DEFENCE OF THE DOCTORAL DISSERTATION BY ALEKSANDER BENČIČ

Defence of the Doctoral Dissertation by Aleksander Benčič

IPS invites you to the Defence of the Doctoral Dissertation by Aleksander Benčič titled: Integrative High-Throughput Sequencing Techniques for Microbial Genomics: From Targeted Sequencing of Clinical Samples to Whole Genome Sequencing and Real-Time PCR Test Development. The defence will take place on Wednesday, 28 January 2026, at 10:00 a.m. at the NIB Great Lecture Room (National Institute of Biology, Večna pot 121, 1000 Ljubljana). You can also join the defence via the following link: Zoom, Meeting ID: 834 6250 0219, Passcode: 372994.

Supervisor: Dr. Tanja Dreo.

Co-Supervisor: Dr. Alexandra Bogožalec Košir.

Short summary:

In this dissertation, we examined different applications of high-throughput sequencing (HTS) in the field of bacteriology. These include: the use of targeted HTS to determine microbiome and resistome in sputum samples; whole genome sequencing and comparative genomics to study plant pathogenic bacteria; and the use of HTS-generated data for genome-informed design of new qPCR tests for specific detection of plant pathogenic bacteria.

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