Mirna Mrkonjić Fuka

 

Personal information

Mirna Mrkonjić Fuka, PhD
Department of Microbiology
Building 2, Floor 1
tel: +385 01 239 4034
e-mail: mfuka (add @agr.hr)

Teaching

Undergraduate study programme (B.Sc.)

Basics of Biological Soil Fertility (collaborator)
Introduction to Soil Microbiology (collaborator)
Introduction to General Microbiology (collaborator)

Graduate study programme (M.Sc.)

Microbial biotechnology in animal  husbandry (collaborator)
Microbial Diversity of Natural and Anthropogenic Ecosystems (collaborator)
Microbial Ecology (collaborator)
Methods in microbial ecology (collaborator)
Molecular microbiology (collaborator)

Research interests

Food microbiology
Functional and structural diversity of microbial communities
Molecular markers and microbial phylogenetics
Microbial ecology
Application and development of molecular tools to study in situ microbial diversity

Current projects

2010 – 2012, Characterization and Tracking the origin of specific features of traditional cheeses in Western Balkan Regions, See-Era. Net Plus Joint Call, Coordinator: Jasmina Havranek

2007. - 2012., Microbiological quality control of autochthonous soft and hard sheep cheeses, Croatian ministry of science, education and sport, Coordinator: Sulejman Redžepović

Academic qualifications

2007. - Ph.D.

Technical University Munich, Germany
Structural and functional diversity of proteolytic genes in an arable field

2002. - B.Sc.

Faculty of science, University of Zagreb
Investigation of Black Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla pratensis subs. nigricans) at Ravna Gora in Hrvatsko Zagorje

Training and research experience

2008. - 2009., Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, Research unit environmental genomics, Investigation of functional and structural diversity of microbial communities in Istrian cheese

2006., Faculty of Biotechnology, Slovenia, Investigation of seasonal diversity of bacterial and archeal community in Ljubljana marsh

2003 – 2006, Technical University Munich, Germany, Investigation of structural and functional diversity of proteolytic bacteria in an arable field

2001., GSF- National Research Center for Environment, IBOE- Institute for Soil Ecology, Functional microbiology of nutrient transformation in soil. Investigation of microbial diversity in a methanotrophic filter

1999. - 2001., Faculty of Science University of Zagreb, Investigation of habitat of Pulsatilla pratensis subsp. nigricans at Ravna Gora in Hrvatsko Zagorje

Employment and work experience

2007. - now

Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

2006.

Faculty of Biotechnology, Slovenia

2003. - 2006.

Technical University Munich, GSF National Research Center for Environment, IBOE- Institute for Soil Ecology, Germany

Past projects

2006., 3211-05-00183 COOT RR 2.5: Ecoremediation potential of Ljubljana marsh - a natural purifying plant for soil and water, Coordinator: Ines-Mandić Mulec, Faculty of Biotechnology, Slovenia

2002. - 2005., DFG, (MU 831/13-1/2) Detection and quantification of proteolytic activities in soils, Coordinator: Michael Schloter/Jean Charles Munch, GSF- National Research Center for Environment, IBOE- Institute for Soil Ecology, Technical University Munich

2001., HGF, Strategiefond III Soil Functions, Michael Schloter, GSF- National Research Center for Environment, IBOE- Institute for Soil Ecology

Other professional activities

The Croatian society of soil science- member

Croatian microbiological society - member

Croatian Dairy Union-member

Grants and awards

2008, Research grant for Doctoral Candidates ,Young Scientists & Academics (DAAD-German Academic Exchange Service)
2011, Annual award of The society for young scientist and artists for the year 2010 (The society of university teachers, scholars and other scientists in Zagreb)

Scientific publications

S. Sharma, V. Radl, B. Hai, K. Kloos, M. Mrkonjic Fuka, M. Engel, K. Schauss and M. Schloter (2007). Quantification of functional genes from procaryotes in soil by PCR. Journal of Microbiological Methods 68, 445-452.

M. Mrkonjic Fuka, M. Engel, A. Gattinger, U. Bausenwein, M. Sommer, J. C. Munch and M. Schloter (2008): Factors influencing variability of proteolytic genes and activities in arable soils. Soil biology and Biochemistry 40, 1646-1653.

Stres, B., Danevčić, T., Pal, L., Mrkonjic Fuka, M., Resman, L., Leskovec, S., Hacin, J., Stopar, D., Mahne, I., Mandic-Mulec, I. (2008): The influence of seasonal extremes on bacterial, archaeal and denitrifying microbial communities in drained fen grassland soils. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 66, 1; 110-122

M. Mrkonjic Fuka, M. Engel, F. Haesler, G. Welzl, J.C. Munch, M. Schloter (2008): Diversity of proteolytic community encoding for subtilisin in an arable field: spatial and temporal variability. Biology and fertility of soils. 45; 185-191

M. Mrkonjic Fuka, M. Engel, A. Hagn, J. C. Munch, M. Sommer, and M. Schloter (2009): Changes of diversity pattern of proteolytic bacteria over time and space in an agricultural soil. Microbial Ecology.  57; 391-401

Mrkonjić Fuka, Mirna; Engel, Marion; Skelin, Andrea; Redžepović, Sulejman; Schloter, Michael. (2010): Bacterial communities associated with the production of artisinal Istrian cheese. International journal of food microbiology. 142 , 1-2; 19-24

Duraković, Lejla; Blažinkov, Mihaela; Skelin-Vujić, Andrea; Sikora, Sanja; Delaš, Frane; Mrkonjić- Fuka, Mirna; Huić-Babić, Katarina; Redžepović, Sulejman. Temperature-dose relationships with aflatoxin M1 in milk on the brine shrimp (Artemia salina) larvae. Mljekarstvo (Dairy). 61 (2011) , 2; 145-153.

Duraković, Lejla; Skelin-Vujić, Andrea; Sikora, Sanja; Delaš, Frane; Mrkonjić Fuka, Mirna; Huić-Babić, Katarina; Blažinkov, Mihaela. Impact of new synthesized analogues of dehydroacetic acid on growth rate and vomitoxin accumulation by Fusarium graminearum under different temperatures in maize hybrid. // African journal of biotechnology. 10 (2011) , 52; 10798-1081.

Ugarković, Damir; Tikvić, Ivica; Seletković, Zvonko; Oršanić, Milan; Seletković, Ivan; Blažinkov, Mihaela; Mrkonjić Fuka, Mirna; Redžepović, Sulejman. Microbiological characteristics of the soils and natural  regeneration of forest gaps within damaged forest Abies Alba in Gorski kotar. Forestry Journal. 3-4 (2011) ; 99-111

Sikora,Sanja; Mrkonjić Fuka,Mirna; Kisić, Ivica. The importance of the soil microbial state - Experience from the South-East European region // Soil Tillage and Microbial Activities / Mohammad Miransari (ur.). Kerala : Trivandrum, 2011. 145-154

M. Mrkonjic Fuka, M. Engel, J. C. Munch and M. Schloter (2006): Characterization of Proteolytic Microbes and Their Activities in Soils. In: Bothe, H. (eds) Biology of nitrogen cycle. 303- 308.

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