Marija Vidović
Associate Research Professor
Institute of molecular genetics and genetic engineering (IMGGE)
University of Belgrade
Vojvode Stepe 444a, 11042 Belgrade 152, Serbia
Mobile: +381 65 397 64 14
Phone: +381 11 397 64 14
Fax: +381 11 397 58 08
E-mail: marija.vidovic@imgge.bg.ac.rs
EDUCATION
2015 - PhD in Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry (FC), University of Belgrade (Antioxidative metabolism in white and green leaf tissues of variegated Pelargonium zonale and Plectranthus coleoides plants – visible light and UV-B radiation effects)
2008 - B.Sc. (equivalent to Master) in Biochemistry, FC, University of Belgrade
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2020 – Present Research Associate Professor, Laboratory for Plant Molecular Biology (LPMB), IMGGE
2017– 2018 - Postdoctoral Fellow in Applied Biochemistry, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben
2016 – 2020 - Research Assistant ProfessorProfessor, Department of Life Sciences, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research (IMSI), University of Belgrade
2010 – 2016 - Research Assistant, Department of Life Sciences, IMSI, University of Belgrade
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Visiting positions and Grants
June 2021: Department of Biology, Faculty for Biotechnology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
May – July 2019 - Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany.
Mar – April 2019 - Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences (IRHS), Angers, France.
2017-2018: Postdoc Leibniz-DAAD Research Fellowships, (57369702), at IPK, Gatersleben, Germany.
Mar 2017, Apr 2018 - Research fellowship grant COST Action BM1405 STSM. DAFNAE, University of Padua, Italy. Quantitative proteomic analysis of desiccation-tolerant plant species: Ramonda serbica (method development).
June 2012 - Institute of Plant Sciences, Karl-Franzens-University of Graz, Austria.
Apr 2011, May 2012 - Research fellowship grant COST Action FA0906 STSM. Research Unit Environmental Simulation (EUS), Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, Germany.
Oct – Dec 2008 - DAFNAE, University of Padua, Italy. 2D electrophoresis.
2008 – 2010: Ph.D. Scholarship from the Ministry of Science, Republic of Serbia.
RESEARCH INTEREST
- Abiotic stress in plants (high light intensity, UV-B radiation and drought).
- Antioxidants and pro-oxidants (ROS) and redox regulation.
- Carbon and nitrogen allocation from source to sink leaf tissue.
- Metabolomics, Secondary metabolism (phenolics: phenylpropanoids, flavonoids and anthocyanins).
- Proteomics, Protein Biochemistry, LEA proteins, Intrinsically disordered proteins