The young researcher Polona Kogovsek (NIB) defended her doctoral thesis on 2010 under the mentorship of Dr Maja Ravnikar (NIB), both members of the project research group. The doctorate was focused on the PVY virus and its interaction with potato plant, involving techniques such as microarrays and qPCR. The results of the project have contributed to the high quality of the doctorate and excellent publications.
D.09 Tutoring for postgraduate students
COBISS.SI-ID: 251011072Plant Protection Society, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana and National Institute of Biology (Prof.Dr. Maja Ravnikar as president of the organising committe)have successfully organised the 10th Slovenian Conference on Plant Protection with International Participation, which was held on 1st and 2nd of March in Podčetrtek, Slovenia. There were more than 300 participants present from 8 countries (Slovenia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Netherlands, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia). An important part of the conference was the round table with title: »Occurrence of new diseases and pests: causes and consequences"(moderator of round table: prof. dr. Maja Ravnikar)
B.01 Organiser of a scientific meeting
COBISS.SI-ID: 254714624In Slovenia between the 29.11 and 02.12 of 2011 was held a laboratory workshop in the field of high-tech research and molecular diagnostics of plant pathogens, entitled: real time qPCR in plant pathology- diagnostics and research.The training, co-organized by the National Institute of Biology (NIB) and BioSistemika d.o.o., was held under the auspices of the European projects COST Action 873 and Q-Detect at the National Institute of Biology in Ljubljana. Training participants have gathered from various research and diagnostic laboratories in different European countries: the Netherlands, Finland, Spain, Italy, Estonia, Norway, France, Poland, Serbia and Slovenia.The renowned Slovenian experts from the Department of Biotechnology and Systems Biology under the guidance of prof. Dr. Maja Ravnikar (NIB), colleagues from BioSistemika and the invited expert Dr. Neil Boonham (Head of Research at the Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA), York, Great Britain) shared their knowledge and experience with the participants.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 29465561The co financer of the project BIA Separations organized in 2010 the premier biannual monolith event, Monolith summer school and symposium, in Portorož, Slovenia. The 4th MSS 2010 event brought world leaders in monolith chromatography under one event and offered a great opportunity to expand the knowledge on CIM monoliths and their applications, including virus applications. MSS 2010 covered a broad range of topics from basics of monolithic chromatography to the latest findings in virus, pDNA and protein purification. The lectures were backed-up with an array of workshops each covering a special area to build up on the theory learned in lectures. Several project members participated in the event and the results obtained in the project were presented in the event in the shape of a poster: GUTIERREZ-AGUIRRE, Ion, STEYER, Andrej, KRAMBERGER, Petra, BANJAC, Marko, PETERKA, Matjaž, RAVNIKAR, Maja. Concentration and detection of plant and human viruses using CIM monoliths and real time QPCR. V: ŠTRANCAR, Aleš (ur.), ČUČEK, Karmen (ur.). MSS2010 - 4rd [!] Monolith Summer School & Symposium, May 29-June 2, 2010, Portorož, Slovenia. Applications in biochromatography, bioconversion and solid phase synthesis : book of abstracts. Ljubljana: BIA Separations, 2010, str. 42-43, P17. [COBISS.SI-ID 27453913] kategorija: SU (S)
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COBISS.SI-ID: 14169366During this project we have studied the ability of certain plant viruses to survive in water and therefore be transmitted through aqueous media such as irrigation water or hydroponic systems. In this article, intended for agriculture related population, we made an overview of this problem, including potential solutions
F.01 Acquisition of new practical knowledge, information and skills
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