Assoc. Prof. Avrelija Cencič, PhD.

Current affiliation:
University of Maribor, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Slovenia
Head of Department of Biochemistry at the Faculty of Medicine and Vice dean for research at the Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Recent publications:

  1. NISSEN, Lorenzo, CHINGWARU, Walter, SGORBATI, Barbara, BIAVATI, Bruno, CENCIČ, Avrelija. Gut health promoting activity of new putative probiotic/ protective Lactobacillus spp. strains : a functional study in the small intestinal cell model. Int. j. food microbiol.. [Print ed.], 2009, letn. 135, št. 3, str. 288-294, doi: doi: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2009.08.027. [COBISS.SI-ID 2839340]
    JCR IF (2008): 2.753, SE (8/107), food science & technology, x: 1.199, SE (34/91), microbiology, x: 3.154
  2. PIPENBAHER, Nataša, MOELLER LANGE, Peter, DOLINŠEK, Jan, JAKOBSEN, Mogens, WEINGARTL, Hana, CENCIČ, Avrelija. Nitric oxide (NO) production in mammalian non-tumorigenic epithelial cells of the small intestine and macrophages induced by individual strains of lactobacili and bifidobacteria. Int. dairy j.. [Print ed.], 2009, vol. 19, iss. 3, str. 166-171. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.idairyj.2008.09.003, doi: doi:10.1016/j.idairyj.2008.09.003. [COBISS.SI-ID 2717740]
    JCR IF (2008): 2.421, SE (15/107), food science & technology, x: 1.199
  3. IVEC, Martin, BOTIĆ, Tanja, KOREN, Srečko, JAKOBSEN, Mogens, WEINGARTL, Hana, CENCIČ, Avrelija. Interactions of nacrophages with probiotic bacteria lead to increased antiviral response against vesicular stomatitis virus. Antivir. res.. [Print ed.], issue 3, vol. 75, str. 266-274. [COBISS.SI-ID 2525484]
    JCR IF: 3.358, SE (50/205), pharmacology & pharmacy, x: 2.709, SE (8/25), virology, x: 2.96

Expertise and research areas:
Validation of drugs, risk assessment and bioavailability and health-beneficial studies at GIT level, new functional cell models to validate new drugs for the pharmaceutical purposes, emerging foodborne and water-borne pathogens, research of protective role of natural compounds and microbes.

SCIENTIFIC PARTNER

INFORMATION PARTNER
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GOLD SPONSORS
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  MEDIA PARTNERS

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