Dr. Lea Vojta
Division of Molecular Biology
Laboratory for Molecular Plant Biology and Biotechnology
Bijenicka 54
10 000 Zagreb
Croatia
Education
Date |
2002-2006 |
Place of education |
Munich, Germany |
Name and type of organisation providing education |
Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich, Germany |
Title or qualification awarded |
PhD in Natural Sciences (Field of cell biology and plant biochemistry) |
Date |
1997-2002 |
Place of education |
Zagreb |
Name and type of organisation providing education |
Molecular Biology at the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb |
Title or qualification awarded |
Diploma (roughly equivalent to M.Sc. in USA) – Diplomaed engineer of biology – molecular biology |
Date |
1993-1997 |
Place of education |
Zagreb |
Name and type of organisation providing education |
Gymnasium for Mathematics and Natural Sciences (V. Gymnasium) |
Title or qualification awarded |
Final secondary-school examination |
Projects
2021-2023 CRP-ICGEB (Collaborative Research Program - International Centre for Genetic Engeneering and Biotechnology) project "Redox-sensing and electron transfer at the inner envelope of chloroplasts – the role of the TROL-FNR interaction"
2019-2022 Bilateral Croatian-Serbian Scientific and Research Project "Exploring a regulatory role of TROL protein in electron partitioning in UVB-induced mechanism of flavonoid and anthocyanins accumulation in Arabidopsis leaf" funded by The Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Croatia and The Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia
Awards and Achievements
2016 - Award of the Institute Ruđer Bošković for the best scientific paper in 2015 for the paper: Vojta et al. (2015) TROL-FNR interaction reveals alternative pathways of electron partitioning in photosynthesis. Scientific reports. 5:10085.
2000 - University of Zagreb Rector's Award for my thesis “Chloroplast isomerase TLP40 gene homologue sll0408 has the important role in cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC6803 biogenesis” (Performed at the Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb from 1999-2000, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Nikola Ljubesic and Dr. Hrvoje Fulgosi).
1998-2002 - Republic of Croatia Undergraduate Scholarship on the basis of my grades. The scholarship was awarded to me for the whole period of my studying.
Featured Publications
Fulgosi, Hrvoje; Vojta, Lea. Tweaking Photosynthesis: FNR-TROL Interaction as Potential Target for Crop Fortification // Frontiers in plant science, 11 (2020), 318, 4
Vojta, Lea; Tomašić Paić, Ana; Horvat, Lucija; Rac, Anja; Lepeduš, Hrvoje; Fulgosi, Hrvoje. Complex limenal immunophilin AtCYP38 influences thylakoid remodelling in Arabidopsis thaliana. // Journal of plant physiology. 243 (2019), 153048, 5.
Vojta, Lea; Fulgosi, Hrvoje. Topology of TROL protein in thylakoid membranes of Arabidopsis thaliana. // Special Issue: Photosynthesis. Physiologia plantarum. 166 (2019), 1; 300-308.
Hsueh, Yi‐Ching; Nicolaisen, Kerstin; Gross, Lucia E.; Nöthen, Joachim; Schauer, Nicolas;Vojta, Lea; Ertel, Franziska; Koch, Ina; Ladig, Roman; Fulgosi, Hrvoje; Fernie, Alisdair R.; Schleiff, Enrico. The outer membrane Omp85-like protein P39 influences metabolic homeostasis in mature Arabidopsis thaliana. // Plant biology. 2018 May 14. doi: 10.1111/plb.12839. [Epub ahead of print]
Vojta, Lea; Čuletić, Andrea; Fulgosi, Hrvoje. Effects of TROL Presequence Mutagenesis on Its Import and Dual Localization in Chloroplasts. // International journal of molecular sciences. 19 (2018) , 2; 569, 13
Vojta, Lea; Fulgosi, Hrvoje. Data supporting the absence of FNR dynamic photosynthetic membrane recruitment in trol mutants. // Data in Brief. 7 (2016) ; 393-396.
Vojta, Lea; Carić, Dejana; Cesar, Vera; Antunović Dunić, Jasenka; Lepeduš, Hrvoje; Kveder, Marina; Fulgosi, Hrvoje. TROL-FNR interaction reveals alternative pathways of electron partitioning in photosynthesis. // Scientific reports. 5 (2015)
Vojta, Lea; Ljuma-Skupnjak, Lana; Budimir, Ankica; Vukičević, Slobodan; Fulgosi, Hrvoje. Rapid transient expression of human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in two industrial cultivars of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) by agroinfiltration. // Biotechnology reports. 7 (2015) ; 81-86.
