2003 – 2007 PhD, Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
2002 – 2003 Ms.Sci. Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
1990 – 1995 Ms. Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Books and book chapters

Book chapters

• Crnolatac, I. (2020) Getting charged for the mitochondrial uptake. U: Grigoryeva, N. (ur.) Fluorescence Methods for Investigation of Living Cells and Microorganisms. London, IntechOpen Limited, str. 1-25 doi:10.5772/intechopen.92872.

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Journal articles

Scientific and review papers

• Jelić Matošević, Z., Radman, K., Loubser, J., Crnolatac, I., Piantanida, I., Cukrowski, I., Ašler, I. & Bertoša, B. (2023) Structural Dynamics of the Bacillus subtilis MntR Transcription Factor Is Locked by Mn2+ Binding. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24 (2), 957, 21 doi:10.3390/ijms24020957.

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• Fabijanić, I., Kurutos, A., Tomašić Paić, A., Tadić, V., Kamounah, F., Horvat, L., Brozovic, A., Crnolatac, I. & Radić Stojković, M. (2023) Selenium-Substituted Monomethine Cyanine Dyes as Selective G-Quadruplex Spectroscopic Probes with Theranostic Potential. Biomolecules, 13 (128), 13-00128, 20 doi:10.3390/biom13010128.

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• Rep, V., Štulić, R., Koštrun, S., Kuridža, B., Crnolatac, I., Radić Stojković, M., Čipčić Paljetak, H., Perić, M., Matijašić, M. & Raić-Malić, S. (2022) Novel tetrahydropyrimidinyl-substituted benzimidazoles and benzothiazoles: synthesis, antibacterial activity, DNA interactions and ADME profiling. RSC Medicinal Chemistry, 13 (12), 1504-1525 doi:10.1039/d2md00143h.

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• Zonjić, I., Kurutos, A., Mihovilović, P., Crnolatac, I., Tumir, L., Tomašić Paić, A., Kralj, J., Horvat, L., Brozovic, A., Stojković, R. & Radić Stojković, M. (2022) Formation of triplex rA/dA-containing nucleic acid helices induced by new thiazole orange analogues and their biological evaluation. H-aggregate formation conditioned by rA sequence. Dyes and pigments, 207, 110715, 14 doi:10.1016/j.dyepig.2022.110715.

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• Milčić, N., Stepanić, V., Crnolatac, I., Findrik Blažević, Z., Brkljača, Z. & Majerić Elenkov, M. (2022) Inhibitory effect of DMSO on halohydrin dehalogenase: Experimental and computational insights into the influence of an organic co-solvent on the structural and catalytic properties of a biocatalyst. Chemistry : a European journal, 28 (56), e202201923, 11 doi:10.1002/chem.202201923.

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• Brkljača, Z., Ćehić, M., Portada, T., Butumović, M., Bakarić, D. & Crnolatac, I. (2022) Monitoring lipid phase transition temperatures using fluorescent probes and temperature-dependent fluorescence spectroscopy. Dyes and pigments, 206, 110621, 10.

• Zonjić, I., Radić Stojković, M., Crnolatac, I., Tomašić Paić, A., Pšeničnik, S., Vasilev, A., Kandinska, M., Mondeshki, M., Baluschev, S., Landfester, K., Glavaš-Obrovac, L., Jukić, M., Kralj, J., Brozovic, A., Horvat, L. & Tumir, L. (2022) Styryl dyes with N-Methylpiperazine and N-Phenylpiperazine Functionality: AT-DNA and G-quadruplex binding ligands and theranostic agents. Bioorganic chemistry, 127, 105999, 15 doi:10.1016/j.bioorg.2022.105999.

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• Petters, I., Modrušan, M., Vidović, N., Crnolatac, I., Cindro, N., Piantanida, I., Speranza, G., Horvat, G. & Tomišić, V. (2022) Anion-Sensing Properties of Cyclopentaphenylalanine. Molecules, 27 (12), 3918, 16 doi:10.3390/molecules27123918.

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• Zonjić, I., Tumir, L., Crnolatac, I., Šupljika, F., Racané, L., Tomić, S. & Radić Stojković, M. (2022) Recognition of ATT Triplex and DNA:RNA Hybrid Structures by Benzothiazole Ligands. Biomolecules, 12 (3), 1600173, 20 doi:10.3390/biom12030374.

