• Doktorat: Biološki fakultet, Univerzitet u Beogradu, 2014.
    Tema: „Inaktivacija ćelija melanoma čoveka zračenjem jonima ugljenika: određivanje radiobioloških parametara i analiza signalnih puteva ćelijske smrti”

    Osnovne studije: Biološki fakultet, Univerzitet u Beogradu, 2005.
    Diplomski rad: “Kloniranje siRNK za degradaciju RNK Air”

    Stručna usavršavanja

    2006 - 2010 - Međunarodna saradnja sa Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Katanija, Italija.

    03.07. – 29.08. 2003 - Praktični kurs u Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Univerzitet u Beču, Austrija,

  • Oblasti istraživanja

    molekularna biologija maligne ćelije, nanobiologija

    Odabrane publikacije

    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.