On 3 September at 1:00 p.m. in Room R401, in his lecture “Molecular civilisation we call life”, Prof. Turk will invite the audience to explore the origins and evolution of life from an unconventional perspective. He will consider how new biological mechanisms and processes emerge in nature, raise questions about the origins of the genetic code and hereditary information, and discuss the possible role of quantum processes in the development of life. The professor is also preparing a new book on this topic.

About the Professor

Prof. Dr Dušan Turk is a structural biology researcher at the Jožef Stefan Institute, the largest research institute in Slovenia. His research focuses on protein structure, proteases and their interactions, as well as the application of structural biology methods in biomedical research.

Throughout his career, he has led various research programmes and participated in national and international projects, including Horizon Europe. Prof. Turk has published more than 120 scientific papers, which have received over 15,000 citations, and is also a co-author of several patents.