Dr. Nevenka Meštrović

Head of laboratory

E-mail

nevenka@irb.hr

Telephone

+385 1 457 1264

Internal phone number

1445

Department

Division of Molecular Biology

Laboratory

Laboratory of non-coding DNA

Address

Ruđer Bošković Institute
Division of Molecular Biology
Bijenička 54
HR-10000 Zagreb
Croatia

Education

1999, Zagreb, Croatia, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Ph. D. (Genetics and Evolution)

1994, Zagreb, Croatia, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Mr.Sc. (Biochemistry)

1989, Zagreb, Croatia, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, B. Sc. (Molecular Biology)

Research Areas

Prirodne znanosti Biologija Genetika, evolucija i filogenija

Projects

2020 – 2024 "(Epi)genomics and transcriptomics of euchromatic satellite DNAs in embryogenesis and development (Croatian Science Foundation)" – Principal Investigator

2019 – 2022 "Development of genomic markers for rapid identification of parasitic nematodes and effective methods of pest control” (Adris Foundation) - Principal Investigator

2015 – 2020 “Invertebrate centromere genomics “ (Croatian Science Foundation) - collaborator

2015 – 2016 ”Genome evolution of subterranean species” (European Social Fond)- supervisor

2016 – 2017 International Fellowship Mobility Programme for Experienced Researchers in Croatia (NEWFELPRO) - scientist in charge for posdoc

2013 – 2014 "Development of DNA markers for identifying commercially important mollusk species Ruditapes decussatus in the Adriatic Sea" (Adris Foundation) - collaborator

2013 – 2016 "Enhancement of the Innovation Potential in SEE through New Molecular Solutions in Research and Development" (FP7-REGPOT) - participant

2008 – 2010 “Exploring genomics to understand plant-nematode interactions”- COST Action 872 - member of Management Committee

2007 – 2009 Study of DNA and protein components and their interactions in holocentric chromosomes of root-knot nematodes of the genus Meloidogyne (Croatian-French bilateral project "Cogito") - collaborator

2003 – 2004 Study of organization, structure and evolution of satellite DNA sequences in root-knot nematodes with respect to reproduction mode (Croatian-French bilateral project "Cogito") - collaborator

2007 – 2013 ”Evolution, properties and functional interactions of satellite DNA sequences” (Croatian Ministry of Science) - collaborator

2002 – 2006 ”Organization of heterochromatic DNA sequences in invertebrate genomes”- ” (Croatian Ministry of Science) - collaborator

1997 – 1998 ”Conserved high copy tandem repeats in closely related species” (Croatian Ministry of Science) - Principal Investigator

1996 – 2002 "Organization and evolution of eukaryotic genome" (Croatian Ministry of Science) – collaborator

1994 – 1996 ”Structure and function satellite DNAs and heterochromatin”(Croatian Ministry of Science) - collaborator

Awards and Achievements

2020 Annual Award of the Ruđer Bošković Institute for best scientific papers

2008. Award J. J. Strossmayer (Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts/ Zagreb fair for the book «Methods in molecular biology» by Andreja Ambriović Ristov (Editor-in-chief) and Anamaria Brozović, Branka Bruvo Mađarić, Helena Ćetković, Maja Herak Bosnar, Dubravka Hranilović, Silva Katušić, Hećimović, Nevenka Meštrović Radan, Snježana Mihaljević, Neda Slade, Dušica Vujaklija (Eds.).

Classes

2009 – Doctoral study: Noncoding DNA sequences in eukaryotic genomes, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Zagreb

2008 – 2012 Doctoral Study of Neurosciences: Human genome and neural system, Faculty of Medicine University of Zagreb

2003 – 2013: Methodological courses in biology and medicine, Ruđer Bošković Institute

Featured Publications

Despot-Slade E, Mravinac B, Širca S, Castagnone-Sereno P, Plohl M, Meštrović N (2021) The centromere histone is conserved and associated with tandem repeats sharing a conserved 19-bp Box in the holocentromere of Meloidogyne nematodes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38:1943-1965.

