Dr. Dijana Pavlović Saftić

Viši znanstveni suradnik

E-mail

Dijana.Saftic@irb.hr

Internal phone number

1466

Department

Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry

Laboratory

Laboratory for Biomolecular Interactions and Spectroscopy

Address

Ruđer Bošković Institute
Bijenička cesta 54
10000 Zagreb
Croatia

Bibliography

Open bibliography #2

Curriculum vitae

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Education

CURRENT STATUS

07/2025 until today - Senior Research Associate, Laboratory for Biomolecular Interactions and Spectroscopy, Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
07/2019 - 06/2025 - Research Associate, Laboratory for Biomolecular Interactions and Spectroscopy, Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE

02/2019 - 05/2019 Senior Research Assistant–Postdoc, Scientific Specialization in Croatia, Laboratory for Green Synthesis, Division of Physical Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
05/2018 - 09/2018 Senior Research Assistant–Postdoc, Scientific Specialization in Croatia, Laboratory for Biomolecular Interactions and Spectroscopy, Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
11/2016 – 05/2018 Senior Research Assistant–Postdoc, Scientific Specialization abroad, Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Biological Chemistry, Institute of Medical Biology PAS, Lodz, Poland
12/2013 – 11/2016 Senior Research Assistant–Postdoc, Scientific Specialization in Croatia, Laboratory for Biomolecular Interactions and Spectroscopy (previously Laboratory for Supramolecular and Nucleoside Chemistry), Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
04/2008 – 11/2013 Research Assistant–PhD candidate, Laboratory for Supramolecular and Nucleoside Chemistry, Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia

EDUCATION

11/2016 – 05/2018 Postdoctoral study abroad, Institute of Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Science, Lodz, Poland
11/2013 – 11/2016 Postdoctoral scientific training, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
11/2013 PhD in Natural Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia
05/2008 – 11/2013 Postgraduate Study of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia
11/2007 M.Sc. in Biotechnology, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Croatia
09/2002 – 11/2007 Biotechnology study, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Croatia
1998 – 2002 Zagreb Health School, Zagreb, Croatia
1990 – 1998 Primary School, Zagreb, Croatia

Research Areas

Biotehnologija Kemija Organska kemija

Projects

TEAM MEMBER OF RESEARCH PROJECTS

2025 - 2028 „Development of nanosensors based on surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) for the study of DNA/RNA G-quadruplexes” (nanoSERS4Gq), Croatian Science Foundation – HRZZ funded project IP-2025-02-9095, Principal investigator: Prof. Dr. Snežana Miljanić, Faculty of Science, Zagreb, Croatia
2025 - 2026 „Peptide-oligonucleotide conjugates as membrane-based antibacterial nanoagents” (POC-MAN), EU-funded project within the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NPOO) (NPOO.C3.2.R3-I1.05.0235), Principal investigator: Dr. Ivo Crnolatac, Senior Research Associate, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
2023 - 2027 „New peptide-oligonucleotide-chromophore conjugates for biochemical diagnostics and bioactivity” (POC-Sens-Bioact), Croatian Science Foundation – HRZZ funded project IP-2022-10-9829, Principal investigator: Dr. Ivo Piantanida, Senior Scientist, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
2022 – 2023 „G-Quadruplex-tagged bacteria-binding peptides”, International project funded by European Union (European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, Grant No 952110), Principal Investigator: Dr. Ivan Barišić, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
2018 – 2022 „Višekromoforne probe za prepoznavanje pojedinih struktura DNA, RNA i proteina“, Croatian Science Foundation – HRZZ, Principal Investigator: Dr. Ivo Piantanida, Senior Scientist, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
2016 – 2019 ˝Mehanokemijska reaktivnost pod kontroliranim uvjetima temperature i atmosfere za čistu sintezu funkcionalnih materijala (MECHANOCONTROL)˝, Croatian Science Foundation – HRZZ, Principal Investigator: Dr. Krunoslav Užarević, Senior Research Associate, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
2017 – 2019 ˝Picolyl based cyanostilbene metallogel systems as anion sensors˝, Croatian-Chinese bilateral project, Principal Investigator in Croatia: Dr. Zoran Džolić, research associate, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia; Principal Investigator in China: Prof. dr. Shimei Jinag, State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun City, Jilin Province, PR China
2016 – 2018 ˝Oligo-Derivative Composites of Nucleic Acids and Boron Clusters – a New Material for Bionanotechnology˝, Principal Investigator: Prof. dr. hab. Zbigniew J. Leśnikowski, Institute of Medical Biology PAS, Lodz, Poland
2014 – 2018 ˝Multifunctional molecular sensing of DNA/RNA secondary structure by chemical sensors˝, Croatian Science Foundation – HRZZ, Principal Investigator: Dr. Ivo Piantanida, Senior Scientist, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
2014 – 2018 ˝Purine salvage pathway enzymes fromHelicobacter pyloriandEscherichia coli˝, Croatian Science Foundation – HRZZ, Principal Investigator: Dr. Marija Luić, Senior Scientist, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
2007 – 2014 ˝Synthesis of novel biologically active nucleobase and nucleotide derivatives˝, Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sports founded project (MZOS), Principal Investigator: Dr. Biserka Žinić, Senior Scientist, Full Prof., Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia

Awards and Achievements

Annual RBI award for scientific work in 2018
11/2014 Fellowship to attend Zn-Net Conference & Workshop ˝Measuring Zinc˝, London, United Kingdom
02/2014 Fellowship to attend European-Winter School on Physical Organic Chemistry (E-WiSPOC 2014), Bressanone, Italy
09/2002 – 11/2007 Sisak-Moslavina County Fellowship for Top Students
09/1998 – 05/2002 PBZ foundation - Scholarship for Top Students

Classes

09/2015 Lecturer - within the Course ˝Preparation, Analysis and Application of Oligonucleotides˝, International PhD Study in Medicinal Chemistry, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
01/2012, 10/2013 Invited Lecturer with the Course ˝Instrumental Measurement Techniques and Physical Methods in Biomedical Analytics˝, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Biochemistry and Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University Undergraduate Study in Biomedical Laboratory Technologies, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
07/2013 Mentor of the student’s Praxis, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
10/2004 – 01/2005 Teaching Assistant, General Microbiology in the Laboratory for General Microbiology and Food Microbiology, Department of Biochemical Engineering, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Featured Publications

M. Leventić, J. Matić, D. Pavlović Saftić, Ž. Ban, B. Žinić, Lj. Glavaš-Obrovac, Molecules 2025, 30, 4659. (https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30234659)
D. Pavlović Saftić, M. Domínguez-Prieto, N. Moisoi, G. Lukić, L. Lulić Horvat, J. Puzić, S. Sobočanec, M. Pinterić, I. Piantanida, F. Brucoli, Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2025, 297, 117974. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2025.117974)
A. Penava, M. Marinović, L. Pessanha de Carvalho, J. Held, I. Piantanida, D. Pavlović Saftić, Z. Rajić, I. Perković, Molecules 2024, 29, 5991. (https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29245991)
I. Nikšić-Franjić, D. Pavlović Saftić, V. Smrečki, B. Colasson, O. Reinaud, I. Piantanida, A. Višnjevac, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25, 11314. (https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms252011314)
D. Pavlović Saftić, I. Krošl Knežević, F. de Lera Garrido, J. Tolosa, D. Majhen,I. Piantanida, J. C. García Martínez, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25, 5724. (https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25115724)
D. Pavlović Saftić, R. Ricker, P. Mentzel, J. Krebs, H. Amini, S. Lorenzen, N. Schopper, A. Kenđel, S. Miljanić, J. Morvan, M. Mauduit, Y. Trolez, I. Piantanida, T. B. Marder, Microchem J. 2024, 196(13), 109665. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2023.109665)
I. Sviben, M. Glavaš, A. Erben, T. Bachelart, D. Pavlović Saftić , I. Piantanida, N. Basarić, Molecules 2023, 28(16), 7533. (https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28227533)
I. Nikšić-Franjić, B. Colasson, O. Reinaud, A. Višnjevac, I. Piantanida, D. Pavlović Saftić, RSC Adv. 2023, 13, 27423–27433. (https://doi.org/10.1039/D3RA05696A)
D. Pavlović Saftić, Ž. Ban, K. Mišković Špoljarić, Lj. Glavaš-Obrovac, B. Žinić, New J. Chem. 2023, 47, 17434–17448. (https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NJ03724J)
M. Leventić, T. Opačak-Bernardi, V. Rastija, J. Matić, D. Pavlović Saftić, Ž. Ban, B. Žinić, Lj. Glavaš-Obrovac, Molecules 2023, 28, 6136. (https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28166136)
P. Petrović, D. Pavlović Saftić, A. Kenđel, S. Miljanić, J. Raman Spectrosc.2023, 1–10. (https://doi.org/10.1002/jrs.6586)
L.-M. Tumir, D. Pavlović Saftić, I. Crnolatac, Ž. Ban, M. Maslać, S. Griesbeck, T. B. Marder, I. Piantanida, Molecules 2023, 28, 4348. (https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28114348)
K. Bednarska-Szczepaniak, A. Mieczkowski, A. Kierozalska, D. Pavlović Saftić, K. Głąbała, T. Przygodzki, L. Stańczyk, K. Karolczak, C. Watała, H. Rao, Z.-G. Gao, K. A. Jacobson, Z. J. Leśnikowski, Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2021, 223, 113607–113631. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113607)
D. Kodr, C. Pinar Yenice, A. Simonova, D. Pavlović Saftić, R. Pohl, V. Sýkorová, M. Ortiz, L. Havran, M. Fojta, Z. J. Leśnikowski, C. K. O’Sullivan, M. Hocek, J. Am. Chem. Soc.2021, 143, 7124–7134. (https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c02222)
J. Matić, M. Jukić, H. Ismaili, D. Saftić, Ž. Ban, T. Tandarić, R. Vianello, T. Opačak-Bernardi, Lj. Glavaš-Obrovac, B. Žinić, Nucleos. Nucleot. Nucl.2021, 40(4), 470–503. (https://doi.org/10.1080/15257770.2021.1896001)
D. Saftić, M. Studzińska, E. Paradowska, I. Piantanida, G. Baranović, M. Białek-Pietras, Z. J. Leśnikowski, Bioorg. Chem.2020, 94, 103466. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioorg.2019.103466)
H. Ismaili, Ž. Ban, J. Matić, D. Saftić, M. Jukić, Lj. Glavaš-Obrovac, B. Žinić, Croat. Chem. Acta2019, 92(2), 269–277. (https://doi.org/10.5562/cca3567)
D. Saftić, Ž. Ban, J. Matić, L.-M. Tumir, I. Piantanida, Curr. Med. Chem.2019, 26(30), 5609–5624. (doi: 10.2174/0929867325666180508090640)
Lj. Glavaš-Obrovac, M. Jukić, K. Mišković, I. Marković, D. Saftić, Ž. Ban, J. Matić, B. Žinić, J. Trace. Elem. Med. Bio.2019, 55, 216–222. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtemb.2017.10.009)
A. Kurutos, I. Orehovec, D. Saftić, L. Horvat, I. Crnolatac, I. Piantanida, T. Deligeorgiev, Dyes Pigments2018, 158, 517–525. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2018.05.035)
R. Kobetić, V. Ključarić, D. Saftić, J. Matić, Ž. Ban, S. Kazazić, B. Žinić, J. Mass. Spectrom. 2018, 53, 655–664. (https://doi.org/10.1002/jms.4197)
D. Saftić, B. Žinić, Lj. Glavaš-Obrovac, M. Studzińska, E. Paradowska, Z. J. Leśnikowski, Nucleos. Nucleot. Nucl.2018, 37, 397–414. (https://doi.org/10.1080/15257770.2018.1485932)
L. Krstulović, D. Saftić, H. Ismaili, M. Bajić, Lj. Glavaš-Obrovac, B. Žinić, Croat. Chem. Acta2017, 90(4), 625–636. (https://doi.org/10.5562/cca3273)
D. Saftić, M. Radić Stojković, B. Žinić, Lj. Glavaš-Obrovac, M. Jukić, I. Piantanida, L.-M. Tumir, New J. Chem. 2017, 41, 13240–13252. (https://doi.org/10.1039/C7NJ02699D)
V. Ključarić, R. Kobetić, J. Rinkovec, S. Kazazić, D. Gembarovski, D. Saftić, J. Matić, Ž. Ban, B. Žinić, J. Mass. Spectrom.2016, 51, 998–1005. (https://doi.org/10.1002/jms.3810)
D. Saftić, R. Vianello, B. Žinić, Eur. J. Org. Chem.2015, 35, 7695–7704. (https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.201501088)
N. Župančić, Ž. Ban, J. Matić, D. Saftić, Lj. Glavaš-Obrovac, B. Žinić, Croat. Chem. Acta2015, 88(1), 43–52. (https://doi.org/10.5562/cca2531)
D. Saftić, B. Žinić, A. Višnjevac, Tetrahedron2012, 68, 1062–1070. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2011.11.086)
M. Cetina, A. Nagl, D. Gašo-Sokač, S. Kovač, V. Bušić, D. Saftić, J. Chem. Crystallogr.2012, 42(7), 752–758. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10870-012-0312-y)

