Jovana Drinjakovic

Class of 2015

Jovana Drinjakovic is a neuroscientist whose research over the last decade focused on understanding how the brain is made. Drinjakovic was born and raised in Serbia but left her troubled homeland in the aftermath of Balkan conflicts to follow her passion for science. She dived into cutting edge neuroscience research at Cambridge University to do her PhD. Following her curiosity for all things microscopic, Drinjakovic has gained a deep understanding of molecular and cell biology by working in a number of top international research institutions.

Clippings

  • 2015
  • Signalsblog

If your body isn’t healing, your partner’s genes might be to blame

  • 2015
  • Vice 

Your Roommate’s Genes May Be Changing Your Health

  • 2015
  • Signalsblog

Can we use animals as living incubators for human tissue?

Canada’s Bizarre Ban on Importing Zebrafish

  • 2015
  • Vice 

Our Hearts Start Beating Before They’re Fully Formed

  • 2015
  • National Post

Molecules in mother’s milk could fight travellers’ diarrhea, C. difficile, scientists say

  • 2015
  • Dallas News

The antibiotic crisis is at a tipping point

  • 2015
  • The Globe and Mail

The war against superbugs: Can drug-resistant bacteria be beaten?

  • 2015
  • CBC
  • CBC Radio
  • The World This Weekend

New developments in antibiotics

  • 2015
  • The Globe and Mail

Funding changes usher in a dark age for Canadian science

  • 2015
  • The Globe and Mail

Toronto-led international research team makes stem cell break through

  • 2015
  • The Globe and Mail

Ontario announces funding for stem cell institute

  • 2015
  • Dallas News

Moratorium on embryonic stem-cell research, right regulation left U.S. lagging Japan

  • 2015
  • The Globe and Mail

Successful retina transplant sparks hope