Gržan T, Despot-Slade E, Meštrović N, Plohl M, Mravinac B (2020) CenH3 distribution reveals extended centromeres in the model beetle Tribolium castaneum. PLoS Genet. 16(10):e1009115.

Pavlek M, Gelfand Y, Plohl M, Meštrović N. (2015) Genome-wide analysis of tandem repeats in Tribolium castaneum genome reveals abundant and highly dynamic tandem repeat families with satellite DNA features in euchromatic chromosomal arms. DNA Research Dec;22(6):387-401

Paço A, Adega F, Meštrović N, Plohl M, Chaves R, (2014) Evolutionary story of a satellite DNA sequence from Phodopus sungorus (Rodentia, Cricetidae) Genome Biology and Evolution, 6; 2944-2955

Meštrović N*, Pavlek M, Car A, Castagnone-Sereno P, Abad P, Plohl M (2013) Conserved DNA Motifs, Including the CENP-B Box-like, Are Possible Promoters of Satellite DNA Array Rearrangements in Nematodes. PLOS ONE, 8 (6)

*first and corresponding author

Meštrović N, Plohl M, Castagnone-Sereno P (2009). Relevance of satellite DNA genomic distribution in phylogenetic analysis: a case study with root-knot nematodes of the genus Meloidogyne. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 50, 1; 204-208

Meštrović N, Castagnone-Sereno P, Plohl M (2006) Interplay of selective pressure and stochastic events directs evolution of the MEL172 satellite DNA library in root-knot nematodes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 23, 12; 2316-2325

Meštrović N, Plohl M, Mravinac B, Ugarković Đ (1998) Evolution of satellite DNAs from the genus Palorus : experimental evidence for the library hypothesis. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 15 (1998) , 8; 1062-1068

Publications - editorial books

Priručnik

Metode u molekularnoj biologiji / Ambriović Ristov, Andreja (ur.). Zagreb: Institut Ruđer Bošković, 2007

Publications - book chapters

Stručni rad

Meštrović Radan, Nevenka | Alkaline phosphatase, T4 polynucleotide kinase, T4 DNA ligase // Metode u molekularnoj biologiji. | Zagreb: Institut Ruđer Bošković, 2007. str. 425-427
Meštrović Radan, Nevenka | DNA polymerase // Metode u molekularnoj biologiji. | Zagreb: Institut Ruđer Bošković, 2007. str. 415-417
Meštrović Radan, Nevenka | Colony PCR // Metode u molekularnoj biologiji. | Zagreb: Institut Ruđer Bošković, 2007. str. 397-398
Mravinac, Brankica ; Meštrović Radan, Nevenka | Fluorescence in situ hybridization // Metode u molekularnoj biologiji. | Zagreb: Institut Ruđer Bošković, 2007. str. 342-349
Mravinac, Brankica ; Meštrović Radan, Nevenka | Colony lift // Metode u molekularnoj biologiji. | Zagreb: Institut Ruđer Bošković, 2007. str. 315-317
Mravinac, Brankica ; Meštrović Radan, Nevenka | Southern blot // Metode u molekularnoj biologiji. | Zagreb: Institut Ruđer Bošković, 2007. str. 294-310
Ambriović Ristov, Andreja ; Meštrović Radan, Nevenka | Kloniranje odsječka DNA pomoću plazmidnog vektora // Metode u molekularnoj biologiji. | Zagreb: Institut Ruđer Bošković, 2007. str. 433-441-x

Ostalo

Meštrović Radan, Nevenka | Primed in situ labeling (PRINS) // Metode u molekularnoj biologiji. | Zagreb: Institut Ruđer Bošković, 2007. str. 354-356

Izvorni znanstveni rad

Plohl, Miroslav ; Meštrović Radan, Nevenka ; Mravinac, Brankica | Satellite DNA evolution // Repetitive DNA. | Basel: Karger Publishers, 2012. str. 126-152 . doi: 10.1159/000337122
doiwww.karger.com