Publications - book chapters

Ostalo

Željka Ban, Dijana Saftić, Nataša Župančić, Irena Nekola, Hamit Ismaili, Biserka Žinić | Application of Click Reactions in the Synthesis of 1, 4-Disubstituted 1, 2, 3-Triazole Conjugates with Ribofuranosides and Reversed Nucleosides (Chapter 3) // Cycloaddition Reactions: Advances in Research and Applications. | New York (NY): Nova Science Publishers, 2019. str. 73-101
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Publications - journal articles

Izvorni znanstveni rad

R. Ricker, D. Pavlović Saftić, S. Lorenzen, J. Schneider, A. Neudert, M. Kalizki, J. Krebs, F. Kerner, A. Friedrich, L. Zapf, N. Schopper, M. Finze, N. Vukadinović, L. Lulić Horvat, I. Piantanida, T. B. Marder | Nickel(0)‐Catalyzed [2+2+2] Cycloadditions of Linked Bisdiynes with Diaryl Alkynes Generates D‐π‐A‐π‐D Bis(arylethynyl)indane‐Based Organic Frameworks as Noncytotoxic Probes for Ds‐DNA/Ds‐RNA // ChemistryEurope, 4 (2026), 4; e202500464, 17. doi: 10.1002/ceur.202500464
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Leventić, Marijana; Matić, Josipa; Pavlović Saftić, Dijana; Ban, Željka; Žinić, Biserka; Glavaš-Obrovac, Ljubica | Molecular Pathways Affected by Sulfonylpurine Derivatives in 2D and 3D HeLa Cell Models // Molecules, 30 (2025), 23; 4659, 16. doi: 10.3390/molecules30234659
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Pavlović Saftić, Dijana; Domínguez-Prieto, Marta; Moisoi, Nicoleta; Lukić, Gea; Lulić Horvat, Lucija; Puzić, Jelena; Sobočanec, Sandra; Pinterić, Marija; Piantanida, Ivo; Brucoli, Federico | Alkyl-aryl styryl-indole dyes as fluorescent imaging and theranostic probes targeting mitochondria // European journal of medicinal chemistry, 297 (2025), 117974, 13. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2025.117974
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Penava, Ana; Marinović, Marina; de Carvalho, Lais Pessanha; Held, Jana; Piantanida, Ivo; Pavlović Saftić, Dijana; Rajić, Zrinka; Perković, Ivana | Towards Novel Antiplasmodial Agents—Design, Synthesis and Antimalarial Activity of Second-Generation β-Carboline/Chloroquine Hybrids // Molecules, 29 (2024), 24; 5991, 30. doi: 10.3390/molecules29245991
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Nikšić-Franjić, Ivana; Pavlović Saftić, Dijana; Smrečki, Vilko; Colasson, Benoit; Reinaud, Olivia; Piantanida, Ivo; Višnjevac, Aleksandar | Transition Metals Coordination by Bis-imidazole-calix[4]arene Ligands with and Without Pyrene Units Grafted at the Large Rim // International journal of molecular sciences, 25 (2024), 20; 11314, 20. doi: 10.3390/ijms252011314
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Pavlović Saftić, Dijana; Krošl Knežević, Ivona; de Lera Garrido, Fernando; Tolosa, Juan; Majhen, Dragomira; Piantanida, Ivo; García Martínez, Joaquín Calixto | Trimeric and Tetrameric Cationic Styryl Dyes as Novel Fluorescence and CD Probes for ds-DNA and ds-RNA // International journal of molecular sciences, 25 (2024), 11; 5724, 17. doi: 10.3390/ijms25115724
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Pavlović Saftić, Dijana; Ricker, Robert; Mentzel, Paul; Krebs, Johannes; Amini, Hashem; Lorenzen, Sabine; Schopper, Nils; Kenđel, Adriana; Miljanić, Snežana; Morvan, Jennifer et al. | Tetracationic bis-triarylborane tetraynes as dual fluorescence and SERS sensors for DNA, RNA and proteins // Microchemical journal, 196 (2024), 109665, 13. doi: 10.1016/j.microc.2023.109665
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Sviben, Igor; Glavaš, Mladena; Erben, Antonija; Bachelart, Thomas; Pavlović Saftić, Dijana; Piantanida, Ivo; Basarić, Nikola | Dipeptides Containing Pyrene and Modified Photochemically Reactive Tyrosine: Noncovalent and Covalent Binding to Polynucleotides // Molecules, 28 (2023), 22; 7533, 16. doi: 10.3390/molecules28227533
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Pavlović Saftić, Dijana; Ban, Željka; Mišković Špoljarić, Katarina; Glavaš-Obrovac, Ljubica; Žinić, Biserka | 1,2,3-Triazole-containing flex-nucleoside analogs and sulfonamido-ribofuranoside conjugates: design, synthesis, and antiproliferative potential // New journal of chemistry, (2023), 47; 17434-17448. doi: 10.1039/d3nj03724
