CHAIR OF BIOCHEMISTRY
Faculty of Chemistry and Chem. Technology
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  Head: Prof. Dr. Metka Renko  



BASIC INFORMATION

The chair of Biochemistry is located at the J. Stefan Institute and is immersed into its Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

The only undergraduate Biochemistry programme in Slovenia is taught at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, since 1998/99. It is a 4 year programme (preparation of the B.Sc. thesis in the 5th year). For details please check the year-by-year programme.


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FACULTY and STAFF:

Prof. Dr. Franc Gubensek
Professor of biochemistry, corresponding member of the Slovenan Academy of Sciences and Arts, president of the Board of Governors of J. Stefan Institute, former head of the Chair. He retired in October 2004.

Prof. Dr. Metka Renko
Head of the Chair, lecturer of Biochemistry for students of pharmacy, laboratory biomedicine, chemistry and biochemistry; also teaches selected chapters of Food chemistry and Biochemistry and part of Molecular Immunology.

Prof. Dr. Brigita Lenarcic
Professor Brigita Lenarcic lectures biochemistry to pharmacy and biochemistry students. She also teaches Enzymatics, Enzymology and Enzyme Technology to students of biochemistry. In 2001, Dr. Lenarcic was awarded by ISI as most cited Slovenian woman scientist in the period 1991-2001.

Assist. Prof. Dr. Marko Dolinar
Teaching assistant Marko Dolinar is lecturer of Recombinant DNA Technology. In the current semester, he is starting to conduct Biochemistry Seminar for biochemistry  students. He also leads the practical course of Recombinant DNA Technology.

Dr. Vera Zupunski
Teaching assistant Vera Zupunski is mainly involved in preparing the practical course of biochemistry. She joined the chair full-time in May 2003.

Dr. Nika Lovsin
Teaching assistant Nika Lovsin is guiding practicals in general biochemistry and evolution. She is currently posdoctoral fellw at the University of California, San Francisco.

Dr. Petra Prijatelj
Teaching assistant Petra Prijatelj is instructor for various practical courses in biochemistry, including protein structure. She is postdoctoral fellow at the New York University this year.

Matjaz Malavasic is technician.

Biochemistry programme can only be accomplished with aid of external coworkers:
Prof. Dr. Vito Turk, currently director of the J. Stefan Institute, former head of the Chair.
Lecturers: Assist. Professors Igor Krizaj (protein structure, biological membranes), Dusan Turk (protein structure), Dusan Kordis (molecular evolution), Roman Jerala (bioinformatics), Assoc. Professors Joze Pungercar (molecular genetics), Vladka Curin Serbec (immunology) and many more.

Research interests are best illustrated by the list of recent publications (Dept. of Biochem. and Mol. Biol., J. Stefan Institute).

Slovenian Biochemists Abroad:

Portrait of Dr. Andrej Sali, molecular structural biologist at the New York Rockefeller University, presented by BioMedNet (free registration required to view the page).  Professor Bostjan Kobe, structural biochemist at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, won the Minister's Award for Achievement in Life Science in September 2001.

Last updated: October 1, 2004.


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