Researcher profile

Marija Takic

MARIJA TAKIĆ (POŠTIĆ) EDUCATION: -2002. BSc, Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade -2010. MSc, Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade Thesis title: “ Fatty acid composition and insulin sensitivity in obesity” -2016. PhD, Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS: -2011. Research Fellow, Center of Research Excellence in Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Medical Research, Belgrade -2017. Assisted Professor of Research, Center of Research Excellence in Nutrition and Metabolism, Institute for Medical Research, National institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade TRAINEES: ‘’EuroFIR Course on Production of Food Composition Data in Nutrition”, 16-27 October 2006, Bratislava, Organized by Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen UR, The Netherlands and VUP FOOD Research Institute, Slovak Republic. PROJECT PARTICIPATION: 1. Nutrition as a risk factor, prophylactic and therapeutical factor in health and common noncommunicable diseases in human population (2002-2005) 2. Development of new therapeutic treatments in prevention and treatments of liver diseases – roles and mechanisms of action of polyunsaturated fatty acids (2006-2010) 3. Biological effects, nutrition intake and status of folate and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and: Improvement of nutrition in Serbia (2011-2014) 4. An integral study to identify the regional genetic and environmental risk factors for the common noncommunicable diseases in human population of Serbia-INGEMA-S (2011-2014) 5. International project OP6 ‘’EuroFIR” (European Food Information Resource Network) (2006-2009) PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: Serbian Biochemical Society