I am currently a postdoc in the Bacterial Signalling group at the IGC (since 2017). After graduating in Microbiology at the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia, 2010) I did a joint-PhD between GSK Vaccines (at the time Novartis Vaccines) in Siena (Italy), and the University of Nottingham (UK), studying biofilms formation by an anaerobic pathogen Clostridioides difficile (2014). My first postdoctoral fellowship was with Dr. Ivan Matic (Paris, France), where I studied regulatory cross-talk between different stress responses in Escherichia coli (2014-2016). My research interest lies in the overlapping area between microbial interactions, stress responses and evolution. In Karina`s lab I am trying to find novel signaling systems in gut bacteria, and in a parallel project to understand mechanisms underlying the maintenance of the functional diversity in the gut microbiota. For these goals I am studying evolution of a predominant gut bacterium, Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, under different nutritional diets, by using experimental evolution, next generation sequencing, phenotyping, metagenomics and metabolomics techniques. I am a lucky person, my job IS my hobby. Apart from science, I love travelling, sea, and I enjoy eating (there’s no denying) :)