Dr. Ana Teofilović

Dr. Ana Teofilovic completed her bachelor studies in 2010 at the Faculty of Biology of the University of Belgrade, program Molecular Biology and Physiology. She performed her graduation thesis at the Laboratory of Medical Genetics of the Institute for Mother and Child Health Care "Dr. Vukan Čupić". She defended her PhD thesis at the Faculty of Biology at the University of Belgrade in 2014. She conducted the experimental part of PhD thesis at the Department of Biochemistry of the Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković" – National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, where she has been employed since 2011. Her previous scientific work is related to the study of energy metabolism and inflammation in metabolically active tissues of fructose-fed stressed rats, with special emphasis on the role of glucocorticoid hormones in the regulation of these processes. She is currently investigating the influence of dietary supplements and gut microbiota on signaling pathways and metabolic processes in animal models of obesity and metabolic syndrome. To date, she has published more than 20 articles in leading international journals and made more than 30 announcements at scientific conferences. She participated in one national project (No. III41009) and two international projects (SCOPES JRP: IZ73ZO_152331; HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-02-01: 101159400). She was the supervisor of two master theses defended at the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, and is currently supervising a PhD thesis. She received a scholarship from the European Society of Endocrinology to participate in the Summer School of Endocrinology in Bregenz. She participated in the organization of scientific conferences, educational programs, and science fairs. She is a member of the Serbian Society for Molecular Biology and the Biochemical Society of Serbia.