Student Info

Prospective candidates should contact individual researchers according to the research topic of interest

Toxinology:

Venoms, Neurotoxicity, Hematotoxicity, Neurotoxins, Anticoagulants, Antithrombotics, Molecular Mechanisms, Membrane Receptors, Inhibitors & Activators of sPLA2, Protein Structure, Venomics, Proteomics

⇒ Please contact Prof. Igor Križaj for more information.

 

Lipid Metabolism and Signalling:

Cancer Metabolism, Lipid Droplets, Apoptosis, Cell Signalling, Phospholipase A2, Eicosanoids, Fatty acids, Cell Biology, Flow Cytometry, Lipidomics

⇒ Please contact Assist. Prof. Toni Petan for more information.

 

Genome Analysis, Function and Evolution:

Phylogenomics, Palaeogenomics, Regulatory Genomics, Regulatory Wiring, Pathogenomics & New Virulence Factors, Intron Gain, Genome Analysis of Mobile DNA/TEs (Mobilome), Molecular Domestication, Genome Defence, Horizontal Gene Transfer, Origin & Evolution of Protein Superfamilies, Modular Evolution in Protein Superfamilies, Gene Duplication & Functional Diversification (Adaptive Evolution of Multigene Families), Lineage-Specific Expansion (LSE) of Genes/Protein Families, Neofunctionalization & Origin of Evolutionary Innovations, Adaptive Evolution of Animal Toxins

⇒ Please contact Assoc. Prof. Dušan Kordiš for more information.

 

Yeast Genetics and Cell Factories:

High-Throughput Genetics, Polygenic Traits, Functional Genomics, Systems Biology, Genome Editing, Lipid Metabolism, Protein Production, Green Bioprocesses

⇒ Please contact Assoc. Prof. Uroš Petrovič for more information.