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You are kindly invited to attend the inaugural lecture by dr. Žiga Tkalec titled: Decoding the Metabolome and the Exposome: Integrative Mass Spectrometry Approaches for Biomarker Discovery

Join us for the O2 Seminar on 15 October 2025 at 1 PM in the O2 Lecture Room and online. Our young researchers will present their work, followed by Dr. Polona Vreča, who will share highlights from the COST Action WATSON project.

From October 6 to 7, the O2 team gathered at Grmovškov dom, Kope, for our annual Strategic Days — two days dedicated to shaping our future together, strengthening connections, and enjoying some well-deserved fun in the mountains.

We are proud to announce that Dr. Polona Vreča from the Department of Environmental Sciences,  is one of the co-authors of a newly published review article in the prestigious journal Reviews of Geophysics (Impact Factor 25.2).

We cordially invite you to the inaugural lecture by dr. Anja Stajnko titled: Human Exposure to Chemicals: exposure determinants, gene–environment interactions, and health impacts.

The Department of Environmental Sciences is currently hosting the PARC Training Course on Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) in Human Biomonitoring.

Gornja Radgona, Slovenia — The ecological mobile laboratory ELME was a proud participant at the 10th International Fair for Defense, Security, Protection and Rescue – SOBRA, held from 25 to 27 September 2025 at the Pomurski Sejem grounds in Gornja Radgona.

On September 25, 2025, our researcher Dr. Radojko Jaćimović appeared on the popular science TV show Ugriznimo znanost (Let’s Bite into Science), where he introduced the method of neutron activation analysis (NAA) in the episode Radioactive Tracers.

The 8th IMEKOFOODS Conference – “Food Safety and Traceability for a Sustainable Future” – took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 22–24 September 2025, hosted by the Jožef Stefan Institute.

We are proud to announce that Cathrine Terro from the Department of Environmental Sciences received a Poster Award at the 8th IMEKOFOODS Conference, held in Ljubljana in September 2025.

We are pleased to announce the publication of a new research article in the prestigious journal Analytical Chemistry (September 16, 2025), co-authored by our researchers dr. Polona Vreča and dr. Klara Žagar, in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Leoben and other international partners.

We warmly invite you to attend the election lecture by Dr. Lidija Strojnik, titled “Towards Reliable Food Authenticity: Method Developments, Databases, and Data Processing Approaches.”