Dr Marija Medar
Assistant professor
Department of Biology and Ecology Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2 III floor, cabinet no. 20 work
+381-21-485-2673work
marija.medar@dbe.uns.ac.rsINTERNET
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Biographical Info
EDUCATION
- 2014 – present, PhD in Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad
- 2013 – 2014, M.Sc. in Molecular biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad
- 2009 – 2013, B.Sc. in Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad
ACADEMIC, SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL TITLE
- 2018 – present, Teaching assistant for the field of Animal Physiology, Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad
- 2014 – 2018, Research trainee, Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad
TEACHING
- Animal Physiology (Lab exercises)
- Animal Physiology 1 (Lab exercises)
- Comparative Animal Physiology (Lab exercises)
- Basics of molecular and cellular immunology (Lab exercises)
- Endocrinology (Lab exercises)
- Mechanisms of ecological adaptations (Lab exercises)
- Reproductive endocrinology and Reproductive physiology (Lab exercises)
FIELD OF RESEARCH
- Biology
- Animal physiology
- Reproductive endocrinology, cell signaling, mitochondrial biogenesis
SELECTED PROJECTS
- “Mito-Signature: a new prognostic/diagnostic tool to detect male (in) fertility using mitochondrial dynamics markers in spermatozoa” EU4TPOC1593008532, Andric S (PI), Role: Participant, 01.09.2020. – 01.09.2021.
- “Molecular mechanisms and signal transduction pathways involved in regulation of steroidogenesis and adaptation of Leydig cells to disturbed homeostasis”, ON173057, Kostic T (PI), Role: Participant, National Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, 01.01.2011-31.12.2020.
- “The CNG channels in Leydig cell – identification, characterization and functional coupling to testosterone production”, Andric S (PI), Role: Participant, Serbian Academy of Sciences – Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 01.01.2014.-31.12.2020.
SELECTED REFERENCES
- Sokanovic SJ, Baburski AZ , Kojic Z, Medar MLj, Andric SA, Kostic TS (2020) Aging-Related Increase of cGMP Disrupts Mitochondrial Homeostasis in Leydig Cells. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 20: 1–10.
- Sokanovic SJ, Capo I, Medar MLj, Andric SA, Kostic TS (2018). Long-term inhibition of PDE5 ameliorates aging-induced changes in rat testis. Exp. Gerontol 108:139-148.
- Babuski AZ, Medar MLj, Andric SA, Kostic TS (2017). Circadian rhythm patterns of NO cGMP signaling are moderately synchronized by melatonin in testosterone-producing Leydig cells. Biologia Serbica, 39(2):17-24.
