• 2013. Ph.D.
  Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Doctoral Study of Molecular biosciences, Biology
  University of Osijek, University of Dubrovnik and Ruđer Bošković Institute
• 2006. M.Sc.
  University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Molecular Biology

2025 - 2028 Croatian Science Foundation: The impact of repetitive sequences on the molecular evolution and architecture of bivalve genomes, principal investigator

2025 - 2027 Adris foundation: Elucidating the role of "dark matter" in the functioning of the genome of the economically important beetle Tenebrio molitor, principal investigator

2020 - 2024 Croatian Science Foundation: Satellite DNA evolution illuminated by high-throughput satellitome analyses of related species, team member and project co-author in the idea and in the proposal preparation

2015 - 2019 Croatian Science Foundation: Invertebrate centromere genomics, team member

2016 - 2018 Ministerio de economia y competitividad (Spanish Government): New epigenetic factors and mechanisms involved in the regulation of chromatin structure and function, team member

2014 - 2016 Agencia de gestio d’ajuts universitaris i de recerca (Catalan Government): Epigenetic regulation of chromatin structure and function, team member

2014 - 2017 NEWFELPRO (New International Fellowship Mobility Programme for Experienced Researchers) project: Functional contribution of embryonic histone H1 variant of Drosophila, dBigH1, to germline development, head of the project. Project funds: 112 000 €

2009 - 2010: Croatia-Italy bilateral project: Origin and evolution of satellite DNAs in two economically relevant Venerupis bivalve molluscs of the Adriatic Sea, team member

2007 - 2014 Ministry of Science, Education and Sports: Evolution, properties and functional interactions of satellite DNA sequences, team member

• The impact of repetitive sequences on the molecular evolution and architecture of bivalve genomes - GENREP

  08.12.2025 - 07.12.2028 | 199,660.00 EUR

  CroRISIRB

• Elucidating the role of "dark matter" in the functioning of the genome of the economically important beetle Tenebrio molitor

  01.01.2025 - 31.01.2027 | 13,000.00 EUR

  CroRISIRB

• Satellite DNA evolution illuminated by high-throughput satellitome analyses of related species - EvoSat

  15.03.2020 - 14.03.2024 | 132,603.36 EUR

  CroRISIRB

• Functional contribution of embryonic histone H1 variant of Drosophila, dBigH1, to germline development - EMBRIVAR

  01.12.2014 - 30.11.2017 | 25,999.00 EUR

  CroRISIRB

2026. Ruđer Bošković Institute annual award for the best scientific publications

2025. - 2026. NextGenerationEU (KP-1):Insights into Molluscan Genome Evolution through the Lens of Repetitive Sequences, grant holder

2025. - 2026. NextGenerationEU (ZI-5): Fostering open science based on FAIR principles, grant holder

2024. - 2025. NextGenerationEU (KP-1): Repetitive sequences in bivalve and insect genomes: a key to understanding genome evolution and chromosomal architecture, grant holder

2024. - 2025. NextGenerationEU (KP-2): The role of invasive genetic elements in shaping the genome of invasive species, grant holder

2025. Marie Curie Alumni Association general micro grant

2024. Publication "Šatović-Vukšić, E.*; Plohl, M.* Satellite DNAs—From Localized to Highly Dispersed Genome Components. Genes 14 (2023), 742.“ included in the list of Editor's Choice Articles in Genes

2024. Marie Curie Alumni Association micro travel grant

2024. Publication „Oppert, B.; Dossey, A.T.; Chu, F.-C.; Šatović-Vukšić, E.; Plohl, M.; Smith, T.P.L.; Koren, S.; Olmstead, M.L.; Leierer, D.; Ragan, G.; et al. The Genome of the Yellow Mealworm, Tenebrio molitor: It’s Bigger Than You Think. Genes (2023), 14, 2209“ included in the list of Editor's Choice Articles in Genes

2024. EMBO travel grant

2013. Ruđer Bošković Institute annual award for the best publication of a scientist who did not have a PhD at the time of the publication.

Throughout faculty education recipient of the State Scholarship of the Republic of Croatia.

2021. Co-leader of the course “Structural Genomics” at Doctoral Study of Molecular Biosciences of University of Osijek, Ruđer Bošković Institute and University of Dubrovnik

Original scientific paper

• Šatović Vukšić, Eva ; Plohl, Miroslav | Satellite DNAs in Physiology and Evolution // Satellite DNAs in Physiology and Evolution. | Cham: Springer, 2021. str. 57-83 . doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-74889-0

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Original scientific paper

• Majcen, Patrik; Šatović-Vukšić, Eva | Chromatin condensation dynamics during spermatogenesis and variation in detectability and spatial distribution of satellite DNAs outside constitutive heterochromatin in Tenebrio molitor // Frontiers in insect science, 6 (2026), 1858332, 8. doi: 10.3389/finsc.2026.1858332

