Letno poročilo 2005

Beseda direktorja
Word of the Director
mnogih in{titucij v okviru Slovenskega NMR
centra ter ugled pridobljen z nazivom Evropski
center odli~nosti. Infrastruktura omogo~a
izvajanje raziskav na najaktualnej{ih podro~jih
mnogim raziskovalnim skupinam na Kemijskem
in{titutu ter raziskovalcem iz drugih akademskih
in{titucij in podjetij.
Rezultat dela Kemijskega in{tituta v letu 2005
so bile odli~ne znanstvene publikacije in patenti.
[tevilni {tudentje so z raziskovalnim delom na
in{titutu uspe{no zagovarjali diplomska,
magistrska in doktorska dela. Ponosni smo tudi
na izdelke, ki so bili lansirani na trg v lanskem
letu in so plod raziskovalnega dela sodelavcev
Kemijskega in{tituta. Po licenci in{tituta se `e
izdelujejo su{ilniki za tankoslojno kromatografijo
in serija izdelkov z vodotopnim
koencimom Q10.
Kvalitetni rezultati dose`eni v preteklem letu so
v veliki meri posledica vse ve~je mednarodne
vpetosti in{tituta. Velik poudarek je namenjen
sodelovanju v evropskih projektih ter mobilnosti
raziskovalcev. Zadovoljni smo, da zelo hitro raste
{tevilo kvalitetnih tujih znanstvenikov, ki
opravljajo raziskave na Kemijskem in{titutu. Za
in{titut je izrednega pomena tudi tradicionalno
zelo dobra povezanost s slovenskimi podjetji,
pomembno pa se je okrepilo tudi sodelovanje s
{tevilnimi podjetji po svetu. Pri~akujemo, da se
bo sodelovanje s podjetji v tujini v prihodnje {e
pove~alo preko podjetja VICIM, ki smo ga na
Nizozemskem ustanovili skupaj s na{imi
partnerji.
Tudi vnaprej si bomo prizadevali zagotoviti
kvalitetne pogoje dela in kvalitetno raziskovalno
opremo najbolj{im raziskovalcem. Zaradi velike
prostorske stiske smo v letu 2005 pri~eli z
aktivnostmi za pridobitev novih delovnih povr{in
na obstoje~i lokaciji. Dolgoro~ni cilj pa ostaja
postavitev novega objekta in{tituta na primernej{i
lokaciji. Na{ prispevek `elimo v prihodnje
pove~ati pri izobra`evanju, kjer se odpirajo
mo`nosti aktivnej{e vloge in{tituta. [e bolj
bomo vzpodbujali tudi inovativnost in krepili
na{ prispevek pri gospdarskem napredku.
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lent research work and strong organization of
the NMR center, the combined efforts of many
institutions within the framework of the
Slovenian NMR center, and the respect earned
by being named a European Center of Excellence.
Investment in infrastructure allows research
groups at the National Institute of Chemistry
and researchers from other academic institutions,
as well as companies, to carry out
research in the most up-to-date fields.
The results of the work of the National Institute
of Chemistry in 2005 were excellent scientific
papers and patents. In addition, a number
of students completed their undergraduate,
master’s, and doctoral degrees through their
research work at the Institute. We are also
proud of the products which were launched
onto the market and are the fruit of research
work carried out by members of the Institute.
Dryers for thin layer chromatography and a series
of products using water-soluble coenzyme
Q10 are being produced under license from the
Institute.
The quality of the results achieved in the past
year is to large extent the result of the increased
international involvement of the Institute. A
large emphasis has been placed on cooperation
in European projects and the mobility of
researchers. We are pleased with the quick
growth in the number of high-quality foreign
scientists carrying out research at the National
Institute of Chemistry. For the Institute, it is still
of exceptional importance to maintain the traditionally
strong ties with Slovenian companies,
as well as to strengthen cooperation with companies
around the world. We expect that cooperation
with foreign companies will increase
in the future through the company VICIM,
which the Institute founded in the Netherlands
together with our partners.
We will continue to work on ensuring good
working conditions and high-quality research
equipment to our best researchers. In 2005,
we also undertook to increase the workspace
available at our current location, as space is