Electoral General Assembly of the Society and event Young Microbiologists Present

Dear members of the Slovenian Microbiological Society,

The Executive Board of the Slovenian Microbiological Society (SMD) hereby convenes an Extraordinary Electoral General Assembly of the Society and invites you to the event “Young Microbiologists Present.”

The meeting will take place on Wednesday, 21 October 2026, at 15:00, in the lecture hall of the National Institute of Biology (NIB), 1st floor, Entrance CD, Večna pot 121.

PROGRAMME

15:00 Opening of the Extraordinary Electoral General Assembly and appointment of the bodies of the Assembly

15:05–16:35 Invited lecture by Assistant Professor Miša Korva, PhD:
“Mosquitoes Without Borders: Autochthonous Outbreaks of Dengue, Chikungunya and West Nile Fever in Europe”

16:35-16:50 Najmagisterij 2025 – Podelitev nagrade in predstavitev
Anja Pungartnik: Fenotipska in genotipska karakterizacija mikrobne odpornosti ter
filmotvornosti izbranih po gramu pozitivnih in negativnih bakterij

Young Microbiologists Present

16:50–17:05 Lana Vogrinec: Dinamika rečnih virusnih združb pod vplivom odpadne vode
17:05-17:20 Manja Šolinc: Vpeljava sodobnih molekularnih pristopov za dokazovanje in opredelitev enteričnih virusov v školjkah klapavicah
17:20–17:35 Petra Šenica Kavčič: Proučevanje enteričnih virusov pri prostoživečih prežvekovalcih s poudarkom na potencialno zoonotskih virusih
17:35–17:50 Špela Golavšek: Karakterizacija sevov Escherichia coli v blatu telet v povezavi z mikrobioto in rezistomom gnoja v različnih rejah mlečnega goveda

17:50 Election of members of the Executive Board, Supervisory Board, and Honorary Tribunal and announcement of the election results

We hope to see as many of you as possible and look forward to welcoming you all.
The Executive Board of the Slovenian Microbiological Society (SMD)