NIB

Biotechnological Hub of the NIB (BTH-NIB)

The purpose of the investment project BTH-NIB is the assurance of the appropriate infrastructural conditions for the use of research and developmental opportunities in the fields of operation of the NIB.

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Dr. Meti Buh Gašparič EX_EMPLOYEES

Working place: Research Assistant

Department: Department of Biotechnology and Systems Biology

Qualifications

2005-

PhD student of Biomedicine, Medical Faculty, Ljubljana University, Slovenia
Supervisor: prof. dr. Jana Žel

2004
Graduated in Microbiology, at the Biotechnical Faculty, Ljubljana University, Slovenia; with the graduation thesis on the isolation and analysis of antifungal protein from flax seeds.

Research Interests

My early research work was focused on detection of genetically modified organisms (GMO) in food and feed, especially on real-time PCR and different detection chemistries. I was involved in the Co-Extra EU research programme on co-existence and traceability.

real-time PCR principle for TaqMan chemistry

article in BMC Biotechnology: Comparison of different real-time PCR chemistries and their suitability for detection and quantification of genetically modified organisms.

My present work (2008 -) includes different genes of fungal origin, which might help plants to increase drought or insect resistance. Plants are transformed via Agrobacterium mediated plant transformation - a floral dip method on Arabidopsis thaliana and explants transformation on potato.

tissue cultures

During a half-a-year work at Plant System Biology, VIB in Belgium (2009) I started to be involved in molecular farming. My project was focused on down-stream processes of recombinant proteins production in Arabidopsis seeds. With my mentor we are country representatives in COST Molecular Farming.

molecular farming