Assoc ProfessorTanja Narancic

My research focuses on elucidating the metabolism of bacteria, and using this knowledge and synthetic biology tools to exploit these bacteria to make high value products.
I graduated with PhD (2012) from the University of Belgrade, Serbia. This was followed by postdoctoral research at Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Belgrade, Serbia, where I developed a biocatalyst based on recombinant whole cells for Michael-type formation of C-C bonds and synthesis of pharmaceutically relevant compounds.
In 2013 I moved to the University College Dublin where I worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow under the direction of Prof Kevin O'Connor. I investigated metabolic pathways of microorganisms using proteomics, metabolomics, enzymatic assays and synthetic biology tools as a part of FP7 and H2020 projects. In 2019 I joined Bioeconomy Research Centre BiOrbic as a Research Fellow. I am currently an academic collaborator in BiOrbic, where I coordinate several research projects among BiOrbic PIs, PostDocs, PhD students, as well as designing projects proposed by industrial partners.

Keywords: microbiology, biochemistry, synthetic and systems biology, protein engineering and purification, enzymology, biocatalysis, antimicrobials.