Tatjana Majkić

Tatjana Majkić, PhD

Teaching Assistant

Chair of Biochemistry and Chemistry of Natural Products

CONTACT

University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences

Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection

Office: 12/III

Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3

21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

Tel: + 381 21 485 2755

e-mail: tatjana.majkic@dh.uns.ac.rs

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

SCOPUS Autor ID: 57193126807

EDUCATION

  • 2021: PhD studies in Biochemistry, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia
  • 2014. MSc in Biochemistry, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia
  • 2013. BSc in Biochemistry, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia.

SCIENTIFIC AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • 2018: Teaching Assistant, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia
  • 2017-2018. Research Assistant, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia
  • 2014-2017. Research Trainee, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Serbia.

TEACHING

  • Assays in biochemistry
  • Experimental biochemistry
  • Preparative biochemistry
  • Biochemistry (for Optometry students)
  • Biochemistry fundamentals

RESEARCH FIELDS

  • Estimation of biological activity of medicinal plants and natural products
  • Antiinflammatory 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)
  • Biologically active components and medicinal potential of functional foods grown in Vojvodina, Provincial Secretariat for Science and Technological Development, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia (2016-2019)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  1. 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. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2020.113140.
  2. 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 ( Lebensmittel – Wissenschaft und Technologie) . 138, pp. 110637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2020.110637
  3. Majkić, T., Torović, L., Lesjak, M., Četojević-Simin, D. , Beara, I. (2019). Activity profiling of Serbian and some other European Merlot wines in inflammation and oxidation processes. Food Research International, 121, 151-160. doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2019.03.033
  4. Vujanović, M., Majkić, T., Gokhan, Z., Beara, I., Cvetanović, A., Fawzi, M.M., Radojkovic, M. (2019). Advantages of contemporary extraction techniques for the extraction of bioactive constituents from black elderberry (Sambucus nigra L.) flowers. Industrial Crops and Products, 136, 93-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2019.04.058.
  5. Beara, I., Majkić, T., Fioravanti, S., Trulli, L., Mimica-Dukić, N., Pellacani, L., & Saso, L. (2020). The effects of trifluoromethylated derivatives on prostaglandin E2 and thromboxane A2 production in human leukemic U937 macrophages. Medicinal chemistry, 16(1):63-68. doi: 10.2174/1573406415666190208150253.

additional information

Trainings:

  • Erasmus+ Training Mobility, Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, University of Naples “Federico II” in Naples, Italy, 2019.
  • Radboud Summer School, course Molecules, Mice and Math: A Statistical Toolbox for the Lab, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 2018.
  • Europin Summer School on Drug Design, University of Vienna, Austria, 2017.
  • Prague Summer School 2017 – Advances in Drug Discovery. Drug Discovery and Development from Basic Research through Preclinical to Clinical Phases, University of Prague, Czech Republic, 2017.
  • Fellowship at the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Regensburg, Germany, during october 2015 and july 2022.

Fellowships:

  • FEBS Junior Fellowship for FEBS3+ conference ‘From molecules to living systems’, 2018.
  • Erasmus Fellowship for Radboud Summer School, 2018.
  • Fellowship for Summer school Advances in drug discovery, 2017.

Awards:

  • Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry for the best poster presentation at the 2nd International Congres of Chemists and Chemical Engineers of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2016.
  • Special recognition of the Serbian Chemical Society dedicated to the best graduates of chemistry and chemical technology at the Universities in Serbia, 2014.

Member of the Serbian Biochemical Society, Federation of European Biochemical Societies, Serbian Chemical Society and Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Products Research (GA).