European Projects
H2020-MSCA-ITN
Project Duration: 2021-2025
Project Leader/coordinator: Lidija Fras Zemljič/FS coordinator
ERA-NET
Project Duration: 1.9.2022-31.8.2025Project Leader/coordinator: Manja Kurečič
HORIZON‐CL2‐2022‐HERITAGE‐01‐02
Project Duration: 1.3.2023-february 2026
Project Leader/coordinator: Manja Kurečič
H2020-MSCA-ITN
Project Duration: 2018-ends May 2022
Project Leader/coordinator: Rupert Kargl/FS coordinator
H2020-FETOPEN-2014-2015-RIA
Project Duration: 2018-2020
Project Leader/coordinator: Karin Stana Kleinschek/FS coordinator
H 2020 WIDESPREAD-1-2014 – Teaming
Project Duration: 2015-2023
Project Leader/coordinator: Karin Stana Kleinschek, Silvo Hribernik/FS coordinator
H2020 Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE
(TOGETHER/CE51)
Project Duration: 2016-2019
Project Leader/coordinator: Zdenka Peršin Fratnik/FS coordinator
Members of our group participated in the TOGETHER project at the Faculty of Energy, University of Maribor. The aim of the project was to raise awareness among owners, managers, and users of public buildings to use energy more efficiently (heating/cooling, water, electricity, etc.). To this end, tools were developed, manuals written, and a number of workshops were held, presenting an integrated approach with financial and demand-side energy management and the use of materials to achieve efficient energy performance. Preserving the environment and using energy efficiently is important for all of us, because each of us, through our behaviour and habits, has a direct impact on the use of energy resources and the protection of the environment for a better tomorrow. We have therefore prepared a colouring book for the youngest children (see pdf)), which presents the importance of energy saving in a friendly way through a story. For the slightly older ones we have prepared ORIGAMI and for the general public we have prepared an e-book, which includes the results achieved, with a focus on their realisation in the pilot buildings in the 8 regions of the project partners, and a collection of “true stories” written by all the project partners.
M-ERA.NET
Project Duration: 2017-2020
Project Leader/coordinator: Mojca Božič/FS coordinator
WoodWisdom-Net+
Project Duration: 2014-2017
Project Leader/coordinator: Silvo Hribernik/FS coordinator
WoodWisdom.net +
Project Duration: 2014-2017
Project Leader/coordinator: Silvo Hribernik/FS coordinator
COST Action CA 15216
Project Duration: 2016- 2021
Project Leader/coordinator: Lidija Fras Zemljič
COST Action CM1302
Project Duration: 2013-2017
Project Leader/coordinator: Karin Stana Kleinschek
COST Action CA 15216
Project Duration: 2016-2021
Project Leader/coordinator: Lidija Fras Zemljič
Erasmus+ KA2 Strategic partnership
16/1/KA201/022992)
Project Duration: 2016-2018
Project Leader/coordinator: Zdenka Peršin Fratnik
The aim of the project was to promote the acquisition of key competences through experiential learning in order to provide pupils with knowledge that they can apply in different contexts of everyday life. Special attention was also paid to competences that are transferable, which means that they are applicable not only in one situation but also in many other situations and contexts. The teaching material prepared includes : i) Everyday life in the built environment, ii) Healthy lifestyles, iii) Biodiversity and iv) Environmental education from a global perspective. The material is designed to help teachers prepare lessons and contains a theoretical part and methodological approaches, as well as to help pupils acquire the knowledge to think critically and to evaluate the consequences of technological development on the environment.
University of Maribor
Project Duration: 2015-2022
Project Leader/coordinator: Zdenka Peršin Fratnik
The Infrastructure Programme of the University of Maribor (IP UM) consisted of 4 organisational units: the Botanical Garden OU, the UCEM OU, the RCUM OU and the CORE@UM OU. Zdenka Peršin Fratnik and then Manja Kurečič headed the CORE@UM OU, which consisted of 5 member faculties as the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Informatics, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and Faculty of Medicine. The CORE@UM OU supported research in the following areas: i) materials and technologies (innovative technological and computational approaches), ii) advanced computing (3D modelling, cloud computing), and iii) quantitative methods for dealing with complex systems (diseases, cities, financial markets, entrepreneurship, etc.). To this end, it shared state-of-the-art experimental equipment, which, due to its technical and operational sophistication, is unique in the country and in the wider European area.
PRIMA projects
PRIMA projects
Project Duration: 2020-2023
Project Leader/coordinator: Lidija Fras Zemljič/FS koordinator
Slovenian Research Agency projects
J1-4416
Project Duration: 1.10.2022-30.9.2025
Project Leader/coordinator: Olivija Plohl
The main aim of this project is to prepare novel hybrid nanocomposites based on polysaccharides (chitosan, pullulan, carrageenan, dextrane, focuidan, chondroitin sulfate, etc. with target functional group) together with core-shell magnetic-silica nanoparticles (MNPs@SiO2) with controlled physicochemical properties. The as-synthesised nanocomposites will serve as modified nanomaterials for further electrochemical electrode modification (from glassy-carbon electrode (GCE) to screen-printed electrodes (SPE)). Subsequently, the analytical performance of the designed electrode will be fully validated for the sensing application of selected (most problematic) antibiotics commonly released in the environment (i.e. sulfonamides, tetracyclines, penicillin and fluoroquinolones). The constructed nanocomposite-based electrochemical sensor is expected to have lower LOD, higher sensitivity, selectivity to specific antibiotic and wider linear concentration range compared to the current state-of-the-art electrochemical sensors.
