Researchers from the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, in cooperation with the Institute of Chemistry, Department of Environmental Sciences at the Jožef Stefan Institute, and the Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, University of Primorska, succeeded in preparing new compounds with a non-peptidic backbone structure that inhibit the activity of the enzyme immunoproteasome. As a result, they opened up new possibilities for treating autoimmune and inflammatory diseases and cancer.
University of Ljubljana students accepted the international Microtransat challenge and started designing and constructing a sailing boat that would in two years’ time be the first autonomous sailing boat in the world to sail the Atlantic on its own. This is the largest student interdisciplinary project of the University of Ljubljana and is being carried out by the University of Ljubljana and Zavod 404. It involves about one hundred students from five faculty Members of the University of Ljubljana: Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transport, Faculty of Computer and Information Science and Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. Students are guided by professors, successful researchers and experts from the wider economy.
The University of Ljubljana presented its programmes at the Days of Education and Career in Skopje. The presentation was delivered under the aegis of Study in Slovenia, and visitors could learn more about studying at the University of Ljubljana, study programmes, calls for enrolment, enrolment procedures, recognition of education, learning Slovenian and other information for foreigners, such as scholarships, accommodation and cost of living.
Students at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, won the grand finale of the world competition in understanding EU law at the European Law Moot Court (ELMC), which took place at the seat of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg. The competition is traditionally attended by all prestigious European and American universities, as it involves a simulation of a preliminary ruling procedure at the Court of Justice of the European Union. This year’s central theme was the liability of Member States and the EU.
Members of the international project The Return of the Religious in Postmodern Thought organised a scientific opening meeting to the same topic at the Faculty of Theology, University of Ljubljana. The meeting was attended by 19 domestic and foreign lecturers. The goal of the opening meeting was to explore three directions of modern thinking about religion: a theological turn, hermeneutical thought and alternatives to the postmodern approach.
