PhD Katja Šuster
no.: 35429

researcher – active in research organisation

+386 5 66 96 458
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ob-valdoltra.si

Research activity

Code	Science	Field	Subfield
3.03.00	Medical sciences	Neurobiology
4.06.00	Biotechnical sciences	Biotechnology

Code	Science	Field
B007	Biomedical sciences	Medicine (human and vertebrates)
B230	Biomedical sciences	Microbiology, bacteriology, virology, mycology
B510	Biomedical sciences	Infections
B725	Biomedical sciences	Diagnostics
B600	Biomedical sciences	Surgery, orthopaedics, traumatology

Keywords

Bacteriophages; Phage Therapy; Phage Typing, Prosthetic Joint Infections; Biofilms; Antimicrobial Resistance

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Evaluation (metodology)

Points

257.21

A''

120.62

A1/2

209.74

CI10

CImax

h10

0.91

0.04

Data for the last 5 years (citations for the last 10 years) on October 15, 2025; Data for score A3 calculation refer to period 2020-2024 (2023)

Data for ARIS tenders ( 23.05.2022 – Target research programmes, archive )

Database	Linked records	Citations	Pure citations	Average pure citations
WoS	9	42	34	3.78
Scopus	9	44	36	4

Education

Level of education	Professional title	Study subject	Faculty	Year
Bachelor's degree		Biotechnology	University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty	2012
Doctoral degree	Ph. D.		University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty	2019

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Employments

Type of employment	Research org.	Research group	Date of employment	Position	Role	Title
Full time employment (100%, RD:100%)	Valdoltra Orthopaedic Hospital	Research Group of the Orthopaedic hospiatal Valdoltra	12/1/2012	Researcher	Researcher
Full time employment (20%, RD:20%)	TIMTEC Defense, razvoj in proizvodnja obrambnih sistemov, d.o.o. (Slovene)	Raziskovalna skupina OZON (Slovene)	4/1/2024		Researcher

Research projects Legend

no.	Code	Title	Period	Head	No. of publications
1.	J7-4639	Antibacterial alloys: development by additive 3D manufacturing, characterization and clinical applications	10/1/2022 - 9/30/2026	PhD Ingrid Milošev	5,449
2.	BI-US/24-26-009	PHAGE-BIO: Phage-Mediated Disruption of Pathogenic Bacterial Biofilms	7/1/2024 - 6/30/2026	PhD Katja Šuster	58
3.	Z3-4506	Bacteriophages for biofilm biocontrol and detection of VBNC bacteria in invasive biomedical device-associated infections	10/1/2022 - 9/30/2024	PhD Katja Šuster	58
4.	J3-3067	The Role of Topically Administered Tranexamic Acid in Arthroplasty.	10/1/2021 - 9/30/2024	PhD Simon Kovač	2,098
5.	L3-2620	Development of bacteriophage treatment against antibiotic resistant bacteria in orthopaedic implant related infections	9/1/2020 - 8/31/2023	PhD Matjaž Peterka	2,007
6.	J7-2603	EFFICACY OF BACTERIOPHAGES FOR TREATEMENT OF EXTRACELULAR AND INTRACELULAR BACTERIAL INFECTIONS OF IMPLANTANTS	9/1/2020 - 8/31/2023	PhD Aleš Podgornik	2,456
7.	J3-1749	Mesenchymal stem cells-the keepers of tissue endogenous regenerative capacity facing up to aging of the musculoskeletal system	7/1/2019 - 6/30/2023	PhD Janja Zupan	2,551
8.	J3-1759	Comprehensive characterization of GWAS hits – pipeline to novel drug targets for anabolic treatment of osteoporosis (GWASforAna)	7/1/2019 - 6/30/2022	PhD Janja Marc	5,178

International projects

no.	Code	Title	Period	Head
1.	INTERREG-IMMUNO-CLUSTER		1/1/2020 - 6/30/2022	PhD Robert Zorec
2.	INTERREG-IMBI	IMBI-Diagnosis of prosthetic infections in orthopedics with innovative methods based on the use of bacteriophages	1/1/2020 - 6/30/2022	PhD Andrej Cör
3.	INTERREG-ARTE		10/1/2017 - 12/31/2020