NIB

Short biography:

•    2004-2009: BSc in Biotechnology – University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Graduated under the supervision of assist. prof. Miomir Knežević, PhD, and Darja Marolt, PhD. Thesis title: »Adipose derived stem cells as a feeder layer for embryonic stem cells«.
•    June-September 2008: visiting scholar in prof. Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic's Laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering at Columbia University, New York City, USA.
•    2009-2010: independent researcher at Blood Transfusion Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Work on the project Systems Biology Tools Development for Cell Therapy and Drug Development – SYSTHER, in the context of programme INREMOS – Industrially Relevant Molecular Life.
•    2010-: University of Ljubljana, Medical faculty, interdisciplinary PhD programme Biomedicine,  Ljubljana, Slovenia. Supervisor: prof. Tamara Lah Turnšek, PhD.
•    2010-: Young researcher at Department of Genetic Toxicology and Cancer Biology, National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
 

Area of research:

•    Glioblastoma multiforme – invasiveness and protease profile
•    The use of in silico methods in cancer research
 

Publications:

•    GODIER , Amandine F. G., MAROLT, Darja, GERECHT, Sharon, TAJNŠEK, Urška, MARTENS, Timothy P., VUNJAK-NOVAKOVIC, Gordana. Engineered microenvironments for human stem cells. Birth defects research Part C Embryo today reviews. 2008, 84 (4): 335-347.
 

Conferences and lectures

•    6th EORTC PathoBiology Group Annual Meeting, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2011.
•    Invited lecture at International Summer School ISS Piran 2011 – Advanced Methods in Molecular Biology and Their Use in Biotechnology: »Microarrays in Cancer Research and Emerging Issues«, Piran, Slovenia, 2011.
•    International scientific symposium Stem Cells, Cord Blood and Placenta in Regenerative Medicine, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2011.
•    Symposium Tissues and Cells Supply in Slovenia – Current Status and Legal Frameworks, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2011.
•    SYSTHER ColoNET Workshop on Systems Biology in Cancer, Munich, Germany, 2010.
•    International Summer School ISS Piran 2010 – Advanced Methods in Cell Biology, Piran, Slovenia, 2010.
•    Experimental and Translational Oncology meeting, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, 2010. (poster)
•    International Summer School ISS Piran 2009 – Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Piran, Slovenia, 2009.
•    Training With a Professional Consultation for Responsible Persons (Solutiones, consulting, compliance and training, Ltd.), Maribor, Slovenia, 2009.
•    International Summer School ISS Piran 2008 – Advanced Biomedical Technologies for Treatment of Osteochondral Defects, Piran, Slovenia, 2008.
•    4th Cartilage Weekend – Symposium on Cartilage Repair and Regenerative Medicine, Piran, Slovenia, 2008.


Bibliography (COBISS)