Ivana Aleksić

Assistant Research Professor
Institute of molecular genetics and genetic engineering (IMGGE),

University of Belgrade
Vojvode Stepe 444a, 11042 Belgrade 152, Serbia

Mobile:  +381 65 397 60 34
Phone:  +381 11 397 60 34
Fax:      +381 11 397 58 08
E-mail: ivana_aleksic@imgge.bg.ac.rs

EDUCATION

2019 - PhD in Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade
2015 - M.Sc in Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade
2014 - B.Sc in Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2016 - Research Trainee, Laboratory for microbial molecular genetics and ecology, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering,
Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade

CAREER HISTORY

2016 - Employed at Laboratory for Microbial Molecular Genetics and Ecology, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade

RESEARCH INTEREST

• Production of secondary metabolites by soil Actinomycete
• Microbial biofilms
• Quorum sensing

OTHER ACTIVITIES

2015 - Member of Serbian Society for Microbiology
2015 - Member of Serbian Genetic Society

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Aleksic I, Jeremic J, Milivojevic D, Ilic-Tomic T, Segan S, Zlatovic M, Opsenica D, Senerovic L. N-benzyl derivatives of long-chained-4-amino-7-chloro-quinolines as inhibitors of pyocyanin production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. ACS Chem. Biol. (2019) DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.9b00682

2. Aleksic I, Ristivojevic P, Pavic A, Radojevic I, Comic Lj, Vasiljevic B, Opsenica D, Milojkovic-Opsenica D, Senerovic L. Anti-quorum sensing activity, toxicity in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos and phytochemical characterization of Trapa natans leaf extracts. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. (2018) 222, 148-158

3. Aleksic I, Petkovic M, Jovanovic M, Milivojevic D, Vasiljevic B, Nikodinovic-Runic J, Senerovic L. Anti-biofilm properties of bacterial Di-Rhamnolipids and their semi-synthetic amide derivatives. Front. Microbiol. (2017)   8: 2454

4. Aleksic I, Segan S, Andric F, Zlatovic M, Moric I, Opsenica D, Senerovic L. Long-Chain 4-Aminoquinolinesas Quorum sensing inhibitors in Serratia marcescens and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. ACS Chem. Biol. (2017) 12(5), 1425-1434