Irina Tanuwidjaja, PhD

• 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

• 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

• 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)

• Soil microbiology
• Food microbiology
• Microbial ecology
• Molecular markers and microbial phylogenetics
• Development and application of molecular methods for structural and functional microbial diversity research

• 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)

scientific

Title	Funding	Duration	AFZ role
Antibiotic resistance and antimicrobial activity of Pseudomonas spp. isolated from a karst cave	MZOM i OeAd	2022/01/15 - 2024/01/15	coordinator
Detaljna analitička karkaterizacija i antimikrobno djelovanje odabranih pčelinjih proizvoda na multirezistentne patogene bakterije	National	2021/01/14 - 2023/01/14	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
Abundance and diversity of bacteria of the genus Enterococcus in cheese products with multiple resistance against antibiotics	MZO	2012/01/01 - 2013/12/31	partner

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
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

• 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.

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