Publications - journal articles

Izvorni znanstveni rad

Mota, Ana Paula Zotta; Koutsovoulos, Georgios D.; Perfus-Barbeoch, Laetitia; Despot-Slade, Evelin; Labadie, Karine; Aury, Jean-Marc; Robbe-Sermesant, Karine; Bailly-Bechet, Marc; Belser, Caroline; Péré, Arthur et al. | Unzipped genome assemblies of polyploid root-knot nematodes reveal unusual and clade-specific telomeric repeats // Nature communications, 15 (2024), 1; 773, 18. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-44914-y
doiwww.nature.comentrepot.recherche.data.gouv.frfulir.irb.hr
Volarić, Marin; Meštrović, Nevenka; Despot-Slade, Evelin | SatXplor—a comprehensive pipeline for satellite DNA analyses in complex genome assemblies // Briefings in bioinformatics, 26 (2024), 1; bbae660, 12. doi: 10.1093/bib/bbae660
doiacademic.oup.comgithub.comfulir.irb.hr
Volarić, Marin; Despot-Slade, Evelin; Veseljak, Damira; Mravinac, Brankica; Meštrović, Nevenka | Long-read genome assembly of the insect model organism Tribolium castaneum reveals spread of satellite DNA in gene-rich regions by recurrent burst events // Genome research, 34 (2024), 11; 1878-1894. doi: 10.1101/gr.279225.124
doiwww.genome.orgfulir.irb.hr
Volarić, Marin; Despot-Slade, Evelin; Veseljak, Damira; Pavlek, Martina; Vojvoda Zeljko, Tanja; Mravinac, Brankica; Meštrović Radan, Nevenka | The Genome Organization of 5S rRNA Genes in the Model Organism Tribolium castaneum and Its Sibling Species Tribolium freemani // Genes, 15 (2024), 6; 776, 11. doi: 10.3390/genes15060776
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Gržan, Tena ; Dombi, Mira ; Despot-Slade, Evelin ; Veseljak, Damira ; Volarić, Marin ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Mravinac, Brankica | The Low-Copy-Number Satellite DNAs of the Model Beetle Tribolium castaneum // Genes, 14 (2023), 5; 999, 21. doi: 10.3390/genes14050999
doiwww.mdpi.comfulir.irb.hr
Despot-Slade, Evelin ; Širca, Saša ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Meštrović, Nevenka | Satellitome analyses in nematodes illuminate complex species history and show conserved features in satellite DNAs // BMC biology, 20 (2022), 1; 259, 19. doi: 10.1186/s12915-022-01460-7
doibmcbiol.biomedcentral.comfulir.irb.hr
Volarić, Marin ; Despot-Slade, Evelin ; Veseljak, Damira ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Mravinac, Brankica | Reference-Guided De Novo Genome Assembly of the Flour Beetle Tribolium freemani // International journal of molecular sciences, 23 (2022), 11; 5869, 18. doi: 10.3390/ijms23115869
doiwww.mdpi.comdoi.orgfulir.irb.hr
Volarić, Marin ; Veseljak, Damira ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Despot-Slade, Evelin | Isolation of High Molecular Weight DNA from the Model Beetle Tribolium for Nanopore Sequencing // Genes, 12 (2021), 8; 1114, 12. doi: 10.3390/genes12081114
doiwww.mdpi.comdoi.orgfulir.irb.hr
Despot-Slade, Evelin ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Širca, Saša ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Meštrović, Nevenka | The Centromere Histone Is Conserved and Associated with Tandem Repeats Sharing a Conserved 19-bp Box in the Holocentromere of Meloidogyne Nematodes // Molecular biology and evolution, 38 (2021), 5; 1943-1965. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msaa336
doiacademic.oup.comdoi.orgfulir.irb.hr
Gržan, Tena ; Despot-Slade, Evelin ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Mravinac, Brankica | CenH3 distribution reveals extended centromeres in the model beetle Tribolium castaneum // PLOS genetics, 16 (2020), 10; e1009115, 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009115
doijournals.plos.orgdoi.orgfulir.irb.hr
Vojvoda Zeljko, Tanja ; Pavlek, Martina ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Plohl, Miroslav | Satellite DNA‑like repeats are dispersed throughout the genome of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas carried by Helentron non‑autonomous mobile elements // Scientific reports, 10 (2020), 1; 15107, 12. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-71886-y
doiwww.nature.comfulir.irb.hr
Sabljić, Igor ; Meštrović Radan, Nevenka ; Vukelić, Bojana ; Macheroux, Peter ; Gruber, Karl ; Luić, Marija ; Abramić, Marija | Crystal structure of dipeptidyl peptidase III from the human gut symbiont Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron // PLoS One, 12 (2017), 11; e0187295, 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187295
