Title: Impact of different mapping tools on detection of small RNAs in bacterial outer membrane vesicles
Bojana Banović Đeri1*, Sofija Nešić1, Ana Pantelić1, Jelena Samardžić1, Dragana Nikolić1
1University of Belgrade, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Laboratory for Plant Molecular Biology, Vojvode Stepe 444a, Belgrade, Serbia
Seven miRNAs potentially included in the chilling response of maize plants in early stages of development
Manja Božić1*, Dragana Ignjatović-Micić1, Nenad Delić1, Marko Mladenović1, Jelena Vančetović1, Bojana Banović Đeri2, Ana Nikolić1
1Maize Research Institute „Zemun Polje“, Slobodana Bajića 1, 11085 Belgrade, Serbia
2Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Vojvode Stepe 444a, 11042 Belgrade, Serbia
Analysis of nucleotide sequence repeats in coronaviruses
S. Kapunac1*, S. Malkov1 , M. Beljanski1, G. Pavlović Lažetić1 , B. Stojanović2, M. Maljković1, A. Veljković1 , N. Mitić1
1Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
2Mathematical Institute SASA, Knez Mihaila 36, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Combined experimental and theoretical study of Type-II toxin-antitoxin system response to antibiotics
Bojana Ilic1, Marko Đorđević2, Hong-Yu Ou3
1Institute of Physics Belgrade, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Serbia
2Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Serbia
3Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Transcriptomic profiling of white blood cells reveals new insights into the molecular mechanisms of thalidomide in children with inflammatory bowel disease
Marianna Lucafò1*, Letizia Pugnetti2, Debora Curci2, Carlotta Bidoli1, Marco Gerdol1, Fulvio Celsi2, Sara Renzo3, Monica Paci3, Sara Lega2, Paolo Lionetti3, Alberto Pallavicini1, Giuliana Decorti2,4, Gabriele Stocco2,4, Matteo Bramuzzo2
1Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, 34127, Italy
2Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste, 34137, Italy
3Gastroenterology and Nutrition Unit, Meyer Children’s Hospital IRCSS, Florence, 50139, Italy
4Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Italy
Energy and information exchange between “donor” and “molecular bridge” structures: non adiabatic polaron model
Dalibor Chevizovich1, Vasilije Matic1*, and Zeljko Przulj1
1 ”Vinča” Institute of Nuclear Sciences, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade P.O.Box 522, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
Integrated relational database of human protein-protein interactions
Bojana Jošić1*, Jovana Kovačević1, Vladimir Perović2, Nevena Veljković2
1Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, Belgrade, Serbia
2Institute of Nuclear Sciences Vinča, University of Belgrade, Mike Petrovića Alasa 12-14, Belgrade, Serbia
In silico pre-selection of β-glucosidase gene for heterologous recombinant expression
Marija Atanaskovic1*, Ivana Moric1, Milos Rokic1, Lidija Senerovic1
1Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Vojvode Stepe 444a, 11042 Belgrade 152, Serbia
Seeking an optimal variant calling pipeline for medical genetics
Yury A. Barbitoff1*, Alexandra Panteleeva1, Alexander V. Predeus1
1Institute of Bioinformatics Research and Education, Belgrade, Serbia
Application of principal component analysis (PCA) and analytical hierarchy process (AHP) in analysis of articulatory characteristics of phonemes of children with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
Danijela Drakulic1*, Marijana Rakonjac2, 3, Goran Cuturilo4, 5, Natasa Kovacevic-Grujicic1, Jelena Kusic-Tisma1, Ivana Moric1, Branka Zukic1, and Milena Stevanovic1,6,7
1Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Vojvode Stepe 444a, 11042 Belgrade 152, Serbia
2Institute for Experimental Phonetics and Speech Pathology, Jovanova 35, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
3Current address: Speech and language pathology center “Logogen”
4University Children’s Hospital, Tirsova 10, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
5Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 8, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
6Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
7Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Kneza Mihaila 35, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Protein structural differences in Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 of two Heterogynis species as a new approach for species delimitation
Marija Vidović1*, Vladislava Galović2
1Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Laboratory for Plant Molecular Biology, University of Belgrade, Vojvode Stepe 444a, Belgrade, Serbia
2University of Novi Sad, Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment (ILFE), Antona Čehova 13, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
In Silico analysis and prediction of novel pharmacogenomic markers of pediatric ALL treatment
Vladimir Gašić1*, Nikola Kotur1, Biljana Stanković1, Đorđe Pavlović1, Marina Jelovac1, Jelena Perić1, Bojan Ristivojević1, Sonja Pavlović1, and Branka Zukić1
1Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Vojvode Stepe 444a, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Efficient bioinformatics workflow for de novo transcriptome assembly of Pelargonium zonale
Dejana Milić1*, Ana Pantelić1, Jelena Samardžić1, Bojana Banović Đeri1, Marija Vidović1
