Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd
Department of Biochemistry
Phone: 011-3336657, 011-3336721
Phone (local): 657, 721
Office: 420
Laboratory: 421
E-mail: polovicn@chem.bg.ac.rs
Personal data
Born in Podgorica at 16. 4. 1979. Finished primary and secondary school in Bar.
Education and qualifications
1998-2002: Undergraduate studies - Chemistry / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)
2005: Master of science studies - Chemistry / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)
2008: Doctoral academic (PhD) studies - Chemistry / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)
2008-2009: Postdoctoral studies - Medicine / Karolinska Institutet (Stockholm, Sweden)
History of employment
2006-2010: Assistant / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)
2010-2016: Assistant professor / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)
2016-2021: Associate professor / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)
2021: Full professor / University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (Belgrade, Serbia)
Scientific interest
Identification, izolation, clonning, production, and characterization of proteins, protein biophysics. Amyloids. Protein denaturation; protein and RNA folding; protein and RNA-ligand interactions.
Awards and merits
2003: Kostic fund prize for extrodinary diploma work
2005: EAACI and GA2LEN Fellowship Award
2006: Best poster prize
XXV EAACI Congress, Vienna.Austria
2007: Best poster prize
XXVI EAACI Congress; Goteborg; Sweden
2008: IUPAC poster prize
46. Congress of the Serbian Chemical Society
2008: Best poster prize
XXVII EAACI Congress; Barcelona, Spain
2008: Djarmanovic fund and Royal Swedish Academy stipend
2009: Postdoc stipend. Ministry of Science and Technological Developement
2009: EAACI and GA2LEN Fellowship Award
2010: Abstract winner
XXVIII EAACI Congress, London, UK
Other activities
Member of Serbian Chemical Society from 2002.
Member of Serbian Biochemical Society from 2003.
Member of the Committee for Self-evaluation from November 9, 2017 till October 8, 2020.
Member of the Committee for Exams Recognition from January 18, 2018 till January 14, 2021.
Chairman of the Board of the Faculty of Chemistry from December 24, 2019.
Member of the Committee for Self-evaluation from October 8, 2020.
Member of the Committee for Exams Recognition from January 14, 2021.
Member of the Ethical Committee for Use of Human Biological Matherial in Research from July 12, 2021.
Functional amyloids for application in biotechnology, Serbia-Slovenia bilateral project 337-00-21/2020-09/27, 2021-22
Advanced Trends in Education and Research of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology of Macromolecules, CEEPUS RS-1310, 2018-
Survey for antimicrobials effective against carbapenem resistant gram negative bacteria, CRP/SRB15-02 (collaboration with prof. dr Branko Jovcic). ICGEB; 2016-2018
Microbial cell surface determinants of virulence as targets for new therapeutics in Cystic Fibrosis, COST Action BM1003, 2010-2014
National project, 172049, 2010-2019; National project, 142020, 2005-2010; Design of a new chimeric protein for applications in specific immunotherapy of allergy to cat. EAACI, 2006
Development of novel allergy vaccines by molecular breeding. EAACI, 2009-2010.
Educational activities
- Biochemistry of Proteins and Nucleic Acids (401B2)
- Biochemistry (409H2)
- Protein Folding and Misfolding (437B2)
- Biochemistry and Biophysics of Macromolecules (453B2)
- Trends in Biochemistry of Macromolecules (472B2)
Participation in research projects
Finished projects:
- 2011: Allergens, antibodies, enzymes and small physiologically relevant molecules: design, structure, function and significance – 172049
project type: National Fundamental Research Projects
project is funded by: Ministry of Science and Technological Development (Belgrade, Serbia)
Author identification numbers
- ORCID: 0000-0002-9127-2014
- ResearcherID: O-9711-2016
- Scopus: 21834941600
- Faculty of Chemistry Repository Cherry
Representative references
Knjige i revijalni radovi / Books and reviews:
- Natalija Polović, „Osnove biohemije“, 2021, Hemijski fakultet, Univerzitet u Beogradu, ISBN: 978-86-7220-106-2
- Ratko M Jankov, Marija Gavrović-Jankulović, Tanja Ćirković Veličković, Olgica Nedić, Zoran Vujčić, Natalija Polović, ²Praktikum iz Imunohemije² 2005, Hemijski fakultet, Univerzitet u Beogradu, ISBN 86-7220-022-5
- R. Jankov, N. Polović, T. Ćirković Veličković, “Praktikum – Hemija prirodnih proizvoda”, 2006, Hemijski fakultet, Univerzitet u Beogradu, ISBN: 86-7220-028-4
- Mucić, G., Rašković, B., Polović, N. Characterization of novel collagenolytic proteases (2017) Methods in Molecular Biology, 1626, pp. 71-78, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7111-4_7
- Jankovic, B.G., Polovic, N.D. The protein folding problem (2017) Biologica Serbica, 39, pp. 105-111, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.827151
- Polovic, N., Velickovic, T.C. Novel formulations for oral allergen vaccination (2008) Recent Patents on Inflammation and Allergy Drug Discovery, 2 (3), pp. 215-221, https://doi.org/10.2174/187221308786241956
Izabrani radovi / Selected papers:
- Milošević, J., Janković, B., Prodanović, R., Polović, N. On the Protein Fibrillation Pathway: Oligomer Intermediates Detection Using ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy (2021) Molecules,26(4), 970; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26040970