Jelena Jankovic
Jelena is a Research Associate with PhD in biochemistry, working in the field of thyroid oncology with a focus on molecular diagnostics. Freelance scientific writer contributing articles on lab hacks and survival in the life science field.
During her PhD, she investigated the diagnostic and prognostic potential of protein and genetic biomarkers for thyroid cancer. She continues to focus my research on improving early diagnosis of thyroid cancer while moving my research towards exploring molecular markers in liquid biopsies. I have mastered several molecular biology techniques and acquired skills in statistical data analysis and data interpretation. Specific fields of interest include mutation analysis, gene expression analysis, and statistical modeling. As a freelance writer, she contributes to a popular website for life scientists and enjoys the opportunity to learn more about presenting complicated matters in a simple way. She plans to expand her knowledge in both communicating science and providing high-value content.
Articles by Jelena Jankovic
You know the drill. To prove your theory, you must show the colocalization of X and Y in a cell. Here are 2 ways to reveal protein colocalization.
Want to know the best way to perform relative quantification for your qPCR data? Read on.
Thinking about studying extracellular RNA and in particular microRNA? Read on for some great tips for extracting circulating microRNA.
Droplet digital PCR? It’s easy. Because we’re here to guide you through it. We recently introduced you to the principles of digital PCR technology and how it differs from qPCR. In a nutshell, digital PCR is an end-point PCR technology that divides a single PCR into a large number of partitions, and then perform PCR…
Good quality starting material is king for reverse transcription! Obtaining reliable results in any experiment requires good preparation. We often take reverse transcription for granted, and we don’t always consider that our qPCR might be performing poorly because of problems in that step. Since it’s quite often the reverse transcription reaction itself that causes fuss…
In austerity times, nothing is in excess. Apart from saving reagents, which can be refilled with extra financial injections, there is a commodity that cannot be easily resupplied – tissue samples! If, like me, you have experienced the fear of not having enough sample for performing a qPCR, western blot, and conventional PCR from the…
In the last years, the need for using statistical testing in bioscience has grown exponentially and so has the development of statistical software. It is now common that everyone is using some sort of stats in their basic research. Among the skillful biostatisticians, R is the most popular software for data analysis, but not all…