1University of Belgrade, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Laboratory for Plant Molecular Biology, Vojvode Stepe 444a, Belgrade, Serbia
Elongation factor P (-like) protein and polyproline motifs
Marina Parr1*, Alina Sieber2, Prof. Dr. Dmitrij Frishman1 and Dr. Jürgen Lassak2
1Technical University of Munich, Germany
2Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
Mining for the data about glycosylation in the bovines-the analysis of the recently published studies
Anđelo Beletić1*, Ivana Duvnjak Orešković1, Tea Pribić1, and Gordan Lauc1,2
1 Genos Ltd, Glycoscience Research Laboratory, Borongajska cesta 83H, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
2 Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Ante Kovačića 1, 10000 Zagreb
Shotgun metagenomics reveals gut microbiota features associated with the efficacy of myeloid derived suppressor cells in the prevention of neuroinflammation
Marina Bekić2, Nataša Ilić2, Jelena Đokić1, Dušan Radojević1*, Dragana Vučević3, Saša Vasilev2, and Sergej Tomić2
1Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Vojvode Stepe 444a, 11042 Belgrade, Serbia
2Institute for the Application of Nuclear Energy, University of Belgrade, Banatska 31b, 11080 Belgrade, Serbia
3Medical Faculty, Military Medical Academy, Defence University, Crnotravska 17, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Supervised Machine Learning Approach for Prediction of Occult Lymph Node Metastasis in T1-T2 Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
Marina Popović Krneta1*, Nemanja Krajčinović2, Zoran Bukumirić3, and Miljana Tanić4,5
1Department of nuclear medicine, Institute for oncology and radiology of Serbia, Pasterova 14, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
2Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 6, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
3Institute of Medical Statistics and Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotića 8, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
4Department of Experimental Oncology, Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia, Pasterova 14, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
5UCL Cancer Institute, 72 Huntley St London WC1E 6DD, United Kingdom
Exploring Changes in Diagnoses during the COVID-19 Era: Comparative Analysis
Despina Misheva1*, Marija Stojcheva1, Hana Hasanicaj1, Ana Mladenovska1, Jovana Dobreva1, Mary Lucas2, Irena Vodenska3, Lou Chitkushev2, Dimitar Trajanov1,2
1 Faculty of Computer Science & Engineering, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Rudzer Boshkovikj 16, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia
2 CH- Boston, MA, US
3 Administrative Sciences Department, Metropolitan College, Boston University – Boston, MA, US
Evaluation of variant calling tools for detection of SNVs in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in patients from the Institute of Oncology and Radiology of Serbia
Isidora Pantović1, Katarina Živić1, Ivana Boljević1, Milica Nedeljković1, Radmila Janković1, Miljana Tanić1
1Institute of Oncology and Radiology of Serbia, Pasterova 14, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Determinants of CRISPR array non-canonical adaptation mechanism
Marko Tumbas1* and Marko Đorđević1
1Quantitative Biology Group, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Metagenomic Analysis of Bacterial Community and Isolation of Representative Strains from Vranjska Banja Hot Spring, Serbia
Jovana Curcic1*, Danka Matijasevic1, Nemanja Stanisavljevic1, Srdjan Tasic2, Milan Kojic1, and Milka Malesevic1
1Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia
2College of Applied Technical Sciences Nis, Nis, Serbia
Root colonization ability of herbicide-resistant PGP bacteria evaluated by 16S rRNA metabarcoding
Cristina Bez1, Ivana Galic2*, Iris Bertani1, Nada Stankovic2, Vittorio Venturi1
1International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Padriciano 99, 34149 Trieste, Italy
2Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Vojvode Stepe 444a, 11042 Belgrade, Serbia
De novo Genome Assembly of Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) Insights into the Molecular Basis of its Nutritional Properties
M. Aydin Akbudak1* and Ali Tevfik Uncu2
1Akdeniz University, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Antalya, Turkiye
2Necmettin Erbakan University, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Konya, Turkiye
Analysis of Long COVID Phenotypes and their Impact on Mental Health and Daily Functioning: Insights from Twitter
Marko Markovikj1, Jovana Dobreva1*, Mary Lucas2, Irena Vodenska3, Lou Chitkushev2, Dimitar Trajanov1,2
1Faculty of Computer Science & Engineering, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Rudzer Boshkovikj 16, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia
2Computer Sciences Department, Metropolitan College, Boston University – Boston, MA, US
3Administrative Sciences Department, Metropolitan College, Boston University – Boston, MA, US
The use of tryptic food protein digests data in public proteomic repositories to assess the effects of chemical and post-translational modifications on digestion outcomes
Ivana Prodić1*, Teodora Đukić2, Vesna Jovanović3, Katarina Smiljanić3
1Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Vojvode Stepe 444a, 11042 Belgrade, Serbia
