Professor Dr. Brigita Lenarčič

Chair of Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana
	Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana
	Office 406, Building B, Jožef Stefan Institute
	+ 386 (0) 1 24-19-484 & (+386) 1 4773-623
	brigita.lenarcic@ijs.si
http://bio.ijs.si/~brigita
BIOGRAPHY   Education University Diploma 1981, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana. M. Sc. 1986, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana. Ph. D. 1989, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana. Post-doctoral Education 1999,  University of Notre Dame, Indiana, ZDA; Prof. Francis J. Castellino 2003, Sincrotrone Trieste, Italy; prof. Kristina Djinović Carugo Teaching Positions Assistant 1987–1996 Assistant Professor of Biochemistry 1996-2001 Associate Professor of Biochemistry 2001- 2005 Professor of Biochemistry 2006 Professional Positions: Senior Researcher at J. Stefan Institute 1998- Head of the Chair of Biochemistry 2005- Awards Krka Award for diploma work 1981. Boris Kidrič Foundation Award for research accomplishments 1987 Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) award for the most highly cited female in Slovenia for the period between 1993-2000.
TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS    Undergraduate programs at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana ENZYMES (30-0037) (Chemistry) BIOCHEMISTRY (30-1001) (Biochemistry) ENZYMOLOGY (30-0185) (Biochemistry) ENZYME TECHNOLOGY (30-1021) (Biochemistry)
RESEARCH INTERESTS (More information at SICRIS)   Research Fields  Regulation of proteolytic enzymes activities by endogenous protein inhibitors. Participation in Current Research Projects P1-0140 “Proteolysis and its Regulation” (Primary Investigator Prof. Dr. Vito Turk) Selected publications (For complete bibliography click COBISS) LENARČIČ Brigita, RITONJA Ana, ŠTRUKELJ Borut, TURK Boris in TURK Vito. Equistatin, a new inhibitor of cysteine proteinases from Actinia equina, is structurally related to thyroglobulin type-1 domain. J. Biol. Chem., 1997, 272, 13899-13903. LENARČIČ  Brigita in BEVEC Tadeja. Thyropins - new structurally related proteinase inhibitors. Biol. Chem., 1998, 379, 105-111. LENARČIČ Brigita in TURK Vito. Thyroglobulin type-1 domains in equistatin inhibit both papain-like cysteine proteinases and cathepsin D. J. Biol. Chem., 1999, 274, 563-566. LENARČIČ Brigita, KRISHNAN Gomathi, BORUKOVICH Renata, RUCK Brian, TURK Vito in MOCZYDLOWSKI Edward. Saxiphilin, a saxitoxin binding protein with two thyroglobulin type 1 domains, is an inhibitor of papain-like proteinases. J. Biol. Chem. 2000, 275, 15572-15577. GALEŠA Katja, PAIN Roger, JONGSMA Maarten, TURK Vito, LENARČIČ Brigita. Structural characterization of thyroglobulin type-1 domains of equistatin. FEBS Lett. 2003, 539, 120-124.