Department of Environmental Sciences
The Department of Environmental Sciences encompasses a broad range of research activities, diverse and varied as the environment itself.
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TEMA 16, 16th International Symposium of Trace elements in man and animals
Anja Stajnko and Janja Snoj Tratnik attended the 16th International Symposium of Trace Elements in Man and Animals (TEMA 16) which was held in St. Petersburg, Russia from 26th to 29th June 2017 and was joined for the first time with the International Society for Trace Element Research in Humans (ISTERH 2017) and Nordic Trace Element Society (NTES 2017).
Mercury conference, Mercury as a Global Pollutant – ICMGP2017
Prof. Dr. Milena Horvat, Dr. David Kocman, Vesna Fajon and Majda Pavlin attended the 13th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant that was organized in Providence (Rhode Island, USA) between 16th – 21st July, 2017.
Award for the presentation of the research work at the FEMS2017 congress
The research work on the development and usage of structural alignment of mobile DNA elements, shortly sTRAST, to predict the transfer of antibiotic resistant genes to the potential bacterial hosts lead by the PI dr. Aleš Lapanje has been awarded at the biggest European microbiology conference FEMS2017.
BILATERAL CO-OPERATION WITH MACEDONIA 2017
BI-MK/17-18-002: Methods for trace elements preseparation and determination in some minerals and other inorganic substances. The Department was visited by three researchers from Macedonia.
Special issue in Journal of Soils and Sediments
The release of the Special issue in JSS related to 22nd ISEB symposium held in Piran in 2015
NANOAPP 2017 conference, Nanomaterials and Application
Janja Vidmar and Eva Kranjc from the Department of environmental sciences participated the 3rd International conference NANOAPP 2017 which was organised in Bled, Slovenia from 14th – 18th June 2017.
70th anniversary of the Institute for Biological Research Siniša Stanković
Radmila Milačič, Tea Zuliani and Janja Vidmar attended the celebration that marked the 70th anniversary of the Institute for Biological Research Siniša Stanković (IBISS), University of Belgrade in Serbia.
Start of 2.1 MEUR EU-H2020 project MEET-CINCH
Jožef Stefan Institute and 11 other European partners will develop new modular educational and training tools in nuclear and radiochemistry. The project is coordinated by the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover and will last 3 years.
13th Summer School on Toxic Compounds in the Environment 2017
26th-30th June: RECETOX Research Infrastructure, Regional POPs Centre for Central and Eastern Europe and Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX), Masaryk University is extending an invitation to attend the international 13th Summer School on Toxic Compounds in the Environment 2017
Janko Jamnik Doctoral Scholarship
This tender is open to candidates (M/F) who will complete the VII/2 level of study in chemistry and related sciences by the end of September 2017 and have never previously enrolled in a doctoral study. Application deadline: 15 June 2017
Interview with Aleš Lapajne
"PODOBE ZNANJ" - radio interview
Second Slovenian congress on waters, Podčetrtek, 19-20 April, 2017
Prof. dr. Radmila Milačič, assist. prof. dr. Tea Zuliani, Janja Vidmar and Gregor Pavec attended the Second Slovenian congress on waters where the importance of the protection of water eco-systems was emphasized and the effectiveness and deficiency of the water management in Slovenia was critically evaluated.
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The Department of Environmental Sciences encompasses a broad range of research activities, diverse and varied as the environment itself.
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They are multidisciplinary, from different natural sciences to social sciences, in particular chemical, physical, geological and biological, which define our environment, society and human activities.
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With our research we would like to clarify the relationship between natural processes and human activities, and the influence of these activities on human health and the environment