Jurić, Snježana; Hazler-Pilepić, Kroata; Tomašić, Ana; Lepeduš, Hrvoje; Jeličić, Branka; Puthiyaveetil, Sujith; Bionda, Tihana; Vojta, Lea; Allen, John F.; Schleiff, Enrico; Fulgosi, Hrvoje. Tethering of ferredoxin:NADP+ oxidoreductase to thylakoid membranes is mediated by novel chloroplast protein TROL. // Plant Journal. 60 (2009), 5; 783-794.
Maple, Jodi; Vojta, Lea; Soll Jürgen; Mø ller, Simon Geier. ARC3 is a stromal Z-ring accessory protein essential for plastid division. // EMBO Reports. 8 (2007), 3; 293-299.
Vojta, Lea; Soll, Jürgen; Bölter, Bettina. Requirements for a conservative protein translocation pathway in chloroplasts. // FEBS Letters. 581 (2007), 14; 2621-2624.
Vojta, Lea; Soll, Jürgen; Bölter, Bettina. Protein transport in chloroplasts - targeting to the intermembrane space. // FEBS Journal. 274 (2007), 19; 5043-5054.
Publications
Books and book chapters
Authored books
Vojta, L. (2012) Protein Import into Chloroplasts: From cytosolic translation to the final destination. Saarbrücken, Lambert Academic Publishing.
Books and book chapters
Book chapters
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Vojta, L., Čuletić, A. & Fulgosi, H. (2018) ffects of TROL Presequence Mutagenesis on Its Import and Dual Localization in Chloroplasts. U: Sabater, B. (ur.) Chloroplast. Basel, MDPI Books, str. 365-377 doi:10.3390/books978-3-03897-337-9.
doiwww.mdpi.com Jurić, S., Vojta, L. & Fulgosi, H. (2013) Electron transfer routes in oxygenic photosynthesis : regulatory mechanisms and new perspectives. U: Dubinsky, Z. (ur.) Photosynthesis. Rijeka, IntechOpen, str. 23-46. (https://www.bib.irb.hr/632798).
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Vojta, L. & Fulgosi, H. (2012) Energy conductance from thylakoid complexes to stromal reducing equivalents. U: Najafpour, M. (ur.) Advances in Photosynthesis - Fundamental Aspects. Rijeka, IntechOpen, str. 175-190 doi:10.5772/26693.
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Journal articles
Scientific and review papers
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Uiterwijk, M., Vojta, L., Šprem, N., Beck, A., Jurković, D., Kik, M., Duscher, G., Hodžić, A., Reljić, S., Sprong, H. & Beck, R. (2023) Diversity of Hepatozoon species in wild mammals and ticks in Europe. Parasites & ; Vectors, 16 (1), 1, 12 doi:10.1186/s13071-022-05626-8.
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Kekić, T., Fulgosi, H., Vojta, L. & Bertoša, B. (2020) Molecular basis of ferredoxin:NADP(+) reductase interactions with FNR binding domains from TROL and Tic62 proteins. Journal of molecular structure, 1215, 128281, 12 doi:10.1016/j.molstruc.2020.128281.
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Fulgosi, H. & Vojta, L. (2020) Tweaking Photosynthesis: FNR-TROL Interaction as Potential Target for Crop Fortification. Frontiers in plant science, 11, 318, 4 doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.00318.
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Vojta, L., Tomašić Paić, A., Horvat, L., Rac, A., Lepeduš, H. & Fulgosi, H. (2019) Complex lumenal immunophilin AtCYP38 influences thylakoid remodelling in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of plant physiology, 243, 153048, 5 doi:10.1016/j.jplph.2019.153048.
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Vojta, L. & Fulgosi, H. (2019) Topology of TROL protein in thylakoid membranes of Arabidopsis thaliana. Physiologia plantarum, 166 (1, Special Issue: Photosynthesis), 300-308 doi:10.1111/ppl.12927.
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Hsueh, Y., Nicolaisen, K., Gross, L., Nöthen, J., Schauer, N., Vojta, L., Ertel, F., Koch, I., Ladig, R., Fulgosi, H., Fernie, A. & Schleiff, E. (2018) The outer membrane Omp85-like protein P39 influences metabolic homeostasis in mature Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant biology, 20 (5), 825-833 doi:10.1111/plb.12839.
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Vojta, L., Čuletić, A. & Fulgosi, H. (2018) Effects of TROL Presequence Mutagenesis on Its Import and Dual Localization in Chloroplasts. International journal of molecular sciences, 19 (2), 569, 13 doi:10.3390/ijms19020569.
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Huber, D., Reil, I., Duvnjak, S., Jurković, D., Lukačević, D., Pilat, M., Beck, A., Mihaljević, Ž., Vojta, L., Polkinghorne, A. & Beck, R. (2017) Molecular detection of Anaplasma platys, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Wolbachia sp. but not Ehrlichia canis in Croatian dogs. Parasitology research, 116 (11), 3019-3026 doi:10.1007/s00436-017-5611-y.
