Ivana Gadjanski

Agnostic, Entrepreneur, Idea generator, Scientist, World traveler, Writer/Editor

Biologist, PhD in Neuroscience, Fulbright Alumna, working in the field of stem cells and tissue engineering (TE), particularly on electrospinning and 3D bioprinting. Published 2 books of poetry in Serbian, "Demoni" ("Demons") and "Klinasto pismo" ("Cuneiform script"). Received the "Strazilovo" award at the literary manifestation "Brankovo kolo" in Sremski Karlovci 2008, for "Klinasto pismo". Serbian-English poetry book - in preparation. Founder of Fab Initiative - non-profit organization working on establishing fab labs in South East Europe and promoting entrepreneurship in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics). Founder at Pubsonic - web application for interactive graphical presentation of the open-access biomedical data. Reviewer for the Journal of Visual Experiments (JoVE); the Tissue Engineering; PLoS One TEDGlobal Fellow 2012 Young Scientist at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of New Champions, Tianjin, 2014. Represented Young Scientists community at the Plenary Session: http://www.weforum.org/sessions/summary/new-champions-plenary-creating-value-through-innovation

getting FABelgrade to grow: www.fabelgrade.io, making the first fab lab in Serbia through the non-profit Fab Initiative! Promoting digital fabrication and fab lab concept in teaching of STEAM subjects. Using fab labs for technology transfer.

Fablab concept/approach based on the ideas of collaboration, decentralization, participation and democratization is a very efficient way for: • supporting STEAM (science, tech, engineering, arts, math) education • commercialization of research at higher education institutions • evolution of smart cities & waste management • local industry development and entrepreneurship

Digital Fabrication, entrepreneurship, mesenchymal stem cells, Multiple Sclerosis, Neurodegenerative Diseases, poetry (reading and writing), Technology Transfer, Tissue Engineering, Yoga

making Setu Bandha Sarvangasana ;)