Ana Sarić

Education:
2020 – Ph.D. student, Molecular Biology – Molecular Biomedicine Program, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade
2020 – M.Sc., Biology – Applied Genetics Program, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade
2018 – B.Sc., Molecular Biology and Physiology Program, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade

Research Interests:
• epigenetic regulation of gene expression and molecular mechanisms of DNA methylation
• epigenetic editing of DNA methylation using Epi-CRISPR/Cas9 tool for establishing novel cellular phenotypes
• application of PARP inhibitors in cancers with homologous recombination deficiency to induce synthetic lethality

Other Activities:
2023 – participant in the international project "Targeted Rewriting of Epigenetic Marks as a New Therapeutic Approach in Triple Negative Breast Cancers" in collaboration with the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg, funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2022 – one-month study visit at the Cell and Tissue Analysis and Imaging Core Facility, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Olsztyn, Poland
2019 – participant in the international project "Detection of DNA methylation profile changes using FTIR micro-spectroscopy: a method for possible implementation as a diagnostic tool in diabetes" in collaboration with ALBA Synchrotron Center in Barcelona, Spain
Since 2012 – volunteer at the Researchers' Night and other science promotion events