Research
I
graduated in Molecular Biology and Physiology at the Faculty
of Biology of the University of Belgrade, Serbia and
Montenegro in 1998. The same year, I started my postgraduate
studies in the research of malignant diseases in a
population with a fellowship from the Clinical medical
centre “Bezanijska kosa” in Belgrade. I was a member of
the publishing team and I participated in an international
co-operation involving the preparation of a new Serbian
edition of a Medical Encyclopaedia, the monograph “New
Challenges in Health Care”, a Medical Glossary etc. I also
participated in the creation of the Cancer
Foundation-Yugoslavia and in its various activities in lay
public education on cancer prevention programs. In 2001 I
started my PhD studies in the Department of Physiology at
the University of Valencia. As a UNESCO-MCBN fellowship
holder I spent three months at the Universidad Católica del
"Sacro Cuore", Rome, with Prof Galeotti´s team
working on the project "Importance of the Mn SOD in
carcinogenesis and aging" where I gained valuable
experience in the techniques of molecular and cell biology
and met some wonderful people with a real passion for
science. In 2002, as an academic guest, I worked at the
Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich,
Switzerland, where I participated in two projects:
“Catalytical antibodies” and “Development of the fully
defined medium for cell culture”- a project of great
importance from a scientific and ethical point of view, as
the basic idea is to avoid the use of foetal bovine serum in
the cultivation of certain cell lines. Working with René
Fisher and Prof Hilvert’s group was a personal pleasure
and a professional privilege. I was fortunate to be granted
a fellowship for postgraduate studies by the AECI (Ministry
of Foreign Affairs of Spain) and I returned to Valencia to
continue working on my PhD project: “The role of the
nuclear oxidative stress in the regulation of apoptosis and
proliferation of mammary cancer cells MCF7” under the
guidance of Prof Pallardó and Prof Viña. I am really
enjoying working on this project as it involves all my
previous interests and it is a challenge to apply my
knowledge and experience, thus learning more every day.
P.S.
By the way, in the photo you can see the most promising and
best looking of Mari Carmen’s trainees who just happens to
be my daughter!
Download CV
with complete list of publications
|
|
