Nikola Jocić

JUNIOR RESEARCHER
Laboratory for Molecular Biomedicine
Group for Rare Disease Research and Therapeutics Development

Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering (IMGGE),
University of Belgrade

Vojvode Stepe 444a, 11042 Beograd 152, Srbija
Mob: +381 65 397 64 45
Tel: +381 11 397 64 45
Fax: +381 11 397 58 08
E-mail: nikola.jocic@imgge.bg.ac.rs

EDUCATION

2023 - PhD student in Molecular Biology (Molecular Biomedicine), Faculty of Biology (BF), University of Belgrade (UB)
2023 - MSc in Molecular Biology and Physiology – Human molecular biology, BF, UB (Master's thesis title: "Investigation of the role of the glucose-6-phosphate translocase in the activation of autophagy and glycogen-selective autophagy in GSD Ib patients ").
2021 - BSc in Biology – Molecular Biology and Physiology, BF, UB

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2023 - Junior Researcher in the Laboratory for Molecular Biomedicine, IMGGE, UB
2023 - PhD student in the Laboratory for Molecular Biomedicine, IMGGE, UB
2022 - Master’s student in the Laboratory for Molecular Biomedicine, IMGGE, UB

OTHER ACTIVITIES

2024 - Recipient of the Foundation "Goran Ljubijankić" award for the best master’s thesis in the field of molecular biology defended during 2023
2023 - Participant in the STREAMLINE Bioinformatics Workshop "RNA-seq data analysis"
2023 - Poster presenter at Congress of Molecular Biologists of Serbia (CoMBoS)

RESEARCH INTEREST

Research in molecular biomedicine, molecular genetic basis of rare diseases focused on rare inherited metabolic disorders. Molecular diagnosis, small molecule therapy potential.