2University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical Chemistry, Višegradska 26, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
3University of Belgrade – Faculty of Chemistry, Center of Excellence for Molecular Food Sciences & Department of Biochemistry, Serbia;
Genetic Complexity and Synteny Analysis of Castanea Genomes: Unveiling the Significance of Chestnut Species in Ecological and Genomic Perspectives
Ali Tevfik Uncu1 and M. Aydin Akbudak2*
1N. Erbakan University, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Konya, Turkiye
2Akdeniz University, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Antalya, Turkiye
Potentially relevant variants of unknown significance in NGS-tested patients with suspected skeletal dysplasia
Marija Mijovic1*, Goran Cuturilo1,2, Jelena Ruml Stojanovic1, Aleksandra Miletic1, Brankica Bosankic1, Hristina Petrovic1, Bojana Vasic1, and Nadja Vukasinovic1
1University Children’s Hospital, Department of Clinical Genetics, Belgrade, Serbia
2Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Comparative study of in silico protein design techniques
Ivan Tanasijević1*, Branka Rakić1
1Institute for Artificial Intelligence R&D, Fruskogorska 1, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Pathway analysis of CD8+ T cell transcriptome in glioblastoma patients reveales multiple sclerosis signaling pathway as the top rated upregulated disease pathway in tumor infiltrating cells
Milan Stefanović1*, Ivan Jovanović1, Aleksandra Stanković1 and Maja Živković1
1Institute for nuclear sciences ’’Vinča’’, National institite of the Republic of Serbia, Laboratory for radiobiology and molecular genetics, Mike Petrovića Alasa 12-14, 11351 Vinča, Beograd, Srbija
Genomic Surveillance and Phylogenetic Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Variants in Serbia: Insights into Evolutionary Dynamics and Genetic Diversity
Mirjana Novkovic1*, Bojana Banovic Djeri1, Sasa Todorovic1, and Valentina Djordjevic1
1Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering University of Belgrade, Vojvode Stepe 444a, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Data mining for long-non coding RNAs deregulated in colon cancer through analysis of Gene Expression Omnibus database
Iva Pruner1*, and Aleksandra Nikolic1
1Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering,University of Belgrade, Vojvode Stepe 444a, 11042 Belgrade, Serbia
Groundwater and soil as a reservoir for polyurethane-degrading bacteria
Milica Ciric1*, Brana Pantelic1, Vladimir Šaraba1, and Jasmina Nikodinovic-Runic1
1Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Vojvode Stepe 444a
11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Machine learning-based data correlation between scanning electron microscopy images and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy profiles
Ahmed Musa1,2, Baeckkyoung Sung1,3*, Leon Abelmann4
1Biosensor Group, KIST Europe Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
2Department of Computer Science, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
3Division of Energy & Environment Technology, University of Science & Technology (UST), Daejeon 34113, South Korea
4Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics & Computer Science, Delft University of Technology, 2628 CD Delft, the Netherlands
Developing bioinformatics pipeline for processing environmental DNA metabarcoding sequencing data
Iva Sabolić1*, Lucija Markulin1, Teja Petra Muha2, Barbara Jenko2, Uršula Prosenc Zmrzljak2
1eDNA Labs, Labena d.o.o., Jaruščica 7, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
2BIA Separations CRO, Labena d.o.o., Teslova ulica 30, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Methodology, performance and retrainability survey of intrinsic disorder predictors
Nevena Ćirić1*, Jovana Kovačević1
1Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
PACSIN2 modifies miRNAs in extracellular vesicles, modulating thiopurine response
Alessia Norbedo1*, Marianna Lucafò1, Carlotta Bidoli1, Marco Gerdol1, Metka Lenassi2, Giuliana Decorti1,3, Gabriele Stocco1
1University of Trieste, Department of Life Science Trieste, Italy
2University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry, VrazovTrg 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
3Institute for Maternal and Child Health I.R.C.C.S. Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy
Profiling Pre-Replication Complex Mutations in Cancer
Jelena Kusic Tisma1*, Marija Orlic Milacic2, Quang Trinh2, Rhea Ahluwalia2,3, Lincoln D. Stein2,3
1Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Vojvode Stepe 444a, Belgrade, Serbia
2Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, 661 University Avenue, Suite 510, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5G 0A3
3Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Medical Science Building, Room 4386, 1 King’s College Circle, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5S 1A8
Possible role of estrogen metabolism and aldo-keto reductase activity in chemoresistance of ovarian cancer
Nika Marolt1, Andrew Walakira1, Tadeja Režen1, Damjana Rozman1 and Tea Lanišnik Rižner1
1Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Two contrasting late embryogenesis abounded protein family groups of Ramonda serbica Panc.
