Co-founder and Managing director of Labena Ltd Slovenia and  Executive Director of  Labena d.o.o. Croatia. Profoundly involved in developing Labena group in Central and Eastern Europe, Borut focuses on development strategy, innovation and business expansion. With more than 15 years experience in managing business growth, development, business processes and sales, he won several awards for economic growth and development of the company (GZS, Euromanager for SE Europe, Gazela, Združenje Manager). Borut holds Master’s degree in electrical engineering (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana).

Business development manager responsible for creating new business opportunities and managing sales in the LifeSciences segment of  Labena d.o.o. Croatia. Mario has extensive knowledge of  chemical, genomics, medical and pharma industries as well as excellent project development and management experience and skills. He holds an MSc degree in chemistry from the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia.

Ecologist by heart and molecular biologist by degree. Her expertise lies in molecular ecology, detection of environmental DNA, monitoring invasive species and environmental management. Works as a researcher and head of the eDNA Research group, focusing on molecular eDNA index development for the water quality assessment. Her team is currently optimising and validating molecular assays for species-specific eDNA detection using droplet digital PCR (ddPCR).

Agronomist with PhD in phytopathology, previously worked on hop plants viroid. As a part of eDNA Labs team he is responsible for developing species-specific detection workflows which includes planning and executing sampling and water filtration activities, DNA isolation optimisation procedures and molecular assay optimisations on qPCR and ddPCR.

Microbiologist with strong interest in environmental issues. Sabina is laboratory technician responsible for sample preparation, assay optimization, database curation and preparation of protocols for molecular analysis as well as application of Good Laboratory Practice (GMP) in the eDNA group.

Ecologist and biologist with broad expertise in molecular ecology, genomics, and bioinformatics. In her role as a bioinformatician, she is responsible for eDNA sequencing data processing, quality control, and statistical analysis. As part of eDNA Labs team Iva provides support by development and implementation of bioinformatics pipelines for the analysis of NGS and omics-generated data.

Molecular biologist with several years of experience working in laboratories in Croatia and abroad. She is experienced in using a wide range of molecular biology techniques, developing and optimizing methods, data analysis and use of bioinformatics tools. Lucija is responsible for the in silico design of molecular tests, data collection, development of the molecular protocols for qPCR and NGS techniques, and the optimization of laboratory processes. As part of Labena’s bioinformatics team, she is working on the validation of bioinformatics tools.

Chemist with a Ph.D. in the field of biochemistry with several years of experience working in a laboratory. His expertise is in the field of protein biochemistry and in silico modelling. He is working on the development of molecular tests for water quality assessment using environmental DNA – eDNA technologies. He is responsible for the eDNA molecular tests in silico design for qPCR and ddPCR, and for developing in house protocols for isolation of the eDNA.