Jelena Žakula

E-mail: pozegaj@vinca.rs
Phone: +381 11 3408 126
ORCID: 0000-0001-7280-3273
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  • PhD: Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, 2014.
    Title: “Inactivation of human melanoma cells by carbon ion radiation: evaluation of radiobiological parameteres and analysis of cell death signaling pathways”

    BSc: Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, 2005.
    Title: “Cloning of siRNA to destroy RNK Air”

    Stručna usavršavanja

    2006. -2010. International cooperation with Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy.

    03.07. – 29.08. 2003. Practical Course at Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Vienna, Austria

     

  • Research fields

    molecular biology of malignant cell, nanobiology

    Selected publications

    1. Nešić MD, Dučić T, Liang X, Algarra M, Mi L, Korićanac L, Žakula J, Kop TJ, Bjelaković MS, Mitrović A, GojgićCvijović GD, Stepić M, Petković M, SR-FTIR spectro-microscopic interaction study of biochemical changes in HeLa cells induced by Levan-C60, Pullulan-C60, and their cholesterol-derivatives,International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2020, 165, 2541-2549. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.10.141.
    2. Bondžić A, Žakula J, Korićanac L, Keta O, Janjić G, Đorđević I, Rajković S, Cytotoxic activity and influence on acetylcholinesterase of series dinuclear platinum(II) complexes with aromatic nitrogen-containing heterocyclic bridging ligands: Insights in the mechanisms of action, Chemico-Biological Interactions, 2022, 351, 109708, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbi.2021.109708.
    3. Jovanović S., Obrenčević K., Bugarčić Ž., Popović I., Žakula J., Petrović B., New bimetallic palladium(II) and platinum(II) complexes: studies of the nucleophilic substitution reactions, interactions with CT-DNA, bovine serum albumin and cytotoxic activity, Dalton Transactions, 2016, 45(31), 12444-12457.
    4. Žakula J., Korićanac L., Keta O., Todorović D., Cirrone G.A.P, Romano F., Cuttone G., Petrović I., Ristić-Fira A., Carbon ions of different linear energy transfer (LET) values induce apoptosis and G2 cell cycle arrest in radioresistant melanoma cells, Indian Journal of Medical Research, 2016, 143: 120-128.
    5. Nešić M., Žakula J., Korićanac L., Stepić M., Radoičić M., Popović I., Šaponjić Z., Petković M., Light controlled metallo-drug delivery system based on the TiO2-nanoparticles and Ru-complex,Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2017,347, pp. 55-66. DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2017.06.045.