Researcher ID C-6905-2014
ORCID number 0000-0002-9916-8465
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National Institute of Chemistry
Laboratory for Molecular Biology and Nanobiotechnology
Hajdrihova 19
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Telephone: +386 1 476 02 61
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1994: B.Sc. in Biology: Molecular cloning and partial gene analysis of long-nosed viper (Vipera ammodytes ammodytes L.) phospholipases A2. (supervisor: prof. dr. Igor Kregar)
1998: PhD in Biological Sciences: Protein engineering and mechanism of action of equinatoxin II from the sea anemone Actinia equina L. (supervisor: prof. dr. Peter MaÄek, co-supervisor prof. dr. Jože PungerÄar)
1994: Teaching assistant (Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana)
2001: Teaching professor for Biochemistry
2006: Associate professor for Biochemistry
2010: Head of the Department of Biology
2011: Professor for Biochemistry
2011: Head of the Laboratory for Molecular Biology and Nanobiotechnology, National Institute of Chemistry
2015: Director, National Institute of Chemistry
1994: Prešeren prize for graduation thesis
1996: Krka prize
1999: EMBO Short term fellowship for the visit of ITC, CNR-Istituto di Biofisica, Povo (Trento), Italy (Gianfranco Menestrina)
2000: FEBS long-term fellowship for the visit of University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (Jeremy H. Lakey)
2002: Golden emblem of the Institute Jožef Stefan for PhD thesis
2003: Wellcome Trust International Research Development Award
2005: Zois prize (Slovenian state prize for science) for important achievements in biochemistry and molecular biology
2009: EMBO Short term fellowship for the visit of The Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, UK (Robert Gilbert)
2010: Zei prize of the National Institute of Biology
2011: Top Reviewer for Biochemistry, Elsevier
2013: Pregl prize of the National Institute of Chemistry for extraordinary achievements
2017: Member of Academia Europaea
2017: Associate Member of The Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
2018: Lapanje prize of the Slovenian Biochemical Society
2004-2015: Establishment and head of the Infrastructural Centre for Molecular Interaction Analysis
2006-2013: Secretary of the Slovenian Biochemical Society
2005: Organisation of the first meeting of Slovenian bioinformaticists (head of the programme group; Ljubljana, 2. 12. 2005)
2007: Member of the editorial board of Analytical Biochemistry
2009: Organisation of Biacore and MicroCal Innovation Days (Ljubljana, 25. 11. 2009)
2012: Member of the editorial board of Scientifica
2015: Member of the editorial board of Biochimica et Biophysica Acta- Biomembranes
2016: Member of the editorial board of Scientific Reports
1994-2011: practical classes and lectures for eight subjects at undergraduate and graduate levels at Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana (Biochemistry, Protein Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Molecular interactions)
2002-2019: Mentor or co-mentor of 14 PhD theses and co-mentor for one MSc thesis. The excellence of PhD theses: Krka prize 2006 (Katarina Kristan), Loreal prize for women in science 2011 and Krka prize 2012 (Biserka BakraÄ), Pregl prize of the National Institute of Chemistry 2011 (Tilen Praper), Krka prize 2014 (Nejc Rojko), Krka prize 2016 (Omar Naneh), Loreal prize for women in science 2018 (Tea LenarÄiÄ)