Prof. Snježana Kereša, PhD

• 1998 - 2002: Ph. D.
  Genetic transformation of tobacco and potato plants for insect resistance using analogues of the squash trypsin inhibitor gene
• 1994 - 1997: M.Sc.
  Cloning of PFTI gene and twelve synthetic CSTI variants
• 1990 - 1994: Mag. ing. agr.
  Callognesis of in vitro cultivated mature embryos of maize (Zea mays L.)

• 1994 - : University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
  2020. Full Professor
  2014. Professor
  2009. Associate Professor
  2005. Assistant Professor
  2002. Senior Assistant
  1998. Assistant
  1995. Junior Assistant

• Oplemenjivanje vrtlarskih kultura (144320)
• Biotehnologija u oplemenjivanju bilja (173302)
• Genetika u oplemenjivanju bilja (173770)
• Oplemenjivanje na otpornost na štetočinje i abiotske stresove (144321)
• Biljna genetika (144318)
• Biljna biotehnologija (87430)
• Genetika (64674)
• Poljoprivreda i okoliš (116376)
• Genetske modifikacije energetskih kultura (198004)
• Genetika (211378)
• Plant Biotechnology (159810)

• Plant biotechnology
• Viruses elimination from plants using in vitro culture techniques
• Micropropagation of fruit, vegetable and ornamental species
• Somatic embryogenesis
• Somaclonal variations for resistance to abiotic stresses

• 2006/10/16 - 2006/10/20: FAO and COMENIUS, Prague (Check Republic) (expert)
  Workshop "Utilization and management of biotechnology in crop production-focus on genetically modified (GM) maize"
• 2004/04/12 - 2004/04/24: University of Hohenheim, Germany (teaching)
  Stay at University of Hohenheim in the frame of Tempus project "Reform of Agriculture Studies in Croatia (JEP 17108)"
• 2004/03/21 - 2004/03/26: BOKU, Vienna, Austria (teaching)
  Stay at University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU) in the frame of Tempus project "Reform of Agriculture Studies in Croatia (JEP 17108)"
• 2000/03/31 - 2000/03/31: International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, AREA Science Park, Trieste (Italy) (expert)
  Workshop „Biosafety 1. Science and Policy in Risk Assesment of Transgenic Organisms: A case Study Approach“
• 1998/06/15 - 1999/06/15: University of Udine, DiSA (Italy) (scientific)
  Genetic modifications of tobacco and potato for insect resistance; research experiments for doctoral thesis guided by Prof. S. Marchetti
• 1996/08/01 - 1997/02/28: University of Udine, DiSA (Italy) (scientific)
  Synthesis and cloning of proteinase mini-inhibitor genes for insect resistance; research experiments for master's thesis guided by Prof. S. Marchetti
• 1996/06/01 - 1996/07/31: University of Trieste, BBCM (Italy) (scientific)
  Cloning of synthetic genes coding for peptide with inhibitory activity against serin- and cistein proteases

scientific

Title	Funding	Duration	AFZ role
Integrativna analiza signalnih puteva fitohormona uključenih u odgovor biljaka krumpira na infekciju viroidom vretenastoga gomolja krumpira (PotatoSignalHub)	Croatian science foundation	2020/03/01 - 2024/04/29	partner
Agrobioraznolikost - osnova za prilagodbu i ublažavanje posljedica klimatskih promjena u poljoprivredi	Operativni program „Konkurentnost i kohezija 2014.-2020.“ Europski fond za regionalni razvoj (ERDF), Ministarstvo zaštite okoliša i energetike i Fond za zaštitu okoliša i energetsku učinkovitost	2019/12/20 - 2022/12/20	partner
Razvoj germplazme pšenice (Triticum aestivum L.) otporne na sušu	MZOS	2017/01/01 - 2019/12/31	coordinator
Procjena genetske adaptabilnosti hrvatskog sortimenta kukuruza i soje u funkciji oplemenjivanja prema tolerantnosti na sušu	Croatian science foundation	2017/04/01 - 2019/04/01	coordinator
Razvoj metoda mikrorazmnožavanja i uvođenje u hortikulturu endemičnih perunika	MZOS	2007/01/01 - 2013/12/31	coordinator

expert

Title	Funding	Duration	AFZ role
Nacionalni program očuvanja i održive uporabe biljnih genetskih izvora za hranu i poljoprivredu u Republici Hrvatskoj (2017-2020)	Suradnja s tijelima uprave	2018/01/31 - 2020/12/31	coordinator
Revitalizacija proizvodnje češnjaka u Zadarskoj županiji	Suradnja s tijelima uprave	2015/04/22 - 2015/11/30	coordinator
Revitalizacija proizvodnje češnjaka u Zadrskoj županiji	Suradnja s tijelima uprave	2014/05/21 - 2014/12/31	contractor

