Urša Čerček, MSc
PhD student
Research interests:
- Molecular mechanism of neurodegenerative diseases ALS and FTD
- Stress granules formation in response to cold atmospheric plasma and in relation to ALS
- RNA-protein interactions
- Pathology of RNA binding proteins in ALS and FTD
Research experience and education
- 2020 – : Junior researcher, Department of Biotechnology, “Jožef Stefan” Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia / PhD student, Interdisciplinary doctoral programme in Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2017- 2020: MSc, Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2014 – 2017: BSc, Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Awards and fellowships
- 2020 : ERASMUS+ scholarship for practical training (Uniklinik RWTH, Aachen, Germany)