The House of Students
In Vivo Veritas
The night is dark and full of terrors…
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Katja Leben
Field of study:Biochemistry
Main contributions:Calcium sensing system, cloning
Science crush:
Uncovering the mechanisms laying behind biochemical signalling and immunology pathways
If I weren't in the lab I would be:Hanging from a rock cliff, reading a book.
Rok Krese
Field of study:Biotechnology
Main contributions:Activation of cells with ultrasound
The Master of Coin.
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Science crush:
Synthetic biology and metabolic engineering
If I weren't in the lab I would be:Surfing, diving or travelling.
If we die, we'll die, but first we live.
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Tjaša Plaper
Field of study:Molecular and functional biology
Main contributions:Protein retention and secretion from the cell
Science crush:
Imunology and microbiology
If I weren't in the lab I would be:Travelling, drinking a beer with my friends or enjoying a quiet moment in nature with my dog.
Nik Franko
Field of study:Biotechnology
Main contributions:Novel regulated protein secretion system, novel split proteases, QC
He is freakish precise and innovative. And cloning quicker than you would expect for a man of that size.
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Science crush:
Solving complex biological problems using synthetic biology, biotech entrepreneurship
If I weren't in the lab I would be:Training at the gym and still thinking about synbio. To really disconnect from lab I would go to Rome.
What do we say to the god of Wiki? Not today!
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Lidija Magdevska
Field of study:Computer science and mathematics
Main contributions:Wiki design, debugging, modelling
Finding the invisible link between things
If I weren't in the lab I would be:As I am. All or not at all.
Miha Gradišek
Field of study:Electrical engineering
Main contributions:Research and implementation of the system for ultrasonic stimulation
Sometimes a man has to make hard choices, choices that might look wrong to others, but you know are right in the long run.
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Science crush:
Development of integrated circuits, research of biomedical influence of ultrasound on the observed tissue
If I weren't in the lab I would be:Photoshooting nature somewhere in the wilderness.
When in comes to war, she fights for the lab, when it comes to science, she doesn't choose sides.
Estera Merljak
Field of study:Biochemistry
Main contributions:Confocal microscopy, cloning.
Science crush:
In the mysterious plasmid masquerade mammalian cells disguise as tea pots and ghosts, humoring few chosen for confocal microscopy. Only your own imagination is the limit of synthetic biology.
If I weren't in the lab I would be:A great lyric coloratura soprano.
Samo Roškar
Field of study:Medicine
Main contributions:Novel split proteases & inducible secretion system
In the Dawn Age of the Lab, before coming of other students and the raising of computers and coffees, there was only the Child of Nosleep.
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Science crush:
Think about the medical application.
If I weren't in the lab I would be:Cycling and thinking how to make it better.
I'm no Lady.
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Nina Jerala
Field of study:Medicine
Main contributions:Light inducible systems, light inducible split proteases, inducible logic gates
Science crush:
Physical anthropology, infectious disease, genetic engineering
If I weren't in the lab I would be:Going straight back to the lab. It's called the Stockholm syndrome.
Kosta Cerović
Field of study:Medicine
Main contributions:Ultrasound analysis and visualization, Human Practice
From this time to the end of time, we are a free and independent kingdom.
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Science crush:
Cardiovascular Research
If I weren't in the lab I would be:training judo or enjoying sunny beaches of Montenegro
They found some of my…experiments…too bold.
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Arne Praznik
Field of study:Biotechnology
Main contributions:Constructs for logic operations
Science crush:
Kosta
If I weren't in the lab I would be:Coordinates -46.0569465, -165.49424850
Žiga Pušnik
Field of study:Computer and information science
Main contributions:Wiki design, modeling, software development
With me, lads! Wiki is not falling tonight.
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Science crush:
Computational biology, machine learning
If I weren't in the lab I would be:Lying on the beach and smiling to the sun.