development

Title	Funding	Duration	AFZ role
Očuvanje, održivo korištenje i razvoj genetskih izvora u poljoprivredi	Europski poljoprivredni fond za ruralni razvoj 85%, Republika Hrvatska 15%	2018/01/01 - 2021/12/31	coordinator

teaching

Title	Funding	Duration	AFZ role
Unapređenje stručne prakse na preddiplomskim i diplomskim studijima Agronomskog fakulteta	Europski socijalni fond	2020/03/09 - 2023/03/09	coordinator

university support

Title	Funding	Duration	AFZ role
Revitalizacija, selekcija i mikropropagacija poljoprivrednih kultura za održivi i ekološki uzgoj	Sveučilište u Zagrebu	2017/01/01 - 2017/12/31	coordinator
Procjena prirodne i inducirane varijabilnosti kod poljoprivrednih i aromatičnih vrsta	Sveučilište u Zagrebu	2016/01/01 - 2016/12/31	coordinator
Mikropropagacija kapara te poboljšanje genetske osnove pšenice i duhana	Sveučilište u Zagrebu	2015/01/01 - 2015/12/31	coordinator
Evaluacija genotipova pšenice tolerantnih na sušu, molekularna karakterizacija virusa smokve i mikropropagacija aromatičnih vrsta	Sveučilište u Zagrebu	2014/01/01 - 2014/12/31	coordinator
Razvoj genetske varijabilnosti pšenice na abiotski stres, epigenska varijabilnost među populacijama crvene djeteline i samaklonovima pšenice i mikropropagacija ukrasnih vrsta	Sveučilište u Zagrebu	2013/10/01 - 2014/06/30	coordinator

• Kereša S., Vončina D., Lazarević B., Bošnjak Mihovilović A, Pospišil M, Brčić M., Matković Stanković A., Habuš Jerčić I. (2022) Partial Elimination of Viruses from Traditional Potato Cultivar ‘Brinjak’ by Chemotherapy and Its Impact on Physiology and Yield Components. Horticulturae, 8(11): 1013, 15
• Kereša S., Kurtović K., Goreta Ban S., Vončina D., Habuš Jerčić I., Bolarić S., Lazarević B., Godena S., Ban D., Bošnjak Mihovilović A. (2021) Production of Virus-Free Garlic Plants through Somatic Embryogenesis. Agronomy, 11(5): 876, 13
• Kereša S., Stanković D., Batelja Lodeta K., Habuš Jerčić I., Bolarić S., Barić M., Bošnjak Mihovilović A. (2019) Efficient Protocol for the In Vitro Plantlet Production of Caper (Capparis orientalis Veill.) from the East Adriatic Coast. Agronomy, 9(6): 303, 11.
• Bošnjak Mihovilović A., Barić M., Bolarić S., Safner T., Ćurković-Perica M., Mitić B., Bohanec B., Habuš Jerčić I., Kereša, Snježana (2019). Plant regeneration and clonal fidelity assessment of subendemic species Iris illyrica Tomm. originated from Croatia. Journal of central European agriculture, 20(1): 415-430.
• Batelja Lodeta K., Vujević B., Žanetić M., Gugić J., Očić, V., Šakić Bobić B., Benčić Đ., Bošnjak Mihovilović A., Habuš Jerčić I., Čmelik Z., Kereša S. (2019). Evaluation of morphological and chemical characteristics and micropropagation of traditionally grown domesticated apple varieties in Croatia. Journal of Central European agriculture, 20(1): 274-291.
• Kereša S., Mihovilović Bošnjak A., Barić M., Habuš Jerčić I., Šarčević H., Biško A. (2012). Efficient axillary shoot proliferation and in vitro rooting of apple cv. "Topaz". Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 40(1): 113-118.

Bibliography (CROSBI): https://bib.irb.hr/lista-radova?autor=207772

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7WxUtWkAAAAJ&hl=hr

• 2008 - 2017: Member of the Council for Genetically Modified Organisms
• 2008 - 2020: Member of the Working Group for the registration of varieties of cereal crops
• 2010 - 2012: President of the Ethics Committee, University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
• 2006 - 2017: Member of the Faculty Council, University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
• 2002 - 2004: Member of Menagement Board of the Croatian Genetic Society