55. Krkine nagrade – Urban Komelj

Urban Komelj, dijak Gimnazije Vič, je na Odseku za nanostrukturne materiale raziskoval »Membranske vezikle z enkapsulirano siRNK za gensko terapijo in fototermično terapijo raka« pod mentorstvom doc. dr. Nine Kostevšek, za kar je 26. septembra 2025 prejel Krkino priznanje za srednješolske raziskovalne naloge. Somentorica na Gimanziji Vič je bila prof. Helena Potočnik Vičar.

Spotlight on EU Collaboration and GREENE: HaDEA Delegation Visits at Jozef Stefan Institute

Spotlight on EU Collaboration and GREENE: HaDEA Delegation Visits at Jozef Stefan Institute
Yesterday, Director Prof. Leon Cizelj, Prof. Sašo Šturm, GREENE coordinator Prof. Kristina Žužek and Matej Zaplotnik of Magneti Ljubljana had the honour of welcoming a high-level delegation from the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) to the Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI) in Ljubljana.
The delegation included:
Marina Zanchi, HaDEA Director
Katleen Engelbosch, Head of Department B “Digital, Industry and Space”
Angelo Marino, Head of Department A “Health”
Mirjam Borstnik Gergely, Deputy Head of Unit A3 “Health Research”
The visit offered a valuable platform to exchange on the challenges and opportunities facing Europe’s science, technology, and industry sectors. Discussions focused on EU priorities and funding avenues, also in the area of Critical Raw Materials.
Prof. Kristina Žužek presented GREENE and the project’s contribution to enhancing the sustainability, autonomy and resilience of European industry in the long term.
We thank our guests for their insightful dialogue and continued support for EU-funded research and innovation!

Best poster award

Lara Einfalt je na mednarodni konferenci High-entropy alloy nanostructures: from theory to application Faraday Discussion, ki je potekala med 24. in 26. septembrom 2025 v Londonu, Združenem kraljestvu, prejela nagrado za najboljši plakat.😀🎟
Na plakatu z naslovom »Anodized TaNbHfZrTi High-Entropy Alloy as a Catalyst for the Antibiotic Tetracycline Removal« je predstavila raziskavo o uporabi visokoentropijskih materialov za sanacijo okolja. Študija izpostavlja anodno oksidacijo kot učinkovit in praktičen sintezni pristop za razvoj samoorganiziranega niza nanocevk iz mešanih kovinskih oksidov na ognjevarni visokoentropijski zlitini. Te edinstvene nanostrukture izkazujejo velik potencial kot katalizatorji za foto(elektro)katalitsko odstranjevanje antibiotika tetraciklina iz odpadnih voda ter izpostavljajo vlogo visokoentropijskih materialov pri razvoju trajnostnih okoljskih rešitev.

SEMINAR III; Ipeknaz Özden Moser, JSI: ”Ceramic Additive Manufacturing By Micron Sized Droplet Jetting Of Thermoplastic Feedstocks”, 24.09.2025 at 13:00, Kolar lecture hall

Ipeknaz Özden Moser – Seminar III

SEMINAR II; Lara Einfalt, JSI: ”HfNbTaTiZr-based High Entropy Materials for Photo(Electro)catalytic Degradation of the Antibiotic Tetracycline”, 18.09.2025 at 11:00, Kolar lecture hall

Lara Einfalt – Seminar II

SEMINAR II; Katerina Tomić, JSI: ”Development of a Neuropeptide Y Functionalized Erythrocyte Membrane Carrier for Targeted Breast Cancer Therapy“, 18.09.2025 at 13:00, Kolar lecture hall

Katarina Tomić – Seminar II

SEMINAR II; Klara Laura Konda, JSI: ”Synthesis and photocatalytic efficiency of ZnO nanorods on substrate“, 19.09.2025 at 11:00, Kolar lecture hall

Klara Laura Konda – Seminar II

SEMINAR; Prof. Wei Pan, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China: ”Defect Engineering in Development of Low Thermal Conductivity Materials“ and Prof. Guorong Li, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Shanghai, China: “Microstructure and Electrical Properties of TiO2 doped ZnO ceramics via spark plasma sintering” 15.09.2025 at 11:00, Kolar lecture hall

Prof. Wei Pan – Seminar

Guorong Li – Seminar

SEMINAR; Sana Shaukat, JSI (Seminar II) Ljubljana, Slovenia: ”Influence of Sintering Pressure on the Densification Behavior and Magnetic Performance of HDDR Nd-Fe-B Magnets Consolidated by Spark Plasma Sintering“, 01.09.2025 at 13:00, Kolar lecture hall

Sana Shaukat – Seminar II_1.9.2025

SEMINAR; Dr. Xiaoqing Pan, UC Irvine Materials Research Institute – IMRI, University of California, Irvine, USA: ”Visualizing Atomic Vibrations: A New Frontier in Electron Microscopy“, 18.07.2025 at 11:00, Kolar lecture hall

Xiaoqing Pan – Seminar_18.07.2025