Irina Tanuwidjaja, PhD
Senior Assistant
Division for Agroecology
Department of Chemistry
Office location: 3rd Pavilion, 2nd floor
Phone: +385 1 239 3866
Email: ianuwidjaja ( at ) agr.hr
Languages: croatian, english, german
Consultations: monday, from 10 am to 11 pm
Academic qualifications
- 2010 - 2012: M. Sc.
University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of indigenous lactococcal population isolated from the traditional Istrian cheese - 2007 - 2010: B. Sc.
University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
Isolation and genetic characterization of the indigenous enterococci isolated from the Istrian cheese
Employment and work experience
- 2016 - : University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
assistant - 2015 - 2016: Research Unit for Environmental Genomics (EGEN), Helmholtz Centre Munich, German Research Centre for Environmental Health GmbH, Neuherberg, Germany
research assistant - 2012 - 2015: Chair of Soil Ecology, Technical University Munich, Research Unit for Environmental Genomics (EGEN), Helmholtz Centre Munich, German Research Centre for Environmental Health GmbH Neuherberg, Germany
PhD student
Teaching
- Primijenjena mikrobiologija u poljoprivredi (173830)
- Mikrobiologija namirnica (26663)
- Mikrobna ekologija (169416)
- Molekularne metode u mikrobnoj agroekologiji (116622)
- Beneficial associations of plants and microorganisms (157666)
- Methods in soil molecular microbiology (146070)
- Microbial enzymatic activities in soil (146046)
Research interests
- Soil microbiology
- Food microbiology
- Microbial ecology
- Molecular markers and microbial phylogenetics
- Development and application of molecular methods for structural and functional microbial diversity research
Training and research experience
- 2016/10/03 - 2016/10/05: Applied Maths, NW, Ghent, Belgium (scientific)
Workshop: Basic Training Workshop on BioNumerics version 7 - 2012/11/15 - 2016/04/30: Technical University Munich, Research Unit for Environmental Genomics (EGEN), Helmholtz Centre Munich, German Research Centre for Environmental Health GmbH Neuherberg, Germany (scientific)
Investigation of structural and functional microbial diversity in simplified, artificial soil-like systems. (DNA and RNA isolation, real-time PCR, T-RFLP, SIP, amplicon and metagenomic sequencing (Roche 454-pyrosequencing, MiSeq Illumina), bioinformatics, statistical analysis in R) - 2011/11/14 - 2012/04/13: Laboratory for Molecular Genetics, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb (scientific)
Development of homologous and heterologous systems for the expression of bacterial lipase ScL2 isolated from Streptomyces coelicolor (plasmid isolation, RT-PCR, molecular cloning, Sanger sequencing, protein expression and purification, enzymatic activity determination) - 2011/06/13 - 2012/09/14: Department of Microbiology, University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture (scientific)
Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of indigenous microbial communities from the traditional Istrian cheese (isolation i cultivation of LAB, antibiotic resistance, PCR, RAPD, T-RFLP, Sanger sequencing)
Projects
scientific
Title | Funding | Duration | AFZ role |
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Detaljna analitička karkaterizacija i antimikrobno djelovanje odabranih pčelinjih proizvoda na multirezistentne patogene bakterije | National | 2021/01/14 - 2023/01/14 | coordinator |
Detaljna karakterizacija i antimikrobno djelovanje pčelinjih proizvoda: inhibicija rasta patogenih bakterija rezistentnih na antibiotike | National | 2021/01/01 - 2022/12/31 | coordinator |
Primjena pepela iz biomase radi unaprjeđenja poljoprivredne proizvodnje i plodnosti tala | National | 2019/11/30 - 2020/11/30 | coordinator |
Gastrointestinal microbiota composition of topmouth gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) in native (China) and non-native (Croatia) environment | MZO | 2018/01/31 - 2020/02/01 | coordinator |
Očuvanje mikrobne raznolikosti povezane s proizvodnjom tradicionalnih hrvatskih kobasica od mesa divljači: biotehnološka i sigurnosna karakterizacija | Croatian science foundation | 2014/10/01 - 2017/09/30 | coordinator |
teaching
Title | Funding | Duration | AFZ role |
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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 |
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Mikroinkapsulacija korisnih bakterija u poljoprivredi | Sveučilište u Zagrebu | 2017/01/01 - 2017/12/31 | coordinator |
Povećanje vijabilnosti korisnih bakterija s potencijalom primjene u različitim agroekosustavima | Sveučilište u Zagrebu | 2016/01/01 - 2016/12/31 | coordinator |
Publications
- Jurić, S., Tanuwidjaja, I., Mrkonjić Fuka, M., Vlahoviček-Kahlina, K., Marijan, M., Boras, A., Kolić, N.U. & Vinceković, M. (2021) Encapsulation of two fermentation agents, Lactobacillus sakei and calcium ions in microspheres. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 197, p.111387. doi:10.1016/j.colsurfb.2020.111387.
- Tanuwidjaja, I., Vogel, C., Pronk, G.J., Schöler, A., Kublik, S., Vestergaard, G., Kögel-Knabner, I., Fuka, M.M., Schloter, M. & Schulz, S. (2020) Microbial Key Players Involved in P Turnover Differ in Artificial Soil Mixtures Depending on Clay Mineral Composition. Microbial Ecology, 1-11. doi:10.1007/s00248-020-01635-1.
- Mrkonjić Fuka, M., Tanuwidjaja, I., Žgomba Maksimović, A., Zunabovic-Pichler, M., Kublik, S., Hulak, H., Domig, K. J. & Schloter, M. (2020) Bacterial diversity of naturally fermented game meat sausages: Sources of new starter cultures. LWT - Food Science and Technology. 118. 108782. doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2019.108782.
- Mrkonjić Fuka, M., Žgomba Maksimović, A., Tanuwidjaja, I., Hulak, N. & Schloter, M. (2017) Characterization of Enterococcal Community Isolated from an Artisan Istrian Raw Milk Cheese: Biotechnological and Safety Aspects. Food technology and biotechnology, 55(3), 368-380. doi:10.17113/ftb.55.03.17.5118.
- Pronk, G.J., Heister, K., Vogel, C., Babin, D., Bachmann, J., Ding, G.C., Ditterich, F., Gerzabek, M.H., Giebler, J., Hemkemeyer, M., Kandeler, E., Mouvenchery, Y.K., Miltner, A., Poll, C., Schaumann, G.E., Smalla, K., Steinbach, A., Tanuwidjaja, I., Tebbe, C.C., Wick, L.Y., Woche, S.K., Totsche, K.U., Schloter, M. & Kogel-Knabner, I. (2017) Interaction of minerals, organic matter, and microorganisms during biogeochemical interface formation as shown by a series of artificial soil experiments. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 53(1), 9-22. doi:10.1007/s00374-016-1161-1.
- Vogel, C., Heister, K., Buegger, F., Tanuwidjaja, I., Haug, S., Schloter, M. & Kögel-Knabner, I. (2015) Clay mineral composition modifies decomposition and sequestration of organic carbon and nitrogen in fine soil fractions. Biology and fertility of soils. 51(4), 427-442. doi: 10.1007/s00374-014-0987-7.
Bibliography (CROSBI): https://www.bib.irb.hr/pregled/znanstvenici/355076?w_mentor=1
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=ZuZkn4oAAAAJ&hl=en