This lecture and discussion will outline the highlights of the over-140-year history of underwater research in the Marshes section of the Ljubljanica riverbed, present the basic geomorphological characteristics of the riverbed and address the key sets of archaeological finds from all periods between the Middle Palaeolithic and Late Middle Ages. The main focus will be on relics of mesolithic hunters, the period when the riverbed was consolidated in the Middle Bronze Age, the rituals and cults of the Urnfield culture period, a rich set of late Iron Age and early Roman finds of weapons, military equipment and merchants’ goods, the various types of prehistoric and ancient watercraft and the use of transport potential in general as well as the intriguingly numerous finds of swords from the High and Late Middle Ages. During the excursion, we will sail past the northernmost pile-dwelling settlement in the Ljubljana Marshes, the location of an early Roman military port of a supply post in Prule and the location of a probable Carolingian fort on the confluence with Iščica.

The event is being prepared for you by Dr Andrej Gaspari (UL FF).

To attend the event, please register beforehand at noc.raziskovalcev@ff.uni-lj.si. 

Registration is possible until Wednesday, 25 Sep. 2024, by noon.

Dogodek za vas pripravlja dr. Andrej Gaspari (UL FF).

Za udeležbo na dogodku se, prosim, predhodno prijavite na elektronskem naslovu noc.raziskovalcev@ff.uni-lj.si. 

Prijave so možne do srede, 25. 9. 2024, do 12. ure.

Did you know that new technology enables you to read complex information encoded in your DNA in a matter of hours? This workshop will present in detail how sequencers – devices that enable you to read genetic code – work. Under the guidance of experts, attendees will explore which skills are key to understanding such code and what role it plays in modern science and medicine.

The workshop will not shy away from important ethical questions that emerge with increasing knowledge of an individual’s genome. How should sensitive data be protected? What are the pitfalls of genetic profiling and who can access this information? These are only some of the questions we will face.

In addition to theory, the workshop will present practical challenges. The attendees will have a crack at pipetting and take a closer look at chips where the sequencing process takes place. The workshop is suitable for primary and secondary school students as well as any other inquisitive explorers who wish to take a peek at the recesses of the human genome.

We will also present major European projects that are shaping the future of genomics. You will be familiarised with the European Genomic Data Infrastructure project, the objective of which is to establish a safe and sustainable infrastructure to access genomic data across Europe. The project is derived from the European initiative Beyond 1 Million Genomes (B1MG), which brings together scientists and experts with the vision of a single European environment for high-quality genomic data.

The workshop will also highlight the upcoming Genome of Europe project, which is starting in the autumn of 2024. This ambitious initiative will establish a European network of genomic reference cohorts of at least 500 000 citizens representative of the European population.

Join us; together, let’s discover what secrets the human genome holds and how this information can be used to better understand health, diseases and the future of medicine.

The project is being carried out with funding from the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, ARIS and the European Union’s Digital Europe Programme, agreement no. 101081813.

In the Europa Experience multimedia centre at Dunajska cesta 20 in Ljubljana, you can learn more about the EU, European politics and how you can help bring about change. In the central event of the European Researchers’ Night, you can take a closer look at one small part of the Europa Experience centre at the Science Bazaar.

We wish to present the INNO2MARE project to the general public; it focuses on supporting the digital and green transitions of the innovation ecosystems of West Slovenia and Adriatic Croatia, which are connected by the Adriatic Sea and industries related to it. We will present three key pilot projects that address technological challenges in the maritime sector: Improved fire evacuation VR model of a ship engine room, where we are developing advanced virtual simulations for better emergency preparedness, Digital twin with AI for energy management, where we are using AI to develop technology for sustainable and efficient management of energy systems, and Autonomous shipping technology supported by AI, where we are developing methods and technology for autonomous shipping, which will enhance safety and efficiency in maritime transport.

The event is being prepared for you by Dr Marko Šimic and Petra Pintar from UL FS and Dr Marina Ivašić-Kos from the University of Rijeka, Faculty of Informatics and Digital Technologies.

The European Union and, by extension, Slovenia have introduced requirements for results of publicly funded research, including research data, to be freely accessible to the general public to the greatest possible extent. This ensures the reproducibility of research and consequently represents an additional assurance of its quality. At the same time, it enables publicly funded research to benefit as many people as possible – from researchers to the general public and companies that can design new services and products based on scientific discoveries.

Matej Petrič, the data steward of the Faculty of Arts, will present the principles of handling research data that apply in Slovenia.

Podatkovni skrbnik Filozofske fakultete Matej Petrič bo v okviru dogodka predstavil načela ravnanja z raziskovalnimi podatki, ki veljajo v Sloveniji.

Glycans are complex sugar molecules that play a crucial role in the communication of human cells, their response to the immune system and their operation. Human cells produce glycans using special enzymes called glycosyltransferases. In cancer, however, some of these enzymes become excessively active, which helps cancerous cells to spread and hide from the body’s defence mechanisms.

Researchers have found that blocking these overly active enzymes can slow down or even stop cancerous cells. Research presented as part of this event focuses on the development of medicines that could target these enzymes, which offers new opportunities for treating cancer.

The event is being prepared for you by Natan Koraj (UL FFA).

The event will be held in English.

The event will present the project GlyCanDrug – A training network on the design of precision therapeutics that target key glycan motifs implicated in cancer.

Based on the program, we will attempt to perform an AI-based music note recognition for the piano accordion and present a plan for attempting such a recognition for the Japanese koto instrument. Marko Žejn will discuss this with Dr Klara Hrvatin and Dr Nagisa Moritoki Škof.

With experiments in the wind tunnel, students learn about forces: what a force is, how it works etc. The focus is on Newton’s first and third laws. Students learn about all the factors affecting the force of resistance. In certain conditions, we prove that it is not necessary for rain to fall down. If they are met, rain can fall up too! Participants learn to walk against the wind and find out what playing with a ball would look like on the Moon, where gravity is lower than on Earth.

All processes taking place in the wind tunnel’s operation are recorded by a computer. Via the internet, this computer communicates with Latvian engineers, who monitor all the vital functions of the engines: bearing temperatures, vibrations, voltage fluctuations etc. By detecting irregularities in time, they can prevent major malfunctions.