6. Slovenia (Slovenija) GENERAL INFORMATION Area: ............. ............. 20,273 km2 (80km x 260 km) 7,037km2 for Shanghai (city) Forest: .......... ............. 10,124 km2 (49.9%) Vineyards: ......... ......... 216 km2 Length of coast:..........46.6 km Capital: ........... ........... Ljubljana Population: ........ ... .....2 ,023,000 (2008) 18,450,000 in Shanghai (2007) Language: ........ ........ .Slovene Currency: ....... ....... ....Euro, 1 January 2007 Education: ........... ...... Universities in Ljubljana , Nova Gorica and Maribor cca 90,000 students
7. Triglav, the highest Slovenian mountain Bled, jewel of the Julian Alps Ljubljana, the capital city Rafting on the Soča River
11. National Institute of Biology at the Biological Centre in Ljubljana Italy Germany Venezzia (Venice)
12. NIB is the leading institution for basic and applied research in biological sciences in Slovenia… and… the third largest institution in the field of natural sciences in Slovenia!
13. Mission NIB is a public research institute, established by the Republic of Slovenia with the mission: - to create new (basic) knowledge on the field of biology and related natural sciences; - to transfer new knowledge into use for improvement of the quality of life (to enrich the life on Earth).
25. Real time RT- PCR: PVY NTN - distinction of strains CSNV, TSWV, INSV ToMV (CIM), CaMV (CIM), PePMV - distinction of strains, Rotaviruses – water samples Xylophyllus ampelinus , Eam, Phytoplasmas Microarray technology, ring trial New Methods: Development of sensitive methods for plant pathogen detection