Rok Žigon

Rok žigon

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  • Timeline

    Mar 2016 - Sept 2021

    Project Manager

    BIA Separations
    Jul 2016 - Sept 2016

    Student Internship

    Kemijski Inštitut - National Institute of Chemistry
    Current Company
    Nov 2020 - now

    Head of Product-Application Area (AAV|Adeno)

    Sartorius
    Ajdovščina, Slovenia
  • About me

    Head of Product-Application Area (AAV|Adeno) at Sartorius BIA Separations

  • Education

    • Gimnazija koper

      2006 - 2010
      High school graduation exams
    • University of ljubljana, biotechnical faculty

      2014 - 2016
      Master’s degree molecular and functional biology

      Aquired competences in biochemistry, molecular genetics, immunology and physiology.Subjects: - Functional cell biology - Genetics of eukaryotes - Embryology - Molecular biology of the genes - Molecular biology of membranes - Neurobiology ​- Molecular mechanisms of toxicity - Genomics and proteomics - Human physiology - Plant growth and development

    • University of ljubljana, biotechnical faculty

      2010 - 2014
      Bachelor’s degree biology, general

      Mastering the basics of biological disciplines: biochemistry, genetics, microbiology, systematics, developmental biology, physiology, ecology, ethology and evolution.​​

  • Experience

    • Bia separations

      Mar 2016 - Sept 2021

      Responsible for industrial downstream process development and tech transfer to CMOs, for various AAV and other biological vectors applications. Part of Applications department, responsible for downstream process development, mainly focused on viral vector purification and analytics.

      • Project Manager

        May 2017 - Sept 2021
      • Senior Technician

        Nov 2016 - May 2017
      • Student Internship

        Mar 2016 - Oct 2016
    • Kemijski inštitut - national institute of chemistry

      Jul 2016 - Sept 2016
      Student internship

      Real-life applications (protein isolation and purification, enzymatic cleavage) regarding my Master's thesis, done in Department of Molecular Biology and Nanobiotechnology.

    • Sartorius

      Nov 2020 - now
      • Head of Product-Application Area (AAV|Adeno)

        May 2022 - now
      • Project Manager

        Nov 2020 - Jun 2022
  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Rok Žigon
      Screening at the annual film festival Kino Otok Kino Otok/ Isola Cinema, Slovenia Jun 2015 The short film created during our stay in France (In Memoriam) was screened at the film festival Kino Otok in the short films section.
  • Volunteer Experience

    • President

      Issued by Klub študentov občine Koper - Club degli studenti del Comune di Capodistria on Jan 2014
      Klub študentov občine Koper - Club degli studenti del Comune di CapodistriaAssociated with Rok Žigon