We marked the 50th anniversary of the introduction of organised and guided physical education at the University of Ljubljana. Upon that event, the University issued a publication entitled 50 Years of Physical Education at the University of Ljubljana 1963-2013, presented awards for contributions to the development and inclusion of physical education, long-standing pedagogical work and publishing activities, all on the topic of university sports.
The Angewandte Chemie magazine published an article entitled Construction of a new class of tetracycline lead structures with potent antibacterial activity through biosynthetic engineering by associates from the Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana. Using new biosynthetic engineering procedures, they developed a new tetracycline antibiotic carboxamido chelocardin, which is noted as a new method of action and having excellent effectiveness against a number of multi-drug resistant pathogens causing hospital infections.
In cooperation with the National Institute of Biology, the University of Ljubljana hosted an expert in the design, development and management of regional innovation systems and hubs, Dr. Jukka Viitanen from Finland. Dr. Viitanen is a renowned expert in the development of innovation systems with experiences in high-tech industries in the Asia-Pacific region.
The project to conserve and monitor the conservation status of the wolf population (Canis lupus) in Slovenia (abbreviated SloWolf) was among 61 projects relating to nature or nature-related communications selected as one of the top 13 LIFE projects chosen every year by Member States together with the European Commission. The project was carried out in cooperation with the Slovenia Forest Service and the Dinaricum Society. The goal of the SloWolf project was to preserve the wolf population, its prey and habitats in Slovenia in the long term and to improve its co-existence with humans.
