NIB demonstrated new diagnostic methods at the FAO headquarters in Rome

Biotechnological Hub of the NIB (BTH-NIB)

The purpose of the investment project BTH-NIB is the assurance of the appropriate infrastructural conditions for the use of research and developmental opportunities in the fields of operation of the NIB.

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  • Official opening of the Biotechnological Hub of the National Institute of Biology and the presentation of the Zei Awards.
    Official opening of the Biotechnological Hub of the National Institute of Biology and the presentation of the Zei Awards.
  • Construction of the Biotechnological Hub of the NIB is complete
    Construction of the Biotechnological Hub of the NIB is complete

Services and products

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  • Agriculture Industry Services

    National Institute of Biology is authorized by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment to perform defined tasks of public service for the protection of plants.

 
 
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  • Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industry Services

    We offer bioanalytical laboratory support, toxicology studies, genetic toxicology testing of different samples, residual DNA detection, improvements of production lines through systems biology, and cotoxicology studies.

 
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  • Research equipment

    The big research equipment is used as support to our research and educational activities and serves technological development in co-operation with commercial enterprises.

 
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  • Training and Related Services

    We offer hands on training, consulting and technical auditing, development of protocols and workflows, organization of workshops.

 
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  • Mutagenicity analysis under GLP

    On the NIB we have certified GLP laboratory for testing mutagenicity with bacterial reverse mutation assay, or the Ames test (OECD 471).

 

30 Mar
NIB demonstrated new diagnostic methods at the FAO headquarters in Rome

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NIB demonstrated new diagnostic methods at the FAO headquarters in Rome

NIB demonstrated new diagnostic methods at the FAO headquarters in Rome

The meeting of the global Commission for phytosanitary measures took place in Rome from 16.-20. March. The commission is an executive body of the international Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), in which more than 180 countries from all over the world are represented by heads of the national plant protection services. The meeting took place at the Food and agriculture organisation (FAO) headquarters in Rome.

Part of the meeting was dedicated to the presentation of new methodologies for diagnostics of plant pathogens. The event was co-organized by the European Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO), which invited three labs from EU: FERA from UK, University of Padova (Italy) and National Institute of Biology (Slovenia). Department of Biotechnology and Systems biology presented newest methodologies for diagnostics of microbial plant pathogens: isothermal method LAMP and next generation sequencing (NGS). The demonstration stimulated an interesting exchange of views, which prolonged the event from expected one hour to almost two hours of a lively debate.



Co-financed by the Republic of Slovenia and the European Union
from the European Social Fund.