PhD Nataša Kopitar Jerala
no.: 10502

researcher – active in research organisation

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Research activity

Code	Science	Field	Subfield
1.05.00	Natural sciences and mathematics	Biochemistry and molecular biology
3.01.00	Medical sciences	Microbiology and immunology

Keywords

Biochemistry, molecular immunology, protinases and inhibitors, monoclonal antibonies, enzyme immunosorbent assays, recombinant antibody fragments

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Evaluation (metodology)

Points

299.97

A''

14.89

104.48

A1/2

170.1

CI10

1,454

CImax

461

h10

0.99

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 (2019)

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

Database	Linked records	Citations	Pure citations	Average pure citations
WoS	57	2,292	1,917	33.63
Scopus	55	2,508	2,104	38.25

Mentoring junior researchers

no.	Name and surname	Type	Period	Code
1	PhD Monika Biasizzo	Bologna doctoral studies	10/1/2016 - 9/30/2022	39130
2	PhD Katarina Maher	Uniform doctoral studies	10/1/2008 - 3/24/2014	30882
3	PhD Špela Konjar	Uniform doctoral studies	11/1/2004 - 4/30/2010	25653

Education

Level of education	Professional title	Study subject	Faculty	Year
	B. Sc.	Biology	University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty	1985
Master's degree		Biochemistry	University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology	1991
Doctoral degree	Ph. D.	Biochemistry	Univeristy of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology	1997

Doctoral dissertations and other final papers Show

Employments

Type of employment	Research org.	Research group	Date of employment	Position	Role	Title
Full time employment (100%, RD:100%)	Jožef Stefan Institute	Odsek za biokemijo, molekularno in strukturno biologijo (Slovene)	9/1/1995	Senior research associate	Researcher

Research projects Legend

no.	Code	Title	Period	Head	No. of publications
1.	J1-4170	Celična signalizacija Tollu-podobnih receptorjev (Slovene)	7/1/2011 - 6/30/2014	PhD Roman Jerala	2,635
2.	J7-4050	Oligomers of amyloidogenic proteins from a to z: biophysical properties, structure, function and mutual interactions	7/1/2011 - 6/30/2014	PhD Eva Žerovnik	4,035
3.	J3-0612	The role of nuclear cystatins in the regulation of interleukin-10 synthesis during endotoxin tolerance	2/1/2008 - 1/30/2011	PhD Nataša Kopitar Jerala	766
4.	J3-9324	THE ROLE OF CYSTEINE PROTEINASES AND THEIR INHIBITORS IN ENDOTOXIN TOLERANCE	1/1/2007 - 12/31/2009	PhD Nataša Kopitar Jerala	934
5.	J1-6488	Role of cysteine proteases in inflammation	2/1/2004 - 1/30/2007	PhD Boris Turk	2,520
6.	J1-1258	Role of proteases and their inhibitors in apoptosis	1/1/1999 - 6/30/2001	PhD Boris Turk	1,346
7.	J1-7422	Tissue proteinases and their inhibitors: Characterisation, genetic engineering and structure-function relationship	1/1/1996 - 6/30/2001	PhD Vito Turk	3,751
8.	J3-8748	Boron Neutron Capture Therapy - Employment of drug delivery systems for increased antitumor effectiveness	1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999	PhD Janez Škrk	5,100
9.	L3-8919	Proteaze in proteazni inhibitorji v napredovanju raka: možna uporaba v prognozi, preventivi in antimetastatski terapiji (Slovene)	1/1/1997 - 12/31/1999	PhD Tamara Lah Turnšek	3,783

ARIS research and infrastructure programmes Legend

no.	Code	Title	Period	Head	No. of publications
1.	P1-0140	Proteolysis and its regulation in health and disease	1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027	PhD Boris Turk	3,836
2.	P1-0140	Proteolysis and its regulation	1/1/2015 - 12/31/2021	PhD Boris Turk	4,096
3.	P1-0140	Proteolysis and its regulation	1/1/2009 - 12/31/2014	PhD Boris Turk	4,061
4.	P1-0140	Proteolysis and its regulation	1/1/2004 - 12/31/2008	PhD Vito Turk	4,379
5.	P0-0504-0106	Proteolysis	1/1/1999 - 12/31/2003	PhD Vito Turk	5,079