Klara Filek
Welcome to my personal website!
Currently located in Zagreb, Croatia
Hi! I am a microbiome enthusiast/scientist with a PhD in microbial ecology. I am passionate about finding microbial solutions to global health challenges - microbes are full of potential! Currently, I am looking for a position where I can express all the microbial joy I have and contribute to finding microbial solutions through data analysis and visualization.
At this time I am undertaking an internship at Chr. Hansen in Denmark (they have the largest commercial bacterial strain collections in the world which I find immensely cool) learning more about the commercial use of microbes and their potential in production and growing healthier food.
My research so far, focused on internal and external microbial communities of loggerhead sea turtles: isolation, culturing and characterization of individual microbes (diatoms, bacteria), and DNA-based community surveys via amplicon sequencing (16S, 18S rRNA, and rbcL gene markers on Illumina MiSeq 250 or 300bp paired-end). Feel free to find out more by strolling through my projects, publications and CV.