Curriculum vitae

Dr. Lada Lukic-Bilela

E-mail: lukic@uni-mainz.de

Nationality: Croatia

Personal Data:

Place of birth: Belgrade, Yougoslavia
Marital status: Married
Children: Son and daughter
Mother language: Croatian
Languages: English fluent written and spoken, German basic

Education:

1987-1993 Faculty of Natural Sciences and Matematics, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

1993 B.Sc. in Experimental Biomedicine, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Matematics, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The final classification of 9.5 out of a possible 10
1994 B.Sc. in Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The final classification of 9.5 out of a possible 10
1995 Postgraduate studies in Biology (Field: Molecular biology),
Faculty of Natural Sciences and Matematics, University of Zagreb, Croatia The final classification of 5 out of a possible 5
1997 Master of Science in Biology
M.Sc. Thesis: Polyubiquitin genes from marine sponges Sycon raphanus and Suberites domuncula.
(Advisor: Prof. Dr. Vera Gamulin)
15.07.2005 Ph D degree
Ph D Dissertation: The primary structure and phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial genes from the marine sponge Suberites domuncula
(Advisor: Prof. Dr. Vera Gamulin)

Employment:

1993-1994 Teacher of Biology at the Technical School, Sarajevo, Bosnia nad Herzegovina
1994-1995 Laboratory of Tissue Typing, Institute for Transplantation, University Medical Centre, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
1995-1999 Junior assistant in Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Group leader: Prof. Dr. Vera Gamulin
1999-2005 Assistant in Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Group leader: Prof. Dr. Vera Gamulin
Since 2005 Senior Assistant in Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Group leader: Prof. Dr. Vera Gamulin

Present Position:

Since 01/04/ 2006 Postoctoral researcher – Marie Curie Fellowship - 12 months - Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Abteilung Angewandte Molekularbiologie, Mainz Universität, Germany
Group leader: Prof. Dr. Werner E. G. Müller

Meetings and Courses:

1996 Theoretical Course «RNA: Structure and Function», Trieste, Italy
2003 FEBS Advanced Course «Origin and Evolution of Mitochondria and Chloroplasts», Hvar, Croatia

Attended poster sessions:

1996 20th Anniversary Meeting of Croatian Biochemical Society (Zagreb, Croatia)
Lukic L and Gamulin V
Analysis of the ubiquitin genes from the marine sponges (Porifera)
1997 The Sixth Congress of Croatian Biologists (Opatija, Croatia)
Lukic L and Gamulin V
Ubiquitin from the marine sponges Sycon raphanus and Suberites domuncula
1997 2nd Meeting of the Slovenian Biochemical Society with internacional participation (Slovenia, Otocec)
Cetkovic H, Lukic L, Müller WEG and Gamulin V
Phylogeneticaly conserved proteins in marine sponges: molecular proof for the monophyly of metazoan animals (invited lecture)
1998 First Congress of Croatian Genetics with International Participation (Hvar, Croatia)
Lukic L, Wiens M, Müller WEG and Gamulin V
Phylogenetic analysis of ubiquitins (polyubiquitin and ubiquitin extension protein) in marine sponges
1998 40 Years of Molecular Biology in Croatia (Zagreb, Croatia)
Lukic L, Wiens M, Müller WEG and Gamulin V
Ubiquitin genes in marine sponges
2002 1st Croatian Congress on Molecular Life Sciences (Opatija, Croatia)
Lukic-Bilela L and Gamulin V
Partial analysis of the mitochondrial DNA from the marine sponge Suberites domuncula
2003 FEBS Advanced Course «Origin and Evolution of Mitochondria and Chloroplasts» (Hvar, Croatia)
Lukic-Bilela L, Müller WEG and Gamulin V
Sponge Suberites domuncula: mitochondrial genome
2003 8 th Croatian Biological Congress (Zagreb, Croatia)
Lukic-Bilela L, Müller WEG and Gamulin V
Partial DNA sequences of the mitochondrial genome from the marine sponge Suberites domuncula
2003 8th Croatian Biological Congress (Zagreb, Croatia)
Cetkovic H and Lukic-Bilela L
Characterization of HMGB protein from marine sponge Suberites domuncula
2003 45 Years of Molecular Biology in Croatia
50 Years of Double Helix (Zagreb, Croatia)
Lukic-Bilela L, Müller WEG and Gamulin V
Partial DNA sequences of the mitochondrial genome from the marine sponge Suberites domuncula
2005 Second Coongress of Croatian Geneticsts (Supetar, Croatia)
Lukic-Bilela L, Müller WEG and Gamulin V
Mitochondrial genes from the marine sponge Suberites domuncula
2005 Second Coongress of Croatian Geneticsts (Supetar, Croatia)
Cetkovic H, Perina D, Harcet M, Lukic-Bilela L, Müller WEG and Gamulin V
The complete set of ribosomal proteins from the marine sponge Suberites domuncula

List of Publications:

Gamulin V, Lukic L (1998) Structure and evolution of genes encoding polyubiquitin in marine sponges. Molecular Evolution: Towards the Origin of Metazoa / Mueller, Werner E.G. (ur.). Berlin: Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg 141-181

Müller W E G, Müller I M, Lukic L, Cetkovic H, Gamulin V (1998) Monophyly of Metazoa: Sponges as living fossils. Periodicum biologorum 100: 373-382

Wiens M, Lukic L, Müller WEG, Gamulin V (1999) Ubiquitins (polyubiquitin and ubiquitin extension protein) in marine sponges: cDNA sequence and phylogenetic analysis. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 67:43-56

Cetkovic H, Lukic-Bilela L. (2003) HMGB2 protein from marine sponge Suberites domuncula. Food technology and Biotechnology 41:361-365

Harcet M, Lukic-Bilela L, Cetkovic H, Müller WEG, Gamulin V (2005) Identification and analysis of cDNAs encoding two nucleoside diphosphate kinases (NDPK/Nm23) from the marine sponge Suberites domuncula". Croatica Chemica Acta 78:343-348

Perina D, Cetkovic H, Harcet M, Premzl M, Lukic-Bilela L, Müller WEG, Gamulin V (2006) The complete set of ribosomal proteins from the marine sponge Suberites domuncula Gene 366:275-84