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• Majcen, Patrik; Sermek, Antonio; Ugarković, Đurđica; Oppert, Brenda; Plohl, Miroslav; Šatović-Vukšić, Eva | Integrative satellitomics reveals distinct patterns of organization, transcription and evolution of satellite DNAs in Tenebrio molitor // Biology direct, 21 (2026), 1; 74, 17. doi: 10.1186/s13062-026-00808-1

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• Tunjić Cvitanić, Monika; García-Souto, Daniel; Pasantes, Juan José; Šatović Vukšić, Eva | Dominance of transposable element-related satDNAs results in great complexity of “satDNA library” and invokes the extension towards “repetitive DNA library” // Marine life science and technology, 6 (2024), 2; 236-251. doi: 10.1007/s42995-024-00218-0

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• Oppert, Brenda; Dossey, Aaron T; Chu, Fu-Chyun; Šatović-Vukšić, Eva; Plohl, Miroslav; Smith, Timothy PL; Koren, Sergey; Olmstead, Morgan L; Leierer, Dewey; Ragan, Gail et al. | The genome of the Yellow Mealworm, Tenebrio molitor: it’s bigger than you think // Genes, 14 (2023), 12; 2209, 20. doi: 10.3390/genes14122209

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• Oppert, Brenda ; Muszewska, Anna ; Steczkiewicz, Kamil ; Šatović-Vukšić, Eva ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Fabrick, Jeffrey ; Vinokurov, Konstantin ; Koloniuk, Igor ; Johnston, J. ; Smith, Timothy et al. | The Genome of Rhyzopertha dominica (Fab.) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae): Adaptation for Success // Genes, 13 (2022), 3; 13030446, 43. doi: 10.3390/genes13030446

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• Tunjić-Cvitanić, Monika ; Pasantes, Juan J. ; García-Souto, Daniel ; Cvitanić, Tonči ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Šatović-Vukšić, Eva | Satellitome Analysis of the Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas Reveals New Pattern of Satellite DNA Organization, Highly Scattered across the Genome // International journal of molecular sciences, 22 (2021), 13; 6798, 21. doi: 10.3390/ijms22136798

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• Tunjić Cvitanić, Monika ; Vojvoda Zeljko, Tanja ; Pasantes, Juan J. ; García-Souto, Daniel ; Gržan, Tena ; Despot-Slade, Evelin ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Šatović, Eva | Sequence composition underlying centromeric and heterochromatic genome compartments of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas // Genes, 11 (2020), 695; 695, 20. doi: 10.3390/genes11060695

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• Šatović, Eva ; Luchetti, Andrea ; Pasantes, Juan J. ; García-Souto, Daniel ; Cedilak, Andrea ; Mantovani, Barbara ; Plohl, Miroslav | Terminal-Repeat Retrotransposons in Miniature (TRIMs) in bivalves // Scientific reports, 9 (2019), 19962, 10. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-56502-y

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• Šatović, Eva ; Font-Mateu, Jofre ; Carbonell, Albert ; Beato, Miguel ; Azorín, Fernando | Chromatin remodeling in Drosophila preblastodermic embryo extract // Scientific reports, 8 (2018), 10927; 10927, 8. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-29129-8

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• Nanić, Lucia ; Škrobot Vidaček, Nikolina ; Ravlić, Sanda ; Šatović, Eva ; Huzak, Miljenko ; Rubelj, Ivica | Mutual interactions between telomere heterogeneity and cell culture growth dynamics shape stochasticity of cell aging // Biogerontology (Dordrecht), 19 (2018), 1; 23-31. doi: 10.1007/s10522-017-9736-2

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• Šatović, Eva ; Plohl, Miroslav | Two new miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements in the genome of the clam Donax trunculus // Genetica ('s-Gravenhage), 145 (2017), 4/5; 379-385. doi: 10.1007/s10709-017-9973-y

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• García-Souto, Daniel ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Šatović, Eva ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Morán, Paloma ; Pasantes, Juan J. | Methylation profile of a satellite DNA constituting the intercalary G+C-rich heterochromatin of the cut trough shell Spisula subtruncata (Bivalvia, Mactridae) // Scientific reports, 7 (2017), 6930; 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-07231-7

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• Šatović, Eva ; Vojvoda Zeljko, Tanja ; Luchetti, Andrea ; Mantovani, Barbara ; Plohl, Miroslav | Adjacent sequences disclose potential for intra-genomic dispersal of satellite DNA repeats and suggest a complex network with transposable elements // Bmc genomics, 17 (2016), 977; 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12864-016-3347-1

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• Luchetti, Andrea ; Šatović, Eva ; Mantovani, Barbara ; Plohl, Miroslav | RUDI, a short interspersed element of the V-SINE superfamily widespread in molluscan genomes // Molecular genetics and genomics, 291 (2016), 3; 1419-1429. doi: 10.1007/s00438-016-1194-z

