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Research Fields

The research focuses on plant mineral nutrition, food quality and safety, and plant adaptation to environmental stress. Particular emphasis is placed on advanced imaging and spectroscopic techniques for studying the distribution of elements and biomolecules within plant tissues. The work investigates hyperaccumulator plants, their mechanisms of metal uptake and detoxification, and evolutionary adaptations to contaminated environments. An important aspect of the research is the study of plant-fungal symbioses and their role in metal tolerance. The findings contribute to the development of sustainable phytoremediation strategies and enhanced food security.

Ongoing projects

Subcellular molecular imaging by means of MeV Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

Imaging mass spectrometry triggered upon the individual impacts of swift heavy ions (iCELL)


Selected Bibliography

[1]       M. Regvar et al., ‘New insights into globoids of protein storage vacuoles in wheat aleurone using synchrotron soft X-ray microscopy’, J. Exp. Bot., vol. 62, no. 11, pp. 3929–3939, 2011, [Online]. Available: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=3134349&tool=pmcentrez&rendertype=abstract

[2]       M. Regvar et al., ‘Correlative Imaging of Structural Biochemistry in Plant and Food Quality Research Within an Interoperable Data Acquisition Platform’, Microscopy and Microanalysis, vol. 31, no. 4, Aug. 2025, doi: 10.1093/mam/ozaf057.

[3]       M. Regvar et al., ‘Towards Understanding the Factors Shaping the Composition and Function of the Noccaea Microbiome in Metal-Contaminated Environments’, International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2025, Vol. 26, Page 8748, vol. 26, no. 17, p. 8748, Sep. 2025, doi: 10.3390/IJMS26178748.

[4]       M. Regvar, M. Likar, A. Piltaver, N. Kugonič, and J. E. Smith, ‘Fungal community structure under goat willows (Salix caprea L.) growing at metal polluted site: The potential of screening in a model phytostabilisation study’, Plant Soil, vol. 330, no. 1, pp. 345–356, May 2010, doi: 10.1007/S11104-009-0207-7.

[5]       M. Regvar, K. Vogel-Mikuš, N. Kugonič, B. Turk, and F. Batič, ‘Vegetational and mycorrhizal successions at a metal polluted site: Indications for the direction of phytostabilisation?’, Environ. Pollut., vol. 144, no. 3, pp. 976–84, Dec. 2006, doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.01.036.