Ina Nemet, Ph. D. 

Assistent 

phone: + 385 1 45 61 157

fax: + 385 1 46 80 195

inemet@irb.hr

  Education

• B. Sc. - University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Biochemical Engineering; Thesis: "Synthesis and properties of heteroanular substituted ferrocene amino acids." (2000) Supervisor: Prof. Vladimir Rapic 
• M. Sc. - University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science; Thesis: "Methylglyoxal - synthesis and determination in human serum and other biological samples." (2003) Supervisor: Dr. Lidija Varga-Defterdarovic
• Ph. D. - University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science; Thesis: "Methylglyoxal in diabetes and nonenzymatic reactions with tryptophan." (2007) Supervisor: Dr. Lidija Varga-Defterdarovic

  Employment

• 2000 - "Rudjer Boskovic" Institute, Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
  Laboratory for the Carbohydrate, Peptide and Glycopeptide Research
  

  Memberships

• Croatian Chemical Society
• Croatian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• European Peptide Society

• The Society of University Teachers, Scholars and Other Scientists-Zagreb

• International Maillard Reaction Society (IMARS)

  Scholarships

• 12. 06. - 18. 08. 2000 - University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Institute of Biological Sciences, Cell Biology Laboratory, Supervisor: Prof. Richard Kemp
• 06. 01. - 13. 01. 2003 - Winter School on Organic Reactivity - WISOR VIII, Bressanone, Italy
• 17. 07. - 29. 07. 2005. - Advanced Course on Chemistry meets Biology, Island of Spetses, Greece
• 08. 05. - 07. 06. 2006. - COST 927 (Thermally Processed Foods: Possible Health Implications), Department of Food Chemistry and Technology, Graz, Austria, Host: Prof. Michael Murkovic
• 18. 08. 2006. - 30. 05. 2007. Fulbright Visiting Research Award, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA, Host: Prof. Vincent M. Monnier
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Award "Novel Pathways of Glycation Damage in Diabetic Complications" (2008-2010)

        

  Awards

• 1996 - University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Award for the best student in generation
• 2000 - University of Zagreb, Rector Award fot the best student written works: "Synthesis of new type of amino acids."
• 2004 - The Society of University Teachers, Scholars and Other Scientists-Zagreb - Annual Award

• 2007. International Maillard Reaction Society (IMARS), Honorable mention, Biomedical Science Division 2006 writing competition