Sanja Skaro Bogojevic

Assistant Research Professor

Laboratory for Molecular Genetics and Ecology of Microorganisms,
Group for eco-biotechnology and drug development

Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering (IMGGE),
University of Belgrade,

444a Vojvode Stepe st., 11042 Belgrade 152, Serbia
Mobile: +381 65 397 60 34
Phone: +381 11 397 60 34
Fax: +381 11 397 58 08
E-mail: sanja.bogojevic@imgge.bg.ac.rs

EDUCATION

2019 - Doctor of Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology, International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) Trieste, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia
2014 - Master studies, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade
2013 - Basic Academic Studies, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

16.7.2020. Assistant Research Professor, IMGGI, UB
Until July 2020 - Research Associate, IMGGI, UB
2020 - participant of the BioICEP project (Bio Innovation of a Circular Economy for Plastics H2020 project, https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/870292)
2015-2019 PhD student, International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) Trieste.
2013-2014 Master student, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade

OTHER ACTIVITIES

2020 - Member of the Association of Microbiologists of Serbia
2013-2014 Member of the Serbian Chemical Society
2018 - Announcement at the 23rd Annual Symposium, Trieste, https://www.icgeb.org/icgeb-trieste-holds-its-23rd-annual-symposium-19-20-June-2018/
2015 - Volunteer in conducting educational workshop “From Ash to Detergent” as part of the action to promote chemistry and the Faculty of Chemistry, “Where Science Starts” https://www.chem.bg.ac.rs/studorg/promocija/index-l .html
2013-2014 Volunteer at BASF Free Chemical Laboratories Project, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade.

FIELD OF SCIENTIFIC INTEREST

Bioactive compounds
Biotechnology (development of biotherapeutic products, bacterial fermentation, improvement of bacterial strains)

SELECTED SCIENTIFIC PAPERS

M. Bigovic, S. Skaro, V. Maslak, and R. N. Saicic. Expanding the scope of the indium-promoted allylation reaction: 4- (bromomethyl) -1,3 dioxol-2-one as a synthetic equivalent to a 3-arylhydroxyacetone enolate, Tetrahedron Letters 48, 70 (2013) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040403913016900
Radivojevic J., Skaro S., Senerovic L., Vasiljevic B., Guzik M., S.M. Kenny, Maslak V., Nikodinovic-Runic J., O'Connor K.E. Polyhydroxyalkanoate -based 3-hydroxyoctanoic acid and its derivatives as a platform of bioactive compounds. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 100, 161–172. (2016) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00253-015-6984-4
Yun Xie, Stefan Ilic, Sanja Skaro, Veselin Maslak, Ksenija D. Glusac. Excited-State Hydroxide Ion Release from a Series of Acridinol Photobases, J. Phys. Chem. 121 (2): 448-457 (2017) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpca.6b10980
“Understanding bioplastic materials – Current state and trends”, S. Jeremic, J. Milovanovic, M. Mojicevic, S. Skaro Bogojevic, and J. Nikodinovic-Runic, J. Serb. Chem. Soc., vol. 85, no. 12, pp. 1507–1538, Dec. 2020.
Structural Characterization, Antimicrobial Activity and BSA/DNA Binding Affinity of New Silver(I) Complexes with Thianthrene and 1,8-Naphthyridine. Ašanin, D.P.; Skaro Bogojevic, S.; Perdih, F.; Andrejević, T.P.; Milivojevic, D.; Aleksic, I.; Nikodinovic-Runic, J.; Glišić, B.Đ.; Turel, I.; Djuran, M.I. Molecules2021, 26, 1871. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26071871