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I am a second year graduate student in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS) PhD program.
I am a second year graduate student in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS) PhD program at Harvard University.


==Contact Info==
==Contact Info==
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==Interests==
==Interests==




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:26.2 PR | [http://baystatemarathon.com/ Baystate Marathon] 10/2013: 3h 30' 55"
:26.2 PR | [http://baystatemarathon.com/ Baystate Marathon] 10/2013: 3h 30' 55"
:13.1 PR | [http://www.bostonsruntoremember.com/boston/index.html Boston's Run to Remember] 05/2013: 1h 26' 30"
:13.1 PR | [http://www.bostonsruntoremember.com/boston/index.html Boston's Run to Remember] 05/2013: 1h 26' 30"
:University of Ljubljana basketball champion in 2008 and 2009
:University of Ljubljana basketball champion in 2008 and 2009.

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I am a second year graduate student in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS) PhD program at Harvard University.

Contact Info

Jernej Turnšek

Lab

Jernej Turnšek | Ph.D. Student
Harvard Medical School | Department of Systems Biology | 200 Longwood Avenue | Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-797-5386 | Fax: 617-432-5012 | Email: turnsek@fas.harvard.edu
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Interests

Projects

Publications

  1. Conrado RJ, Wu GC, Boock JT, Xu H, Chen SY, Lebar T, Turnšek J, Tomšič N, Avbelj M, Gaber R, Koprivnjak T, Mori J, Glavnik V, Vovk I, Benčina M, Hodnik V, Anderluh G, Dueber JE, Jerala R, and DeLisa MP. DNA-guided assembly of biosynthetic pathways promotes improved catalytic efficiency. Nucleic Acids Res. 2012 Feb;40(4):1879-89. DOI:10.1093/nar/gkr888 | PubMed ID:22021385 | HubMed [Paper1]

Past Affiliations

Ginkgo BioWorks, Inc., Boston, MA (10/2012 - 06/2013) | Ginkgo BioWorks
Jerala Lab at the National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia (05/2010 - 07/2012) | Jerala Lab

Selected Awards & Accomplishments

Grand Prize, World Champion, iGEM 2010 | Learn more about iGEM Slovenia 2010
Gold medal, BIOMOD 2011 | Learn more about BIOMOD Slovenia 2011

Education

University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Diploma in Biotechnology, 06/2012
Diploma thesis entitled: "Synthetic biology approach towards improvement of carotenoid biosynthetic pathway using zinc fingers"

Sports

Olympic distance triathlon PR | Lobsterman Triathlon 09/2014: 2h 40' 33"
26.2 PR | Baystate Marathon 10/2013: 3h 30' 55"
13.1 PR | Boston's Run to Remember 05/2013: 1h 26' 30"
University of Ljubljana basketball champion in 2008 and 2009.