Petra Vrdoljak
Doctoral fellow – Laboratory of Experimental Cancer Research (LECR) – Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University
Principal Investigator: prof. An Hendrix (PhD)
Research focus
Bacteria produce bacterial extracellular vesicles (BEV), nanometer-sized membrane particles that carry a variety of biomolecules, including nucleic acids, metabolites, proteins, and endotoxins. Recently, my host laboratory made a groundbreaking discovery by identifying gut bacteria-derived BEV in the bloodstream of patients with impaired intestinal barriers, such as cancer patients (Tulkens et al., Gut, 2020). During my PhD, I aim to investigate the characteristics and roles of BEV in human body fluids, specifically in stool samples, to gain novel insights into the biology and functional significance of BEV within their physiological environment.
Biography
- 2024 – present: PhD student (Laboratory of Experimental Cancer Research, Ghent University, Belgium)
- 2022 – 2024: MSc Biomedical Sciences (Ghent University, Belgium)
- 2018 – 2022: BSc (Hons) Medical Sciences (The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Contact & links
- Lab address:
Laboratory of Experimental Cancer Research,
Department of Human Structure and Repair,
Campus UZ Gent, Corneel Heymanslaan 10, The Core, entrance 37, 9000 Gent, Belgium - X (former Twitter)
- Petra Vrdoljak is interested to receive invitations for presentations or talks