doc. dr. Janez Prešern

Group leader (Apiculture) Animal Production Department Apiculture Heads of Departments, Researchers +386 (0)1 280 51 26 janez.presern@kis.si

Work experiences

As a biologist, I am both professionally and personally interested in physiology and ethology of bees.

I have gained professional experience both in Slovenia (NIB; UL NTF) and abroad (University of Missouri, USA; Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany). My past work was focused on sensory physiology and information processing in the CNS.

 

Short CV

2003 - 2009    NIB, Dept. of Entomology

2009 - 2010    University of Missouri, USA

2010 - 2013    Faculty of Natural Science and Engineering, University of Ljubljana

2014 - 2016    Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany

Selected publications

  • MOŠKRIČ Ajda, PAVLIN Anja, MOLE Katarina, MARINČ Andraž, BUBNIČ Jernej, OPARA Andreja, KOVAČIĆ Marin, PUŠKADIJA Zlatko, UZUNOV Aleksandar, ANDONOV Sreten, DAHLE Bjørn, PREŠERN Janez. 2023. Cutting corners: the impact of storage and DNA extraction on quality and quantity of DNA in honeybee (Apis mellifera) spermatheca. Frontiers in Physiology.DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1139269
  • OBŠTETER Jana, STRACHAN Laura, BUBNIČ Jernej, PREŠERN Janez, GORJANC Gregor. 2022. SIMplyBee : R package for simulating honeybee populations and breeding programs. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology. DOI: 10.1101/2022.12.15.520571
  • MOŠKRIČ Ajda, MARINČ Andraž, FERK, Polonca, LESKOŠEK Branimir, MOSBECH Mai-Britt, BUNIKIS Ignas, VINNERE PETTERSSON Olga, SOLER Lucile, PREŠERN, Janez. The Carniolan honeybee from Slovenia : a complete and annotated mitochondrial genome with comparisons to closely related Apis mellifera subspecies. Insects.DOI: 10.3390/insects13050403
  • MOŠKRIČ Ajda, MOLE Katarina, PREŠERN Janez. 2021. EPIC markers of the genus Apis as diagnostic tools for detection of honey fraud. Food control, DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107634
  • PREŠERN Janez, KUR Uroš, BUBNIČ Jernej, ŠALA Martin. 2020. Lithium contamination of honeybee products and its accumulation in brood as a consequence of anti-varroa treatment. Food chemistry, DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.127334
  • PREŠERN Janez. 2020. Neurostatistical approach to toxicological testing in honeybees. MethodsX, DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2020.101077
  • TLAK GAJGER Ivana, VLAINIĆ Josipa, ŽAGAR-ŠOŠTARIĆ Petra, PREŠERN Janez, BUBNIČ Jernej, SMODIŠ ŠKERL Maja Ivana. 2020. Effects on some therapeutical, biochemical, and immunological parameters of honey bee (Apis mellifera) exposed to probiotic treatments, in field and laboratory condition. Insects, DOI: 10.3390/insects11090638
  • BÜCHLER, Ralph, UZUNOV, Aleksandar, KOVAČIĆ, Marin, PREŠERN, Janez, PIETROPAOLI, Marco, HATJINA, Fani, et al. 2020. Summer brood interruption as integrated management strategy for effective Varroa control in Europe. Journal of Apicultural Research,DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2020.1793278.
  • MOŠKRIČ, Ajda, FORMATO, Giovanni, SMODIŠ ŠKERL, Maja Ivana, PREŠERN, Janez. Reproductive technologies in the honey bee. In: PRESICCE, G. A. (ed.). Reproductive technologies in animals. London: Academic Press. 2020, str. 229-243, ilustr., DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-817107-3.00014-X
  • PREŠERN Janez, SMODIŠ ŠKERL Maja Ivana. 2019. Parameters influencing queen body mass and their importance as determined by machine learning in honey bees (Apis mellifera carnica). Apidologie, DOI: 10.1007/s13592-019-00683-y
  • PREŠERN Janez, MIHELIČ Jan, KOBAL Milan. 2019. Growing stock of nectar- and honeydew-producing tree species determines the beekeepers' profit. Forest Ecology and Management, 448:490-498. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.06.031
  • MOŠKRIČ Ajda, BUBNIČ Jernej, SMODIŠ ŠKERL Maja Ivana, PREŠERN Janez. 2018. Potential positive effects of hop beta acids on parasitic mite Varroa destructor control in honey bee colonies. Journal of Hygienic Engineering and Design, 24(3): 3-7.
  • PREŠERN Janez, POLAJNAR Jernej, DE GROOT Maarten, ZOROVIĆ Maja, VIRANT-DOBERLET Meta. 2018. On the spot: utilization of directional cues in vibrational communication of a stink bug. Scientific Reports, 8(1) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-23710-x.
  • PREŠERN Janez, ŠKORJANC, Aleš, RODIČ, Tomaž, BENDA, Jan. 2016. A single mechanism driving both inactivation and adaptation in rapidly adapting currents of DRG neurons? Biological cybernetics, DOI: 10.1007/s00422-016-0693-7
  • PREŠERN Janez, TRIBLEHORN Jeffrey, SCHUL Johannes. 2015. Dynamic dendritic compartmentalization underlies stimulus specific adaptation in an insect neuron. Journal of neurophysiology, 113 (10): 3787-3797. DOI: 10.1152/jn.00945.2014.
  • BOŽIČ Janko, KORDIŠ Dušan, KRIŽAJ Igor, LEONARDI Adrijana, MOČNIK Robert, NAKRST Mitja, PODGORŠEK Peter, PREŠERN Janez, SUŠNIK BAJEC Simona, ZORC Minja, ZURC Jelena, DOVČ Peter. Novel aspects in characterisation of Carniolan honey bee (Apis mellifera carnica, Pollmann 1879). V: DOVČ, Peter (ur.). Technology driven animal production, 24th International Symposium Animal Science Days, Ptuj, September 21st-23rd, 2016, (Acta agriculturae slovenica, ISSN 1854-4800, Supplement, 2016, 5). Ljubljana: Biotechnical Faculty, 2016, suppl. 5, str. 18-25. http://aas.bf.uni-lj.si/zootehnika/supl/5-2016/PDF/5-2016-18-27.pdf.
  • PREŠERN, Janez. 2016. Importance of wild honey bee colonies for forest and apiculture. Gozdarski vestnik, 74 (4): 203-205.
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