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• Berger, S., Rühe, J., Schwarzmann, J., Phillipps, A., Richard, A., Ferger, M., Krummenacher, I., Tumir, L., Ban, Ž., Crnolatac, I., Majhen, D., Barišić, I., Piantanida, I., Schleier, D., Griesbeck, S., Friedrich, A., Braunschweig, H. & Marder, T. (2021) Bithiophene-Cored, mono-, bis-, and tris-(Trimethylammonium)-Substituted, bis-Triarylborane Chromophores: Effect of the Number and Position of Charges on Cell Imaging and DNA/RNA Sensing. Chemistry : a European journal, 27, 14057-14072 doi:10.1002/chem.202102308.

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• Maleš, P., Brkljača, Z., Crnolatac, I. & Bakarić, D. (2021) Application of MCR-ALS with EFA on FT-IR Spectra of Lipid Bilayers in the Assessment of Phase Transition Temperatures: Potential for Discernment of Coupled Events. Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces, 201, 111645, 8 doi:10.1016/j.colsurfb.2021.111645.

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• Crnolatac, I., Giestas, L., Horvat, G., Parola, A. & Piantanida, I. (2020) Flavylium dye as pH tunable fluorescent and CD probe for double-stranded DNA and RNA. Chemosensors, 8 (4), 129, 10 doi:10.3390/chemosensors8040129.

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• Tumir, L., Zonjić, I., Žuna, K., Radić Brkanac, S., Jukić, M., Huđek, A., Durgo, K., Crnolatac, I., Glavaš-Obrovac, L., Cardullo, N., Pulvirenti, L., Muccilli, V., Tringali, C. & Radić Stojković, M. (2020) Synthesis, DNA/RNA-interaction and biological activity of benzo[k,l]xanthene lignans. Bioorganic chemistry, 104, 104190, 12 doi:10.1016/j.bioorg.2020.104190.

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• Sadžak, A., Brkljača, Z., Crnolatac, I., Baranović, G. & Šegota, S. (2020) Flavonol clustering in model lipid membranes: DSC, AFM, force spectroscopy and MD simulations study. Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces, 193, 111147, 21 doi:10.1016/j.colsurfb.2020.111147.

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• Masnikosa, R., Milutinović, M., Crnolatac, I., Tot, A., Veličković, S., Bojić-Trbojević, Ž. & Rilak- Simović, A. (2020) Anti-adhesive action of novel ruthenium(II) chlorophenyl terpyridine complexes with a high affinity for double-stranded DNA: in vitro and in silico. Journal of inorganic biochemistry, 208, 111090, 13 doi:10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2020.111090.

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• Amini, H., Ban, Ž., Ferger, M., Lorenzen, S., Rauch, F., Friedrich, A., Crnolatac, I., Kenđel, A., Miljanić, S., Piantanida, I. & Marder, T. (2020) Tetracationic bis-triarylborane 1, 3-butadiyne as a combined fluorimetric and Raman probe for simultaneous and selective sensing of various DNA, RNA and proteins. Chemistry : a European journal, 26, 6017-6028 doi:10.1002/chem.201905328.

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• Jakšić, D., Šegvić Klarić, M., Crnolatac, I., Šijaković Vujičić, N., Smrečki, V., Górecki, M., Pescitelli, G. & Piantanida, I. (2019) Unique Aggregation of Sterigmatocystin in Water Yields Strong and Specific Circular Dichroism Response Allowing Highly Sensitive and Selective Monitoring of Bio-Relevant Interactions. Marine drugs, 17 (11), 629, 17 doi:10.3390/md17110629.

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• Botti, V., Cesaretti, A., Ban, Ž., Crnolatac, I., Consiglio, G., Elisei, F. & Piantanida, I. (2019) Fine structural tuning of styryl-based dyes for fluorescence and CD-based sensing of various ds-DNA/RNA sequences. Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 17 (35), 8243-8258 doi:10.1039/C9OB01186B.