Advanced technological processes
Project Duration: 1.10.2022-30.9.2025
Project Leader/coordinator: Lidija Fras Zemljič/ FS coordinator
L2-3174 Low-emission
Project Duration: 1.10.2021-30.9.2024
Project Leader/coordinator: Manja Kurečič/ FS coordinator
J2-2487 Bioactive
Project Duration: 1.9.2020-31.8.2023
Project Leader/coordinator: Manja Kurečič/ project partner
J7-2593 Development of bioactive
Project Duration: 1.9.2020-31.8.2023
Project Leader/coordinator: Manja Kurečič/ project leader
J4-2545 Self-assembling
Project Duration: 1.9.2020―31.8.2023
Project Leader/coordinator: Lidija Fras Zemljič/FS koordinator
J3-2538
Project Duration: 1.9.2020―31.8.2023
Project Leader/coordinator: Matej Bračič/FS koordinator
research of solid-liquid interactions between polysaccharide model scaffold films and proteins/glycosaminoglycans (e.g. aggrecan, collagen, hyaluronic acid) promoting chondrocyte growth. Development of 3D printed polysaccharide-based scaffolds for cell growth.
J2-1728
Project Duration: 1.7.2019-30.6.2022
Project Leader/coordinator: Manja Kurečič/ project leader
J3-1762
Project Duration: 1.7.2019-31.12.2022
Project Leader/coordinator: Manja Kurečič /FS coordinator
N2-0087
Project Duration: 1.1.2019-31.12.2021
Project Leader/coordinator: Manja Kurečič/ project partner
J4-1764
Project Duration: 107/2019 – 06/2022
Project Leader/coordinator: Matej Bračič
research of colloids from alkaline particles (e.g. nano CaCO3 particles) stabilised by cellulose polymers and their application on acidic paper artifacts including library books. Comparison of the developed treatment processes with the “best practice” processes available.
Z2-9216
Biofunctionalisation of polyester materials for vascular grafts with aminoacids, peptides, and glucosaminoglicans for controlled adhesion of proteins and improved endothelization
Project Duration: 1.7.2018―30.6.2020
Project Leader/coordinator: Matej Bračič
J1-9169
Project Duration: 1.7.2018-30.6.2021
Project Leader/coordinator: Manja Kurečič/ project partner
V4-1611
Project Duration: 1.10.12016-30.9.2019
Project Leader/coordinator: Manja Kurečič/ project partner
J4-7640
Project Duration: 1.3.2016 – 28.2.2019
Project Leader/coordinator: Manja Kurečič/FS koordinator
L7-7566
Project Duration: 1.3.2016 – 28.2.2019
Project Leader/coordinator: Manja Kurečič/FS koordinator
J2-7413
Project Duration: 1/1/2016 – 31/12/2018
Project Leader/coordinator: Lidija Fras Zemljič/ project leader
N4-0145
Project Duration: 1.3.2020―28.2.2023
Project Leader/coordinator: Lidija Fras Zemljič/FS koordinator
L2-3163
Project Duration: 1.10.2021-30.9. 2024
Project Leader/coordinator: Lidija Fras Zemljič/FS koordinator
Bilateral Projects
Slovenian-Indian bilateral project (Grant no.: BI-IN/22-24-020)
Project Duration: 01.01.2022 – 31.12.2024
Project Leader/coordinator: Matej Bračič
research of biocompatibility of zinc alloys with blood proteins and osteoblast cells.
Ministry of Education, Science and Sport
Development of biodegradable
Project Duration: 2019-2022
Project Leader/coordinator: Klementina Pušnik Črešnar
Focus on preparaation of innovative bioplastics, at the same time with functionality added
Advanced processing
Project Duration: 1.6.2017 do 31.7.2020
Project Leader/coordinator: Olivija Plohl
Other Projects
Student Innovative
Eco-creative products with the characteristics of the Savinja Valley” (acronym SPOMINKI)
Project Duration: O3/2019 –06/2019
Project Leader/coordinator: Zdenka Peršin Fratnik
The challenge of the project was to use waste and/or discarded materials and especially their combinations to create a souvenir, highlighting one or more characteristics of the Savinja Valley. The project produced 36 unique products that are aesthetic and useful, which also makes them commercially interesting.
Student Innovative
Project Duration: O6/2018 –09/2018
Project Leader/coordinator: Zdenka Peršin Fratnik
The aim of the project was to develop new and ground-breaking existing products of the project partner (Varstveno delovni center Murska Sobota), which would help to increase the visibility of both the partner and the local environment. Forty unique products were realised, which exude the character of Pomurje, either its geographical or relief structure, or a distinctive element from its gastronomy, historical traditions, or architecture.
Young Researchers
Preparation of three dimensional
Project Duration: End in 2022
Project Leader/coordinator: Andreja Dobaj Štiglic
PhD research focuses on polysaccharide- or polysaccharide-protein-based hydrogels to develop various three-dimensional (3D) cell-friendly scaffolds with tailored properties suitable for various tissue engineering applications.
Preparation of amino acid
Project Duration: In progress
Project Leader/coordinator: Ana Bratuša
Development of pH responsive
Project Duration: In progress
Project Leader/coordinator: Beste Elveren
Development of multifunctional PLA-copolymer
Project Duration: 3 years – MSCA -ITN FoodTRAnet programme
Project Leader/coordinator: Athira John
Insight into the Antimicrobial Mechanisms
Project Duration: 1.10.2022 – 1.10.2025
Project Leader/coordinator: Saša Kaloper
Development Of New Mycelium Composite Engineering Material
Project Duration: 2023 – 2027
Project Leader/coordinator: Doris Bračič
Development of silicone-polysaccharide hybrid materials
Project Duration: 1.10.2021 – 1.10.2024
Project Leader/coordinator: Katja Kuzmič