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• Šatović, Eva ; Plohl, Miroslav | Tandem repeat-containing MITEs in the clam Donax trunculus // Genome biology and evolution, 5 (2013), 12; 2549-2559. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evt202

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• Plohl, Miroslav ; Petrović, Vlatka ; Luchetti, Andrea ; Ricci, Andrea ; Šatović, Eva ; Passamonti, Marco ; Mantovani, Barbara | Long-term conservation vs. high sequence divergence : the case of an extraordinarily old satellite DNA in bivalve mollusks // Heredity (Edinburgh), 104 (2010), 6; 543-551. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2009.141

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• Petrović, Vlatka ; Perez-Garcia, Concepcion ; Pasantes, Juan ; Šatović, Eva ; Prats, Eva ; Plohl, Miroslav | A GC-rich satellite DNA and karyology of the bivalve mollusc Donax trunculus: a dominance of GC-rich heterochromatin // Cytogenetic and genome research, 124 (2009), 1; 63-71. doi: 10.1159/000200089

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Review article (scientific)

• Garrido-Ramos, Manuel A.; Plohl, Miroslav; Šatović-Vukšić, Eva | Satellite DNA Genomics: The Ongoing Story // International journal of molecular sciences, 26 (2025), 23; 11291-23. doi: 10.3390/ijms262311291

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• Šatović-Vukšić, Eva; Majcen, Patrik; Plohl, Miroslav | Satellite DNAs rising from the transposon graveyards // Dna research, 32 (2025), 5; dsaf026, 9. doi: 10.1093/dnares/dsaf026

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• Šatović-Vukšić, Eva ; Plohl, Miroslav | Satellite DNAs—From Localized to Highly Dispersed Genome Components // Genes, 14 (2023), 3; 742, 22. doi: 10.3390/genes14030742

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• Šatović, Eva ; Tunjić-Cvitanić, Monika ; Plohl, Miroslav | Tools and databases for solving problems in detection and identification of repetitive DNA sequences // Periodicum biologorum, 121-122 (2020), 1-2; 7-14. doi: 10.18054/pb.v121-122i1-2.10571

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• Šatović, Eva ; Vojvoda Zeljko, Tanja ; Plohl, Miroslav | Characteristics and evolution of satellite DNA sequences in bivalve mollusks // The European zoological journal, 85 (2018), 1; 95-104. doi: 10.1080/24750263.2018.1443164

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• Meštrović, Nevenka ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Pavlek, Martina ; Vojvoda-Zeljko, Tanja ; Šatović, Eva ; Plohl, Miroslav | Structural and functional liaisons between transposable elements and satellite DNAs // Chromosome research, 23 (2015), 3; 583-596. doi: 10.1007/s10577-015-9483-7

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Short communication

• Šatović, Eva ; Plohl, Miroslav | Distribution of DTHS3 satellite DNA across 12 bivalve species // Journal of genetics, 97 (2018), 2; 575-580. doi: 10.1007/s12041-018-0940-x

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Other

• Šatović-Vukšić, Eva ; Plohl, Miroslav | Classification Problems of Repetitive DNA Sequences // DNA (Basel), 1 (2021), 2; 84-90. doi: 10.3390/dna1020009

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Popular science article

• Šatović-Vukšić, Eva; Plohl, Miroslav | Mysteries of Repetitive DNA Segments // Frontiers for young minds, 13 (2025), 1560485, 8. doi: 10.3389/frym.2025.1560485

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• Šatović-Vukšić, Eva; Plohl, Miroslav | The Secret World of “Jumping” DNA // Frontiers for young minds, 12 (2024), 1279209, 9. doi: 10.3389/frym.2024.1279209

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Editorial

• Šatović-Vukšić, Eva; Garrido-Ramos, Manuel A.; Plohl, Miroslav | Special Issue “Repetitive DNA” // International journal of molecular sciences, 27 (2026), 10; 4402-1-4. doi: 10.3390/ijms27104402

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• Garrido-Ramos, Manuel A.; Plohl, Miroslav; Šatović-Vukšić, Eva | Editorial for the Special Issue “Satellite DNA Genomics” // Genes, 15 (2024), 9; 1223, 3. doi: 10.3390/genes15091223

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Conference abstract

• Tunjić Cvitanić, Monika ; Vojvoda Zeljko, Tanja ; Pasantes Ludena, Juan Jose ; García-Souto, Daniel ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Šatović, Eva | Characterization, classification and localization of repetitive DNA sequences constituting the genome of the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) // FEBS Open Bio, 11, Suppl. 1, 2021. str. 107-108

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Doctoral thesis

• Šatović, Eva | Organizacija ponovljenih sekvenci DNA u genomima tri vrste školjkaša / Plohl, Miroslav (mentor). | Zagreb, Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, 2013

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Native Oyster Restoration Alliance (NORA) Expert Database (area Genetics)
Royal Entomological Society
Society for Experimental Biology
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Society
Croatian Genetic Society
Croatian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Marie Curie Alumni Association
IRB Barcelona Alumni Network