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Ljubljana is hosting experts in one of the most promising and fastest developing fields for the 13th European Biotechnology Congress. Held in Slovenia for the first time, the three-day event will examine advances and challenges of various fields of biotechnology.

Physicist Matej Praprotnik from Slovenia and architectural historian Jasenka Gudelj from Croatia share their experiences during their ERC Visiting Fellowships.

Sovenia's largest business association has entered a partnership with university chancellors and independent research institutes to urge the government to use EU recovery funds to boost investment in research and development.

Covid-1 9 also poses a challenge to scientists

Submitted by Baerbel Epp on October 15, 2018

Roman Jerala, a scientist from the National Institute of Chemistry in Ljubljana, has won a EUR 2.5 million European Research Council (ERC) grant to research man-made proteins over a period of five years.

An extraordinary research by the National Institute of Chemistry in Ljubljana

A few years ago, the Institute of Chemistry, an internationally renowned research organisation in the field of chemistry and related disciplines, adopted a strategy to win recognition as a knowledge and education provider in the international market as a part of its market activities. These studies are financed by foreign businesses. In the first five years, the share of exported

Project participants included students of biotechnology, biochemistry, microbiology, biology, medicine and, as a first this year, also computer science. The team was mentored by researchers from the National Institute of Chemistry, the EN-FIST Centre of Excellence and the University of Ljubljana.