prof. dr. Martina Bergant Marušič

Organisational units:
Office:
82
Phone:
05 3315 388
E-mail:
Consultations:
After the lecture, or by prior arrangement with students (for one hour per week).
Dean:
  • Graduate school
Programme director:
Course principal:
  • Biochemistry, 2. year
    Bachelor's programme in Viticulture and Enology (first cycle)
  • Cell biology, 1. year
    Bachelor's programme in Viticulture and Enology (first cycle)
  • Biotechnology and Environment, 2. year
    Bachelor's programme in Environment (first cycle)
  • Research I, 1. year
    Doctoral study programme Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Research II, 2. year
    Doctoral study programme Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Research work IV, 4. year
    Doctoral study programme Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Seminar I, 1. year
    Doctoral study programme Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Seminar II, 2. year
    Doctoral study programme Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Seminar III, 3. year
    Doctoral study programme Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology
Lecturer:
  • Biochemistry, 2. year
    Bachelor's programme in Viticulture and Enology (first cycle)
  • Biology, 1. year
    Bachelor's programme in Environment (first cycle)
  • Cell biology, 1. year
    Bachelor's programme in Viticulture and Enology (first cycle)
  • Biotechnology and Environment, 2. year
    Bachelor's programme in Environment (first cycle)
  • Research I, 1. year
    Doctoral study programme Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Research II, 2. year
    Doctoral study programme Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Seminar II, 2. year
    Doctoral study programme Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Seminar III, 3. year
    Doctoral study programme Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology

Dr. Martina Bergant Marušič is an Associate Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology and Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Nova Gorica. She conducts her research within the Laboratory for Environmental and Life Sciences. She is also Director of the doctoral study programme Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology.

She obtained her PhD in Biotechnology from the Biotechnical Faculty at the University of Ljubljana in 2006, where she also completed her undergraduate degree in Biology in 2001.

She has been employed at the University of Nova Gorica since 2006.

Her main research focuses on human papillomaviruses (HPV), particularly the interactions between the pathogen and the host cell during persistent infection and the mechanisms underlying HPV infectivity. She is also involved in the development of in vitro methods for assessing the cytotoxicity of various biomedical materials and environmental pollutants.

She participates as a principal investigator or researcher in numerous national and international research projects.

Selected publications:
* TREJO-CERRO, Oscar, BERGANT MARUŠIČ, Martina, et al. Regulation of HPV-16 infection by ubiquitination of the L1 major capsid protein. Journal of virology. May 2026, vol. 100, no. 5, 24 str., https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jvi.00285-26
* BELEC, Blaž, BERGANT MARUŠIČ, Martina, NEMEC, Sebastjan, KOSTEVŠEK, Nina, VALANT, Matjaž. In vitro evaluation of silica-coated Bi2Se3 nanoplatelets as photothermal nanomaterials. ACS omega. Aug. 2026, vol 11, issue 32, str. 48401-48411, https://pubs.acs.org/acsodf/article/doi/10.1021/acsomega.6c05034/5245328/In-Vitro-Evaluation-of-Silica-Coated-Bi2Se3,
* COSTA, Maria do Rosário, GOŠAR, Doroteja, PINTI, Marika, FERREIRA, Adelaide, BERGANT MARUŠIČ, Martina. In vitro toxicity of arsenic rich waters from an abandoned gold mine in northeast Portugal. Environmental research. Nov. 2021, vol. 202, str. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.111683,
* BERGANT MARUŠIČ, Martina, BANKS, Lawrence. SNX17 facilitates infection with diverse papillomavirus types. Journal of virology. 2013, vol. 87, no. 2, str. 1270-1273. ISSN 0022-538X. DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01991-12

prof. dr. Martina Bergant Marušič