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• Šegota, S., Baranović, G., Mustapić, M., Strasser, V., Domazet Jurašin, D., Crnolatac, I., Md Shahriar, A., Dutour Sikirić, M. & (2019) The role of spin-phonon coupling in enhanced desorption kinetics of antioxidant flavonols from magnetic nanoparticles aggregates. Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials, 490, 125-130 doi:10.1016/j.jmmm.2019.165530.

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• Ban, Ž., Žinić, B., Matković, M., Tomašić Paić, A., Crnolatac, I. & Piantanida, I. (2019) Pyrrolocytosine-pyrene conjugates as fluorescent and CD probes for a fine sensing of ds- polynucleotide secondary structure and specific recognition of poly G. New journal of chemistry, 43, 8204-8214 doi:10.1039/C8NJ05286G.

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• Rožman, A., Crnolatac, I., Deligeorgiev, T. & Piantanida, I. (2019) Strong impact of chloro substituent on TOTO and YOYO ds-DNA/RNA sensing. Journal of luminescence, 205, 87-96 doi:10.1016/j.jlumin.2018.08.074.

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• Kurutos, A., Orehovec, I., Saftić, D., Horvat, L., Crnolatac, I., Piantanida, I. & Deligeorgiev, T. (2018) Cell penetrating, mitochondria targeting multiply charged DABCO-cyanine dyes. Dyes and pigments, 158, 517-525 doi:10.1016/j.dyepig.2018.05.035.

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• Kurutos, A., Orehovec, I., Tomašić Paić, A., Crnolatac, I., Horvat, L., Gadjev, N., Piantanida, I. & Deligeorgiev, T. (2018) New series of non-toxic DNA intercalators, mitochondria targeting fluorescent dyes. Dyes and pigments, 148, 452-459 doi:10.1016/j.dyepig.2017.09.049.

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• Štimac, A., Lapić, J., Blasina, V., Lukinac, M., Djaković, S., Crnolatac, I., Frkanec, L. & Frkanec, R. (2018) Adamantyl ferrocene derivatives: antioxidant abilities and effects on model lipid membranes. Applied organometallic chemistry, 32 (2), 4042, 14 doi:10.1002/aoc.4042.

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• Nišavić, M., Stoiljković, M., Crnolatac, I., Milošević, M., Rilak, A. & Masnikosa, R. (2018) Highly water-soluble ruthenium(II) terpyridine coordination compounds form stable adducts with blood-borne metal transporting proteins. Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 11 (3), 291-304 doi:10.1016/j.arabjc.2016.07.021.

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• Šarić, A., Crnolatac, I., Bouillaud, F., Sobocanec, S., Mikecin, A., Mačak Šafranko, Ž., Deligeorgiev, T., Piantanida, I., Balog, T. & Petit, P. (2017) Non-toxic fluorescent phosphonium probes to detect mitochondrial potential. Methods and applications in fluorescence, 5 (1), 015007, 13 doi:10.1088/2050-6120/aa5e64.

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• Crnolatac, I., Rogan, I., Majić, B., Tomić, S., Deligeorgiev, T., Horvat, G., Makuc, D., Plavec, J., Pescitelli, G. & Piantanida, I. (2016) Small molecule probes finely differentiate between various ds- and ss-DNA and RNA by fluorescence, CD and NMR response. Analytica chimica acta, 940, 128-135 doi:10.1016/j.aca.2016.08.021.

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• Miljanić, S., Kenđel, A., Novak, M., Deliqeorqiev, T., Crnolatac, I., Piantanida, I. & Chiş, V. (2016) Distinguishing binding modes of a new phosphonium dye with DNA by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. RSC Advances, 6, 41927-41936 doi:10.1039/C6RA03586H.

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• Kurutos, A., Crnolatac, I., Orehovec, I., Gadjev, N., Piantanida, I. & Deligeorgiev, T. (2016) Novel synthetic approach to asymmetric monocationic trimethine cyanine dyes derived from N-ethyl quinolinum moiety. Combined fluorescent and ICD probes for AT-DNA labelling. Journal of luminescence, 174, 70-76 doi:10.1016/j.jlumin.2016.01.035.

