EDUCATION

2001 - Full Research Professor (Principal Reseach Fellow) Laboratory for Molecular Hematology (LMH) and Laboratory for Molecular Biomedicine (LMB), IMGGE
1996 - M.Sc. in Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, FB, UB
1992 - B.Sc. in Molecular Biology and Physiology, FB, University of Belgrade

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2011 - Principal Reseach Fellow Laboratory for Molecular Hematology (LMH) and Laboratory for Molecular Biomedicine (LMB), IMGGE
2007 - 2011 - Senior Research AssociateLMH, IMGGE
2002 - 2007 - Research Associate LMH, IMGGE
1996 - 2002 - Research Assistant LMH, IMGGE
1993 - 1996 - Research Trainee, LMH, IMGGE

RESEARCH INTEREST

Molecular genetics of rare diseases, thalassemia (regulation of transcription of beta-globin genes, modifier genes), hematological malignancies (molecular markers of childhood and adult acute and chronic myeloid and lymphoid leukemias, lymphomas and multiple myelomas), metabolic diseases (phenylketonuria, glycogenosis,  organic acidurias), congenital adrenal hyperplasia, molecular genetics of inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, celiac disease), pulmonary diseases (tuberculosis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, hereditary pulmonary hypertension, sarcoidosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia), rheumatological diseases (systemic sclerosis, myositis, rheumatoid arthritis), orthopedic diseases, inflammation, autoimmunity, genotype-phenotype correlation, population genetics, stem cell and gene therapy and pharmacogenomics.

Research activities also resulted in the introduction of the molecular diagnosis of rare diseases in Serbia, as well as improved therapeutic protocols for several diseases.