izv. prof. dr. sc. Jasmina Rokov Plavec

Teaching

undergraduate

• Biochemistry 2 (40884) - Lecturer in charge

graduate

• Genetic and protein engineering (43980) - Lecturer in charge

integrated undergraduate and graduate

• Biochemistry (40768) - Lecturer in charge
• Biochemistry (40859) - Lecturer in charge
• Biochemistry 1 (196122) - Lecturer in charge
• Biochemistry 1 (231208) - Lecturer in charge

doctoral

• Control mechanisms of protein biosynthesis (152829) - Lecturer in charge
• Regulation of Gene Expression, Post-translational Modifications and Protein Transport in the Cell (152827) - Lecturer in charge

Predmet

• Biochemistry 2 (246006) - Lecturer in charge

Biography

Education at Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb: Diploma thesis (Molecular Biology, 1994); Master thesis (Biology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, 1998); Doctoral thesis (Biology, 2004).  

Affiliation and current position: Division of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb: Assistant Professor (2008 –).  

Previous positions: Senior Assistant (2005 -2008); Assistant (1995 – 2005), Division of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb.  

Teaching: Lectures in Biochemistry, Biochemistry 1, Biochemistry 2 (for students of biology and chemistry), Biochemistry 2 (for molecular biology students), Genetic and protein engineering (for students of chemistry)

Visits to foreign research and education institutions: Central European Institute of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic, duration: two weeks in 2019; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Yale University, USA, duration: two months in 1998; Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes du CNRS, Strasbourg, France, duration: two months in 2006  

Research interest: I’m interested in structure, function and evolution of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases with emphasis on plant seryl-tRNA synthetases (SerRS). I study intracellular localization of proteins, role of plant SerRS in cellular stress response and identification and characterization of SerRS protein interactors.

Scientific papers: Author of 18 original scientific papers, 2 professional papers, 2 chapters in the university textbook, 3 laboratory manuals.  

Mentoring: 1 PhD student, 12 Master students, 35 BSc students

Awards, recognitions and memberships: Rector's award of the University of Zagreb for the year 1993. Member of the Croatian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (since 1997). Member of the executive board of Croatian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2013-2021). Co-leader of "Young investigators", section of Croatian Natural History Society in 1997/1998; 2018 - 2020 head of the Division of Biochemistry; head of the Laboratory for Enzyme Kinetics and Preparative Biochemistry within the Center of Excellence in Chemistry (CIuK) at the Department of Chemistry (since 2021); member of the Quality Management Committee of the Faculty of Science (since 2021).  

Participation in research projects:  

Project leader:  

1. Functional and structural characterization of protein complexes of plant aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase, Foundation of Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2018-2019  

2. Interplay of protein biosynthesis and steroid hormone metabolism in plants, Foundation of Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2016-2017  

3. Role of plant aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase in cellular stress response, Foundation of Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2014-2015  

Co-leader of work package:  

INTEGRA-LIFE, FP7-REGPOT, PI: Gordan Lauc, 2013-2016  

Project participant:

1. Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases as gatekeepers of the genetic code, Croatian Science Foundation, PI: Ita Gruić Sovulj, 2017-2021

2. COST Action CA15126 Between Atom and Cell: Integrating Molecular Biophysics Approaches for Biology and Healthcare (MOBIEU), PI: Patrick England, 2016-2020

3. Non-canonical roles of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, Croatian Science Foundation, PIs: Ivana Weygand-Đurašević and Ita Gruić Sovulj, 2013-2016 

4. Structural diversity of seryl-tRNA synthetases and accuracy of protein synthesis, Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia, PI: Ivana Weygand-Đurašević, 2007- 2014  

5. Macromolecular complexes of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases and their role in translational quality control and non-ribosomal peptide synthesis, UKF, PI: Ivana Weygand-Đurašević, 2007-2010  

6. Quality control mechanisms in seryl-tRNA biosynthesis, Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia, PI: Ivana Weygand-Đurašević, 2002-2007  

7. Structure, function and evolution of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia, PI: Ivana Weygand-Đurašević, 1996-2002

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