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• Šola, I., Piantanida, I., Crnolatac, I. & Rusak, G. (2015) Europium improves the transport of quercetin through Arabidopsis thaliana. Biologia plantarum, 59 (3), 554-559 doi:10.1007/s10535-015-0508-z.

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• Crnolatac, I., Tumir, L., Lesev, N., Vasilev, A., Deligeorgiev, T., Mišković, K., Glavaš-Obrovac, L., Vugrek, O. & Piantanida, I. (2013) Probing the structural properties of DNA/RNA grooves by sterically restricted phosphonium dyes ; screening of dye cell toxicity and uptake. ChemMedChem, 8 (7), 1093-1103 doi:10.1002/cmdc.201300085.

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• Tumir, L., Crnolatac, I., Deligeorgiev, T., Vasilev, A., Kaloyanova, S., Grabar Branilović, M., Tomić, S. & Piantanida, I. (2012) Kinetic differentiation between homo- and alternating AT-DNA by sterically restricted phosphonium dyes. Chemistry : a European journal, 18 (13), 3859-3864 doi:10.1002/chem.201102968.

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• Roelants, M., Huygens, A., Crnolatac, I., Van Cleynenbreugel, B., Lerut, E., Van Poppel, H. & de Witte, P. (2012) Evans blue as a selective dye marker for white-light diagnosis of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer : an in vitro study. BJU international, 109 (2), 300-305 doi:10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10465.x.

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• Kaloyanova, S., Crnolatac, I., Lesev, N., Piantanida, I. & Deligeorgiev, T. (2012) Synthesis and study of nucleic acids interactions of novel monomethine cyanine dyes. Dyes and pigments, 92 (3), 1184-1191 doi:10.1016/j.dyepig.2011.08.019.

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• Koynov, S., Pereira, R., Crnolatac, I., Kovalev, D., Huygens, A., Chirvony, V., Stutzmann, M. & de Witte, P. (2011) Purification of Nano-Porous Silicon for Biomedical Applications. Advanced engineering materials, 13 (6), B225-B233 doi:10.1002/adem.201080091.

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• Huygens, A., Crnolatac, I., Develter, J., Van Cleynenbreugel, B., Van der Kwast, T. & de Witte, P. (2008) Differential Accumulation of Hypericin in Spheroids Composed of T-24 Transitional Cell Carcinoma Cells Expressing Different Levels of E-Cadherin. The Journal of urology, 179 (5), 2014-2019 doi:10.1016/j.juro.2007.12.038.

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• Huygens, A., Crnolatac, I., Maes, J., Van Cleynenbreugel, B., Van Poppel, H., Roskams, T. & de Witte, P. (2007) Influence of the glycosaminoglycan layer on the permeation of hypericin in rat bladders in vivo.. BJU international, 100 (5), 1176-1181 doi:10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07167.x.

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• Crnolatac, I., Huygens, A., Agostinis, P., Kamuhabwa, A., Maes, J., Van Aerschot, A. & de Witte, P. (2007) In vitro accumulation and permeation of hypericin and lipophilic analogues in 2-D and 3-D cellular systems. International journal of oncology, 30 (2), 319-324.

• Crnolatac, I., Huygens, A., van Aerschot, A., Busson, R., Rozenski, J. & de Witte, P. (2005) Synthesis, in vitro cellular uptake and photo-induced antiproliferative effects of lipophilic hypericin acid derivatives.. Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 13 (23), 6347-6353 doi:10.1016/j.bmc.2005.09.003.

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• Hranueli, D., Perić, N., Petković, H., Biuković, G., Toman, Z., Pigac, J., Borovička, B., Bago, A., Crnolatac, I., Maršić, T., Zhou, L., Matošić, S., Waterman, G., Cullum, J. & Hunter, S. (1999) Novel hybrid polyketide compounds produced by genetic engineering of the oxytetracycline biosynthetic pathway. Food technology and biotechnology, 37 (2), 117-125. (https://www.bib.irb.hr/35065).

Conference proceedings papers

Scientific conference proceedings papers

• Crnolatac, I., Huygens, A. & de Witte, P. (2008) Intracellular uptake and intraspheroidal distribution of hypericin and hydrophilic analogues using E-cadherin transfected T-24 human bladder cancer cells. U: Proceedings of SPIE.