Andreja Jakas, Ph. D.

Research Associate

phone: + 385 1 46 80 103

fax: + 385 1 46 80 195

jakas@irb.hr

  Education

• B. Sc. - University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry (1991)
• M. Sc. - Thesis "Synthesis of new Amadori compounds, derivatives of D -fructose and Leu-enkephalin." (1995)  Supervisor: Dr. Stefica Horvat
• Ph. D. - Thesis: "Synthesis and reactivity of Amadori compounds related to biologically active peptides." (2001) Supervisor: Dr. Stefica Horvat

  Employment

• 1992 - "Rudjer Boskovic" Institute, Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
  Laboratory for the Carbohydrate, Peptide and Glycopeptide Research 
• 2005 - Research associate 
• 1997 - 2001 Principal investigator on "The young investigators stimulating project: Synthesis and reactivity of Amadori compounds of endogenous opioid peptides."

  Memberships

Croatian Chemical Society
European Peptide Society

  Research field

Synthesis, characterization and stability analysis (enzymatic and chemical) of early glycation products of biologically active peptides .