doijournals.plos.orgdoi.orgfulir.irb.hrfulir.irb.hr
Pavlek, Martina ; Gelfand, Yevgeniy ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Meštrović, Nevenka | Genome-wide analysis of tandem repeats in Tribolium castaneum genome reveals abundant and highly dynamic tandem repeat families with satellite DNA features in euchromatic chromosomal arms // Dna research, 22 (2015), 6; 387-401. doi: 10.1093/dnares/dsv021
doidnaresearch.oxfordjournals.orgacademic.oup.com
Paço, Ana ; Adega, Filomena ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Chaves, Raquel | The puzzling character of repetitive DNA in Phodopus genomes (Cricetidae, Rodentia) // Chromosome research, 23 (2015), 427-440. doi: 10.1007/s10577-015-9481-9
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Paço, A. ; Adega, F. ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Chaves, R. | Evolutionary story of a satellite DNA from Phodopus sungorus (Rodentia, Cricetidae) // Genome biology and evolution, 6 (2014), 10; 2944-2955. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evu233
doigbe.oxfordjournals.orgfulir.irb.hr
Vukelić, Bojana ; Salopek-Sondi, Branka ; Špoljarić, Jasminka ; Sabljić, Igor ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Agić, Dejan ; Abramić, Marija | Reactive cysteine in the active-site motif of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron dipeptidyl peptidase III is a regulatory residue for the enzyme activity // Biological chemistry, 393 (2012), 1/2; 37-46. doi: 10.1515/BC-2011-193
doiwww.degruyter.comdoi.org
Mravinac, Brankica ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Čavrak, Vladimir Vanja ; Plohl, Miroslav | TCAGG, an alternative telomeric sequence in insects // Chromosoma (Berlin), 120 (2011), 4; 367-376. doi: 10.1007/s00412-011-0317-x
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Meštrović, Nevenka ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe | Relevance of satellite DNA genomic distribution in phylogenetic analysis: a case study with root-knot nematodes of the genus Meloidogyne // Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 50 (2009), 1; 204-208. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.10.013
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Meštrović, Nevenka ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe ; Plohl, Miroslav | Interplay of selective pressure and stochastic events directs evolution of the MEL172 satellite DNA library in root-knot nematodes // Molecular biology and evolution, 23 (2006), 12; 2316-2325-x
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Meštrović, Nevenka ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe ; Plohl, Miroslav | High conservation of the differentially amplified MPA2 satellite DNA family in parthenogenetic root-knot nematodes // Gene, 376 (2006), 260-267-x
Meštrović, Nevenka ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Ugarković, Đurđica ; Bruvo-Mađarić, Branka | Preliminary phylogeny of Tribolium beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) resolved by combined analysis of mitochondrial genes // European journal of entomology, 103 (2006), 3; 709-715
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Meštrović, Nevenka ; Randig, Onivaldo ; Abad, Pierre ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe | Conserved and variable domains in satellite DNAs of mitotic parthenogenetic root-knot nematode speies // Gene, 362 (2005), 44-50-x
Mravinac, Brankica ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Sequence of PRAT satellite DNA "frozen" in some coleopteran species // Journal of molecular evolution, 54 (2002), 6; 774-783-x
Meštrović, Nevenka ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Juan, Carlos ; Ugarković, Đurđica ; Plohl, Miroslav | Comparative study of satellite sequences and phylogeny of five species from the genus Palorus (Insecta, Coleoptera) // Genome (Ottawa), 43 (2000), 5; 776-785. doi: 10.1139/gen-43-5-776
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Meštrović, Nevenka ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Evolution of satellite DNAs from the genus Palorus : experimental evidence for the library hypothesis // Molecular biology and evolution, 15 (1998), 8; 1062-1068. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026005
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Pregledni rad (znanstveni)

