Dr. Đurđica Ignjatović

1997.- attended summer school at the University of Illinois in Chicago, USA, where she gained experience in the field of genetic engineering at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

EDUCATION
1998.- B.Sc. Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade
2000.- M.Sc. in Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade
Title of master thesis: “Cloning, expression and interaction of fragments of third intracellular loop of human dopaminergic D2l receptor with G protein alpha-subunit.
2010.- PhD Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade
Title of dissertation: “Evaluation of atypical antipsychotic potential of new phenylpiperazines in vitro and ina animal models of psichosis”

WORK EXPERIENCE
1999-2005.- lab for biochemistry of Department for Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of Institute for Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy (IHTM) in Belgrade
2005. – present, Department for Biochemistry of Institute for Biological Research „Siniša Stanković“ (IBISS), University of Belgrade

Communication and Outreach
She gave invited lectures at two conferences "Biology of Autism" in Zagreb (Croatia) in April 2014 and in Thermana Laško (Slovenia) in October 2014. In order to popularize science, she held a lecture "Microbiota and the central nervous system" in 2017, organized by the Center for Teaching Activity of the Endowment of Ilija M. Kolarac.

Dr. Ignjatović was the mentor of candidate Katarina D. Bojović's doctoral dissertation entitled: "Relationship of neurodevelopmental disorders with gene variants for lactase, human leukocyte antigen and vitamin D receptor, as well as with the presence of opioid peptides in urine and intestinal dysbiosis", defended at the Faculty of Biology in 2021.

She has been engaged in research in the fields of medicinal chemistry, pharmacology and phytotherapy as well as neurobiology and nutritional sciences using in vitro tests on several cell lines and animal models of behavior.

In recent years, she has focused on investigating the etiology of neurodevelopmental disorders.