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)

• Alternative pathways of DNA recombination and repair in Escherichia coli and Deinococcus radiodurans - AltRecPath

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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)

Repar Jelena, Zahradka Davor, Sović Ivan, Zahradka Ksenija. Characterization of gross genome rearrangements in Deinococcus radiodurans recA mutants. Scientific reports 11 (2021) 1-2, 10939, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89173-9

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. https://doi.org/10.1038/10.1534/genetics.116.196154

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. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msx127

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mrgentox.2012.10.005

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dnarep.2010.08.003

Original scientific paper

• Zahradka, Ksenija; Zahradka, Davor; Repar, Jelena | Structural Differences between the Genomes of Deinococcus radiodurans Strains from Different Laboratories // Genes, 15 (2024), 7; 847, 14. doi: 10.3390/genes15070847

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• Smolko, Ana; Repar, Jelena; Matković, Marija; Pavlović, Iva; Penčik, Aleš; Novak, Ondrej; Ludwig-Mueller, Jutta; Salopek-Sondi, Branka | Application of Long-Chained Auxin Conjugates Influenced Auxin Metabolism and Transcriptome Response in Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis // International journal of molecular sciences, 25 (2024), 1; 447, 18. doi: 10.3390/ijms25010447

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• Zahradka, Ksenija ; Repar, Jelena ; Đermić, Damir ; Zahradka, Davor | Chromosome Segregation and Cell Division Defects in Escherichia coli Recombination Mutants Exposed to Different DNA-Damaging Treatments // Microorganisms, 11 (2023), 3; 11030701, 30. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms11030701

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• Zahradka, Ksenija ; Repar, Jelena ; Đermić, Damir ; Zahradka, Davor | Genetic analysis of transductional recombination in Escherichia coli reveals differences in the postsynaptic stages of RecBCD and RecFOR pathways // Periodicum biologorum, 124 (2022), 3-4; 97-106. doi: 10.18054/pb.v124i3-4.23604

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• Repar, Jelena ; Zahradka, Davor ; Sović, Ivan ; Zahradka, Ksenija | Characterization of gross genome rearrangements in Deinococcus radiodurans recA mutants // Scientific reports, 11 (2021), 1; 10939, 11. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-89173-9

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• Korenčić, Damir ; Ristov, Strahil ; Repar, Jelena ; Šnajder, Jan | A Topic Coverage Approach to Evaluation of Topic Models // IEEE access, 9 (2021), 123280-123312. doi: 10.1109/access.2021.3109425

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• Lozica, Liča ; Repar, Jelena ; Gottstein, Željko | 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 (2021), 109159, 12. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2021.109159

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• Krstin, Ljiljana ; Katanić, Zorana ; Repar, Jelena ; Ježić, Marin ; Kobaš, Ana ; Ćurković- Perica, Mirna | Genetic diversity of Cryphonectria hypovirus 1, a biocontrol agent of chestnut blight, in Croatia and Slovenia // Microbial ecology, 79 (2020), 148-163. doi: 10.1007/s00248-019-01377-9

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• Buljubašić, Maja ; Hlevnjak, Ana ; Repar, Jelena ; Đermić, Damir ; Filić, Vedrana ; Weber, Igor ; Zahradka, Ksenija ; Zahradka, Davor | RecBCD- RecFOR-independent pathway of homologous recombination in Escherichia coli // DNA repair, 83 (2019), 102670, 16. doi: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2019.102670

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• 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. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msx127

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• Repar, Jelena ; Warnecke, Tobias | Mobile introns shape the genetic diversity of host genes // Genetics, 205 (2017), 4; 1641-1648. doi: 10.1534/genetics.116.199059

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• Repar, Jelena ; Supek, Fran ; Klanjšček, Tin ; Warnecke, Tobias ; Zahradka, Ksenija ; Zahradka, Davor | Elevated rate of genome rearrangements in radiation-resistant bacteria // Genetics, 205 (2017), 4; 1677-1689. doi: 10.1534/genetics.116.196154

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• Repar, Jelena ; Šućurović, Sandra ; Zahradka, Ksenija ; Zahradka, Davor ; Ćurković-Perica, Mirna | Stress resistance of Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis is modulated by auxins // Canadian journal of microbiology, 59 (2013), 11; 766-770. doi: 10.1139/cjm-2013-0266

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• Repar, Jelena ; Zahradka, Davor ; Zahradka, Ksenija | Accuracy of genome reassembly in gamma-irradiated Escherichia coli // Food technology and biotechnology, 51 (2013), 3; 327-337

