Most members of the program group participate in the educational process and teach at various members of the University of Ljubljana: at the Biotechnical Faculty, the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, the Faculty of Education and the Academy of Fine Arts and Design. During this report Katja Molan (COBISS.SI- ID 942199) successfully completed her doctoral studies under the co-mentorship of members of the program group and successfully defended her doctorate as a young researcher, while Peter Mrak (COBISS.SI- ID 299658496) successfully defended his pHD. Under the mentorship or co-mentorship of members of the program group, 13 masters received their master's degree in the Bologna process (COBISS.SI- ID numbers: 5167224, 5099640, 5111672, 4946040, 5100920, 5101176, 5104760, 5094520, 5088888, 49288, 5330767, 4004718, 3924334), one received her bachelor's degree (COBISS.SI- ID 12575305). The research project, which was carried out under the auspices of the undergraduate 1st level Microbiology study in co-mentorship of a member of the program group, was awarded the Prešeren Prize of the Biotechnical Faculty for 2018 (COBISS.SI- ID 34104537). The members of the program group are also engaged in writing specialized literature for secondary and primary schools - they were involved in the creation of the following textbooks for secondary schools: Biology 1: on biology, cells and genetics (published three reprints in 2018-2020: COBISS.SI- ID 295374592, 300537088, 304044032), Biology 2: on the structure and function of organisms (COBISS.SI- ID 295280128), and the primary school textbook: Touch of Life 9 and the accompanying notebook for active learning (COBISS.SI- ID 300926720, 292710144).
D.10 Educational activities
The lecture covered the topic and all the results related to the possible new bacteriocin ColE7 conjugation-based ˝kill˝ - ˝anti-kill˝ antimicrobial system, which is important issue of the research work of our research group. In addition to this lecture, prof. dr. Marjanca Starčič Erjavec gave a number of other lectures (COBISS ID: 5115215, 5161295, 5114959, 5211983, 5212495, 5211471, 5211727, 5212239, 4836943, 4837199, 4836687, 4785487) at the following foreign universities/institutes: University of Alabama in Huntsville, National Institute for French Agriculture (INRA)-Clermont-Ferrand, University of Minnesota, Perm State Medical University, Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences-Split.
B.05 Guest lecturer at an institute/university
COBISS.SI-ID: 4729679A method for evaluating the effectiveness of conjugative transfer in polymicrobial communities is proposed. Method involves evaluating the conjugation of the plasmid simultaneously in parallel in the plankton and in the emerging microbial biofilm. Conjugation frequency is calculated and compared with results of the control assay. The described method is patented at the Russian Federation Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Patent N: RU-2665840).
F.32 International patent
COBISS.SI-ID: 4837711In the invited lecture we presented the results of our research on the genus Wallemia – one of the most unusual and phylogenetically isolated, but also phenotypically peculiar fungal genera. In this small genus (8 closely related species) there are species that are among the most tolerant to high concentrations of salt and draught, and also those that are part of the microbioty of human gut and which according to published research importantly influence human health either as part of gut or air microbiota, particularly the development of allergies. Our research, presented in the invited lecture, encompass various aspects of Wallemia research, from phylogenetics and speciation to genomics, population genomics and molecular adaptations to various living conditions. Other invited lectures: prof. Starčič Erjavec (conjugation transfer of the a plasmid derivative to uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains): COBISS.SI-ID 4841807, ter doc. Ambrožič (Biological activity of selected invasive alien plants: COBISS.SI-ID 4821327.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 5113423