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Hire Dr. Alenka G.

Slovenia

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Data visualization and visual communication expert. Cell biologist with 10 years+ experience.

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10 years+ experience in patch-clamp, fluorescence microscopy (live cell TIRF, STED, SIM, confocal, two-photon), focused on molecular mechanisms of regulated exocytosis in astrocytes and pancreatic beta cells, diabetes. Can help you with Figure proofreading and editing; Data visualization; Graphical abstract; Advanced image analysis; Consulting on visual storytelling; Providing data visualization trainings or workshops; Interactive tools for visual exploratory analysis; review of regulated exocytosis or T2D related manuscripts.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Data Visualization
• ☆ Microscopy
• ☆ Image Processing
• ☆ Diabetes
• ☆ Scientific Animation & Illustration
• ☆ Scientific Proofreading & Editing

Services

• Writing
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Data Visualization

Product Development Formulation

Work Experience

Communications and Data Visualization Specialist

Jozef Stefan research institute

July 2021 - Present

post-doc

Uppsala Universitet

August 2015 - Present

Junior Researcher

Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana

September 2010 - June 2015

Education

PhD (The interdisciplinary doctoral study programme of Biosciences, scientific field of Cell Sciences)

University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty

October 2011 - June 2015

MSc Biochemistry (Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology)

University of Ljubljana

October 2006 - November 2011

Certifications

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Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Alenka Guček, Nikhil R Gandasi, Muhmmad Omar-Hmeadi, Marit Bakke, Stein O Døskeland, Anders Tengholm, Sebastian Barg(2019). Fusion pore regulation by {cAMP}/Epac2 controls cargo release during insulin exocytosis . {eLife}. 8. {eLife} Sciences Publications, Ltd

Jorgačevski J, Potokar M, Kreft M, Guček A, Mothet JP, Zorec R(2017). Astrocytic Vesicle-based Exocytosis in Cultures and Acutely Isolated Hippocampal Rodent Slices . Journal of neuroscience research.

Guček A, Jorgačevski J, Singh P, Geisler C, Lisjak M, Vardjan N, Kreft M, Egner A, Zorec R(2016). Dominant negative SNARE peptides stabilize the fusion pore in a narrow, release-unproductive state . Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS.

Barg S, Guček A(2016). How Kiss-and-Run Can Make Us Sick: SOX4 Puts a Break on the Pore . Diabetes.

Xie B, Nguyen PM, Guček A, Thonig A, Barg S, Idevall-Hagren O(2016). Plasma Membrane Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Bisphosphate Regulates Ca(2+)-Influx and Insulin Secretion from Pancreatic β Cells . Cell chemical biology.

Gucek, Alenka, Jorgacevski, Jernej, Gorska, Urszula, Rituper, Bostjan, Kreft, Marko, Zorec, Robert(2015). Local electrostatic interactions determine the diameter of fusion pores . Channels. 9. (2). p. 96-101.

Gucek, A., Jorgacevski, J., Vardjan, N., Singh, P., Geisler, C., Rituper, B., Egner, A., Kreft, M., Zorec, R.(2015). Astrocytic gliotransmitter vesicles and their interaction with the plasmalemma . Glia. 63. p. E20.

Guček A, Jorgačevski J, Górska U, Rituper B, Kreft M, Zorec R, Channels (Austin, Tex.), 2015, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 96-101 .

Gucek, Alenka, Jorgacevski, Jernej, Singh, Priyanka, Geisler, Claudia, Vardjan, Nina, Kreft, Marko, Egner, Alexander, Zorec, Robert(2015). Fusion Properties of Gliotransmitter Vesicles in Cultured Astrocytes . Biophysical Journal. 108. (2). p. 102A.

Calejo AI, Jorgačevski J, Rituper B, Guček A, Pereira PM, Santos MA, Potokar M, Vardjan N, Kreft M, Gonçalves PP, Zorec R, The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2014, vol. 34, no. 47, pp. 15638-15647 .

Gucek, Alenka, Jorgacevski, Jernej, Vardjan, Nina, Calejo, Ana C., Rituper, Bostjan, Flasker, Ajda, Kreft, Marko, Zorec, Robert(2014). Exocytotic Fusion Pore Intermediates of Dense-Core Vesicles . Biophysical Journal. 106. (2). p. 10A-11A.

Gucek, Alenka, Calejo, Ana I., Jorgacevski, Jernej, Rituper, Bostjan, Pereira, Patricia M., Santos, Manuel A. S., Potokar, Maja, Vardjan, Nina, Kreft, Marko, Goncalves, Paula P., et al.(2014). Hyperpolarization-Activated Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channels and cAMP-Dependent Modulation of Exocytosis in Cultured Rat Lactotrophs . Journal of Neuroscience. 34. (47). p. 15638-15647.

Gucek, Alenka, Jorgacevski, Jernej, Singh, Priyanka, Geisler, Claudia, Rituper, Bostjan, Vardjan, Nina, Kreft, Marko, Egner, Alexander, Hell, Stefan W., Zorec, Robert(2014). Fusion Properties of Gliotransmitter Vesicles in Astrocytes . Biophysical Journal. 106. (2). p. 526A.

Rituper B, Guček A, Jorgačevski J, Flašker A, Kreft M, Zorec R, Nature protocols, 2013, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 1169-1183 .

Gucek, A., Jorgacevski, J., Rituper, B., Kreft, M., Zorec, R.(2013). HIGH-RESOLUTION ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL DETERMINATION OF UNITARY EXOCYTIC EVENTS IN CULTURED ASTROCYTES . Glia. 61. p. S59.

Kabaso D, Jorgačevski J, Calejo AI, Flašker A, Guček A, Kreft M, Zorec R, Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2013, vol. 7, pp. 33 .

Gucek, Alenka, Rituper, Bostjan, Jorgacevski, Jernej, Flasker, Ajda, Kreft, Marko, Zorec, Robert(2013). High-resolution membrane capacitance measurements for the study of exocytosis and endocytosis . Nature Protocols. 8. (6). p. 1169-1183.

Gucek, Alenka, Kabaso, Doron, Jorgacevski, Jernej, Calejo, Ana I., Flasker, Ajda, Kreft, Marko, Zorec, Robert(2013). Comparison of unitary exocytic events in pituitary lactotrophs and in astrocytes: modeling the discrete open fusion-pore states . Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 7.

Guček A, Vardjan N, Zorec R, Neurochemical research, 2012, vol. 37, no. 11, pp. 2351-2363 .

Gucek, Alenka, Rituper, Bostjan, Flasker, Ajda, Chowdhury, Helena H., Zorec, Robert(2012). Cholesterol and regulated exocytosis: A requirement for unitary exocytotic events . Cell Calcium. 52. (3-4). p. 250-258.

Gucek, Alenka, Vardjan, Nina, Zorec, Robert(2012). Exocytosis in Astrocytes: Transmitter Release and Membrane Signal Regulation . Neurochemical Research. 37. (11). p. 2351-2363.

Rituper B, Flašker A, Guček A, Chowdhury HH, Zorec R, Cell calcium, 2012, vol. 52, no. 3-4, pp. 250-258 .

OTHER

Alenka Gucek, Nikhil R Gandasi, Muhmmad Omar-Hmeadi, Marit Bakke, Stein O. Døskeland, Anders Tengholm, Sebastian Barg(2018). Fusion pore regulation by Epac2/{cAMP} controls cargo release during insulin exocytosis . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory