Dr. Nives Ivić
Department of Physical Chemistry
Rudjer Boskovic Institute
Bijenicka cesta 54
10002 Zagreb
CROATIA
Education
2013 Ph.D. Chemistry (Biochemistry) University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Zagreb, Croatia
Doctoral thesis: Structural characterization of bacterial glycine:[carrier protein] ligase and its complexes with substrates
2008 B.Sc. Chemistry - University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Croatia
Thesis: Construction of heterodimeric archaeal seryl-tRNA synthetase and biochemical analysis of protein communication
2006 B.Sc. Biology - University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Croatia
Thesis: Detection of developmentally specific glycoproteins in Mammillaria gracillis Pfeiff. tissue culture
Projects
2014 - 2017 NEWFELPRO project: Structural characterization of importinß:importin7:Histone1 complex
Awards and Achievements
2015 - 2017 NEWFELPRO Outgoing Fellowship Marie Curie FP7-PEOPLE-2011-COFUND
2013 Director's Prize for Most Successful RBI Scientists
2011 EMBO Short Term Fellowship (duration: 30 days)
2011 - FEBS fellowship for attending 11th Young Scientist Forum and 36th FEBS Congress: Biochemistry for Tomorrow’s Medicine
2011 - Annual Award of "The Society of University Teachers, Scholars and Other Scientists – Zagreb" for young scientists and artists in 2010
2010 - Director's Prize for Most Successful RBI Scientists
2002-2005 Scholarship of Ministry of Science, Education and Sports for graduate students
Classes
since 2008. - Participation in teaching at the Faculty of Science and Mathematics, University of Zagreb, Croatia (Biochemistry practical for undergraduate students of biology)
Featured Publications
- Ivic N., Potocnjak M., Solis-Mezarino V., Herzog F., Bilokapic S., Halic M.: Fuzzy interactions form and shape the histone transport complex. Molecular Cell (2019) 73, 1-13.
- Mocibob M.*, Ivic N.*, Luic M., Weygand-Durasevic I.: Adaptation of Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase Catalytic Core to Carrier Protein Aminoacylation. Structure 21 (2013) 614-626. * These authors contributed equally to this work.
- Mocibob, M., Ivic, N., Bilokapic, S., Maier, T., Luic, M., Ban, N., Weygand-Durasevic, I.: Homologs of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases acylate carrier proteins and provide a link between ribosomal and nonribosomal peptide synthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107 (2010), 33; 14585-14590.
- Leščić Ašler, I., Ivić, N., Kovačić, F., Schell, S., Knorr, J., Krauss, U., Wilhelm, S., Kojić-Prodić, B., Jaeger, K. Probing Enzyme Promiscuity of SGNH Hydrolases. ChemBioChem: a European Journal of Chemical Biology. 11 (2010); 2158-2167.
- Bilokapic, S., Ivic, N., Godinic Mikulcic, V, Piantanida, I., Ban, N., Weygand –Durasevic, I.: Idiosyncratic helix-turn-helix motif in Methanosarcina barkeri seryl-tRNA synthetase has a critical architectural role. J. Biol. Chem. 284 (2009), 16; 10706-10713.
Publications
Journal articles
Scientific and review papers
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Molčanov, K., Milašinović, V., Ivić, N., Stilinović, V., Kolarić, D. & Kojić-Prodić, B. (2019) Influence of organic cations on the stacking of semiquinone radical anions. Crystengcomm, 21 (45), 6920-6928 doi:10.1039/c9ce00919a.
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Akoury, E., Ma, G., Demolin, S., Brönner, C., Zocco, M., Cirilo, A., Ivić, N. & Halić, M. (2019) Disordered region of H3K9 methyltransferase Clr4 binds the nucleosome and contributes to its activity. Nucleic acids research, 47 (13), 6726-6736 doi:10.1093/nar/gkz480.
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Ivić, N., Potočnjak, M., Solis-Mezarino, V., Herzog, F., Bilokapić, S. & Halić, M. (2019) Fuzzy Interactions Form and Shape the Histone Transport Complex. Molecular cell, 73 (6), 1191-1203 doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2019.01.032.
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Ivić, N., Bilokapić, S. & Halić, M. (2017) Preparative two-step purification of recombinant H1.0 linker histone and its domains. PLoS One, 12 (12), e0189040-15 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0189040..
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Ivić, N., Groschup, B., Bilokapić, S. & Halić, M. (2016) Simplified Method for Rapid Purification of Soluble Histones. Croatica chemica acta, 89 (2), 153-162 doi:10.5562/cca2806.
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Paradžik, T., Ivić, N., Filić, Ž., Manjasetty, B., Herron, P., Luić, M. & Vujaklija, D. (2013) Structure–function relationships of two paralogous single-stranded DNA-binding proteins from Streptomyces coelicolor : implication of SsbB in chromosome segregation during sporulation. Nucleic acids research, 41 (6), 3659-3672 doi:10.1093/nar/gkt050.
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Močibob, M., Ivić, N., Luić, M. & Weygand- Đurašević, I. (2013) Adaptation of Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase Catalytic Core to Carrier Protein Aminoacylation. Structure, 21 (4), 614-626 doi:10.1016/j.str.2013.02.017.
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Močibob, M., Ivić, N., Šubašić, D., Luić, M. & Weygand-Đurašević, I. (2011) Substrate Recognition by Novel Family of Amino Acid:[Carrier Protein] Ligases. Croatica chemica acta, 84 (2), 149-157 doi:10.5562/cca1818.
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Leščić Ašler, I., Ivić, N., Kovačić, F., Schell, S., Knorr, J., Krauss, U., Wilhelm, S., Kojić-Prodić, B. & Jaeger, K. (2010) Probing Enzyme Promiscuity of SGNH Hydrolases. ChemBioChem, 11 (15), 2158-2167 doi:10.1002/cbic.201000398.
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Močibob, M., Ivić, N., Bilokapić, S., Maier, T., Luić, M., Ban, N. & Weygand-Đurašević, I. (2010) Homologs of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases acylate carrier proteins and provide a link between ribosomal and nonribosomal peptide synthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107 (33), 14585-14590 doi:10.1073/pnas.1007470107.
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Bilokapić, S., Ivić, N., Godinić-Mikulčić, V., Piantanida, I., Ban, N. & Weygand-Đurašević, I. (2009) Idiosyncratic Helix-Turn-Helix Motif in Methanosarcina barkeri Seryl-tRNA Synthetase Has a Critical Architectural Role. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 284 (16), 10706-10713 doi:10.1074/jbc.M808501200.
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Membership in professional associations / societies
Croatian Chemical Society
Croatian Crystallographic Association
Croatian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology