Monthly Archives: February 2024

Jerica Sabotič and Nika Janež from the Department of Biotechnology of the Jožef Stefan Institute, in collaboration with blue biotechnology experts who are members of the COST Action Network CA18238 Ocean4Biotech, have prepared a comprehensive guide for the use of bioassays for effective discovery of bioactive compounds, which has been published in the prestigious journal […]

The group of Inga Matijošyte from Life Sciences Center at the Institute of Biotechnology of Vilnius University in Vilnius, Lithuania, has developed a new substrate for the detection of laccase activity, Ferbamine. Laccases are versatile enzymes that catalyze oxidation reactions coupled to the reduction of molecular oxygen to water. They enable the degradation of lignin, […]

Researchers from the team led by Prof. Dr. Boris Rogelj, along with young researcher Urša Čerček and former colleague Dr. Mirjana Malnar, have published a study in the prestigious journal Nature Communications unveiling novel molecular mechanisms associated with the mutation in the C9orf72 gene, implicated in the development of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Frontotemporal […]

Colleagues at B3 Emanuela Senjor, Milica Perišić Nanut, Jerica Sabotič and Janko Kos published an article entitled “Different glycosylation profiles of cystatin F alter the cytotoxic potential of natural killer cells” in the journal Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. The article shows that changing the N-glycosylation of cystatin F significantly affects its localization (within cytotoxic […]

Jerica Sabotič and Nika Janež, in collaboration with Anja Klančnik from the Biotechnical faculty at University of Ljubljana, have recently published a review paper entitled »Molecular structures mediating adhesion of Campylobacter jejuni to abiotic and biotic surfaces”, which provides a comprehensive overview of the molecular and functional aspects of adhesion of C. jejuni, which is […]

As certain soil insects, such as the destructive larvae of the western corn rootworm, are becoming increasingly difficult to control due to insecticide bans, our department is looking for alternative solutions. Investigating fungal proteins as potential biological insecticides, we focused on protease inhibitors, which are known to interfere with insect digestion. In collaboration with partners […]