Ivana Beara

Ivana Beara, PhD

Full Professor

Chair of Biochemistry and Chemistry of Natural Products

CONTACT

University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences

Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection

Office: 15/III

Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3

21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

Tel:+ 381 21 485 2755

e-mail: ivana.beara@dh.uns.ac.rs

Personal webpage: http://www.dh.uns.ac.rs/lafib/english/index.php

SCOPUS Author ID: 35092231000

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7587-957X

EDUCATION

  • 2010. PhD in Biochemistry, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia
  • 2004. Mag in Chemistry, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia
  • 1999. BSc in Chemistry, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia

SCIENTIFIC AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • 2021-today. Full Professor, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia
  • 2016-2021. Associate Professor, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia
  • 2011-2016. Assistant Professor, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia
  • 2007-20011. Teaching Assistant, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia
  • 2003-2007. Associate Teaching Assistant, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia
  • 1999-2003. Junior Researcher, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia

TEACHING

  • Experimental biochemistry
  • Lipids and cell membranes
  • Assays in biochemistry
  • Preparative biochemistry
  • Cell cultures in biochemistry
  • Selected bioassays
  • Metabolism and biological significance of arachidonic acid.

TEXTBOOKS

  • Kuhajda, K., Beara, I., Lesjak, M. Experimental biochemistry, (in Serbian), University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia, 2013.

RESEARCH FIELDS

  • Estimation of biological activity of natural products
  • Anti-inflammatory agents.

SELECTED PROJECTS

  • Functional foods with truffles from Vojvodina – biochemical potential, chemical composition and sensory properties as a basis for new recipes, Provincial Secretariat for Science and Technological Development, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia (2020-2021)
  • Biologically active natural products as potential sources of new drugs and dietary supplements, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (2011-2019)
  • Cross-border cooperation in development of a novel herbal drug targeting Helicobacter pylori (HELICO), Hungary-Serbia IPA Cross-border Co-operation Programme (2013-2015)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  1. Beara, I., Majkić, T.,Torović, L. (2021). Bioguided design of new black truffle (Tuber aestivum) product enriched with herbs and spices. LWT – Food science and technology. 138: 110637.
  2. Majkić, T., Bekvalac, K., Beara, I. (2020). Plantain (Plantago) species as modulators of prostaglandin E2 and thromboxane A2 production in inflammation. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 262: 113140.
  3. Nađpal, J. D., Lesjak, M. M., Šibul, F. S., Anačkov, G. T., Četojević-Simin, D. D., Mimica-Dukić, N. M., Beara I. N. (2016): Comparative study of  biological activities and phytochemical composition of two rose hips and their preserves: Rosa canina and Rosa arvensis Huds. Food Chemistry. 192: 907-14.
  4. Beara, I., Orčić, D., Lesjak, Mimica–Dukić, N., Peković, B., Popović, M. (2010): Liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry study of anti–inflammatory activity of Plantain (Plantago) species. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. 52: 701–706.
  5. Beara, I., Lesjak, M., Jovin, E., Balog, K., Anačkov, G., Orčić, D., Mimica–Dukić, N. (2009): Plantain (Plantago) as novel sources of flavonoid antioxidants. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 57: 9268–9273.

additional information

  • Trainings: summer internship – University of Illinois, Urbana, USA (2001); short stay -University College London, London, UK (2013), Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary (2014)
  • Major collaborations: Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary, Pharmaceutical–chemical Industry “Hemofarm”, Vršac, Serbia, Institute for Medicinal Plant Research “ Josif Pančić”, Belgrade, Serbia
  • Memberships: Federation of European Biochemical Societies, Serbian Biohemical Society, Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research, Serbian Chemical Society.