Dr. Jelena Repar
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10000 Zagreb
Education
2012 - PhD at Ruder Boskovic Institute, Postgraduate study program in Biology at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb. PhD thesis "Fidelity of DNA repair in γ-irradiated cells of Deinococcus radiodurans" (supervised by dr. Ksenija Zahradka, Division of Molecular Biology, Ruder Boskovic Institute)
2006 - MSc in Molecular Biology at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia. Diploma thesis "Hypovirulent strains in the population of the fungus Cryphonectria parasitica (Murr.) Barr near Hrvatska Kostajnica" (supervised by prof. M. Ćurković Perica, Division of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb)
Awards and Achievements
2006 - Rector’s Award for student scientific project „Horizontal Gene Transfer Analysis Using Codon Usage Patterns” (supervised by prof. K. Vlahoviček, Division of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science and Fran Supek, Rudjer Boskovic institute, Zagreb)
Featured Publications
Repar Jelena, Supek Fran, Klanjscek Tin, Warnecke Tobias, Zahradka Ksenija, Zahradka Davor. Elevated rate of genome rearrangements in radiation-resistant bacteria. Genetics 205 (2017) 4, 1677-1689
Repar Jelena,Warnecke Tobias. Non-random inversion landscapes in prokaryotic genomes are shaped by heterogeneous selection pressures. Molecular Biology and Evolution 34 (2017) 8, 1902-1911.
Repar Jelena, Briški Nina, Buljubašić Maja, Zahradka Ksenija, Zahradka Davor. Exonuclease VII is involved in “reckless” DNA degradation in UV-irradiated Escherichia coli. Mutation research/Genetic toxicology and environmental mutagenesis. 750 (2013) 1-2, 96-104.
Repar Jelena, Cvjetan Svjetlana, Slade Dea, Radman Miroslav, Zahradka Davor, Zahradka Ksenija. RecA protein assures fidelity of DNA repair and genome stability in Deinococcus radiodurans.DNA repair (Amst.). 9 (2010) 11, 1151-1161.
Publications
Journal articles
Scientific and review papers
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Zahradka, K., Repar, J., Đermić, D. & Zahradka, D. (2023) Chromosome Segregation and Cell Division Defects in Escherichia coli Recombination Mutants Exposed to Different DNA-Damaging Treatments. Microorganisms, 11 (3), 11030701, 30 doi:10.3390/microorganisms11030701.
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Korenčić, D., Ristov, S., Repar, J. & Šnajder, J. (2021) A Topic Coverage Approach to Evaluation of Topic Models. IEEE access, 9, 123280-123312 doi:10.1109/access.2021.3109425.
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Lozica, L., Repar, J. & Gottstein, Ž. (2021) Longitudinal study on the effect of autogenous vaccine application on the sequence type and virulence profiles of Escherichia coli in broiler breeder flocks. Veterinary microbiology, 259, 109159, 12 doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2021.109159.
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Repar, J., Zahradka, D., Sović, I. & Zahradka, K. (2021) Characterization of gross genome rearrangements in Deinococcus radiodurans recA mutants. Scientific reports, 11 (1), 10939, 11 doi:10.1038/s41598-021-89173-9.
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Krstin, L., Katanić, Z., Repar, J., Ježić, M., Kobaš, A. & Ćurković- Perica, M. (2020) Genetic diversity of Cryphonectria hypovirus 1, a biocontrol agent of chestnut blight, in Croatia and Slovenia. Microbial ecology, 79, 148-163 doi:10.1007/s00248-019-01377-9.
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Buljubašić, M., Hlevnjak, A., Repar, J., Đermić, D., Filić, V., Weber, I., Zahradka, K. & Zahradka, D. (2019) RecBCD- RecFOR-independent pathway of homologous recombination in Escherichia coli. DNA repair, 83, 102670, 16 doi:10.1016/j.dnarep.2019.102670.
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Repar, J. & Warnecke, T. (2017) Non-random inversion landscapes in prokaryotic genomes are shaped by heterogeneous selection pressures. Molecular biology and evolution, 34 (8), 1902-1911 doi:10.1093/molbev/msx127.
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Repar, J. & Warnecke, T. (2017) Mobile introns shape the genetic diversity of host genes. Genetics, 205 (4), 1641-1648 doi:10.1534/genetics.116.199059.
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Repar, J., Supek, F., Klanjšček, T., Warnecke, T., Zahradka, K. & Zahradka, D. (2017) Elevated rate of genome rearrangements in radiation-resistant bacteria. Genetics, 205 (4), 1677-1689 doi:10.1534/genetics.116.196154.
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Repar, J., Šućurović, S., Zahradka, K., Zahradka, D. & Ćurković-Perica, M. (2013) Stress resistance of Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis is modulated by auxins. Canadian journal of microbiology, 59 (11), 766-770 doi:10.1139/cjm-2013-0266.
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Repar, J., Zahradka, D. & Zahradka, K. (2013) Accuracy of genome reassembly in gamma-irradiated Escherichia coli. Food technology and biotechnology, 51 (3), 327-337.
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Repar, J., Briški, N., Buljubašić, M., Zahradka, K. & Zahradka, D. (2013) Exonuclease VII is involved in "reckless" DNA degradation in UV-irradiated Escherichia coli. Mutation research. Genetic toxicology and environmental mutagenesis, 750 (1/2), 96-104 doi:10.1016/j.mrgentox.2012.10.005.
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Buljubašić, M., Repar, J., Zahradka, K., Đermić, D. & Zahradka, D. (2012) RecF recombination pathway in Escherichia coli cells lacking RecQ, UvrD and HelD helicases. DNA repair, 11 (4), 419-430 doi:10.1016/j.dnarep.2012.01.011.
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Repar, J., Cvjetan, S., Slade, D., Radman, M., Zahradka, D. & Zahradka, K. (2010) RecA protein assures fidelity of DNA repair and genome stability in Deinococcus radiodurans. DNA repair, 9 (11), 1151-1161 doi:10.1016/j.dnarep.2010.08.003.
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Supek, F., Škunca, N., Repar, J., Vlahoviček, K. & Šmuc, T. (2010) Translational Selection Is Ubiquitous in Prokaryotes. Plos genetics, 6 (6), e1001004, 13 doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1001004.
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Science communication:
- 2010: S3++ „Summer School of Science“ in Višnjan, Croatia - Co-leader of science project for highschool students "Finding Antibiotic Resistance Genes Using Phyletic Profiling"