Uroš Prešern is a third-year undergraduate Biochemistry student at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana. His current research is focused on the structural characterization of the complex between EGFR and EpCAM, which are two transmembrane proteins overexpressed in carcinoma. He is very grateful to ASEF for the opportunity to spend his summer with Professor Andrej Šali at UC San Francisco, where he will learn to generate structural models of proteins and protein complexes using software developed by Prof. Šali’s lab. He believes the experience will help him with his further research and will provide him with new and important knowledge on computational biology. Besides research, he is passionate about photography, cooking and traveling and enjoys spending time outdoors, jogging, hiking or just admiring nature. However, after a long day, some chocolate or chips and a good TV show are his favorite way to relax.
SLOVENIAN
Uroš Prešern je študent zadnjega letnika univerzitetnega dodiplomskega študija biokemije na Fakulteti za kemijo in kemijsko inženirstvo, Univerza v Ljubljani. Trenutno se raziskovalno ukvarja s preučevanjem interakcije med transmembranskima proteinoma EGFR in EpCAM, ki sta pretirano izražena v karcinomih. Zelo je hvaležen fundaciji ASEF, ki mu bo omogočila, da bo poletje preživel pri prof. Andreju Šaliju na Univerzi Kalifornije, San Francisco, kjer bo pridobil znanje o generiranju strukturnih modelov proteinov in proteinskih kompleksov z uporabo programske opreme, ki so jo razvili v laboratoriju prof. Šalija. Uroš verjame, da bo ta izkušnja ogromno pripomogla pri njegovih nadaljnjih raziskavah, hkrati pa bo pridobil novo in pomembno zanje na področju strukturne biokemije. Poleg študija in raziskovalnega dela Uroš posveča svoj čas fotografiranju, kuhanju in potovanjem. Prosti čas rad preživi na svežem zraku, kjer teče, pohajkuje ali preprosto uživa v naravi. Čeprav pa drži, da se mu po napornem dnevu najbolj prileže ogled kakšne dobre serije, ob kateri si privošči čips ali čokolado.