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• 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. doi: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2012.10.005

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• Buljubašić, Maja ; Repar, Jelena ; Zahradka, Ksenija ; Đermić, Damir ; Zahradka, Davor | RecF recombination pathway in Escherichia coli cells lacking RecQ, UvrD and HelD helicases // DNA repair, 11 (2012), 4; 419-430. doi: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2012.01.011

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• 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, 9 (2010), 11; 1151-1161. doi: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2010.08.003

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• Supek, Fran ; Škunca, Nives ; Repar, Jelena ; Vlahoviček, Kristian ; Šmuc, Tomislav | Translational Selection Is Ubiquitous in Prokaryotes // PLOS genetics, 6 (2010), 6; e1001004, 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001004

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Conference abstract

• Zahradka, Ksenija ; Repar, Jelena ; Đermić, Damir ; Zahradka, Davor | Chromosome segregation and cell division defects in Escherichia coli after induction of double- strand DNA breaks // Power of Microbes in Industry and Environment 2023: Book of Abstracts / Teparić, Renata; Leboš Pavunc, Andreja; Kifer, Domagoj (ur.). | Zagreb: Croatian Microbiological Society, 2023. str. 73-73

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• Krstin, Ljiljana ; Katanić, Zorana ; Repar, Jelena ; Ježić, Marin ; Kobaš, Ana ; Lučić, Katarina ; Ćurković-Perica, Mirna | Association between phenotype of hypovirulent Cryphonectria parasitica isolates and Cryphonectria hypovirus 1 sequence variations // FEMS Online Conference on Microbiology - Electronic Abstract Book. | 2020. str. 418-418

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• Lozica, Liča ; Horvatek Tomić, Danijela ; Repar, Jelena ; Gottstein, Željko | Effect of autogenous vaccine on the phylogenetic relationship and virulence profiles of avian pathogenic E. coli isolated from broiler breeder flocks // 8th International Congress "Veterinary Science and Profession"- Book of Abstracts. | Zagreb: Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2019. str. 68-68

• Buljubašić, Maja ; Zahradka, Ksenija ; Hlevnjak, Ana ; Repar, Jelena ; Đermić, Damir ; Zahradka, Davor | RecBCD- RecFOR-independent pathway of homologous recombination in Escherichia coli // 4th Congress of Croatian Geneticists with international participation - Book of Abstracts. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko genetičko društvo, 2018. str. 25-25

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• Repar, Jelena ; Supek, Fran ; Klanjscek, Tin ; Warnecke, Tobias ; Zahradka, Ksenija ; Zahradka, Davor | Genome rearrangements in radiation-resistant bacteria // 4th Congress of Croatian Geneticists with international participation : Book of Abstracts. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko genetičko društvo, 2018. str. 24-24

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• Zahradka, Ksenija ; Hlevnjak, Ana ; Repar, Jelena ; Buljubašić, Maja ; Zahradka, Davor | Genetic differences in postsynaptic stages of two recombinational repair pathways in Escherichia coli // EEMGS 2016 Annual Meeting - Programme & Abstract book. | Kopenhagen, 2016. str. 146-146

• Repar, Jelena ; Warnecke, Tobias | Selection and mutation bias shape inversion landscapes across prokaryotic genomes // The Biology and Physics of Bacterial Chromatin Organization. | 2016

• Repar, Jelena; Warnecke, Tobias | Replication-related constraints on the evolution of archaeal genome structure // Molecular Biology of Archaea 5 Poster Abstract Book. | 2016, P5, 51

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• Zahradka, Ksenija ; Repar, Jelena ; Buljubašić, Maja ; Zahradka, Davor | ExoI, ExoVII and SbcCD nucleases participate in "reckless" DNA degradation in Escherichia coli // BioMicroWorld 2013 - Book of Abstracts. | 2013. str. 534-534

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• Repar, Jelena ; Supek, Fran ; Zahradka, Davor ; Zahradka, Ksenija | Elevated rate of gene order change in radiation-resistant Deinococci // FEMS 2013 - 5th Congress of European Microbiologists. | 2013

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• Buljubašić, Maja ; Repar, Jelena ; Zahradka, Ksenija ; Đermić, Damir ; Zahradka, Davor | Roles of RecQ, UvrD and HelD helicases in the RecF recombination pathway of Escherichia coli // Book of Abstracts of the 3rd Congress of Croatian Geneticists with international participation. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko genetičko društvo, 2012. str. 11-11

