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

2014 - 2017 NEWFELPRO project: Structural characterization of importinß:importin7:Histone1 complex

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 11^th Young Scientist Forum and 36^th 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

since 2008. - Participation in teaching at the Faculty of Science and Mathematics, University of Zagreb, Croatia (Biochemistry practical for undergraduate students of biology)

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.

Journal articles

Scientific and review papers

• 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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Theses

Doctoral dissertation

• Ivić, N. (2013) 'Structural characterization of bacterial glycine:[carrier protein] ligase and its complexes with substrates', doktorska disertacija, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb. (https://www.bib.irb.hr/626054).

Croatian Chemical Society

Croatian Crystallographic Association

Croatian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology