Sandra Vojnović
FULL RESEARCH PROFESSOR
Group for eco-biotechnology and drug development
Laboratory for Microbial Molecular Genetics and Ecology (LMMGE)
Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering (IMGGE),
University of Belgrade (UB)
Vojvode Stepe 444a, 11042 Belgrade 152, Serbia
Mobile: +381 64 8044093
Phone: +381 11 397 60 34
Fax: +381 11 397 58 08
E-mail: sandra.vojnovic@imgge.bg.ac.rs
EDUCATION
2011 - PhD in Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, UB
(Thesis: Regulation of expression of kgmB gene from Streptomyces tenebrarius)
2003 - MSc in Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, UB
1998 - BSc in Molecular Biology and Physiology, Faculty of Biology, UB
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2023 - Full Research Professor, Group for eco-biotechnology and drug development, LMMGE, IMGGE, UB
2018 - Associate Research Professor, Laboratory for Microbial Molecular Genetics and Ecology (LMMGE), IMGGE, UB
2013 - Research Associate, Laboratory for Microbial Molecular Genetics and Ecology (LMMGE), IMGGE, UB
2011 - 2012 - Post-doc Fellow, Biotechnology Developement Group at ICGEB, Trieste, Italy
2004 - 2011 - Research Assistant, LMMGE, IMGGE, UB
2001 - 2004 - Research Trainee, LMMGE, IMGGE, UB
1999 - 2001 - Ministry of Science Scholarship holder, IMGGE
RESEARCH INTEREST
- Bioactive molecules, either natural products (secondary metabolites of Streptomycetes) or synthetically produced compounds, as a novel chemical scaffold for development of new antifungal drugs.
- Microbial biotechnology
- Bacterial fermentation; strain improvement of Streptomyces spp. in order to increase the amount of different bioactive molecules produced