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)

2024 – 2027 Genomics and epigenomics of holocentromeres in nematodes Meloidogyne (Croatian Science Foundation)" – Principal Investigator

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

• Genomics and epigenomics of holocentromeres in nematodes Meloidogyne - HOLOCEN

  20.12.2024 - 19.12.2027 | 199,525.00 EUR

  CroRISIRB

• Centromeres and telomeres in nematodes - ChromoNemaTellite

  20.01.2023 - 19.01.2025 | 10,000.00 EUR

  CroRISIRB

• (Epi)genomics and transcriptomics of euchromatic satellite DNAs in embryogenesis and development - DOK - EpiTranSat

  01.11.2020 - 30.04.2025 | 0.00 EUR

  CroRISIRB

• (Epi)genomics and transcriptomics of euchromatic satellite DNAs in embryogenesis and development - EpiTranSat

  15.02.2020 - 14.02.2024 | 132,404.27 EUR

  CroRISIRB

• Development of genomic markers for rapid identification of parasitic nematodes for the purpose of effective control measures

  15.10.2019 - 30.11.2021 | 75,000.00 HRK

  CroRISIRB

Annual Award of the Ruđer Bošković Institute for best scientific papers published in 2024

Annual Award of the Ruđer Bošković Institute for best scientific papers published in 2022

Annual Award of the Ruđer Bošković Institute for best scientific papers published in 2021

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

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.) (2008)

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

Despot-Slade, Evelin; Volarić, Marin; Veseljak, Damira; Horvat, Lucija; Semenić, Lana; Zotta Mota, Ana Paula; Poullet, Marine; Danchin, Etienne G. J.; Mravinac, Brankica; Meštrović, Nevenka | Reproductive mode and ploidy are associated with distinct organization of clustered centromeric regions in Meloidogyne nematodes // Genome biology, (2026), doi: 10.1186/s13059-026-04122-xdoilink.springer.comfulir.irb.hr

Veseljak, Damira; Despot-Slade, Evelin; Volarić, Marin; Horvat, Lucija; Meštrović, Nevenka; Mravinac, Brankica | Tribolium madens satellitome reveals a network of highly abundant satellite DNAs in megabase-sized regions hallmarked by macro-dyad symmetries // Genome biology, 27 (2026), 131, 30. doi: 10.1186/s13059-026-04022-0

Shakya, Pallavi; Maulana, Muhammad I.; Danchin, Etienne G. J.; Voogt, M. Laurens; van de Ruitenbeek, Stefan J. S.; Gimeno, Jacinta; Taranto, Adam P.; Blundell, Alison C.; Despot-Slade, Evelin; Meštrović, Nevenka et al. High-resolution genome assembly and linkage mapping in Meloidogyne hapla reveal non-canonical telomere repeats and recombination hotspots associated with effector proteins// Plos pathogens, 21 (2025), 11; 1-30. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1013706

Veseljak, Damira; Despot-Slade, Evelin; Volarić, Marin; Horvat, Lucija; Vojvoda Zeljko, Tanja; Meštrović, Nevenka; Mravinac, Brankica | Dynamic evolution of satellite DNAs drastically differentiates the genomes of Tribolium sibling species// Genome research, 35 (2025), 2445-2460. doi: 10.1101/gr.280516.125

Mota APZ;  Koutsovoulos GD; Perfus-Barbeoch L; Despot-Slade E; Labadie K; Aury JM; Robbe-Sermesant K, Bailly-Bechet M, Belser C; Péré A; Rancurel C;, Kozlowski DK; Hassanaly-Goulamhoussen R, Da Rocha M; Noel B; Meštrović N, Wincker P; Danchin EGJ. Unzipped genome assemblies of polyploid root-knot nematodes reveal unusual and clade-specific telomeric repeats. Nature communications 2024, 15:773. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-44914-y

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

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

Evelin Despot‑Slade; Saša Širca; Brankica Mravinac; Philippe Castagnone‑Sereno; Miroslav Plohl; Nevenka Meštrović. Satellitome analyses in nematodes illuminate complex species history and show conserved features in satellite DNAs. BMC Biology 2022, 20:259

