Current: 

• 2023 – now: 7078 „Microalgae for biosynthesis of metal cluster compounds“, PRIZMA programme of the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia – participant
  https://www.biosynthclust.com/

Past:

• 2017 – 2021: SPS G5320 “Radiation Hormesis for Higher Microalgae Biofuels Yield” NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme – Participant https://www.photobionuclear.com/
• 2020 – 2021: 5033 “SORBWALL TECHNOLOGY – Microalgal cell wall-based composites for biosorption of metals from polluted waters” Republic of Serbia Innovation Fund, Proof of Concept – Participant
• 2020 – 2021: 00094603/07/2020 “LlQUID3” United Nations Development Programme – Participant

https://liquid3.rs/

• 2011 – 2020: OI173040 “Membrane interaction with intracellular and apoplastic space: bioenergetics and signalization studies using biophysical and biochemical techniques” Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia – Participant

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2. Tanović M., Žižić M., Milenković M., Jagličić Z., Hagen W., Stanić M., Stanković D., Kovačević S., Karpov D., Šket P., Javornik U., Spasojević I., Dimitrijević M. Employing microalga Chlorella sorokiniana in the biosynthesis of paramagnetic and catalytically functional manganese cluster (2025) Bioresource Technology, 432, art. no. 132692. DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2025.132692
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5. Pajić T., Stevanović K., Todorović N.V., Krmpot A.J., Živić M., Savić-Šević S., Lević S.M., Stanić M., Pantelić D., Jelenković B., Rabasović M.D. In vivo femtosecond laser nanosurgery of the cell wall enabling patch-clamp measurements on filamentous fungi (2024) Microsystems and Nanoengineering, 10 (1), art. no. 47. DOI: 10.1038/s41378-024-00664-x
6. Vojvodić S., Dimitrijević M., Žižić M., Dučić T., Aquilanti G., Stanić M., Zechmann B., Luković J.D., Stanković D., Opačić M., Morina A., Pittman J.K., Spasojević I. A three-step process of manganese acquisition and storage in the microalga Chlorella sorokiniana (2023) Journal of Experimental Botany, 74 (3), pp. 1107 – 1122. DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac472
7. Žižić M., Stanić M., Aquilanti G., Bajuk-Bogdanović D., Branković G., Rodić I., Živić M., Zakrzewska J. Biotransformation of selenium in the mycelium of the fungus Phycomyces blakesleeanus (2022) Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 414 (20), pp. 6213 – 6222. DOI: 10.1007/s00216-022-04191-4
8. Vojvodić S., Stanić M., Zechmann B., Dučić T., Žižić M., Dimitrijević M., Luković J.D., Milenković M.R., Pittman J.K., Spasojević I. Mechanisms of detoxification of high copper concentrations by the microalga Chlorella sorokiniana (2020) Biochemical Journal, 477 (19), pp. 3729 – 3741. DOI: 10.1042/BCJ20200600
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10. Stanić M., Križak S., Jovanović M., Pajić T., Ćirić A., Žižić M., Zakrzewska J., Cvetić Antić T., Todorović N., Živić M. Growth inhibition of fungus Phycomyces blakesleeanus by anion channel inhibitors anthracene-9-carboxylic and niflumic acid attained through decrease in cellular respiration and energy metabolites (2017) Microbiology (United Kingdom), 163 (3), pp. 364 – 372. DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000429