Important achievements and publications
2026
The following achievement from LELS was selected to represent one of the top 10 achievements of the university in it's recent self-evaluation
Achievements were selected not only based on journal metrics and scientific impact, but also on societal impact and the overall quality of the research.
- Engineering nanobody-based analytical platforms for molecular sensing and nanoscale characterization
Other shortlisted achievements from LELS included:
- Application of photothermal analytical techniques for ultra-sensitive environmental sensing
- Breath-based analytical approaches for monitoring environmental exposure and respiratory health
and the following achievement that focussed on societal impact:
2025
- Relationship between exhaled volatile organic compounds and lung function change in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- Early stress detection in forest trees using a nanobody-functionalized electrochemical biosensor for ascorbate peroxidase
- Recent advances in recombinant production of soluble proteins in Escherichia coli
2024
- Editor's Choice Article
- prof. dr. Mladen Franko was avarded the 2024 Senior IPPA prize
- Best poster presentation award
- Winner of travel bursary for International Breath Summit Conference 2024
- Student fellowship award
2023
2021
- Real‑time monitoring of Arundo donax response to saline stress through the application of in vivo sensing technology
- Impact of microplastics on growth, photosynthesis and essential elements in Cucurbita pepo L.
- dr. Fabio Lapenta recipient of Lapanje distinction
- Effects of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) microplastics and acid rain on physiology and growth of Lepidium sativum
2020
- A biosensors based on electrochemical impedance with unmet sensitivity for toxic microalgae was developed by UNG researchers in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Graz
- Zymographs are a potent tool for enzymatic isoform characterization. We established a new methodological standard by adapting a native agarose gel format and expect that this approach will provide high-quality results when applied to forest tree samples
2019
- LELS researchers participated in the project addressing post-translational modification of the minor capsid protein L2 of papillomaviruses, which is essential for efficient viral infection. These findings bring to light phosphorylation-based modulation of PV capsid protein function.
- UNG researchers together with the Oceanographic Institute of Triest demonstrated that it is possible to recover very specific nanobodies by direct selection of a pre-immune library in the presence of whole microalgae cells
- BUDASHEVA, Hanna, KRAVOS, Aleksander, KORTE, Dorota, BRATKIČ, Arne, GAO, Yue, FRANKO, Mladen. Determination of dissolved iron redox species in freshwater sediment using DGT technique coupled to BDS. Acta chimica slovenica, ISSN 1580-3155. [Spletna izd.], 2019, vol. 66, no. 1, str. 239-246, ilustr. doi:10.17344/acsi.2018.4848