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Vojta, L. & Fulgosi, H. (2016) Data supporting the absence of FNR dynamic photosynthetic membrane recruitment in trol mutants. Data in brief, 7, 393-396 doi:10.1016/j.dib.2016.02.044.
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Vojta, L., Carić, D., Cesar, V., Antunović Dunić, J., Lepeduš, H., Kveder, M. & Fulgosi, H. (2015) TROL-FNR interaction reveals alternative pathways of electron partitioning in photosynthesis. Scientific reports, 5, 10085, 9 doi::10.1038/srep10085.
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Vojta, L., Ljuma-Skupnjak, L., Budimir, A., Vukičević, S. & Fulgosi, H. (2015) Rapid transient expression of human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in two industrial cultivars of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) by agroinfiltration. Biotechnology reports, 7, 81-86 doi::10.1016/j.btre.2015.05.006.
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Lipej, Z., Novosel, D., Vojta, L., Roić, B., Šimpraga, M. & Vojta, A. (2013) Detection and characterisation of hepatitis E virus in naturally infected swine in Croatia. Acta veterinaria Hungarica, 61 (4), 517-528 doi:10.1556/AVet.2013.031.
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Vojta, L., Horvat, L. & Fulgosi, H. (2012) Balancing chloroplast redox status – regulation of FNR binding and release. Periodicum biologorum, 114 (1), 25-31. (https://www.bib.irb.hr/579681).
hrcak.srce.hr Vojta, L., Mrljak, V. & Beck, R. (2012) Haematological and biochemical parameters of canine hepatozoonosis in Croatia. VETERINARSKI ARHIV, 82 (4), 359-370. (https://www.bib.irb.hr/471925).
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Beck, R., Vojta, L., Ćurković, S., Mrljak, V., Margaletić, J. & Habrun, B. (2011) Molecular survey of Babesia microti in wild rodents in central Croatia. Vector-borne and zoonotic diseases, 11 (1), 81-83 doi:10.1089/vbz.2009.0260.
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Dežđek, D., Vojta, L., Ćurković, S., Lipej, Z., Mihaljević, Ž., Cvetnić, Ž. & Beck, R. (2010) Molecular detection of Theileria annae and Hepatozoon canis in foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Croatia. Veterinary parasitology, 172, 333-336 doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.05.022.
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Vojta, L., Mrljak, V., Ćurković, S., Živičnjak, T., Marinculić Albert & Beck, R. (2009) Molecular epizootiology of canine hepatozoonosis in Croatia. International journal for parasitology, 39 (10), 1129-1136 doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.02.007.
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Jurić, S., Hazler-Pilepić, K., Ana Tomašić, A., Lepeduš, H., Jeličić, B., Puthiyaveetil, S., Bionda, T., Vojta, L., Allen, J., Schleiff, E. & Fulgosi, H. (2009) Tethering of ferredoxin : NADP+ oxidoreductase to thylakoid membranes is mediated by novel chloroplast protein TROL. Plant journal, 60 (5), 783-794 doi:10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.03999.x.
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Beck, R., Vojta, L., Mrljak, V., Marinculić, A., Beck, A., Živičnjak, T. & Caccio, M. (2009) Diversity of Babesia and Theileria species in symptomatic and asymptomatic dogs in Croatia. International Journal for Parasitology, 39 (7), 843-848 doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.12.005.
doi Vojta, L., Soll, J. & Bölter, B. (2007) Protein transport in chloroplasts - targeting to the intermembrane space. FEBS Journal, 274 (19), 5043-5054.
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Vojta, L., Soll, J. & Bölter, B. (2007) Requirements for a conservative protein translocation pathway in chloroplasts. FEBS letters, 581 (14), 2621-2624 doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2007.05.004.
doiwww.sciencedirect.comfebs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com Maple, J., Vojta, L., Soll Jürgen, Mø & ller, S. (2007) ARC3 is a stromal Z-ring accessory protein essential for plastid division. EMBO Reports, 8 (3), 293-299.
Fulgosi, H., Ester, L. & Ljubešić, N. (2002) Essential role of peptidyl-prolyl isomerase sll0408 in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 development. Periodicum biologorum, 11 (4), 413-419.
Conference proceedings papers
Scientific conference proceedings papers
Lipej, Z., Novosel, D., Vojta, A., Vojta Lea & Šimpraga, M. (2011) Phylogenetic characterization of hepatitis E virus (HEV) isolates from Croatia. U: Proceedings.
Theses
Doctoral dissertation
Vojta, L. (2006) 'Protein Import into Chloroplasts', doktorska disertacija, Fakultät für Biologie, München.
Membership in professional associations / societies
Croatian Society of Plant Physiology (secretary 2013-2015)