Asst. Prof. Vladimir Brajković, PhD

• 2015 - 2019: PhD of Agricultural Sciences
  University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
  Title of the dissertation: Impact of mitogenome on milk traits in cattle
• 2011 - 2013: Master in Animal Genetics and Breeding
  University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
  Title of the master thesis: Development and variability of microsatellites of the Y chromosome in the population of wild boar
• 2008 - 2011: Bachelor in Engineering of Animal sciences
  University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
  Title of the diploma thesis: Inheritance of fertility in bulls

• 2021 - : University of Zagreb Faculty of Agricu
  Assistant Professor
• 2019 - 2021: University of Zagreb Faculty of Agricultur
  Assistant; Phd
• 2016 - 2019: University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
  Assistant; PhD student
• 2015 - 2015: University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
  Professional trainee
• 2014 - 2015: University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
  Expert associate

• Konzervacijska genetika (157195)
• Populacijska genetika (157196)
• Populacijska i kvantitativna genetika u životinja (173827)
• Biometrika i planiranje istraživanja na životinjama (226252)
• Molekularna genetika životinja (144442)
• Osnove oplemenjivanja domaćih životinja (156990)
• Biometrika (143892)
• Varijabilnost Y kromosoma i mtDNA (144444)
• Animalna genetika (185435)
• Struktura i analiza animalnog genoma (116380)
• Osnove genetike u stočarstvu (246892)
• Analiza genoma primjenom bioinformatičkih alata (269074)

• Laboratory methods for molecular biodiversity
• Analysis of molecular - genetic data
• Estimation of genetic biodiversity from pedigree and molecular markers in domestic and wild animals
• Archaeogenetics

• 2018/11/05 - 2018/11/10: Centre for Geogenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark (scientific)
  Archaeogenetic analysis, supervisor: Jesper Stenderup
• 2016/05/23 - 2016/06/10: Fondazione Edmund Mach, S. Michele allAdige, Italy (scientific)
  Archaeogenetic analyses, supervisors: Cristiano Vernesi, Matteo Girardi
• 2014/10/01 - 2014/12/06: Fondazione Edmund Mach, S. Michele allAdige, Italy (scientific)
  Archaeogenetic analyses, supervisors: Cristiano Vernesi, Matteo Girardi

scientific

Title	Funding	Duration	AFZ role
Odgovor na inovacije u fenomici i genomici u oplemenjivanju mliječnih goveda	Croatian science foundation	2023/12/29 - 2027/12/28	coordinator
Premošćivanje disciplinarnog jaza: integracija animalne genetike i arheologije u Hrvatskoj	Croatian science foundation	2023/12/20 - 2027/12/19	coordinator
Potencijal mikroinkapsulacije u proizvodnji sireva	Operativni program konkurentnost i kohezija 2014.-2020.	2019/12/20 - 2022/12/20	coordinator
Primjena NGS metoda u procjeni genomske varijabilnosti preživača	Croatian science foundation	2018/01/12 - 2022/11/30	coordinator
Saniranje tehnoloških nusproizvoda iz proizvodnje biodizela do energije	MZOS	2007/01/01 - 2013/12/31	coordinator

university support

Title	Funding	Duration	AFZ role
Prostorne informacije u istraživanju domaćih životinja	Sveučilište u Zagrebu	2017/01/01 - 2017/12/31	coordinator
Arheogenetika goveda u Hrvatskoj; ekstrakcija i priprema aDNA do sekvenciranja	Sveučilište u Zagrebu	2016/01/01 - 2016/12/31	coordinator

• Brajkovic, Vladimir; Pocrnic, Ivan; Kaps, Miroslav; Špehar, Marija; Cubric-Curik, Vlatka; Ristov, Strahil; Novosel, Dinko; Gorjanc, Gregor; Curik, Ino
  Quantifying the effects of the mitochondrial genome on milk production traits in dairy cows: Empirical results and modeling challenges // Journal of dairy science, 108 (2025), 1; 664-678. doi: 10.3168/jds.2024-25203
• Brajković, Vladimir; Hršak, Dalibor; Bradić, Leona; Turkalj, Katarina; Novosel, Dinko; Ristov, Strahil; Ajmone-Marsan, Paolo; Colli, Licia; Čubrić-Čurik, Vlatka; Sölkner, Johann et al. Mitogenome information in cattle breeding and conservation genetics: Developments and possibilities of the SNP chip // Livestock science, 275 (2023), 105299, 11. doi: 10.1016/j.livsci.2023.105299
• Novosel, Dinko ; Brajković, Vladimir ; Simičič, Mojca ; Zorc, Minja ; Svara, Tanja ; Branović Čakanić, Karmen ; Jungić, Andreja ; Logar, Betka ; Čubrić-Čurik, Vlatka ; Dovc, Peter et al. The Consequences of Mitochondrial T10432C Mutation in Cika Cattle: A “Potential” Model for Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy // International journal of molecular sciences, 23 (2022), 11; 6335, 14. doi: 10.3390/ijms23116335
• Čubric‐Čurik, Vlatka ; Novosel, Dinko ; Brajković, Vladimir ; Rota Stabelli, Omar ; Krebs, Stefan ; Sölkner, Johann ; Šalamon, Dragica ; Ristov, Strahil ; Berger, Beate ; Trivizaki, Stamatina et al. Large‐scale mitogenome sequencing reveals consecutive expansions of domestic taurine cattle and supports sporadic aurochs introgression // Evolutionary Applications, 15 (2022), 4; 663-678. doi: 10.1111/eva.13315
• Ristov, Strahil ; Brajković, Vladimir ; Čubrić Čurik, Vlatka ; Michieli, Ivan ; Čurik, Ino MaGelLAn 1.0 : a software to facilitate quantitative and population genetic analysis of maternal inheritance by combination of molecular and pedigree information // Genetics selection evolution, 48 (2016), 65, 10. doi: 10.1186/s12711-016-0242-9
• Iacolina, Laura ; Brajković, Vladimir ; Canu, Antonello ; Šprem, Nikica ; Čubrić Čurik, Vlatka ; Fontanesi, Luca ; Saarma, Urmas ; Apollonio, Marco ; Scandura, Massimo Novel Y-chromosome short tandem repeats in Sus scrofa and their variation in European wild boar and domestic pig populations // Animal genetics, 47 (2016), 682-690. doi: 10.1111/age.12483

Bibliography (CROSBI): https://www.croris.hr/crosbi/searchByContext/2/33648

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