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Petrović, Petra; Pavlović Saftić, Dijana; Kenđel, Adriana; Miljanić, Snežana | SERS evidence of urea-disordered G-quadruplex structure // Journal of Raman spectroscopy, 54 (2023), 10; 1064-1073. doi: 10.1002/jrs.6586
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Leventić, Marijana; Opačak-Bernardi, Teuta; Rastija, Vesna; Matić, Josipa; Pavlović Saftić, Dijana; Ban, Željka; Žinić, Biserka; Glavaš-Obrovac, Ljubica | The Mechanism of Anti-Tumor Activity of 6-Morpholino- and 6-Amino-9-Sulfonylpurine Derivatives on Human Leukemia Cells // Molecules, 28 (2023), 16; 6136, 15. doi: 10.3390/molecules28166136
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Nikšić-Franjić, Ivana; Colasson, Benoit; Reinaud, Olivia; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Piantanida, Ivo; Pavlović Saftić, Dijana | Novel Pyrene-Calix[4]arene Derivatives as Highly Sensitive Sensors for Nucleotides, DNA and RNA // RSC Advances, 13 (2023), 27423-27433. doi: 10.1039/D3RA05696A
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Tumir, Lidija-Marija ; Pavlović Saftić, Dijana ; Crnolatac, Ivo ; Ban, Željka ; Maslać, Matea ; Griesbeck, Stefanie ; Marder, Todd B. ; Piantanida, Ivo | The Nature of the (Oligo/Hetero)Arene Linker Connecting Two Triarylborane Cations Controls Fluorimetric and Circular Dichroism Sensing of Various ds-DNAs and ds-RNAs // Molecules, 28 (2023), 4348, 11. doi: 10.3390/molecules28114348
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Bednarska-Szczepaniak, Katarzyna ; Mieczkowski, Adam ; Kierozalska, Aleksandra ; Pavlović Saftić, Dijana ; Głąbała, Konrad ; Przygodzki, Tomasz ; Stańczyk, Lidia ; Karolczak, Kamil ; Watała, Cezary ; Rao, Harsha et al. | Synthesis and evaluation of adenosine derivatives as A1, A2A, A2B and A3 adenosine receptor ligands containing boron clusters as phenyl isosteres and selective A3 agonists // European journal of medicinal chemistry, 223 (2021), 113607-113631. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113607
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Kodr, David ; Pinar Yenice, Cansu ; Simonova, Anna ; Pavlović Saftić, Dijana ; Pohl, Radek ; Sýkorová, Veronika ; Ortiz, Mayreli ; Havran, Luděk ; Fojta, Miroslav ; Lesnikowski, Zbigniew J. et al. | Carborane- or Metallacarborane-Linked Nucleotides for Redox Labeling. Orthogonal Multipotential Coding of all Four DNA Bases for Electrochemical Analysis and Sequencing // Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143 (2021), 7124-7134. doi: 10.1021/jacs.1c02222
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Matić, Josipa ; Jukić, Marijana ; Ismaili, Hamit ; Saftić, Dijana ; Ban, Željka ; Tandarić, Tana ; Vianello, Robert ; Opačak-Bernardi, Teuta ; Glavaš-Obrovac, Ljubica ; Žinić, Biserka | 6-Morpholino- and 6-amino-9-sulfonylpurine derivatives. Synthesis, computational analysis, and biological activity // Nucleosides, nucleotides & nucleic acids, 40 (2021), 4; 470-503. doi: 10.1080/15257770.2021.1896001
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Saftić, Dijana ; Studzińska, Mirosława ; Paradowska, Edyta ; Piantanida, Ivo ; Baranović, Goran ; Białek-Pietras, Magdalena ; Leśnikowski, Zbigniew J. | Comparative study of the effects of ortho-, meta- and para-carboranes (C2B10H12) on the physicochemical properties, cytotoxicity and antiviral activity of uridine and 2’-deoxyuridine boron cluster conjugates // Bioorganic chemistry, 94 (2020), 103466, 11. doi: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2019.103466
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Ismaili, Hamit ; Ban, Željka ; Matić, Josipa ; Saftić, Dijana ; Jukić, Marijana ; Glavaš-Obrovac, Ljubica ; Žinić, Biserka | An Efficient Synthesis and In vitro Cytostatic Activity of 5-Aminosulfonyl Uracil Derivatives // Croatica chemica acta, 92 (2019), 2; 269-277. doi: 10.5562/cca3567
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Saftić, Dijana ; Ban, Željka ; Matić, Josipa ; Tumir, Lidija-Marija ; Piantanida, Ivo | Conjugates of classical DNA/RNA binder with nucleobase: chemical, biochemical and biomedical applications // Current medicinal chemistry, 26 (2019), 30; 5609-5624. doi: 10.2174/0929867325666180508090640
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Glavaš-Obrovac, Ljubica ; Jukić, Marijana ; Mišković, Katarina ; Marković, Ivana ; Saftić, Dijana ; Ban, Željka ; Matić, Josipa ; Žinić, Biserka | Antiproliferative and proapoptotic activity of molecular copper(II) complex of N-1-tosylcytosine // Journal of trace elements in medicine and biology, 55 (2019), 216-222. doi: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2017.10.009
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Kobetić, Renata ; Ključarić, Valentina ; Saftić, Dijana ; Matić, Josipa ; Ban, Željka ; Kazazić, Snježana ; Žinić, Biserka | The transformation from 2°‐amine to 3°‐amine of cyclam ring alters the fragmentation patterns of 1‐tosylcytosine‐cyclam conjugates // Journal of mass spectrometry, 53 (2018), 655-664. doi: 10.1002/jms.4197
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Saftić, Dijana ; Žinić, Biserka ; Glavaš- Obrovac, Ljubica ; Studzińska, Mirosława ; Paradowska, Edyta ; Leśnikowski, Zbigniew J. | Synthesis and in vitro evaluation of antiviral and cytostatic properties of novel 8-triazolyl acyclovir derivatives // Nucleosides, nucleotides & nucleic acids, 37 (2018), 7; 397-414. doi: 10.1080/15257770.2018.1485932
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Kurutos, Atanas ; Orehovec, Iva ; Saftić, Dijana ; Horvat, Lucija ; Crnolatac, Ivo ; Piantanida, Ivo ; Deligeorgiev, Todor | Cell penetrating, mitochondria targeting multiply charged DABCO-cyanine dyes // Dyes and pigments, 158 (2018), 517-525. doi: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2018.05.035
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Krstulović, Luka ; Saftić, Dijana ; Ismaili, Hamit ; Bajić, Miroslav ; Glavaš-Obrovac, Ljubica ; Žinić, Biserka | Synthesis and In vitro Activity of N- sulfonylamidine-derived Pyrimidine Analogues // Croatica chemica acta, 90 (2017), 4; 625-636. doi: 10.5562/cca3273
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Saftić, Dijana ; Radić Stojković, Marijana ; Žinić, Biserka ; Glavaš-Obrovac, Ljubica ; Jukić, Marijana ; Piantanida, Ivo ; Tumir, Lidija-Marija | Impact of linker between triazolyl-uracil and phenanthridine on recognition of DNA and RNA. Recognition of uracil – containing RNA. // New journal of chemistry, 41 (2017), 22; 13240-13252. doi: 10.1039/C7NJ02699D
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Ključarić, Valentina ; Kobetić, Renata ; Rinkovec, Jasmina ; Kazazić, Snježana ; Gembarovski, Dubravka ; Saftić, Dijana ; Matić, Josipa ; Ban, Željka ; Žinić, Biserka | ESI-MS studies of the non-covalent interactions between biologically important metal ions and N- sulfonylcytosine derivatives // Journal of mass spectrometry, 51 (2016), 11; 998-1005. doi: 10.1002/jms.3810
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Saftić, Dijana ; Vianello, Robert ; Žinić, Biserka | 5-Triazolyluracils and Their N1-Sulfonyl Derivatives: Intriguing Reactivity Differences in the Sulfonation of Triazole N1'-Substituted and N1'-Unsubstituted Uracil Molecules // European journal of organic chemistry, 35 (2015), 7695-7704. doi: 10.1002/ejoc.201501088
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Župančić, Nataša ; Ban, Željka ; Matić, Josipa ; Saftić, Dijana ; Glavaš-Obrovac, Ljubica ; Žinić, Biserka | Synthesis and Biological Activity of Reversed Pyrimidine Nucleosides // Croatica chemica acta, 88 (2015), 1; 43-52. doi: 10.5562/cca2531
doihrcak.srce.hrfulir.irb.hr
Cetina, Mario ; Nagl, Ante ; Gašo-Sokač, Dajana ; Kovač, Spomenka ; Bušić, Valentina ; Saftić, Dijana | Extensive Intramolecular and Intermolecular Interactions in Two Quaternary Salts of the Pyridoxal Oxime // Journal of chemical crystallography, 42 (2012), 7; 752-758. doi: 10.1007/s10870-012-0312-y
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Saftić, Dijana ; Žinić, Biserka ; Višnjevac, Aleksandar | DBU induced formation of 8-bromoguanosine dimer with three hydrogen bonds between the GG- pairs // Tetrahedron, 68 (2012), 4; 1062-1070. doi: 10.1016/j.tet.2011.11.086
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Pregledni rad (znanstveni)

Saftić, Dijana ; Krstulović, Luka ; Bajić, Miroslav ; Žinić, Biserka | 1, 3-Dipolarna cikloadicija (I. dio): Dobivanje 1, 2, 3-triazolnih derivata u nukleozidnoj kemiji // Kemija u industriji : časopis kemičara i tehnologa Hrvatske, 64 (2015), 9-10; 481-498. doi: 10.15255/KUI.2014.020
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Krstulović, Luka ; Saftić, Dijana ; Matić, Josipa ; Bajić, Miroslav ; Žinić, Biserka | 1, 3-Dipolarna cikloadicija (II. dio): Trokomponentne Cu(I) katalizirane klik-reakcije // Kemija u industriji : časopis kemičara i tehnologa Hrvatske, 64 (2015), 9-10; 499-512. doi: 10.15255/KUI.2014.019
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Publications - conference proceedings

Sažetak izlaganja sa skupa

Pavlović Saftić, Dijana; Ban, Željka; Hloušek-Kasun, Andrea; Bertoša, Branimir; Piantanida, Ivo; Barišić, Ivan | Smart biosensor design: harnessing Q-quadruplex and antimicrobial peptides for selective pathogen detection // 29th Croatian Meeting of Chemists and Chemical Engineers and 7th Symposium Vladimir Prelog : Book of abstracts / Vrsalović Presečki, Ana (ur.). | Split: Croatian Chemical Society, 2025. str. 169-169
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Ivošević DeNardis, Nadica; Mišić Radić, Tea; Klacsová, Maria; Uhríková, Daniela; Frkanec, Ruža; Zemła, Joanna, Lekka, Malgorzata; Lukeš, Martin; Prášil, Ondrej; Sebők Nagy, Krysztina; Páli, Tibor et al. | Biocompatible reconstructed marine based vesicles as an alternative drug delivery system // 10th Regional Biophysics Conference & 15th International Summer School of Biophysics : Book of abstracts / Dolanski Babić, Sanja; Dutour Sikirić, Maja; Stepanić, Višnja et al. (ur.). | Split: Hrvatsko Biofizičko Društvo, 2024. str. 28-28
rbc2024.biofizika.hr
Penava, Ana; Marinović, Marina; Pavlović Saftić, Dijana; Piantanida, Ivo; Rajić, Zrinka; Perković, Ivana | Chloroquine/β-carboline hybrids as fluorescence probes for DNA/RNA and proteins // 11th EFMC Young Medicinal Chemists' Symposium : Book of Abstracts. | Rim: European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology, 2024, P139, 249
Petrović, Petra; Pavlović Saftić, Dijana; Kenđel, Adriana; Miljanić, Snežana | Urea-induced disruption of G-Quadruplex structure evidenced by SERS // 8th Faculty of Science PhD Student Symposium: Book of Abstracts / Posarić, Laura; Gmižić, Daria; Ostojić, Tea et al. (ur.). | Zagreb: Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, 2024. str. 34-34
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Pavlović Saftić, Dijana; Nikšić-Franjić, Ivana; Collason, Benoit; Reinaud, Olivia; Višnjevac, Aleksandar; Piantanida, Ivo | PYRENE-ARMED CALIX[4]ARENE DERIVATIVES AS HIGHLY SENSITIVE FLUORESCENT REPORTERS // IX EFMC International Symposium on Advances in Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry: Book of Abstracts / Gademann, Karl; Hartung, Ingo (ur.). | European Federation for Medicinal chemistry and Chemical biology (EFMC), 2023. str. 277-277
Saftić, Dijana ; Glavaš-Obrovac, Ljubica ; Studzińska, Mirosława ; Paradowska, Edyta ; Leśnikowski, Zbigniew J. ; Žinić, Biserka | Synthesis, Anticancer and Antiviral Activity of Novel 8-(4-Substituted-1H-1, 2, 3-triazol-1- yl)purine Derivatives // VII. EFMC International Symposium on Advances in Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry : Abstract Book. | Beč, 2017. str. 322-322
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Saftić, Dijana ; Žinić, Biserka ; Schmuck, Carsten ; Piantanida, Ivo | Fluorophore-5-(1, 2, 3-Triazol-4-yl)uracil Peptides as Selective Fluorescent Sensors for Various DNA/RNA Targets // XXII. International Roundtable On Nucleosides, Nucleotides And Nucleic Acids, Abstract Book. | Pariz, 2016. str. 523-524
Kobetić, Renata ; Ključarić, Valentina ; Matić, Josipa ; Saftić, Dijana ; Ban, Željka ; Žinić, Biserka | Zn2+ interferences with N-Sulfonylpyrimidine derivatives // 24. hrvatski skup kemičara i kemijskih inženjera: knjiga sažetaka / Ukić, Šime; Bolanča, Tomislav (ur.). | Zagreb: Hrvatsko društvo kemijskih inženjera i tehnologa, 2015. str. 186-186
