Curriculum Vitae
Mr. sc. Tamara Martinović
Date of birth: 24 June 1986Nationality: Croatian
Mailing Address: Radmile Matejcic 2, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Mobile Phone: (00385)981689401
E-mail Address:
EDUCATION
11/2012 Department of Biotechnology, Rijeka University, Croatia
PhD student, Medicinal Chemistry
09/2007 – 06/2009 University Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Master of Science, Biomolecular Sciences.
The language of instruction was English.
09/2004 - 05/2007 University College Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts and Sciences
Major in Science, Minor in History
The language of instruction was English.
09/2000 - 06/2004 “Prva Sušačka Hrvatska Gimnazija” Highschool, Rijeka, Croatia
Graduated top 5% of the class.
WORK EXPERIENCE
11/2012 Department of Biotechnology, Rijeka University, Croatia
Teaching assistant
12/2009 - 04/2012 Radboud University, University Medical Centre St. Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Junior researcher at the Department of Biomolecular chemistry
Research on the fundamental aspects of rheumatoid arthritis under the leadership of Dr. Ger Pruijn.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
12/2009 - 04/2012 Radboud University, University Medical Centre St. Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Junior researcher at the Department of Biomolecular chemistry
Research on the fundamental aspects of rheumatoid arthritis under the leadership of Dr. Ger Pruijn.
08/2011 5th EU Summer School in “Proteomic Basics“, Bressanone, Italy
Attending lectures of esteemed professors in the field of proteomics, participating in workshops and presenting my data through a poster.
10/2008 - 3/2009 University Utrecht, University Medical Centre Utrecht,
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Internship in the Hemato-oncology group of Dr. Tuna Mutis. Study on
The T cell response against DKK1, a tumor associated antigen, in
multiple myeloma patients.
08/2008 Teaching Institute of Public Health, Rijeka, Croatia.
Internship in the Departament of Human Microbiology (testing for
sexually transmitted diseases) and the Departament of Environmental
Microbiology (testing quality of air, water and food).
09/2007 - 6/2008 University Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Internship in the Microbiology group of Prof. Dr. Jan Tommassen. Study on the mechanisms of autotransporter secretion.
05/2007 University Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Practical course on EGF signaling pathway, supervised by Dr. Anje de
Graaf.
09/2000 – 11/2000 Regional competition in Biology, Rijeka, Croatia
Research on the effects of different pollutants on Paramecium, won
second place; presented findings with a poster presentation.
VOLUNTEERING & EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
2007 European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Data collection and processing for the ETSI standard "Dictionary of the voice-controlled devices”
2007 University College Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Member of the Food Advisory Group.
Improved the quality and diversity of food in the campus dining hall.
2001 – 2004 Student Council of the City of Rijeka, Croatia
Organized various humanitarian projects and improved the
student life in Rijeka by lowering public transportation fees for students, coordinating social events, and organizing discussion groups on socials ills in Croatia.
2000 – 2004 Red Cross Organization, Rijeka, Croatia
Volunteer member, fundraising.
PUBLICATIONS
Andjelkovic U, Martinovic T, Josic Dj. Foodomic investigations of food allergies.
Current Opinion in Food Science (2015) 4:92-98
Martinović T, Pavelić K. Stem cells and regenerative medicine: Scientific, political and social aspects.Period biol. (2015) 117:5-10
Pavelić K, Martinović T, Kraljević Pavelić S. Do we understand the personalized medicine paradigm? EMBO Rep. (2015) 16 (2):133-6
Krištafor S, Bistrović A, Plavec J, Makuc D, Martinović T, Kraljević Pavelić S, Raić-MalićS. One-pot click synthesis of 1,2,3-triazole-embedded unsaturated uracil derivatives and hybrids of 1,5- and 2,5-disubstituted tetrazoles and pyrimidines. Tetrahedron Letters (2015) 57 (10)
Wittine K, Poljak K, Kovač M, Makuc D, Plavec J, Balzarini J, Martinović T, Kraljević Pavelić S, Pavelić K, Mintas M.The Novel [4,5-e][1,3]Diazepine-4,8-dione and Acyclic Carbamoyl Imino-Ureido Derivatives of Imidazole: Synthesis, Anti-Viral and Anti-Tumor Activity Evaluations.Molecules(2013) 8:13385-13397
LABORATORY SKILLS
Biochemistry SDS-Page, Western blot, Immunoprecipitation, Immunofluorescence, FACS analysis, MACS sorting, In situ hybridization
Molecular biology Cloning, PCR, reverse transcription, transformation, quick change mutagenesis
Other Cell culture (mammalian and bacterial), light microscopy
IT SKILLS
Standard Office Tools (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, E-mail clients)
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Croatian Mother tongue
English Fluent
Dutch Good
Italian Good