IRENA VOVK chaired Scientific and Organizing committee of the 21st International Symposium on Separation Sciences, which was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 30.6.-3.7.2015 (www.isss2015.si). ALEN ALBREHT was General secretary. Other members of the program group (ALEN ALBREHT, VESNA GLAVNIK, MITJA KRIŽMAN, EVA KRANJC, KATERINA NAUMOSKA, ANDREJA STARC, JAN DAMJAN PAVLICA, MATEJA PUKLAVEC, ZORAN KITANOVSKI) were also members of the Organizing committee. ALEN ALBREHT, IRENA VOVK, and VESNA GLAVNIK were also editors of symposium’s Book of abstracts. More than 270 renowned scientists coming from 38 countries (Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, North, Central, and South America) participated in the event. Californian Separation Society (CASSS) provided 8 travel grants for PhD candidates and academic postdocs presenting posters or oral presentations. Scientific program included 3 workshops, 4 plenary lectures, 46 conference lectures, 8 oral presentations by young scientists and 170 poster presentations. Rich scientific program, with the contributions from lead researchers from academia, research and industrial field, and substantial sponsor interest – instrumental and technology manufacturers, placed ISSS among the biggest global chromatography events in 2015. Selected symposium contributions were after a peer review process published as original scientific articles in a special ISSS 2015 virtual issue of the scientific journal "JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A, IF)3.926.
B.01 Organiser of a scientific meeting
COBISS.SI-ID: 280195328INVITED LECTURES AT INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIA IRENA VOVK: 1. HPTLC and HPLC analysis of phytonutrients in food samples (2016) [COBISS.SI-ID 5919514] 2. Chromatographic methods for analysis of proanthocyanidins in plant and food samples (2016) [COBISS.SI-ID 5959962] 3. High-performance thin-layer chromatography and mass spectrometry in the analysis of bioactives in plant extracts and food supplements (2016) [COBISS.SI-ID 5978394] 4. Challenges in the HPTLC analysis of selected bioactives in multi-ingredient food supplements (2015) [COBISS.SI-ID 5762842] 5. Analysis of food supplements by planar chromatography (2015) [COBISS.SI-ID 5703962] VESNA GLAVNIK: 6. Flavanols and methylxanthines in chocolate and plant extracts (2015) [COBISS.SI-ID 5821978] MEMBERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL COMMITIEES IRENA VOVK is a representative of the Slovenian Chemical Society in: -Food Chemistry Division of European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences (EuCheMS) -European Society for Separation Sciences (EuSSS) -Central European Group for Separation Sciences (CEGSS) MEMBERSHIP IN EDITORIAL BOARDS IRENA VOVK: - since 2011 editor: Chromatography Research International - since 2011 associate editor for analytical chemistry: Acta Chimica Slovenica
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 5978394Jernej Turnšek, Tina Ilc, Nejc Tomšič, Roman Jerala, Monika Avbelj, Mojca Benčina, Jerneja Mori, Tjaša Stošicki, Matej Žnidaršič, Jure Bordon, Mattia Petroni, Rok Gaber, Tomaž Koprivnjak, Grega Anderluh, IRENA VOVK, VESNA GLAVNIK. Improved synthesis of biosynthetic product by ordered assembly of biosynthetic enzymes guided by the nucleotide sequence motif template : patent : AT512453 (B1), 2015-05-15. Wien: Österreichisches Petentamt, 2015. 118 str., ilustr. [COBISS.SI-ID 5480730]
F.32 International patent
COBISS.SI-ID: 5480730IRENA VOVK: 1. Supervisor for Doctoral Dissertation: Katerina Naumoska: Chromatographic and mass spectrometric methods for characterization of triterpenoids and phytosterols in vegetables. [COBISS.SI-ID 281789952] 2. Co-Supervisor for Doctoral Dissertation: Etil Guzelmeric: Development and validation of qualitative and quantitative high performance thin-layer chromatographic methods for analysis of marker compounds in Matricaria recutita L. and Cynara Scolymus L. extracts : doctor of philosophy thesis. Istanbul. [COBISS.SI-ID 5788186] 3. Co-Supervisor for Master's Thesis Anže Rogelj: Antioxidants and their efficiency in different tissues of invasive alien knotweed species. [COBISS.SI-ID 3625807]; The Prešeren Award of the Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana. BREDA SIMONOVSKA: 1. Supervisor for Doctoral Dissertation: Lučka Brulc: Zeaxanthin, [beta]-cryptoxanthin and other xanthophylls in egg yolks. [COBISS.SI-ID 4552312]
D.09 Tutoring for postgraduate students
COBISS.SI-ID: 281789952IRENA VOVK: "Medal and award for achievements in the field of chromatography and related separation techniques" by the Central European Group for Separation Sciences (3.7.2016, Torun, Poland) VESNA GLAVNIK: Best poster award for poster entitled "TLC-MS method for determination of proanthocyanidins in knotweed species" at "21st International Symposium on Separation Sciences" (30.6.-3.7.2015, Ljubljana, Slovenija) [COBISS.SI-ID 5726234].
E.02 International awards
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