Yearly Archives: 2021

Members of Department Emanuela Senjor, Milica Perišić Nanut, Ana Mitrović and Janko Kos recently published a paper entitled: Cystatin F acts as a mediator of immune suppression in glioblastoma in Cellular Oncology ( IF = 6,73). The paper shows that elevated cystatin F levels in glioblastoma tumor microenvironment (from immune, glioblastoma, or glioblastoma stem-like cells) […]

Between 3rd and 8th July 2021, a virtual congress of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) entitled Molecules of Life: Towards New Horizons was held. The congress was originally supposed to be organized in Ljubljana, however despite the virtual implementation, it retained a strong Slovenian touch. It was attended by more than 1,700 participants […]

In the framework of ERA-Net CoBioTech, an international project entitled “Engineering microbial communities for the conversion of lignocellulose into medium-chain carboxylates” (Acronym: Cell4Chem) has begun its three-year financing on 1st July 2021. The project will aim to provide new tools and strategies to produce specialty chemicals caproate and caprylate from sustainable feedstocks, such as agro-industrial […]

Prof. Rogelj in collaboration with colleagues from King’s College London published a review article on disease relevance of nucleocytoplasmic shuttling in the esteemed journal Brain (IF 13.5). Abnormalities in expression and function of proteins that are involved in nucleocytoplasmic shuttling called karyopherins can be both the cause and consequence of protein mislocalisation and aggregate formation […]

On Thursday, May 6, 2021, our colleague Mirjana Malnar received the title PhD with a successful defence of her doctoral dissertation entitled »Role of antisense RNA transcript from C9orf72 mutation associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia«. She conducted her research work at the department, under the mentorship of prof. Boris Rogelj. Congratulations!

Prof. Boris Rogelj and Miha Milek from the Institute of Chemistry on Radio Student spoke about major breakthroughs in cell and molecular biology in recent decades, especially in terms of research in the field of RNA molecules and the role of non-coding RNA in regulating gene expression. You can listen to the article at the […]

In 2020, at the department we have arranged and started using new modern laboratories. The laboratories include two cell laboratories and a central laboratory dedicated to the analysis of cell culture samples. The laboratories are arranged and registered for work with biosafety level 1 genetically modified organisms (GMO) and one of the cell laboratories is […]

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, ‘FEBS 2021’ will be converted to a virtual format. However, it will still be held from 3rd to 8th July 2021, and it will retain excellent scientific presentations and discussions, poster sessions, interesting special sessions and workshops. Moreover, most of the speakers have already confirmed their commitment to participate in […]

In the framework of Central European Science Partnership, a bilateral project entitled “Small protein blockers of IL-23/IL-17 axis as intestinal inflammation inhibitors secreted by probiotic bacteria” (N3-0184) was selected for three-year financing by Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS) and The Czech Science Foundation (GAČR), beginning with 1st March 2021. The project will aim to verify lactic […]

We have developed a bioluminescence based biofilm quantification assay in collaboration with researchers from Biotechnical Faculty at University of Ljubljana. We have shown that it works great in Listeria innocua, which is considered a non-pathogenic surrogate for Listeria monocytogenes. This biofilm assay enables absolute quantification of bacterial cells and is considered as a viable alternative […]