Research interests
• Molecular mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases
• RNA-protein and protein-protein interactions
• Pathology of RNA binding proteins in ALS and FTD
• Formation of cytoplasmic stress granules

Research experience and education

2023 – PhD research assistant, Department of Biotechnology, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2023: PhD in Biomedicine, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
2017 – 2023: Young researcher, Medical faculty, Institute of Anatomy / Institute of Pathological Physiology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
2019 – 2020: Guest PhD student, St. Anne´s University Hospital Brno- International Clinical Research Center/Center for Translational Medicine, Brno, Czech Republic
2016 – 2017: Technical assistant / Researcher, Medical faculty, Institute of Pathological Physiology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
2016: Technical assistant, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
2013 – 2016: MSc, Molecular and Functional Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
2010 – 2013: BSc, Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia