Jožef Stefan Golden Emblem Prize is awarded every year for outstanding PhD dissertations in the fields of natural sciences, medicine and biotechnology. This year, three prizes were given to dr. Janja Vidmar, dr. Matjaž Gomilšek and dr. Gregor Posnjak. All the winners come from the Jožef Stefan Institute.
Mount Sinai Institute for Exposomic Research awarded Žiga Tkalec the Best poster award.
During last days co-workers on MercOx project exposed passive samplers and epiphytic lichens for detection of mercury in air at several locations around project experimental site Cement Plant Anhovo and mercury mine area in Idrija.
We are pleased that the voluntary participation in our study, which analyzes concentrations of harmful chemicals in the bodies of children and adolescents, is above expectations.
Dr. Tomaž Rijavec will present the Colloid Biology research groups work related to studies of the morphological, physiological and genetic characteristics of a bacterial cell. Join the lecture on Friday, the 31st of January, in the large O2 Lecture Room!
Prof. Dr. Nives Ogrinc received the Zois Award for Excellence in the Use of Stable Isotopes in Interdisciplinary Research.
Prof. dr. Nives Ogrinc was awarded honorary title of the Congress Ambassador of Slovenia!
The present study aimed to test whether the levels of selected elements and FAs and δ13CFA in human milk could represent a more reliable marker of seafood dietary habits and sources of food consumed as assessed from the questionnaire data.
The prestigious journal Environment International published the first results of human biomonitoring (HBM) of measurements of commonly used pesticides belonging to the group Organophosphorus (OP) compounds and pyrethroids (PYR) in the Slovenian population.
“Mercury concentrations in biota in the Mediterranean Sea, a compilation of 40 years of surveys”. The data base includes a total of 24,465 records from 539 sources and included in Mercury in Mediterranean Biota (M2B).
Dr. Tomaž Rijavec and doc. dr. Aleš Lapanje of the Department of Environmental Sciences (O2) have developed a special concept of surface treatment for the inhibition of biologically mediated corrosion.