Anastasija Pejkovska

EDUCATION

College / University

Jacobs University, Bremen

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science

Major Subjects

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Country

Macedonia

Lab Experience

Mammalian cell culture and transfection, indirect immunofluorescence, SDS-PGAE, Western blot, activity assays, activity-based probes, use of transgenic mice for tissue analysis, recombinant protein isolation and characterization, DNA and RNA isolation, RT-PCR, agarose gel electrophoresis, other basic biochemical and cell biological techniques.

Projects / Research

09/2015 – 5/2016 “Visualization and characterization of kallikreins in the human thyroid epithelial cell line Nthy ori 3-1”, Cell Biology Laboratory, Prof. Dr. Klaudia Brix, Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany
07/2015 – 08/2015 “Expression, purification, activation and characterization of human kallikrein 8 through the inducible expression in L. tarrentolae”, Structural Biology Laboratory, Prof. Dr. Grzegorz Dubin, Malopolska Center of Biotechnology, Krakow, Poland

Scholarships / Awards

2017 – 2018:	Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School
2013 – 2016:	Merit Scholarship by Jacobs University

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

My main interest is to continue my career within an institution at the interface of research and industry, as I am passionate about the union of knowledge and useful application, such as in the current cutting-edge medical detection and treatment methods available for cancer, autoimmune diseases, and various genetic disorders. I believe that scientific research has an immense potential to bring about solutions to most of the diseases plaguing human kind, with personalized medicine at the forefront. Therefore, my career is aimed towards this area in the future, by applying basic research for the benefit of the patient.