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
doiwww.researchgate.net
Plohl, Miroslav ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Mravinac, Brankica | Centromere identity from the DNA point of view // Chromosoma (Berlin), 123 (2014), 4; 313-325. doi: 10.1007/s00412-014-0462-0
doilink.springer.com
Plohl, Miroslav ; Luchetti, Andrea ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Mantovani, Barbara | Satellite DNAs between selfishness and functionality: structure, genomics and evolution of tandem repeats in centromeric (hetero)chromatin // Gene, 409 (2008), 1-2; 72-82. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2007.11.013
doiwww.sciencedirect.comdoi.org
Plohl, Miroslav ; Bruvo, Branka ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Petrović, Vlatka ; Durajlija-Žinić, Sonja ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Satellite DNA sequences in centromeric heterochromatin // Periodicum biologorum, 106 (2004), 2; 95-102-x

Publications - conference proceedings

Sažetak izlaganja sa skupa

Mota, Ana; Koutsovoulos, Georgios D; Perfus-Barbeoch, Laetitia; Despot-Slade, Evelin; Labadie, Karine; Aury, Jean-Marc; Robbe-Sermesant, Karine; Bailly-Bechet, Marc; Belser, Caroline; Péré, Arthur et al. | End of the beginning: M. incognita telomeres are only at one side of the chromosomes // X-Meeting presentations / Ciamponi, Felipe Eduardo; Magalhães, Maithê Gaspar Pontes (ur.). | Even3 - R. do Brum, 248 - Segundo andar - Recife, PE, 50030-260, 2023. str. ---
www.even3.com.br
Veseljak, Damira; Volarić, Marin; Despot-Slade, Evelin; Meštrović Radan, Nevenka; Mravinac, Brankica | The genomes of Tribolium sibling species framed by the evolution of satellite DNAs // Program and Abstracts, Arthropod Satellite Meeting, Helsinki 2024 / Chipman, Ariel; El-Sherif, Ezzat; van der Zee, Maurijn et al. (ur.). | Helsinki: EED organizin committees, 2024. str. 31-31
Veseljak, Damira; Despot-Slade, Evelin; Volarić, Marin; Meštrović Radan, Nevenka; Mravinac, Brankica | Satellitomes of flour beetles from the genus Tribolium: an evolutionary perspective // Euro EvoDevo 2004 Programme Book / Kratochwil, Claudius (ur.). | Helsinki: EED organizing committees, 2024. str. 567-567
Volarić, Marin; Despot-Slade, Evelin; Meštrović Radan, Nevenka; Mravinac, Brankica; Veseljak, Damira | Oxford Nanopore Sequencing reveals complex mechanisms of repetitive DNA propagation in Tribolum castaneum // International congress on transposable elements 2024 : Abstract book. | Saint Malo: ICTE, 2024. str. 154-154
icte2024.sciencesconf.org
Despot-Slade, Evelin; Volarić, Marin; Mravinac, Brankica; Meštrović Radan, Nevenka | Epigenetic regulation of repetitive DNA in insect Tribolium castaneum // International congress on transposable elements 2024 : Abstract book. | Saint Malo: ICTE, 2024. str. 76-76
icte2024.sciencesconf.org
Veseljak, Damira; Despot-Slade, Evelin; Volarić, Marin; Meštrović Radan, Nevenka; Mravinac, Brankica | Dynamic evolution of satellite DNAs drastically alters genomes of Tribolium sibling species // Abstract Book: the Evolution of Animal Genomes. | European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), 2023. str. 148-148
Volarić, Marin ; Despot-Slade, Evelin ; Meštrović, Nevenka | Nanopore based analyses of genome-wide DNA methylation profiles through Tribolium castaneum development // Epigenome inheritance and reprogramming in health and disease : Abstract book. | 2022. str. 22-22
meetings.embo.org
Despot-Slade, Evelin ; Volarić, Marin ; Meštrović, Nevenka | Transcriptomics of euchromatic satellite DNAs in embryogenesis and development // Epigenome inheritance and reprogramming in health and disease : Abstract book. | 2022. str. 17-17
meetings.embo.org
Volarić, Marin; Despot-Slade, Evelin; Meštrović, Nevenka | Preliminary analyses of genome-wide DNA methylation profiles through the Tribolium castaneum development using nanopore long reads // Chromatin Structure and Function - GRC Poster List. | 2022. str. 11-11
Koutsovoulos, Georgios D. ; Despot-Slade, Evelin ; Da Rocha, Martine ; Caravel, Claire ; Abad, Pierre ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Danchin, Etienne G.J. | The strange chromosome ends of root-knot nematodes // 7th International Congress of Nematology ICN 2022 "Crossing borders: a world of nematode diversity and impact to discover" : book of abstracts. | 2022. str. 185-185
Despot-Slade, Evelin ; Širca, Saša ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Meštrović, Nevenka | Satellitome evolution illuminates complex species history and satellite DNA transcriptomes show coordinated expression in Meloidogyne nematodes // 7th International Congress of Nematology ICN 2022 "Crossing borders: a world of nematode diversity and impact to discover" : book of abstracts. | 2022. str. 327-327
Volarić, Marin ; Veseljak, Damira ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Despot-Slade, Evelin | Nanopore sekvenciranje kukaca roda tribolium s tvrdim egzoskeletom // 6. simpozij studenata doktorskih studija PMF-a : knjiga sažetaka = 6th Faculty of Science PhD student symposium : book of abstracts. | Zagreb: Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2022. str. 238-239
www.pmf.unizg.hr
Despot-Slade, Evelin ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Širca, Saša ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Meštrović, Nevenka | Epigenomics of holocentromere // Simpozij studenata doktorskih studija PMF-a : knjiga sažetaka = PhD student symposium 2021 : book of abstracts. | Zagreb: Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2021. str. 185-186
www.pmf.unizg.hr
Volarić, Marin ; Despot-Slade, Evelin ; Meštrović, Nevenka | Long-range organisation of holocentromeres // Simpozij studenata doktorskih studija PMF-a : knjiga sažetaka = PhD student symposium 2021 : book of abstracts. | Zagreb: Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2021. str. 267-268
www.pmf.unizg.hr
Gržan, Tena ; Despot Slade, Evelin ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Mravinac, Brankica | Centromere epigenomics of the three closely related Tribolium species // HDBMB 2019 Crossroads in Life Sciences : Book of Abstracts. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko društvo za biokemiju i molekularnu biologiju (HDBMB), 2019. str. 86-86
Mravinac, Brankica ; Gržan, Tena ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Plohl, Miroslav | Centromere epigenetics of Tribolium sibling species // 22nd International Chromosome Conference : Abstract Book. | 2018. str. PS-P-1457-PS-P-1457
icc2018.eurocellnet.eu
Gržan, Tena ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Mravinac, Brankica | CENH3 proteins as epigenetic determinants of Tribolium centromeres // Molecular Biophysics: ABC of the puzzle of Life. The third COST-sponsored ARBRE-MOBIEU. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko biofizičko društvo, 2019. str. 91-91
arbre-mobieu.eu
Despot Slade, Evelin ; Pavlek, Martina ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Castagnone-Sereno, Phillipe ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Meštrović, Nevenka | Centromere of the nematode Meloidogyne ; characterization of centromere specific H3 protein (CENH3) and underlying DNA sequences // Molecular Biophysics: ABC of the puzzle of Life. | Institut Ruđer Bošković ; Hrvatsko biofizičko društvo, 2019. str. 82-82
arbre-mobieu.eu
Despot Slade, Evelin ; Širca, Saša ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Meštrović, Nevenka | Comparative satellitome analysis reveals the polyploid hybrid origin in holocentric nematodes // 4th Congress of Croatian Geneticists with International Participation : Book of Abstracts. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko genetičko društvo, 2018. str. 43-43
pubweb.carnet.hr
Despot Slade, Evelin ; Pavlek, Martina ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Castagnone-Sereno, Phillipe ; Plohl Miroslav ; Meštrović, Nevenka | Root-knot nematodesas a model for centromere (epi)genomics and satellitome research // 4th Congress of Croatian Geneticists with International Participation : Book of Abstracts. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko genetičko društvo, 2018. str. 35-35
pubweb.carnet.hr
Meštrović Radan, Nevenka ; Pavlek, Martina ; Car, Ana ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe ; Abad, Pierre ; Plohl, Miroslav | Conserved DNA motifs, including the CENP-B box-like, are involved in satellite DNA array rearrangements // The 19th International Chromosome Conference, Bologna, 2013.. | 2013. str. 1-1
Meštrović Radan, Nevenka ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Castagnone- Sereno, Philippe | Relevance of satellite DNA genomic distribution in phylogenetic analysis: a case study with root-knot nematodes of the genus Meloidogyne // COST 872 Exploiting genomics to understand plant- nematode interaction, Slovenia, 2008. | 2008. str. 1-1
Pavlek, Martina ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Meštrović Radan, Nevenka | Highly repeated non-coding DNA in Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera) genome // 22. SIEEC - Simposium Internationale Entomofaunisticum Europae Centralis XXII. | Varaždin, 2011. str. 43-43
www.biom.hr
Pavlek, Martina ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Meštrović Radan , Nevenka | Highly repeated non-coding DNA in Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera) genome // 18th International Chromosome Conference, Delegate book, Manchester, UK.. | Manchester, 2011. str. 1-1
Meštrović, Nevenka ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe ; Plohl, Miroslav | Origins and evolution of satellite DNAs: the nematode view // 63rd International Symposium on Crop Protection. | Ghent University, 2011
Meštrović, Nevenka ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe ; Pavlek, Martina, ; Car, Ana ; Plohl, Miroslav | Complex organization of satellite DNA library in the root-knot nematodes Meloidogyne chitwoodi and M. fallax // Nemagenics: Exploiting genomics to understand plant-nematode interactions - Proceedings of the fourth annual meeting. | Lisabon, 2010. str. 47-47
Mravinac, Brankica ; Meštrović Radan, Nevenka ; Čavrak, Vladimir Vanja ; Plohl, Miroslav | Telomerne DNA sekvence u vrstama reda Coleoptera // Zbornik sažetaka 10. hrvatskog biološkog kongresa. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko biološko društvo, 2009. str. 77-78
Plohl, Miroslav ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Radan Meštrović, Nevenka | Dvojnost u evoluciji satelitnih DNA: brze promjene nasuprot opstojnosti nukleotidnog slijeda // Zbornik sažetaka 10. hrvatskog biološkog kongresa. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko biološko društvo, 2009. str. 45-46
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Meštrović, Nevenka ; Pavlek, Martina ; Žižek, Marta ; Plohl Miroslav | Analysis of satellite DNAs in the sequenced genome of Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera) // 50 godina molekularne biologije u Hrvatskoj Zbornik sažetaka. | Zagreb: Institut Ruđer Bošković, 2008. str. 66-x
Meštrović, Nevenka ; Plohl, Miroslav | Satellite DNAs : secret parts of genomes // Znanstveni simpozij "50 godina molekularne biologije u Hrvatskoj" : program i zbornik sažetaka = Scientific symposium "50 years of molecular biology in Croatia". | Zagreb: Institut Ruđer Bošković, 2008. str. 19-19
Meštrović, Nevenka | The evolutionary dynamics of satellite DNAs // 1st MedILS Summer School-Structure and Evolution: from Bench to Terminal, Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences, Split, 2006, Abstract book: 9.. | 2006
Meštrović, Nevenka ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe ; Plohl, Miroslav | Two-stage model of evolution of satellite DNA sequences: an interplay of selective constraints and stochastic events // Zbornik sažetaka 9. hrvatskog biološkog kongresa. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko biološko društvo, 2006. str. 58-59
Meštrović, Nevenka ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe ; Plohl, Miroslav | The MEL-172 satellite DNA library in parthenogenetic Meloidogyne species: conserved pattern of nucleotide variability along the monomers // Abstracts of the Embo Workshop 2005 "Chromosome structural elements : from DNA sequence to function". | Rim: Casa Editrice Universita degli Studi di Roma, 2005. str. 25-25
Mravinac, Brankica ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Pezer, Željka ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Conserved satellite DNA sequences in the pericentromeric heterochromatin of tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera, Insecta) // Chromosome Research 12, Supplement 1, 15th International Chromosome Conference. | London : Delhi: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004. str. 19-20-x
Plohl, Miroslav ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Bruvo, Branka ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Petrović, Vlatka ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Are noncoding DNA sequences responsible for speciation? // Zbornik sažetaka Osmog hrvatskog biološkog kongresa. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko biološko društvo, 2003. str. 18-18
Ugarković, Đurđica ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Bruvo, Branka ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Plohl, Miroslav | Evolutionary dynamics of satellite DNAs in some coleopteran genera // 9th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology : Book of Abstracts. | Leeds: Leeds University, 2003. str. 522-522-x
Meštrović, Nevenka ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Phylogeny of Tribolium beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) resolved by combined analysis of mitochondrial genes: congruence with morphological data // 1st Croatian Congress on Molecular Life Sciences, Book of Abstracts. | Zagreb: Farmaceutsko-biokemijski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2002. str. 103-103-x
Ugarković, Đurđica ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Bruvo, Branka ; Plohl, Miroslav | Evolutionary dynamics of satellite DNAs // 1st Croatian Congress on Molecular Life Sciences with international participation- book of abstracts. | Zagreb: Farmaceutsko-biokemijski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2002. str. 62-x
Mravinac, Brankica ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Satellite DNA sequences "frozen" during the evolution of some insect species // Eight Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. | Aarhus: University of Aarhus, 2001. str. 68-x
Meštrović, Nevenka ; Plohl, Miroslav ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Ugarković, Đurđica | Diversity of satellite profiles and low rate of satellite DNA sequence change // Seventh Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology : abstracts. | Barcelona: Press Line, S.L., 1999. str. 292-292
Ugarković, Đurđica ; Meštrović, Nevenka ; Bruvo, Branka ; Plohl, Miroslav | Long range organization and evolution of heterochromatic DNA // Godinji sastanak hrvatskih biokemičara. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko biološko društvo, 1998. str. 38-38-x
Meštrović, Nevenka ; Ugarković, Đurđica ; Mravinac, Brankica ; Plohl, Miroslav | Satellite sequences in pericentromeric heterochromatin of species from the genus Palorus (Insecta, Coleoptera) - evidence for the library hypothesis // Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics (13th International Chromosome Conference). | Basel: Karger Publishers, 1998. str. 132-132-x

