{"id":1400,"date":"2020-04-27T11:10:59","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T09:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-b3.ijs.si\/?post_type=team&#038;p=1400"},"modified":"2025-02-12T11:26:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T10:26:31","slug":"jerica-sabotic-phd","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/www-b3.ijs.si\/index.php\/rushmore_teams\/jerica-sabotic-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerica Saboti\u010d, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Research interests<\/strong><br>\u2022 Glycobiology, biotechnology<br>\u2022 Molecular mechanisms at the level of protein-protein and protein-glycan interactions<br>\u2022 Biologically active proteins from higher fungi<br>\u2022 Bacterial biofilms<br>\u2022 Biopesticides<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research experience and education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a microbiologist with extensive expertise in biotechnology, biochemistry and cell biology and work at the Jo\u017eef Stefan Institute in Slovenia. My research focuses on molecular interactions, especially on protein-protein and protein-glycan interactions. In the developing research field of microbial glycobiology, we utilise unique fungal proteins for mechanistic studies on (i) bacterial adhesion and biofilm interactions, (ii) interactions with cancer and immune cells, and (iii) their biopesticidal potential against invasive insect pests. Our goal is to apply these findings in human and veterinary medicine, agriculture, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>2015 \u2013 to date Researcher (Scientific Associate) at the Department of Biotechnology, Jo\u017eef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana<br>2010 \u2013 to date Biosafety officer at Jo\u017eef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia<br>2011 Visiting researcher at Institute of Microbiology, ETH Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland<br>2008 \u2013 2014 Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Biotechnology, Jo\u017eef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia<br>2007 Ph.D., Biotechnology, Biotechnical faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia<br>2006 \u2013 2007 Visiting researcher at School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, UK<br>2003 \u2013 2007 Young researcher at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jo\u017eef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia<br>2002 B.Sc., Microbiology, Biotechnical faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia<br>2001 Visiting researcher at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Awards and fellowships<\/strong><br>\u2022 2022: EMBO Scientific Exchange Grant to visit Universidad de la Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife<br>\u2022 2021: Golden award for mentoring at the 55th Meeting of young researchers of Slovenia<br>\u2022 2021: 3rd place in the University of Ljubljana Rector&#8217;s Award for the best innovation in 2021<br>\u2022 2014: Golden award for mentoring at the 48th Meeting of young researchers of Slovenia<br>\u2022 2014: Prometheus for excellence in scientific communication awarded by The Slovenian Science Foundation<br>\u2022 2013: Exceptional scientific achievement in the field of biotechnology awarded by Slovenian Research Agency<br>\u2022 2012: Lapanje prize awarded by the Slovenian biochemical society<br>\u2022 2010: EMBO short term fellowship to visit ETH Z\u00fcrich<br>\u2022 2008: Krka Pharmaceutical Company&#8217;s Award for the Ph.D. thesis<br>\u2022 2006: Scholarship of the Slovene Human Resources and Scholarship Fund Ad Futura<br>\u2022 2003 \u2013 2007: Scholarship of the Ministry of Science and Technology for PhD studies<br>\u2022 2002: University of Ljubljana Pre\u0161eren Award for the Diploma thesis<br>\u2022 1995 \u2013 2002: Zois scholarship of the Slovenian government foundation for talented students<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","team_cat":[24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-b3.ijs.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team\/1400"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-b3.ijs.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-b3.ijs.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-b3.ijs.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"team_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-b3.ijs.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_cat?post=1400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}