Trends in Environment Sciences

This course is part of the programme
Doctoral study programme Environmental Sciences

Objectives and competences

The primary aim of the course is to transmit state of art knowledge in the filed of environmental science, green chemistry, and biotechnology. Students have the possibility to interact an international panel of scientist expert in different disciplines. The participation of activities in the class is an invaluable occasion of scientific and cultural growth offered to students that are strongly advised to actively participate.

To improve student critic attitude, a series of Journal Clubs is proposed, where PhD students study and discuss selected literature. Journal Clubs distributed throughout the year, and are chaired by different group leaders.

Students can propose a seminar wish list to the PhD organizer committee for consideration and selection.

Student can propose to present a scientific article related to his/her own interest

Prerequisites

Inscription in the first academic year.

Content

• Seminars in different fields of environmental science, green chemistry, and biotechnology given by invited international speakers which are top experts in the field.
• Journal Clubs. Selected topics could be either related to one of the seminar or selected among interesting papers recently published.
• Integration in the local scientific cultural and research community

Intended learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding:

Knowledge of the large complexity of a broad range of topics in environmental science, green chemistry, and biotechnology. Students learn ways of interactive and critic scientific discussion with scientists. It is expected that students critically interact during seminars with questions and discussion. Journal club activities reinforce communication skills and critical interpretation of a published literature.

Readings

Selected literature related to scientific seminars and Journal Clubs.

Assessment

Active attendance to proposed activities (obligatory for ¾ of seminars). Presentation and argumentation of working plan for research.

Lecturer's references

Tinkara Tinta is Assist. Prof. Dr. in the field of Biology

Selected papers of the lecturer:

  • TINTA, Tinkara, ZHAO, Zihao, BAYER, Barbara, HERNDL, Gerhard J. Jellyfish detritus supports niche partitioning and metabolic interactions among pelagic marine bacteria. Microbiome. 2023, vol. 11, art. no. 156, str. [1]-22, ilustr. ISSN 2049-2618. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-023-01598-8, https://dirros.openscience.si/IzpisGradiva.php?id=16790, DOI: 10.1186/s40168-023-01598-8. [COBISS.SI-ID 160881667], [JCR, SNIP, WoS, Scopus]
  • OREL, Neža, FADEEV, Eduard, KLUN, Katja, LIČER, Matjaž, TINTA, Tinkara, TURK, Valentina. Bacterial indicators are ubiquitous members of pelagic microbiome in anthropogenically impacted coastal ecosystem. Frontiers in microbiology. 2022, vol. 12, str. 1-21, ilustr. ISSN 1664-302X. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.765091/full, DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.765091. [COBISS.SI-ID 94163459], [JCR, SNIP, WoS do 27. 5. 2023: št. citatov (TC): 6, čistih citatov (CI): 6, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 1.00, Scopus do 28. 9. 2023: št. citatov (TC): 7, čistih citatov (CI): 7, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 1.17]
  • TINTA, Tinkara, ZHAO, Zihao, ESCOBAR, Alvaro, KLUN, Katja, BAYER, Barbara, AMANO, Chie, BAMONTI, Luca, HERNDL, Gerhard J. Microbial processing of jellyfish detritus in the ocean. Frontiers in microbiology. 2020, vol. 11, str. 1-18, ilustr. ISSN 1664-302X. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.590995/abstract, DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.590995. [COBISS.SI-ID 32282883], [JCR, SNIP, WoS do 15. 8. 2023: št. citatov (TC): 9, čistih citatov (CI): 7, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 0.88, Scopus do 5. 8. 2023: št. citatov (TC): 10, čistih citatov (CI): 8, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 1.00]
  • TINTA, Tinkara, KLUN, Katja, HERNDL, Gerhard J. The importance of jellyfish-microbe interactions for biogeochemical cycles in the ocean. Limnology and oceanography. 7 Apr. 2021, vol. 66, iss. 5, str. 2011-2032, ilustr. ISSN 1939-5590. https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lno.11741, DOI: 10.1002/lno.11741. [COBISS.SI-ID 61120515], [JCR, SNIP, WoS do 11. 8. 2023: št. citatov (TC): 10, čistih citatov (CI): 9, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 3.00, Scopus do 31. 7. 2023: št. citatov (TC): 11, čistih citatov (CI): 10, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 3.33]
  • TINTA, Tinkara, KOGOVŠEK, Tjaša, KLUN, Katja, MALEJ, Alenka, HERNDL, Gerhard J., TURK, Valentina. Jellyfish-associated microbiome in the marine environment : exploring its biotechnological potential. Marine drugs. 2019, vol. 17, no. 2, str. 1-34. ISSN 1660-3397. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/17/2/94, DOI: 10.3390/md17020094. [COBISS.SI-ID 4982351], [JCR, SNIP, WoS do 19. 7. 2023: št. citatov (TC): 30, čistih citatov (CI): 25, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 4.17, Scopus do 13. 10. 2023: št. citatov (TC): 34, čistih citatov (CI): 29, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 4.83]
  • MALFATTI, Francesca, LEE, Christopher, TINTA, Tinkara, PENDERGRAFT, Matthew A., CELUSSI, Mauro, ZHOU, Yanyan, SULTANA, Camille M., ROTTER, Ana, AXSON, Jessica L., COLLINS, Douglas B., SANTANDER, Mitchell V., ANIDES MORALES, Alma L., ALUWIHARE, Lihini I., RIEMER, Nicole, GRASSIAN, Vicki H., AZAM, Farooq, PRATHER, Kimberly A. Detection of active microbial enzymes in nascent sea spray aerosol : implications for atmospheric chemistry and climate. Environmental science & technology letters. 2019, vol. 6, no. 3, str. 171-177. ISSN 2328-8930. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.estlett.8b00699#, DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.8b00699. [COBISS.SI-ID 5006927], [JCR, SNIP, WoS do 17. 10. 2023: št. citatov (TC): 22, čistih citatov (CI): 22, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 1.79, Scopus do 27. 10. 2023: št. citatov (TC): 24, čistih citatov (CI): 24, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 1.95]
  • TINTA, Tinkara, KOGOVŠEK, Tjaša, TURK, Valentina, SHIGANOVA, Tamara, MIKAELYAN, Alexander S., MALEJ, Alenka. Microbial transformation of jellyfish organic matter affects the nitrogen cycle in the marine water column - A Black Sea case study. Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology. [Print ed.]. 2016, vol. 475, str. 19-30, ilustr. ISSN 0022-0981. DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2015.10.018. [COBISS.SI-ID 3663183], [JCR, SNIP, WoS do 10. 8. 2023: št. citatov (TC): 21, čistih citatov (CI): 13, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 2.17, Scopus do 17. 8. 2023: št. citatov (TC): 23, čistih citatov (CI): 15, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 2.50]
  • TINTA, Tinkara, VOJVODA, Jana, MOZETIČ, Patricija, TALABER, Iva, VODOPIVEC, Martin, MALFATTI, Francesca, TURK, Valentina. Bacterial community shift is induced by dynamic environmental parameters in a changing coastal ecosystem (northern Adriatic, northeastern Mediterranean Sea) - a 2-year time-series study. Environmental microbiology. [Print ed.]. 2015, vol. 17, no. 10, str. 3581-3596, ilustr. ISSN 1462-2912. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1462-2920.12519/abstract, DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12519. [COBISS.SI-ID 3156559], [JCR, SNIP, WoS do 10. 7. 2023: št. citatov (TC): 57, čistih citatov (CI): 45, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 6.43, Scopus do 9. 8. 2023: št. citatov (TC): 63, čistih citatov (CI): 50, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 7.14]
  • TINTA, Tinkara, SLOT CHRISTIANSEN, Louise, KONRAD, Anke, LIBERALES, David A., TURK, Valentina, MUNCH-PETERSEN, Birgitte, PIŠKUR, Jure, CLAUSEN, Anders Renegaard. Deoxiribonucleoside kinases in two aquatic bacteria with high specificity for thymidine and deoxyadenosine. FEMS microbiology letters. [Print ed.]. 2012, vol. 331, issue 2, str. 120-127. ISSN 0378-1097. DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2012.02565.x. [COBISS.SI-ID 2545487], [JCR, SNIP, WoS do 5. 12. 2022: št. citatov (TC): 6, čistih citatov (CI): 4, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 0.50, Scopus do 7. 1. 2022: št. citatov (TC): 6, čistih citatov (CI): 4, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 0.50]
  • TINTA, Tinkara, KOGOVŠEK, Tjaša, MALEJ, Alenka, TURK, Valentina. Jellyfish modulate bacterial dynamic and community structure. PloS one. 2012, vol. 7, iss. 6, str. 1-11. ISSN 1932-6203. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0039274, https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?id=37606, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039274. [COBISS.SI-ID 2589519], [JCR, SNIP, WoS do 16. 8. 2023: št. citatov (TC): 55, čistih citatov (CI): 39, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 9.75, Scopus do 16. 8. 2023: št. citatov (TC): 58, čistih citatov (CI): 40, čistih citatov na avtorja (CIAu): 10.00]