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Saftić, Dijana ; Žinić, Biserka ; Radić Stojković, Marijana ; Tumir, Lidija-Marija ; Piantanida, Ivo | Fluorophore-tagged Nucleobase Derivatives // 24. hrvatski skup kemičara i kemijskih inženjera: knjiga sažetaka / Ukić, Šime; Bolanča, Tomislav (ur.). | Zagreb: Hrvatsko društvo kemijskih inženjera i tehnologa, 2015. str. 148-148
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Matić, Josipa; Ban, Željka; Saftić, Dijana; Žinić, Biserka | Efficient Synthetic Routes for the Preparation of the Oxazolo[3, 2-c]Pyrimidines // Book of abstracts ; P-D4-080. | Istanbul, 2014. str. P-D4-080-P-D4-080
Matić, Josipa ; Saftić, Dijana ; Ban, Željka ; Žinić, Biserka | Synthesis of Nucleobase-Cyclam Conjugates and Transition Metal Complexes // Macrocycles: synthesis, medicinal chemistry and biological activity. | Zagreb, 2014. str. 1-1
Saftić, Dijana ; Matić, Josipa ; Ban, Željka ; Ismaili, Hamit ; Žinić, Biserka | Synthesis of 9-Sulfonylpurine Derivatives and Stability Enhancement with Small Structural Modifications // XXIII. Hrvatski skup kemičara i kemijskih inženjera, Knjiga sažetaka. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko društvo kemijskih inženjera i tehnologa (HDKI), 2013. str. 42-42
Saftić, Dijana ; Glavaš-Obrovac, Ljubica ; Žinić, Biserka | Synthesis of N-1-sulfonyl-5-(1, 2, 3-triazol-4-yl)uracil Derivatives and Evaluation of Their Anticancer Activity // Book of abstracts : XX. International Roundtable on Nucleosides Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids. | Montréal, 2012. str. 46-46
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Saftić, Dijana ; Žinić, Biserka | Synthesis of Novel C-8 Substituted Purine Derivatives - Potential Antiviral Agents // XXII. Hrvatski skup kemičara i kemijskih inženjera, Knjiga sažetaka. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko društvo kemijskih inženjera i tehnologa (HDKI) ; Hrvatsko kemijsko društvo, 2011. str. 187-187
Saftić, Dijana ; Žakić, Željka ; Župančić, Nataša ; Glavaš-Obrovac, Ljubica ; Žinić, Biserka | Synthesis and Biological Activity of Novel Pyrimidine Derivatives // XXI. Hrvatski skup kemičara i kemijskih inženjera, Knjiga sažetaka. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko društvo kemijskih inženjera i tehnologa (HDKI) ; Hrvatsko kemijsko društvo, 2009. str. 104-104
Gašo-Sokač, Dajana ; Kovač, Spomenka ; Bušić, Valentina ; Saftić, Dijana | Kvaternizacija piridoksal-oksima fenacil-halogenidima // XXI. Hrvatski skup kemičara i kemijskih inženjera, Knjiga sažetaka. | Trogir: Hrvatsko društvo kemijskih inženjera i tehnologa (HDKI) ; Hrvatsko kemijsko društvo, 2009. str. 68-68
Cetina, Mario ; Nagl, Ante ; Gašo-Sokač, Dajana ; Saftić, Dijana ; Kovač, Spomenka | Supramolecular structures of two phenacyl pyridoxal oxime derivatives // Eighteenth Croatian-Slovenian Crystallographic Meeting. | Zagreb: Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti (HAZU) ; Hrvatska Kristalografska Zajednica, 2009. str. 32-32
Žakić, Željka ; Saftić, Dijana ; Župančić, Nataša ; Glavaš-Obrovac, Ljubica ; Žinić, Biserka | Synthesis and Bioevaluation of 5-Fluorouracil Derivatives // Znanstveni skup hrvatskog društva za biokemiju i molekularnu biologiju, Knjiga sažetaka. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko društvo za biokemiju i molekularnu biologiju (HDBMB), 2008. str. 142-142

Publications - Conference journals

Sažetak izlaganja sa skupa

Ivošević DeNardis, Nadica; Mišić Radić, Tea; Klacsová, Mária; Uhríková, Daniela; Frkanec, Ruža; Zemła, Joanna; Lekka, Malgorzata; Lukeš, Martin; Prášil, Ondrej; Sebők Nagy, Krisztina et al. | Reconstructed algae-based membrane vesicles: Formation, characterization and potential applications // European biophysics journal, 54, 2025. str. S1-S273. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00249-025-01757-9
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Publications - Conference unpublished

