About our team

Tiana Karmen Kokalj

I live in Ljubljana, Slovenia and am a student at Gimnazija Vič. I love researching new challenges in subjects that interest me, such as chemistry, physics and biology. Science has interested me for a long time, beginning in primary school, when we first had chemistry and physics. I always loved solving problems and the methods used in science appealed to me. Since then I have always tried to ask questions and look for alternate or better solutions for existing challenges. I plan on studying biochemistry and later going into research in that field. That is why I decided to start with my research work. In my first research I studied the effect of resveratrol on the growth and development of cancer cells. My experimental model was three cell lines, HeLa, HaCaT and U87.
The efficiency of resveratrol on the exposed cell lines was observed by a microscope and measured by flow cytometry and caspase activity. When I got the first results of my research I was immediately inspired and wished to continue with my research work since the results confirmed great effects of resveratrol on cancer cell death. Currently my research work is focused on studying the effects of resveratrol on different cell organelles.
My future plan is to optimize concentrations of resveratrol and to test the effect of resveratrol other types of commercially available cancer cell lines.

Ana Menegalija

I live in Ljubljana, Slovenia and am a student at Gimnazija Vič. I love being involved in scientific research at our school, such as the construction of a submarine for gathering data and similar projects. I have been interested in science since the end of primary school, when I made a presentation on Hans Adolf Krebs, who also became my inspiration. It has made me want to research everything and positively impact the world of science. Since then, I have researched different scientific problems in the field of chemistry and biology; I am also really interested and motivated to research cancer and find a cure for it. I plan on studying biochemistry and later work in the field of oncology or biochemistry.
That is why I decided to start with my research work. In my first research I studied the effect of resveratrol on the growth and development of cancer cells. My experimental model was three cell lines, HeLa, HaCaT and U87.
The efficiency of resveratrol on the exposed cell lines was observed by a microscope and measured by flow cytometry and caspase activity. When I got the first results of my research I was immediately inspired and wished to continue with my research work since the results confirmed great effects of resveratrol on cancer cell death. Currently my research work is focused on studying the effects of resveratrol on different cell organelles.
My future plan is to optimize concentrations of resveratrol and to test the effect of resveratrol other types of commercially available cancer cell lines.