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Meštrović, Nevenka ; Castagnone-Sereno, Philippe ; Plohl, Miroslav | An interplay of selective pressure and stochastic events direct evolution of satellite DNA library // The FEBS journal, 2007. str. 81-81

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Volarić, Marin: Meštrović, Nevenka; Despot-Slade, Evelin | Primjena naprednog računanja za sklapanje visoko repetitivnih genoma // Srce Dani e-infrastrukture 2024. | Zagreb, Hrvatska, 16.04.2024-19.04.2024

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Despot-Slade, Evelin | Characterization and evolution of centromere in nematodes of the genus Meloidogyne / Meštrović Radan, Nevenka (mentor). | Osijek, Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku / Sveučilište u Dubrovniku / Institut Ruđer Bošković, 2022
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Meštrović, Nevenka | Evolucija uzastopno ponovljenih sekvenci DNA u vrstama roda Palorus (Coleoptera) / Plohl, Miroslav (mentor). | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 1999

Diplomski rad (sveučilišni)

Korlević, Marino | Evolucija satelitnih DNA u vrstama oblića rodaMeloidogyne / Meštrović Radan, Nevenka (mentor). | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2009
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Supervisor of doctoral thesis:

Evelin Despot-Slade “Characterization and evolution of centromere in nematodes of the genus Meloidogyne” Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, University of Dubrovnik, Ruđer Bošković Institute, University postgraduate interdisciplinary Doctoral Study of Molecular biosciences, 2022

Martina Pavlek “Mechanisms of satellite DNA sequence dynamics in complex genomes” Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, University of Dubrovnik, Ruđer Bošković Institute, University postgraduate interdisciplinary Doctoral Study of Molecular biosciences, 2015

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