Projects / Programmes
RAST IN REPLIKACIJA FOSFOLIPIDNIH MEHURčKOV (Slovene)
| Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
| 3.03.00 |
Medical sciences |
Neurobiology |
|
| Code |
Science |
Field |
| 3.01 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Basic medicine |
Researchers (4)
| no. |
Code |
Name and surname |
Research area |
Role |
Period |
No. of publicationsNo. of publications |
| 1. |
34753 |
PhD Luka Kristanc |
Medical sciences |
Researcher |
2011 - 2012 |
32 |
| 2. |
23455 |
PhD Mojca Mally |
Medical sciences |
Researcher |
2011 - 2012 |
22 |
| 3. |
12531 |
PhD Primož Peterlin |
Medical sciences |
Researcher |
2009 - 2011 |
130 |
| 4. |
02013 |
PhD Saša Svetina |
Medical sciences |
Head |
2009 - 2012 |
556 |
Organisations (1)
Significance for science
One of the most important yet unanswered scientific questions is the origin of life. The
results of this project are planned to creatively contribute to the global corpus of knowledge
on this topic. Organisms are complex organized structures, and it is difficult to explain their
formation from the standpoint of physics and chemistry. Several possible theories on the
origin of life have been proposed, among them also a theory based on the lipid structure of
membranes. Our contribution to the research in this area has been a proposed theory on
vesicle selfreproduction. The results of this theory have demonstrated that the process of
selfreproduction contains the elements of selectivity, which can form the basis of the
increase of complexity through evolution. Further studies which could either confirm or
disprove this hypothesis are necessary for further advancement of this research area, which is interesting also because on the basis of the acquired insight into the development of cell from its earliest stages, a better understanding of its functioning at the present state of development can be expected, along with a better understanding of the nature of their pathological states. The latter has implications for the advancement of medicine.
Significance for the country
The origin of life and its processes is a general and basic question, and the insight into such
problems is important for the level of quality of the intellectual milieu of any nation. Active
work in the area of basic research is a prerequisite for a transfer of the current state of the
global knowledge to a local environment at an indepth level. In broader sense, the work
on this project also contributes to the international reputation of the country in the area of
science. This manifests itself through the scientific papers published, invited lectures at the
scientific meetings and at the universities abroad, by either formal or informal cooperation
with the researchers from other countries and by reviewing scientific papers for
international journals.
Most important scientific results
Annual report
2009,
2010,
2011,
final report,
complete report on dLib.si
Most important socioeconomically and culturally relevant results
Annual report
2009,
final report,
complete report on dLib.si
