Laboratorija za molekularnu biologiju biljaka je osnovana 2002. godine. Istraživanja u laboratoriji pokrivaju različite aspekte molekularne biologije biljaka:

• ispitivanje mehanizama odgovora biljaka na različite faktore abiotičkog stresa (nutritivni stres, toksični metali, suša, salinitet, temperaturni stress…) na transkripcionom i posttranskripcionom nivou
• istraživanja na polju mikroevolucije (populacione genetike), filogeografije i makroevolucije (filogenetike) biljaka značajnih za poljoprivredu
• izolacija i karakterizacija bioaktivnih fenolnih jedinjenja iz biljaka; testiranje bioraspoloživosti i efekata na humane ćelije
• proučavanje homologne rekombinacije i njene uloge u patogenezi gljiva na modelu Ustilago maydis

U Laboratoriji za molekularnu biologiju biljaka razvijena je i usluga: Detekcija, identifikacija i kvantifikacija genetičkih modifikacija prisutnih kod biljaka i u hrani biljnog porekla, primenom metode kvalitativnog PCR i kvantitativnog RealTime PCR. Metode sadržane u ponuđenoj usluzi su akreditovane prema SRPS ISO/IEC 17025.

Tekući projekti:

• Molekularni mehanizmi odgovora biljaka na abiotički stres – uloga transkripcionih faktora i malih RNK i analiza genetičkog diverziteta biljnih kultura od interesa za poljoprivredu i biotehnologiju
  OI 173005
  Rukovodilac: Dr Vesna Maksimović, IMGGI

• Biodiverzitet biljnog sveta Srbije i Balkanskog poluostrva – procena, održivo korišćenje i zaštita
  ON 173030
  Rukovodilac: Dr Dmitar Lakušić, Biološki fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu

• Ćelijski i molekulski mehanizmi oporavka pacova od eksperimentalnog autoimunskog encefalomijelitisa
  OI 173035
  Rukovodilac: Dr Đorđe Miljković, Institut za biološka istraživanja "Siniša Stanković"

• Dss1’s roles in genome integrity and protein oxidative damage control
  CRP/YUG14-01
  Rukovodilac: Dr Milorad Kojic, IMGGI

• Definisanje taksonomskog statusa bukve u Srbiji
  Broj projekta: 401-00-1846/2016-10
  Rukovodilac: Prof. dr Mirjana Šijačić-Nikolić, Šumarski fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu

• Application of next generation sequencing for the study and diagnosis of plant viral diseases in agriculture
  FA1407, 2015-2019
  http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/fa/FA1407

• European Epitranscriptomics Network
  CA16120, 2017-2021
  http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/ca/CA16120

Odabrane publikacije:

