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Dr.
Toni Petan
Department
of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
Jozef Stefan Institute
Jamova 39
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
tel.: +386 1 477 3713
fax: +386 1 477 3984
email: toni.petan{at}ijs.si
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There are currently open positions
for students to work on the involvement of sPLA2s
in cancer and in lipid droplet biology.
Research Interests
LIPID METABOLISM AND
SIGNALING – PLEASE
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PAST
WORK (-2008)
1. Interaction
of secretory phospholipases A2 (sPLA2s)
with membrane surfaces. Their interfacial
binding, kinetic
and membrane-damaging
properties.
2. Importance of enzymatic activity
and the arachidonate
metabolism in the pathophysiological
and toxic actions of mammalian and snake venom sPLA2s. The role of sPLA2s in neuronal
apoptosis.
Publications
PubMed, COBISS
PhD thesis summary
(English, Slovene)
[COBISS.SI-ID 17921319]
Online presentations (.pdf files)
“Enzymatic
Activity Restored in Ammodytin
L, an Inactive Phospholipase
A2 Homologue, Increases its Toxic and Membrane
Damaging Activities”, presented at
the 3rd International Conference on Phospholipases A2 and
Lipid Mediators, Sorrento, Italy (May, 2007).
Employment and Research Experience
1999-2003:
full-time Ph.D. student at the Department of
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, "Jožef Stefan" Institute,
Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2002:
short-term collaborative research visit at the
laboratory of Prof.
Dr. Michael H. Gelb, Departments of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of
Washington, Seattle, USA.
2004-2005:
Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Laboratory
for Cell and Molecular Biology, Beth Israel
Deaconess Medical Center,
Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. Mentor: Prof.
Arthur J. Sytkowski,
MD.
2003-:
Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, "Jožef Stefan" Institute,
Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Teaching
2009-:
Biochemistry and Toxinology
at the University of Nova Gorica.
Current collaborations
Prof.
Michael Gelb, University of Washington,
Seattle (USA)
Prof.
Gérard Lambeau, IPMC, CNRS,
Valbonne (France)
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