In 2009 GOSTINČAR, Cene (supervisor Gunde-Cimerman) has succesfully defended his Ph.D. thesis with a successful bibliography of 6 scientific articles. He is still actively involved in the ongoing research of this project. Doctoral dissertation: Population and physiological survival strategies of microfungi in extreme environments, Ljubljana: [C. Gostinčar], 2009. XI, 163 f., ilustr.
D.09 Tutoring for postgraduate students
COBISS.SI-ID: 2126159Fungi of the genus Wallemia represent a curiosity in the fungal kingdom since they contaminate food, preserved with high concentration of salt or sugar. They also inhabit natural ecological niches with extremely low amounts of biologically available water. Their survival is based on special adaptations in the cell structure and on molecular mechanisms. This lecture was the first combined presentation of the research, conducted by our research group.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 25099481Halophilic fungi that inhabit extremely saline environments are well-adapted to life in these environments on the level of their cell structure and processes. Studies of molecular mechanisms in the model halophilic organisms such as Hortaea werneckii in Wallemia ichthyophaga and discovery of the key enzymes/proteins involved in osmoadaptation pave the way to the improvement of the osmotolerance of biotechnologically important fungi and transgenic plants.
B.05 Guest lecturer at an institute/university
COBISS.SI-ID: 1869903The most halophilic fungal genus Wallemia, that inhabits hypersaline environments, is adapted to life at hypersaline conditions on the level of ecology, morphology, physiology, cell structure and molecular mechanisms. Investigation of these organisms and discovery of key genes/proteins, involved in adaptation, opens the possibility for improvement of salt tolerance in biotechnologically important transgenic yeasts and plants.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 26227417Invited lecture at the world congress Halophiles 2010. Our investigations have revealed the diversity of fungi which populate hypersaline environments. We were able to suggest some common adaptive mechanisms and three new eukaryotic model organisms for investigations on the molecular level, which also include the specialist species Wallemia ichthyophaga.
B.04 Guest lecture
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