{"id":1709,"date":"2022-01-18T16:15:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T15:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-b3.ijs.si\/?post_type=team&#038;p=1709"},"modified":"2026-07-15T11:56:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T09:56:56","slug":"jerneja-nimac-msc","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/www-b3.ijs.si\/index.php\/rushmore_teams\/jerneja-nimac-msc\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerneja Nimac, MSc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Research interests<\/strong><br>\u2022 Protein-protein interactions<br>\u2022 Molecular mechanism of neurodegenerative diseases (ALS, FTD)<br>\u2022 Stress granules formation in relation to ALS<br>\u2022 Pathology of RNA binding proteins in ALS and FTD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research experience and education<\/strong><br>2025: Visiting Graduate Researcher, London Neurodegenerative Disease Brain Bank, King&#8217;s College London, London, United Kingdom<br>2022 &#8211; : PhD junior researcher, Department of Biotechnology, Jo\u017eef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia \/PhD student , Interdisciplinary doctoral programme Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia<br>2022: Associate, Department of Biotechnology, Jo\u017eef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia<br>2019 \u2013 2021: MSc, Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia<br>2016 \u2013 2019: BSc, Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Awards and fellowships<\/strong><br>\u2022 2026: Best Young Researcher Talk Award at the 2nd ICGEB Symposium on Inflammation and Proteinopathy in ALS\/FTD<br>\u2022 2026: ICGEB travel grant for participation in the 2nd ICGEB Symposium on Inflammation and Proteinopathy in ALS\/FTD<br>\u2022 2025: SiNAPSA scholarship for a short exchange at King\u2019s College London, United Kingdom, in October 2025<br>\u2022 2025: FENS Summer Fellowship for an exchange at the Brain Bank, King\u2019s College London, United Kingdom, during the summer 2025<br>\u2022 2025: ICGEB travel grant for participation in the Arturo Falaschi Conference \u201c2nd biennial conference on TDP-43 function and dysfunction in disease\u201d<br>\u2022 2024: SiNAPSA scholarship for participation in ENCALS 2024<br>\u2022 2024: IBRO-PERC travel grant for participation in FENS Forum 2024<br>\u2022 2023: ICGEB travel grant for participation in the Arturo Falaschi Conference \u201c1st biennial conference on TDP-43 function and dysfunction in disease\u201d<br>\u2022 2023: SBD scholarship for participation in ENCALS 2023<br>\u2022 2022: EMBO travel grant for participation in the \u201cRNA meets protein decay\u201d workshop<br>\u2022 2022: ICGEB travel grant for participation in \u201cInflammation and proteinopathy in ALS\/FTD spectrum disorder: joint ICGEB and ALS Society of Canada Symposium\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","team_cat":[25],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-b3.ijs.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team\/1709"}],"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=1709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"team_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-b3.ijs.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team_cat?post=1709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}