Prof. Gregor Serša was a superviosr of PhD thesis of young research fellow Sara Prijič. In 2012, Sara Prijič successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled The use of superparamagnetic nanoparticles for magnetofection of reporter and therapeutic genes into cells, muscles and experimental tumors of mice. The main topic of her thesis was preparation of superparamagnetic nanoparticles of iron oxide, coated and functionalized with endosomolytic polymers, polyacrylic acis and polyetilenimin and determination of magnetofection efficacy and antitumour effect of nanoparticles with either reporter or therapeutic genes.
D.09 Tutoring for postgraduate students
COBISS.SI-ID: 1249403Prof. dr. Andrej Cör is coauthor of Anatomy, histology, physiology, a textbook with review, published by Medical Faculty of University of Ljubljana. Text book complements basic contents of anatomy, histology and physiology of human body for higher education study programmes in the field of biomedicine.
D.10 Educational activities
COBISS.SI-ID: 71234561Prof. Maja Čemažar participated at the international congress Genetics 2012 as invited speaker. At the congress, she presented a lecture on systemic and local electrogene therapy with IL 12 for treatment of canine tumours.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 1357947The patent refers to magnetofection of plasmid DNA (pDNA) coding a reporter gene in B16F1 melanoma cells grown in vitro with superparamagnetic nanoparticles in the presence of external magnetic field. It includes procedures for the preparation and surface treatment of superparamagnetic nanoparticles, the process of binding of an aqueous solution of PEI and pDNA on previously sterilized superparamagnetic nanoparticles and transfection of the complexes of superparamagnetic nanoparticles with PEI and pDNA in B16F1 melanoma cells in vitro by an external magnetic fields for delivery of genetic material and therapeutic substances in cells grown in vitro for different biomedical and biotechnological applications.
F.33 Slovenian patent
COBISS.SI-ID: 34792709Dr. Sara Prijič was awarded Krka’s prize 2012 for postgraduate students for her PhD thesis The use of superparamagnetnic nanoparticles for magnetofection of reporter and therapeutic genes into cells, muscles and experimental tumors in mice. The main topic of her thesis was preparation of superparamagnetic nanoparticles of iron oxide, coated and functionalized with endosomolytic polymers, polyacrylic acis and polyetilenimin and determination of magnetofection efficacy and antitumour effect of nanoparticles with either reporter or therapeutic genes. Research achievements of the PhD thesis were included in the Proceedings of Krka Prizes.
E.01 National awards
COBISS.SI-ID: 1391995