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Damage Function for Yellowing of PVC
Our PhD researcher Tjaša Rijavec along with Matija Strlič and Irena Kralj Cigić recently published the paper “Damage function for poly(vinyl chloride) in heritage collections” in Polymer Degradation and Stability: full article Yellowing of plastic objects due to chemical degradation [...]
PhD position in preventive conservation (deadline 5 April)
The HSLL is pleased to announce a new PhD opportunity ("Young Researcher" scheme) in the field of preventive conservation. This is a fully funded 4-year scholarship (stipend and fees), EU and International applications are equally welcome. We are looking for [...]
HSLL Visit to Ain Shams University (Egypt)
HSLL delegates Professor Dr Matija Strlič, Professor Dr Abdelrazek Elnaggar and Dr Hassan Ebeid, visited the Ain Shams University (Egypt) last week for a high-profile meeting with Professor Dr Mohamed Ayman Saleh, the Vice President of for Postgraduate Studies and [...]
Interview with HSLL Lead in Chemistry World
In the article published in Chemistry World, titled The smell of history (16 January 2023), the journalist Nina Notman discusses the challenges of understanding, preservation and recreation of smells of historic and heritage objects, such as books or perhaps "potica", the typical Slovenian [...]
Preserving the inflatable Trump baby blimp
Researchers at the Heritage Science Laboratory Ljubljana (HSLL) of the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, researchers at University College London (UCL) and conservators at the Museum of London have collaborated in interdisciplinary research in the field of heritage science, [...]
Citizen Science for Remote Heritage Monitoring
Research in collaboration with University College London and Historic Environment Scotland, suggests citizen heritage science as an effective method to gather reliable data for monitoring and documenting heritage sites. For large heritage organisations the monitoring and documentation of sites presents [...]
Paleoproteomic profiling for identifcation of animal skin species in ancient Egyptian leather
A new publication from researchers at the Faculty of Archaeology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, including Dr. Abdelrazek Elnaggar; Proteomics and Metabolomics Research Program, Basic Research Department, Children’s Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal [...]
Curent Topics in Heitage Science – Lecture 1/2022: From model to painting: added values and limitations of model-based research
The 1st #HSAcademy Lecture "Current Topics in Heritage Science" will be delivered on September 15, 3 pm (CEST). Katrien Keune (Rijksmuseum, Netherlands) will discuss the reconstruction and model-based research in heritage science. Katrien Keune – PhD, chemist. She is head [...]
Meeting to Celebrate the Enlargement of the E-RIHS.SI Consortium
European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science – Slovenia (E-RIHS.si) is inviting you to the Meeting to Celebrate the Enlargement of the E-RIHS.SI Consortium, which will take place on 20 September at 3p.m. CET in Zbornična dvorana of the University of [...]