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

Handbook

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

Professional paper

• 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

• Mravinac, Brankica ; Meštrović Radan, Nevenka | Southern blot // Metode u molekularnoj biologiji. | Zagreb: Institut Ruđer Bošković, 2007. str. 294-310

• Mravinac, Brankica ; Meštrović Radan, Nevenka | Colony lift // Metode u molekularnoj biologiji. | Zagreb: Institut Ruđer Bošković, 2007. str. 315-317

• Mravinac, Brankica ; Meštrović Radan, Nevenka | Fluorescence in situ hybridization // Metode u molekularnoj biologiji. | Zagreb: Institut Ruđer Bošković, 2007. str. 342-349

• Meštrović Radan, Nevenka | Colony PCR // Metode u molekularnoj biologiji. | Zagreb: Institut Ruđer Bošković, 2007. str. 397-398

• Meštrović Radan, Nevenka | DNA polymerase // Metode u molekularnoj biologiji. | Zagreb: Institut Ruđer Bošković, 2007. str. 415-417

• Meštrović Radan, Nevenka | Alkaline phosphatase, T4 polynucleotide kinase, T4 DNA ligase // Metode u molekularnoj biologiji. | Zagreb: Institut Ruđer Bošković, 2007. str. 425-427

Other

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

Original scientific paper

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

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Original scientific paper

• Despot-Slade, Evelin; Volarić, Marin; Veseljak, Damira; Horvat, Lucija; Semenić, Lana; Zotta Mota, Ana Paula; Poullet, Marine; Danchin, Etienne G. J.; Mravinac, Brankica; Meštrović, Nevenka | Reproductive mode and ploidy are associated with distinct organization of clustered centromeric regions in Meloidogyne nematodes // Genome biology, 27 (2026), 241, 37. doi: 10.1186/s13059-026-04122-x

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• Veseljak, Damira; Despot-Slade, Evelin; Volarić, Marin; Horvat, Lucija; Meštrović, Nevenka; Mravinac, Brankica | Tribolium madens satellitome reveals a network of highly abundant satellite DNAs in megabase-sized regions hallmarked by macro-dyad symmetries // Genome biology, 27 (2026), 131, 30. doi: 10.1186/s13059-026-04022-0

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• Shakya, Pallavi; Maulana, Muhammad I.; Danchin, Etienne G. J.; Voogt, M. Laurens; van de Ruitenbeek, Stefan J. S.; Gimeno, Jacinta; Taranto, Adam P.; Blundell, Alison C.; Despot-Slade, Evelin; Meštrović, Nevenka et al. | High-resolution genome assembly and linkage mapping in Meloidogyne hapla reveal non-canonical telomere repeats and recombination hotspots associated with effector proteins // Plos pathogens, 21 (2025), 11; e1013706, 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1013706

  doijournals.plos.orgfulir.irb.hr

• Veseljak, Damira; Despot-Slade, Evelin; Volarić, Marin; Horvat, Lucija; Vojvoda Zeljko, Tanja; Meštrović, Nevenka; Mravinac, Brankica | Dynamic evolution of satellite DNAs drastically differentiates the genomes of Tribolium sibling species // Genome research, 35 (2025), 11; 2445-2460. doi: 10.1101/gr.280516.125

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• 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.comfulir.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.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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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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Review article (scientific)

• 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

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• 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

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• 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

Conference abstract

• 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

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• 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

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• 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, -, 1

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• 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

• 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

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• 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

• 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

• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

• 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

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• 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 ; 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 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

• 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 ; 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 | 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 | 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 // Godišnji 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

Conference abstract

• 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

Unpublished conference paper

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

Doctoral thesis

• Volarić, Marin | Comprehensive analysis of satellite DNAs in the new genome assembly of the model organism Tribolium castaneum / Meštrović, Nevenka (mentor). | Osijek, Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, 2025

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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, 2022

  rektorat.unios.hr

• Meštrović, Nevenka | Evolucija uzastopno ponovljenih sekvenci DNA u vrstama roda Palorus (Coleoptera) / Plohl, Miroslav (mentor). | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 1999

Master's thesis (university)

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

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