024).

The Association is recognized by Federal Ministry of Science and Education, The Ministry of Education, Science and Youth of Sarajevo Canton, Ministry of Health Canton Sarajevo and Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina that have expressed their willing to support organisation of CTDC13.