Evelin Despot-Slade

Evelin Despot-Slade is a postdoctoral researcher at the Ruđer Bošković Institute in Zagreb, Croatia. She works within the Division of Molecular Biology at the Laboratory of non-coding DNA, focusing on satellite DNA dynamics in model organisms.

• Education:
  • PhD in Biology (2022) - University of Osijek/Juraj Dobrila University of Pula/Ruđer Bošković Institute
  • Master of Science (2015) - ETH Zurich
  • Bachelor of Science (2013) - University of Zagreb

Her research explores satellite DNA evolution in nematodes and beetles, centromere epigenetics, and genome organization. Key projects include developing SatXplor pipeline for repeat analysis and studying telomere structures in polyploid nematodes.

Recent work (2024-2025) focuses on genomic repeat propagation in Tribolium species and high-resolution nematode genome assemblies. Publications cover topics ranging from holocentromere characterization to epigenetic regulation of transposable elements.