Ana Pantelić1*, Strahinja Stevanović1, Sonja Milić Komić2, Nataša Kilibarda3 and Marija Vidović1
1Laboratory for Plant Molecular Biology, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Vojvode Stepe 444a, 11042 Belgrade, Serbia
2Department of Life Science, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade, Kneza Višeslava 1, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
3Department of Pharmacy, Singidunum University, Danijelova 32, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Deciphering the reward-related impulsivity domains in rats: The big data study of historical control
Jovana Aranđelović1*, Kristina Mirković1, Jana Kojić1, Miroslav Savić1
1Faculty of pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Vojvode Stepe 450, Belgrade, Serbia
Genome-wide association analysis for severe COVID-19 in Serbian population
Marko Zecevic1,2, Nikola Kotur1*, Bojan Ristivojevic1, Vladimir Gasic1, Branka Zukic1, Sonja Pavlovic1 and Biljana Stankovic1
1Laboratory for Molecular Biomedicine, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
2Seven Bridges, Boston, MA, United States
Transcriptome analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa after MhqO dioxygenase treatment
Andjela Djokic1*, Ivana Moric1, Lidija Senerovic1 and Lidija Djokic1
1Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Vojvode Stepe 444a, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Numerical and Biological Modeling Approach in the Analysis of the Cancer Viability and Apoptosis
Katarina Virijević1,5*, Marko Živanović1, Marina Gazdić Janković2, Amra Ramović Hamzagić2, Nevena Milivojević1, Katarina Pecić1, Dragana Šeklić1, Milena Jovanović3, Nikolina Kastratović2, Ana Mirić1, Tijana Đukić1, Ivica Petrović2, Vladimir Jurišić2, Biljana Ljujić2, Nenad Filipović4,5
1Institute for Information Technologies Kragujevac University of Kragujevac Jovana Cvijića bb 34000 Kragujevac Serbia
2Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Svetozara Markovića 69, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
3Faculty of Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Radoja Domanovića 12, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
4Faculty of Engineering, University of Kragujevac, Sestre Janjić 6, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
5Bioengineering Research and Development Center (BioIRC), Prvoslava Stojanovica 6, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
Computer analysis of glioma gene network structure
Iarema P.O.1, Turkina V.A.1, Mayorova A.A.1, Orlov Y.L.1*
1I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)
Different approaches in microRNA analysis
Barbara Jenko Bizjan1, 2*, Bine Stančič1, Iva Sabolić3, Maja Štalekar1 and Uršula Prosenc Zmrzljak1
1BIA Separations CRO, Labena d.o.o., Ljubljana, Slovenia
2Clinical Institute of Special Laboratory Diagnostics, University Children’s Hospital, UMC, Ljubljana, Slovenia
3eDNA labs, Labena d.o.o., Zagreb, Croatia
The past, the present, and the future of RNA secondary structure prediction
Lazar Vasović1
1Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Evaluating ND1 and Cytb mitochondrial genes as markers for diversity analysis of protected White-tailed eagle species from Serbia
Slobodan Davidovic1*, Milica Stanković1, Pavle Erić1, Katarina Erić1, Aleksandra Patenković1 and Marija Tanasković1
1Department of Genetics of Populations and Ecogenotoxicology, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković” – National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Bulevar Despota Stefana 142, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia.