Neobjavljeni prilog sa skupa

Pavlović Saftić, Dijana; Lulić Horvat, Lucija; Puzić, Jelena; Sobočanec, Sandra; Pinterić, Marija; Piantanida, Ivo | Styryl-indole Dyes – Mitochondria-targeting Theranostic Fluorescent Probes // 2nd LUCES GLobal Action Meeting | Zadar, Hrvatska, 28.04.2025-29.04.2025
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Publications - Graded papers

Doktorski rad

Saftić, Dijana | Novi 1, 4-disupstituirani 1, 2, 3-triazolni derivati purinske i pirimidinske serije: Sinteza i biološka evaluacija / Žinić, Biserka (mentor). | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2013

Diplomski rad (sveučilišni)

Lukić, Gea | Fluorescentne boje na bazi stiril-indola kao senzori za različite dvolančane DNA/RNA sekvence / Pavlović Saftić, Dijana (mentor). | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2025
repozitorij.pmf.unizg.hr
Vukadinović, Nina | Simetrični poliini izvedeni iz bis-triarilamina kao fluorescentni senzori za DNA i RNA / Pavlović Saftić, Dijana (mentor). | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2024
repozitorij.pmf.unizg.hr

Membership in professional associations / societies

Croatian Chemical Society (HKD)
Member of COST Action TD1304: The Network for the Biology of Zinc (Zinc-Net)
The alumni society of the chemical engineers and their friends at the University of Zagreb (AMACIZ) and Academic Choir Vladimir Prelog

CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION

The Anton Paar Synthesis Seminar, Anton Paar Croatia d.o.o., Zagreb, Croatia (January, 28, 2020)
Workshop on Molecular modeling organised by Croatian Association for Cancer Research (HDIR), Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia (October 24 – 25, 2019)
1^st ITALIAN-UK Platelet Meeting 2017, Bath, United Kingdom (September 7–8, 2017) (poster)
EFMC-ASMC'17, EFMC International Symposium of Advances in Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry, Vienna, Austria (August 27–31, 2017) (poster)
XXII. International Roundtable on Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France (July 18–22, 2016) (poster)
InnoMol New Platforms for Molecular Solutions in Research and Development Workshop, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia (May 11–12, 2016)
Symposium & Workshop on Microscale Thermophoresis, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia (June 30 - July 01, 2015)
XXIV. Croatian Meeting of Chemists and Chemical Engineers, Zagreb, Croatia (April 21–24, 2015) (posters)
Zn-Net COST Action TD1304, Zn-Net Conference & Workshop˝Measuring Zinc˝, London, United Kingdom (November 03–05, 2014)
InnoMol Bioimaging Workshop, Institute of Physics, Zagreb, Croatia (October 20–22, 2014)
5^th Euchems Chemistry Congress-2014, Istanbul, Turkey (August 31 - September 04, 2014) (poster)
The Royal Society of Chemistry, Biological and Medicinal Chemistry Sector and the Croatian Chemical Society Meeting: ˝Macrocycles: Synthesis, Medicinal Chemistry and Biological Activity˝, Zagreb, Croatia (April 28–29, 2014) (poster)
Zn-Net COST Action TD1304 (member ofWorking Group 1: Chemical Biology), Budapest, Hungary (March 25–26, 2014)
E-WiSPOC 2014 European-Winter School on Physical Organic Chemistry, Bressanone, Italy (February 02–07, 2014) (COST Action CM1005)
XX. International Roundtable on Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids, Montréal, Québec, Canada (August 05–09, 2012) (poster)
XXII. Croatian Meeting of Chemists and Chemical Engineers, Zagreb, Croatia (February 13–16, 2011) (poster)
Cambridge Structural Database Workshop, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia (March 03–04, 2010)
18^th Croatian – Slovenian Crystallographic Meeting, Varaždin, Croatia (June 17–21, 2009)
XXI. Croatian Meeting of Chemists and Chemical Engineers, Split, Croatia (April 19–22, 2009) (posters)
Workshop on the topic of˝Stationary phase of the HPLC and UPLC columns (News in liquid chromatography)˝, Zagreb, Croatia (March 03, 2009)
Mass spectroscopy - Quadrupole UPLC/MS Innovations and Applications, Slovenian-Croatian Waters LC & MS Users' Meeting, Moravske Toplice, Slovenia (November 04–07, 2008)
Congress of the Croatian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology HDBMB 2008, Osijek, Croatia (September 17–20, 2008) (poster)

INVITED TALKS

XXIII. Croatian Meeting of Chemists and Chemical Engineers, Osijek, Croatia (April 21–24, 2013)

SERVICE TO SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY

Committee member and participant of the project - Festival of Science by Young Researchers at RBI, Zagreb, Croatia (2011)
Active participation in the projects related to the promotion of science - Coordination and participation at the Open days RBI, Zagreb, Croatia (2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019), December, 8^th 2022 – lecture devoted to Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022
Coordination and participation at the Festival of Science organized by the University of Zagreb, British Council and the Technical Museum in Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia (2012, 2013)

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