1. Jevtic B,  Djedovic N,  Stanisavljevic S,  Despotovic J,  Miljkovic Dj,  Timotijevic G.  Cucurbitacin E potently modulates the activity of encephalitogenic cells. J Agric Food Chem 2016;64;4900-4907.
2. Pavlovic J, Samardzic J, Kostic L, Stevic N, Laursen KH, Natic M, Timotijevic G, Schjoerring JK, Nikolic M. Silicon enhances leaf remobilization of iron in cucumber under limited iron conditions. Ann Bot. 2016; DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcw105.
3. De Sena-Tomas C, Sutherland JH, Milisavljevic M, Nikolic DB, Perez-Martín J, Kojic M, Holloman WK. LAMMER kinase contributes to genome stability in Ustilago maydis. DNA Repair (Amst). 2015;33:70-77.
4. Davidovic S, Malyarchuk B, Aleksic JM, Derenko M, Topalovic V, Litvinov A, Stevanovic M, Kovacevic-Grujicic N. Mitochondrial DNA perspective of Serbian genetic diversity. Am J Phys Anthropol 2015;156(3):449-465.
5. Kostic L, Nikolic N, Samardzic J, Milisavljevic M, Maksimović V, Cakmak D, Manojlovic D, Nikolic M. v Biology and Fertility of Soils 2015;51:289-298.
6. Stanisavljevic N, Samardzic J, Jankovic T, Savikin K, Mojsin M, Topalovic V, Stevanovic M. Antioxidant and antiproliferative activity of chokeberry juice phenolics during in vitro simulated digestion in the presence of food matrix. Food Chem 2015;175:516-522.
7. Jovanovic Z, Stanisavljevic N, Mikic A, Radovic S, Maksimovic V. Water deficit down-regulates miR398 and miR408 in pea (Pisum sativum L.). Plant Physiol Biochem 2014;83:26-31.
8. Vinterhalter D, Vinterhalter B, Miljus-Djukic J, Jovanovic Z, Orbovic V. Daily Changes in the Competence for Photo- and Gravitropic Response by Potato Plantlets. J Plant Growth Regul. 2014;33(3):539-550.
9. Jovanovic Z, Stanisavljevic N, Mikic A, Radovic S, Maksimovic V. The expression of drought responsive element binding protein (DREB2A) related gene from pea (Pisum sativum L.) as affected by water stress. Australian Journal of Crop Science 2013;7:1590-1596.
10. Lockwood JD, Aleksić JM, Zou J, Wang J, Liu J, Renner SS. A new phylogeny for the genus Picea from plastid, mitochondrial, and nuclear sequences. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2013;69(3):717-727.
11. Miljus-Djukic J, Stanisavljevic N, Radovic S, Jovanovic Z, Mikic A, Maksimovic V. Differential response of three contrasting pea (Pisum arvense, P. sativum and P. fulvum) species to salt stress: assessment of variation in antioxidativedefence and miRNA expression. Australian Journal of Crop Science 2013;7:2145-2153
12. Nikolic R, Zdravkovic-Korac S, Ninkovic S, Dragicevic M, Miljus-Djukic J, Banovic B, Bohanec B, Savic J, Mitic N. Fertile transgenic Lotus corniculatus resistant to the non-selective herbicide phosphinothricin. Ann Apl Biol. 2013;163(3):475-493.
13. Pavlovic J, Samardzic J, Maksimovic V, Timotijevic G, Stevic N, Laursen KH, Hansen TH, Husted S, Schjoerring JK, Liang YC, Nikolic M. Silicon alleviates iron deficiency in cucumber by promoting mobilization of iron in the root apoplast. New Phytologist 2013;198:1096-1107.
14. Stanisavljevic N, Jovanovic Z, Cupic T, Lukic J, Dukic JM, Radovic S, Mikic A. Extractability of antioxidants from legume seed flour after cooking and in vitro gastrointestinal digestion in comparison with methanolic extraction of the unprocessed flour. International Journal of Food Science and Technology 2013;48:2096-2104.
15. Nikolic DB, Samardzic JT, Bratic AM, Radin IP, Gavrilovic SP, Rausch T, Maksimovic VR. Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) FeMT3 gene in heavy metal stress: protective role of the protein and inducibility of the promoter region under Cu(2+) and Cd(2+) treatments. J Agric Food Chem 2010;58:3488-3494.
16. Samardzic JT, Nikolic DB, Timotijevic GS, Jovanovic ZS, Milisavljevic MD, Maksimovic VR. Tissue expression analysis of FeMT3, a drought and oxidative stress related metallothionein gene from buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum). J Plant Physiol 2010;167:1407-1411.
17. Timotijevic GS, Milisavljevic M, Radovic SR, Konstantinovic MM, Maksimovic VR. Ubiquitous aspartic proteinase as an actor in the stress response in buckwheat. J Plant Physiol 2010;167:61-68.
18. Banovic B, Surbanovski N, Konstantinovic M, Maksimovic V. Basic RNases of wild almond (Prunus webbii): cloning and characterization of six new S-RNase and one "non-S RNase" genes. J Plant Physiol 2009;166:395-402.
19. Bratic AM, Majic DB, Samardzic JT, Maksimovic VR. Functional analysis of the buckwheat metallothionein promoter: tissue specificity pattern and up-regulation under complex stress stimuli. J Plant Physiol 2009;166:996-1000.
20. Milisavljevic M, Timotijevic GS, Radovic SR, Konstantinovic MM, Maksimovic VR. Two types of aspartic proteinases from buckwheat seed--gene structure and expression analysis. J Plant Physiol 2008;165:983-990.