Date: September 25th 2026
Venue: University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Agronomy, Lecture Hall A4
Registration
| Ura | Program |
|---|---|
| 8:30 – 9:00 | REGISTRATION |
Opening
| Ura | Program |
|---|---|
| 9:00 – 9:10 | OPENING OF THE 11th COLLOQUIUM OF GENETICS Jernej Jakše |
PLENARY LECTURE
| Ura | Program |
|---|---|
| 9:10 – 9:40 | Sprayable RNAs: From gene silencing to gene expression in plants Aline Koch (Plant RNA Biotechnology, University of Regensburg, Germany) |
ANIMAL GENETICS SHORT LECTURES
(Chairs: Simon Horvat, Tanja Kunej)
| Ura | Program |
|---|---|
| 9:45 – 10:00 | Relationship and inbreeding analysis based on pedigree in the population of Arabian Purebred horse in Slovenia Anja Baš |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | The estimation of variance components for body weight in performance test of Jezersko-Solčava and Improved Jezersko-Solčava rams on the test station Marko Bizjak |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Fibre- and nucleus-resolved pipeline for spatial transcriptomics in skeletal muscle Irma Zeljković |
| Ura | Program |
|---|---|
| 10:30 – 11:00 | COFFEE BREAK AND POSTER SESSION (Lecture Hall A10) |
HUMAN GENETICS SHORT LECTURES
(Chairs: Simona Kranjc Brezar, Damjan Glavač)
| Ura | Program |
|---|---|
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Development and in vitro functional evaluation of bacterial toxin-expressing plasmids for in situ cancer vaccination Maja Cvetanoska |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Pharmacokinetic optimization of electrochemotherapy for osteosarcoma mouse models Saša Kupčič |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Characterization of cell death pathways activated by electrochemotherapy Lara Snoj |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | Advancing cancer gene therapy with electrotransfer of trans-amplifying mRNAs Jaka Vrevc Žlajpah |
MICROBIAL AND PLANT GENETICS SHORT LECTURES
(Chairs: Uroš Petrovič, Helena Volk)
| Ura | Program |
|---|---|
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Phased assemblies reveal hybrid genomes and wine-associated Hanseniaspora
yeasts population structure
Katja Doberšek |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | Prevalence of siderophore synthesis genes among extended-spectrum β-lactam-
resistant and susceptible Escherichia coli isolates from the Meža river and humans
Klemen Tršinar |
| 12:30 – 12:45 | Genome-wide association mapping of Verticillium wilt response in hop to support resistance breeding Lucija Luskar |
| 12:45 – 13:00 | Genomic insights into composite populations of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
using whole genome sequencing
Eva Plestenjak |
| Ura | Program |
|---|---|
| 13:00 – 14:15 | LUNCH BREAK AND POSTER SESSION
(Lecture Hall A10) |
CLOSING LECTURE
(Chair: Jernej Jakše)
| Ura | Program |
|---|---|
| 14:15 – 14:45 | Electrochemical genosensor development Samo B. Hočevar (National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia) |
CLOSING CEREMONY
| Ura | Program |
|---|---|
| 14:45 – 15:30 | CLOSING CEREMONY Best lectures and posters awards, Closing of the 11th Colloquium of genetics and SGD assembly |