• Repar, Jelena ; Cvjetan, Svjetlana ; Slade, Dea ; Radman, Miroslav ; Zahradka, Davor ; Zahradka, Ksenija | Fidelity of DNA repair and genome stability in Deinococcus radiodurans // Book of Abstracts of the 3rd Congress of Croatian Geneticists with international participation. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko genetičko društvo, 2012. str. 10-10

• Repar, Jelena ; Zahradka, Davor ; Zahradka, Ksenija | Degree of synteny between the genomes of radiation-resistant species of Deinococcus does not reflect their extreme dsDNA break repair capabilities // 19th Annual International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology and 10th European Conference on Computational Biology – ISMB/ECCB 2011. | 2011

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• Supek, Fran ; Šmuc, Tomislav ; Repar, Jelena ; Škunca, Nives | GORBI: Web application for the prediction of a protein's functional context // The 3rd Adriatic Meeting on Computational Solutions in the Life Sciences - Book of Abstracts. | Zagreb: Institute of Computational Life Sciences (ICLS), 2009. str. 76-76

• Repar, Jelena ; Škunca, Nives ; Supek, Fran ; Šmuc, Tomislav | An XML format for peptide datasets // ECCB'08 European Conference on Computational Biology. | 2008

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• Škunca, Nives ; Supek, Fran ; Repar, Jelena ; Šmuc, Tomislav | Evaluation of intergene distances across bacterial species // ECCB 2008 Proceedings. | 2008

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• Repar, Jelena ; Cvjetan, Svjetlana ; Zahradka, Davor ; Radman, Miroslav ; Zahradka, Ksenija | Popravak DNA i stabilnost genoma u bakteriji Deinococcus radiodurans // 50 godina molekularne biologije u Hrvatskoj - Zbornik sažetaka. | Zagreb: Institut Ruđer Bošković, 2008. str. 32-32

• Novak Agbaba, S. ; Ćelepirović, N. ; Krstin, Ljiljana ; Repar, Jelena ; Rigling, D. ; Ćurković Perica, Mirna | Populacijska struktura gljive Cryphonectria Parasitica Murr, Barr. u Hrvatskoj Kostajnici // 2. hrvatski botanički kongres 2007, knjiga sažetaka. | Zagreb, 2007. str. 160-161

Conference abstract

• Repar, Jelena; Zahradka, Davor; Zahradka, Ksenija | DNA double-strand break repair and genome stability in the bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans // Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju, 75, Suppl. 1, 2024. str. 27-27

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• Repar, Jelena; Zahradka, Davor; Zahradka, Ksenija | New evidence for an alternative end-joining mechanism of DNA double-strand break repair in Deinococcus radiodurans // Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju, 75, Suppl. 1, 2024. str. 194-194

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• Krstin, Ljiljana ; Katanić, Zorana ; Repar, Jelena ; Ježić, Marin ; Kobaš, Ana ; Ćurković-Perica, Mirna | Molecular characterization of Chryphonectria hypovirus 1 from Slovenia // Botanica Serbica, 2018. str. 164-164

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Unpublished conference paper

• Repar, Jelena | Popravak dvolančanih lomova DNA i stabilnost genoma u bakteriji Deinococcus radiodurans // DNA dvostruka uzvojnica - sedamdeset godina kasnije | Zagreb, Hrvatska, 28.11.2023-28.11.2023

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• Repar, Jelena | Elevated rate of genome rearrangements in radiation resistant bacteria // Central European Genome Stability and Dynamics Meeting 2016 | Zagreb, Hrvatska, 15.10.2016-16.10.2016

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• Repar, Jelena ; Supek, Fran ; Zahradka, Davor ; Zahradka, Ksenija | Environmentally induced increase of rearrangement rates in radiation resistant prokaryotes // SMBE 2015 - annual meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution | Beč, Austrija, 12.07.2015-16.07.2015

Master's thesis (university)

• Repar, Jelena | Hipovirulentni sojevi u populaciji gljive Cryphonectria parasitica (Murr.) Barr na području Hrvatske Kostajnice / Ćurković Perica, Mirna (mentor). | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2006

Doctoral thesis

• Repar, Jelena | Točnost popravka DNA u stanicama bakterije Deinococcus radiodurans nakon gama-zračenja / Zahradka, Ksenija (mentor). | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2012