Hristina Mitrović is a research assistant in the Group for Probiotics and Microbiota-Host Interaction at the IMGGE. Her research focuses on the gut–brain axis and the role of probiotics and postbiotics in regulating gut and neuroinflammation, as well as depression. A particular emphasis of her work is on the isolation and characterization of GABA-producing bacteria, the investigation of their postbiotic effects in vitro and in vivo, and the integration of genomic, transcriptomic, microbiome, and metabolomic analyses to uncover the mechanisms underlying their effects on the gut, nervous, and immune systems.

Hristina graduated from the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, where she completed her Bachelor’s degree in Biology and her Master’s degree in Genetics. She joined the IMGGE in 2022 as a PhD student and junior researcher.