Personal information

Vlatka Čubrić Čurik, PhD.
Assistant Professor (2011)
Department of Animal Science
Hall II, II Floor
tel: +385 01 239 4008
e-mail: vcubric (add @agr.hr)

Teaching

Undergraduate study programme (BSc)

Basics of Animal Breeding and Genetics (co-lecturer)

Graduate study programme (MSc)

Molecular genetics of animals (coordinator)
Variability of Y chromosome and mtDNA (coordinator)
Quantitative Genetics (co-lecturer)
Conservation Genetics (co-lecturer)

Research interests

Laboratory methods for molecular biodiversity
Analysis of molecular- genetic dana
Study of the population of domestic animals and their wild relatives
Study of prion protein gene of the different species of animals
Archaeogenetics and phylogeography

Current projects

2012 - 2013, "Estimation of effective population size and inbreeding from high-throughput genomic information", Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of Republic of Croatia and ARRS (Slovenia).

2011 - 2015, "A collaborative European Network on Rabbit Genome Biology - RGB-Net", EU framework programe COST-TD-1101; http://www.biocomp.unibo.it/rabbit/

Academic qualifications

2009 - Ph.D.

Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
The diversity of sheep prion gene protein of the Croatian coast and islands

2005 - M.Sc.

Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb
Genetic polymorphism of sheep milk proteins

1998 - B.Sc.

Faculty of Agriculture Zagreb
Numerical analysis of level of inbreeding in Croatian simmental Cattle

Training and research experience

September 2001.-January 2002., Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Institute for Animal Genetics, Vienna, Austria , Mathias Muller, Genetic differentiation of sheep breeds in the eastern part of the Alps

September 2000. - January 2001., Institut'L. Spallanzani', Milan, Italy, Feligini M., Enne G. , Milk protein polymorphism in autochthonous Croatian sheep

Employment and work experience

2000 - now

Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

Past projects

2006 - 2009, "Dairy products in mediterranean sheep population: quantification of scrapie  risk" , EU FP6 project (FP6-2005-SME-COLL) acronym RiskScra

2002 – 2005, Correlations between milk production and growth in the breeding Simmental cattle in Croatia, Ministry of Science and Technology, Croatia, Ivan Jurić, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

2002 – 2004, Research and technology development of autochthonous cheese production on family farms, Ministry of Science and Technology, Croatia, Jasmina Lukač Havranek, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

2002 - 2004, Development of cheese brand of Zagrebacka County , County of Zagreb, Croatia, Jasmina Lukač Havranek, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

1996 - 2002, Maintenance and protection of autochthonous dairy products , Ministry of Science and Technology, Croatia, Jasmina Lukač Havranek, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

Other professional activities

2012 - Editorial Bord of the scientific editon Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus

2002 - International Society of Animal Genetics

2002 - Croatian Genetic Society

2010 - Organization of conference, Animal Science Days, Primošten

2000 - Organization of conference, Biodiversity in livestock production in Croatia, HAZU Zagreb, Secretary of conference

Scientific publications

Čubrić Čurik, Vlatka; Atlija, Marina; Šprem, Nikica; Čurik, Ino. Mitochondrial DNA diversity in wild boars from the Istria and Cres Island.  ACS. Agriculturae conspectus scintificus. 76 (2011) , 4; 321-324

Ferenčakovic, Maja; Royo, Luis J.; Pérez-Pardal, Lucia; Čurik, Ino; Fernández, Ivan; Álvarez, Isabel; Čubrić Čurik, Vlatka; Kostelić, Antun; Sprem, Nikica; Krapinec, Kešimir; Goyache, Felix. Genetic characterization of Croatian autochthonous sheep populations : Analysis of mtDNA and Y chromosome 46th Croatian & 6nd International Symposium on Agriculture : book of abstracts

Šprem, Nikica; Treer, Tomislav; Čubrić-Čurik, Vlatka; Florijančić, Tihomir; Jurić, Julija; Čurik, Ino. Microsatellite diversity and population structure of the wild boar in Croatia // VIth European Congress of Mammalogy : Abstract volume / Denys, C. (ur.) Paris : Universite P. et M. Curie, 2011. 104-104

Čačić, Mato; Cubric-Curik, Vlatka; Baban, Mirjana; Barać, Zdravko; Curik, Ino. Use of mitochondrial DNA analyses in verification of the Lipizzan horse pedigree. ACS. Agriculturae conspectus scintificus. 76 (2011) , 4; 365-368

Baumung, Roswitha; Čubrić-Čurik, Vlatka; Schwend, Katharina; Achmann, Roland; Sölkner, Johann: Genetic characterisation and breed assignment in Austrian sheep breeds using microsatellite marker information. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics (ISSN 0931-2668) 123 (2006), 4; 265-271

Čubrić Čurik, Vlatka; Feligini, Maria; Ferenčaković, Maja; Džidić, Alen; Salajpal, Krešimir; Ambriović-Ristov, Andreja; Ćetković, Helena; Majhen, Dragomira; Čurik, Ino: Sequence polymorphism of PrP exon 3 gene in Istrian and crossbred sheep. Italian journal of animal science (ISSN 1594-4077) 8 (2009), S3; 86-88

Karolyi, Danijel; Čubrić-Čurik, Vlatka; Salajpal, Krešimir; Đikić, Marija: The effect of seks and DGAT1 gene polymorphism  on fat deposition traits in simmental beef cattle  Acta veterinaria. 62 (2012) , 1; 91-100

Feligini, M., Frati, S., Cubric Curik, V., Brambilla, A., Parma, P., Curik, I., Greppi G.F. and Enne, G. (2005) Caprine alphas1-Casein Polymorphism: Characterisation of A, B, E and F Variants by Means of Various Biochemical and Molecular Techniques. Food Technol. Biotechnol. 43 (2): 123-132.

Feligini, M., Vlaco, S., Cubric Curik,V., Parma, P., Greppi, G. F. and Enne, G. (2005) A single nucleotide polymorphism in the sheep kappa-casein coding region. Journal Dairy Research.

Feligini, M., Bonizzi, I., Cubric Curik, V., Parma, P., Greppi. G. F. and Giuseppe Enne,(2005), Detection of Adulteration in Italian Mozzarella Cheese Using Mitochondrial DNA Templates as Biomarkers. Food Technol. Biotechnol 43 (1): 91-95.

Kalit, S., Havranek, J., Kapš, M., Perko, B., Cubric-Curik, V. (2005): Proteolysis and optimal ripening time of Tounj cheese. International Dairy Journal, 15 (6-9): 619-624.

Kalit, S., Havranek, J., Kaps, M., Perko, B., Cubric Curik V. (2004): Effects of somatic cell counts (SCC) on cheesemilk composition and yield efficiency of artisanal Tounj cheese. Milchwissenschaft 59, 11/12, 612-615.

Feligini M., Cubric Curik V.,Parma, P., Curik I., Greppi, G. F. & Enne G. (2002). Genetic Polymorphism of kappa-Casein in Italian Goat Breeds: A New ACRS-PCR Designed DNA Test for Discrimination of A and B Alleles. Food Technol. Biotechnol. 40 (4): 293-298.

Cubric Curik V., Feligini M., Lukac Havranek J., Curik I., Enne G. (2002). Genetic Polymorphism of beta-Lactoglobulin in Native Sheep from the Island of Pag. Food Technol. Biotechnol. 40 (1): 75-78.

Croatian Scientific Bibliography (CROSBI)

http://biblio.irb.hr/lista-radova?autor=263164