Current projects

INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

Bio Innovation of a Circular Economy for Plastics (BioICEP)

International project No. H2020-870292, European Comission, 2020-2023
Principal Investigator: Dr Margaret Fournet, Athlone Institute of Technology, Ireland
Coordinator for IMGGE: Dr Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic

Development of efficient antifungals based on microbial secondary metabolites

Research project within scientific and technological cooperation between Republic of Serbia and Federal Republic of Germany 2020-2021
Principal Investigator: Dr Sandra Vojnovic, IMGGE

CEEPUS network “Managing forests for climate change”

European Union, CIII-BA-0000-00-1920, 2019-
Principal Investigator: Prof. dr. Milan Mataruga, Faculty of Forestry, University of Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Participant from IMGGE: Dr Jelena Aleksic

Plant health bioinformatics network

EUPHRESCO, 2019-2022
Project coordinator: Annelies Haegeman, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Belgium
Participants from IMGGE: Dr Bojana Banovic Djeri, dr Jelena Samardzic

Project: Defining strategies for in situ and ex situ conservation of Serbian spruce with respect to climate change (SInExPAN)

Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the Republic of Srpska 19/6-020/961-42/18, 2019-2020
Principal Investigator: Prof. dr. Milan Mataruga, Faculty of Forestry, University of Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Participant from IMGGE: Dr Jelena Aleksic

Functionalization of biopolymers

Bioplastech Ltd., Dublin, Ireland, 2013-
Principal Investigator: Dr Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic, IMGGE

Establishment of compatible institutional registers and network of counseling centers for hereditary gastrointestinal tumors

Research project within scientific and technological cooperation between Republic of Serbia and Republic of Croatia, 337-00-205/2019-09/34, 2019-2020
Principal Investigator: Prof. Zoran Krivokapic, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
Participant from IMGGE: Dr Aleksandra Nikolic

Zebrafish as a model for asthma research - role of Wnt signalling in response to cigarette smoke

Research project within scientific and technological cooperation between Republic of Serbia and Federal Republic of Germany
Principal Investigator: Dr Aleksandra Divac Rankov, IMGGE

Investigation of bacteriophages and phage-derived enzyme activity against biofilm-embedded cells of multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

Research project within scientific and technological cooperation between Republic of Italy and Republic of Serbia, 2019-2021
Principal Investigator: Dr Goran Vukotic, Faculty of Biology University of Belgrade

NATIONAL PROJECTS

Novel solutions for effective oral candidiasis treatment

МATCHING GRANTS Program, Innovation Fund, 2019-2021
Principal Investigator: Katarina Joncic-Savic, Phytonet doo
Participants from IMGGE: Dr Aleksandar Pavic, dr Lidija Senerovic, dr Ivana Moric, dr Nada Stankovic, dr Lidija Djokic

Establishing the zebrafish-cystic fibrosis model of mixed Staphylococcus aureus MRSA43300 - Candida albicans SC5314infection

Program "Pokreni se za nauku", Phillip Morris Company, 2019-2020
Principal Investigator: Dr Aleksandar Pavic, IMGGE

Studying the molecular mechanisms involved in maintaining pluripotency and differentiation of stem cells

F-23, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Principal investigator: Milena Stevanovic, PhD

Optimization (individualization) of the rectal cancer treatment using predictive molecular genetic biomarkers

F-20, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2013-
Principal Investigator: Prof. dr Zoran Krivokapić, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
Participants from IMGGE: Dr Dragica Radojkovic and dr Aleksandra Nikolic

Synthesis and application of new chemotherapeutics based on natural products and metal complexes

Strategic project of SASA, 01-2019, 2019-2022
Principal Investigator: Prof dr Bogdan Solaja, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade
Participants from IMGGE: Dr Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic, dr Sandra Vojnovic and dr Aleksandar Pavic

Molecular basis of response to chemioradiotherapy in rectal cancer

Strategic project of SASA, 02-2019, 2019-2022
Principal Investigator: Prof. Zoran Krivokapic, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
Participants from IMGGE: Dr Aleksandra Nikolic, dr Aleksandra Divac Rankov, dr Sandra Dragicevic, Jovana Despotovic, Tamara Babic, dr Milena Stevanovic, dr Isidora Petrovic and dr Marija Schwirtlich

Covalent modification of carbon materials using enzymes

Program "Pokreni se za nauku", Phillip Morris Company, 2019-2020
Principal Investigator: Dr Aleksandra Mitrovic, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade
Participant from IMGGE: Dr Jelena Milovanovic

Identifying Biomarkers Through Translational Research for Prevention and Stratification of Colorectal Cancer (TRANSCOLONCAN)

CA17118, 2018-2022