Technical Associate
Ana Sedlarević Zorić
PhD in Biological sciences
Research area
- Physiology and molecular biology of plants.
- Plant biochemistry.
- Antioxidative metabolism.
- Biotic (plant-insect specific interactions) and abiotic (PAR, UV-B radiation) stress in plants.
Skills
- Molecular biology techniques: DNA and RNA isolation, PCR, RT-PCR, agarose electrophoresis;
- Biochemistry techniques: Protein purification and assays, electrophoresis (native, SDS and IEF), enzyme kinetics;
- HPLC (determination of primary and secondary metabolites).
Work experience:
- 2016–present: Research Assistant, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade.
- 2014–2016: Research Trainee, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade.
- 2012–2014: Volunteer, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade.
Education:
- 2013 – present: PhD student, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade. Study group: molecular biology and physiology of plants;
- 2012: MSc in Molecular biology and Physiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade
Other professional activities
Memberships:
Serbian Plant Physiology Society
Current:
- 2020-2022: Participant in Bilateral project with Slovenia: “The usage of silicon fertilisation in order to mitigate the oxidative stress and to improve the resilience of barley subjected to UV and Drought”, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia and Slovenian Research Agency.
Past:
- 2011-2019: Participant in III 43010: “Modulation of antioxidative metabolism in plants for improvement of plant abiotic stress tolerance and identification of new biomarkers for application in remediation and monitoring of degraded biotopes”, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia.
- Sedlarević Zorić, A., Morina, F., Toševski, I., Tosti, T., Jović, J., Krstić, O. and Veljović-Jovanović, S., 2019. Resource allocation in response to herbivory and gall formation in Linaria vulgaris. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 135, pp.224–232;
- Sedlarević, A., Morina, F., Toševski, I., Gašić, U., Natić, M., Jović, J., Krstić, O. and Veljović-Jovanović, S., 2016. Comparative analysis of phenolic profiles of ovipositional fluid of Rhinusa pilosa (Mecinini, Curculionidae) and its host plant Linaria vulgaris (Plantaginaceae). Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 10(4), pp.311–322.