Prof. Dr. Robert Zorec

Section for Molecular Cell Physiology  & Cell Engineering, Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology-Molecular Cell Physiology Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana
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BIOGRAPHY   Education 1981, B.Sc. (Physiology) Department of Biology, University of Ljubljana 1983, M.Sc. (Neurophysiology) Biotechnical and Medical Faculties, University of Ljubljana 1985, Ph.D. (Neurophysiology), Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Teaching Positions Assistant, 06/84 –  06/89 Assistant Professor, 06/89 -  10/92 Associate Professor, 10/92 -  06/95 Professor of Pathological Physiologym, 06/95 –  Awards Republic  of Slovenia Prize for Science (Neuroendocrinology) in 1997
TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS   Graduate programs University of Ljubljana CELL PHYSIOLOGY (UL BIOMED12411), ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL TRECHNIQUES (UL BIOMED 43440), HIGH RESOLUTION OPTICAL MICROSCOPY (UL BIOMED 44475),  MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY (UL BIOTECH. FACULTY 0533), CELL BIOLOGY (UL BIOTECH. FACULTY 0117) Undergraduate programs University of Ljubljana GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY (FCCT 030188) PATHOPHYSIOLOGY (MEDICAL FACULTY)
RESEARCH INTERESTS   Research Fields  Research Fields Molecular Cell Physiology, Electrophysiology of Single Cells, Molecular Mechanisms of Regulated Exocytosis,  Cell to Cell Fusion, Functional Genomics, Physiomics, Calcium Homeostasis, Cell Death, Biomedical Instrumentation and Techniques. Participation in Current Research Projects 2001-2004 FrameWork 5  No. QLRT-2000-02004 Dynamics of extracellular glutamate: regulation of glt-1 density in astrocyte plasmamembrane. 2001-2005 (NIH) University of Colorado, USA, Capacitance and fluorescence measurements of unitary exocytic events. 2002-2004 L2-4472-1683-03 Cell chips (Ministrstvo za šolstvo, znanost in šport) 1999-2004 P3 521 0381 (Molecular Cell Physiology, Ministrstvo za šolstvo, znanost in šport) Selected publications (For complete bibliography click COBISS) Lledo P-M, Vernier P, Didier J-D, Mason WT Zorec R (1993) Inhibition of Rab 3B expression attenuates Ca2+-dependent exocytosis in rat anterior pituitary cells. Nature 364: 543. Zorec, R (1996) Calcium signaling and secretion in pituitary cells. Trends in Endocrinololgy and Metabolism 7: 384. M. Rupnik, M. Kreft, S. K. Sikdar, R. Romih, G. Zupančič, T. F. J. Martin, and R. Zorec (2000) Rapid Regulated Dense-Core Vesicle Exocytosis Requires the CAPS Protein Proc.Natl.Aacad. Sci. USA 9:5627. Helena H. Chowdhury, Marko Kreft and Robert Zorec (2002) Distinct Effect Of Actin Cytoskeleton Disassembly On Exo- And Endocytic Events In A Membrane Patch Of Rat Melanotrophs J. Physiol. (Lond) 545.3: 879-886. M. Kržan, M. Stenovec, M. Kreft, T. Pangršič, S. Grilc, P. G. Haydon and R. Zorec (2003) Calcium-Dependent Exocytosis of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide From Astrocytes. J. Neurosci. 23(5): 1580-1583.