Katarina Veljović

Full Research Professor
Group for Probiotics and Microbiota-Host Interaction
Laboratory for Molecular Microbiology (LMM)

Institute of molecular genetics and genetic engineering (IMGGE),
University of Belgrade

Vojvode Stepe 444a, 11042 Belgrade 152, Serbia
Mobile: +381 11 397 59 60
Phone: +381 11 397 59 60
Fax: +381 11 397 58 08
E-mail: katarina.veljovic@imgge.bg.ac.rs

EDUCATION

2011 - PhD in Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Faculty of Biology, UB
(THESIS: Antimicrobial activity of enterococci isolated from fermented products and cloning genes for synthesis and immunity of chosen enterocin)
2006 - M.Sci. in Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, FB, UB
2002 - B.Sci. in Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Kragujevac

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2022 - Full research Professor, IMGGE, UB
2017 - 2022 - Senior Research Associate, IMGGI, UB
2012 - 2017 - Research Associate, LMM, IMGGE
2007 - 2012 - Research Assistant, LMM, IMGGE
2004 - 2007 - Research Trainee, LMM, IMGGE

CAREER HISTORY

2004 - Member of Serbian Society of Microbiologists

RESEARCH INTEREST

Examination of probiotic characteristics of lactic acid bacteria strains in order to design new probiotic and postbiotic preparations, as well as the characterization of molecular mechanisms in the basis of probiotic activities of natural isolates of lactic acid bacteria
Production of an innovative probiotic fermented drink for domestic animals
Designing innovative probiotic and starter cultures for the production of functional food for humans and animals.
Development of probiotic and postbiotic therapies
Microbiological control of probiotic lyophilized supplements (lozenges and capsules)
Isolation, phenotypic and genotypic characterization of enterococci, isolated from different ecological niches
o Evaluation of negative impacts of antibiotics through analysis of genes for antibiotic resistance and other virulent factors present in enterococci isolated from different ecological niches