Snježana Mihaljević

Contact

Rudjer Boskovic Institute

Bijenicka cesta 54

P.P. 180

10002 Zagreb

CROATIA

E-mail: mihaljev@irb.hr

Telephone: (+385 – 1) 4560-987

Telefax: (+385 –1) 4561-177

Curriculum Vitae

Associate Investigator, Department of Molecular Biology, Rudjer Boskovic Institute.

Post doctoral training at CNRS-UPS, Castanet Tolosan, France (Transcription regulation during xylogenesis, group leader J. Grima-Pettenati).

..... training at the Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Vienna, Austria (Section of Plant Genetics, head of section E. Heberle-Bors).

Undergraduate and graduate studies in molecular and cell biology at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia. B. S., 1990; M. S. 1993; Ph. D. 1999. (Genetic transformation of conifers, supervisor S. Jelaska).

    Research Experience and Interests

• control mechanisms of plant somatic embryogenesis

• flower senescence and plant growth regulators

• micropropagation of plants

    Papers:

Tarkowski P, Tarkowska D, Novak O, Mihaljević S, Magnus V, Strnad M, Salopek-Sondi B. (2006) Cytokinins in the perianth, carpels and developing fruit of Helleborus niger L.  Journal of Experimental Botany, 10, 2237-2247.

Monica Goicoechea, Eric Lacombe, Sylvain Legay, Snjezana Mihaljević, Philippe Rech,  Alain Jauneau, Catherine Lapierre, Brigitte Pollet, Daniel Verhaegen, Nicole Chaubet-Gigot, Jacqueline Grima-Pettenati (2005) EgMYB2, a new transcriptional activator from Eucalyptus xylem, regulates secondary cell wall formation and lignin biosynthesis. Plant J 43:553-567

Mihaljević S, Jelaska S. Omorika spruce (Picea omorika). Protocol for Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants. Jain SM, Gupta PK. (eds.). Dordrecht, Springer, 2005.

Leljak-Levanić D, Bauer N, Mihaljević S, Jelaska S (2004) Changes in DNA methylation during somatic embryogenesis in Cucurbita pepo L. Plant Cell Rep 23: 120-127

Balen B, Leljak-Levanić D, Mihaljević S, Jelenić S, Jelaska S (2004) Formation of embryogenic callus in hairy-roots s of pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo L.) In Vitro Cell Develop – Plant 40:182-187

Leljak-Levanić D, Bauer N, Mihaljević S, Jelaska S (2004) Somatic embryogenesis in pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo L.): Control of somatic embryo development by nitrogen compounds. J Plant Physiol 161:229-236

Mihaljević S, Leljak-Levanić D, Jelaska S (2003) Factors affecting Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Picea omorika (Panč.) Purk. somatic embryos. Periodicum Biologorum 105(3): 313-318

Mihaljević S, Bjedov I, Kovač M, Leljak-Levanić D, Jelaska S (2002) Effect of explant sources and growth regulators on in vitro callus growth of Taxus baccata L. Washingtonii. Food Technol Biotechnol 40:299-303

Bauer N, Leljak-Levanić D, Mihaljević S, Jelaska S (2002) Genetic transformation of Colleus blumei Benth. using Agrobacterium. Food Technol Biotechnol 40:163-1669

Mihaljević S, Perić M, Jelaska S (2001) The sensitivity of embryogenic tissue of Picea omorika (Panč.) Purk. to antibiotics. Plant Cell Tiss Org Cult 67: 287-293

Mihaljević S, Katavić V, Jelaska S (1999) Root formation in micropropagated shoots of Sequoia sempervirens using Agrobacterium. Plant Sci 141: 73-80

Tramišak-Milaković T, Mihaljević S, Jelaska S (1999) Effects of abscisic acid and carbohydrates on the maturation of Picea omorika (Panč.) Purk. somatic embryos. Acta Bot Croat 58: 87-97

Salopek B, Tramišak T, Mihaljević S, Jelaska S (1997) Storage product accumulation during the maturation of Picea omorika (Panč) Purk. somatic embryos. Periodicum Biologorum 99(1): 117-124

Mihaljević S, Stipković S, Jelaska S (1996) Increase of root induction in Pinus nigra explants using agrobacteria. Plant Cell Rep 15: 610-614

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Educational Interests

• mechanisms of plant growth development

• cell and tissue culture in vitro

Professional society membreships

• Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology (FESPB) – national correspondent for Croatia (2005 - )

• Croatian Society for Plant Physiology

• International Association for Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology (IAPTC)

• Croatian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

• Croatian Biological Society 1885