Internalisation of extracellular cystatin F by cytotoxic T lymphocytes

  • 18.December, 2020
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Reputable journal Cancers (IF 6.64) published a paper by members of the department Mateja Prunk, Milica Perišić Nanut, Jerica Sabotič and Janko Kos entitled “Extracellular Cystatin F Is Internalised by Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes and Decreases Their Cytotoxicity”. The article demonstrates that extracellular cystatin F after internalisation into cytotoxic T cells decreases their killing ability by […]

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Faculty of Pharmacy Prešern award 2020

  • 9.December, 2020
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Urša Čerček received Faculty for Pharmacy student Prešern award 2020, awarded yearly for best student research work in the past year, for her interdisciplinary research study for master thesis entitled Effect of cold atmospheric pressure plasma on formation of stress granules in the selected stable cell line, which she made under the supervision of prof. […]

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The role of cysteine peptidases in coronavirus cell entry and replication

  • 4.November, 2020
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Reputable microbiological journal PLOS Pathogens (IF 6.2) published paper by members of the department Ana Mitrović, Jerica Sabotič, Milica Perišić Nanut, Emanuela Senjor and Janko Kos and colleagues from Faculty of Pharmacy published a review paper in discussing the role of cathepsins in coronavirus infection entitled: The role of cysteine peptidases in coronavirus cell entry […]

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New ARRS project at the department

  • 3.November, 2020
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At this year’s project proposal call from Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS) project submitted by our colleague Jerica Sabotič entitled “FunContrAPest: Novel Fungal Proteins as Biopesticides for Control of Challenging Invasive Alien Agricultural Pests” (J4-2543) was selected for three-year financing.The proposed project aims at developing new environmentally friendly biopesticides based on defense proteins from higher fungi […]

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Recipients of Krka Prize

  • 31.October, 2020
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Researchers and students from our department received awards from Slovenian pharmaceutical company Krka at the 50th Krka Prizes for best postgraduate, undergraduate and high school research projects. Krka award:Neja KuretEffect of Lectin Kokaprin on Pathogenic and Probiotic BacteriaSupervisor: Anja Klančnik, PhDCo-supervisor: Jerica Sabotič, PhD Krka recognition for undergraduate and postgraduate research work:Urša Čerček,Effect of cold […]

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New ARRS project at the department

  • 9.October, 2020
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At this year’s project proposal call from national research agency ARRS project form our colleague Milica Perišić Nanut entitled “Cystatin F as a mediator of immunosuppression in glioblastoma microenvironment” (J3-2516) was selected for three-year financing. The project will study the role of protease inhibitor cystatin F in tumor immune evasion of glioblastoma multiforme with the […]

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