Dr Katarina Gašić

Dr Katarina Gašić

Naučni savetnik

Odsek za bolesti bilja

Laboratorija za fitopatologiju

e-mail: gasickatarina@yahoo.com; katarina.gasic@izbis.bg.ac.rs

mob. tel: +381 62 8808 915

ORCID broj:  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2280-4582

Google scholar profil: scholar.google.com/citations?user=wjV-OuIAAAAJ

Researchgate profil:  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Katarina_Gasic

Radno iskustvo:

2021 – trenutno, Naučni savetnik – Institut za zaštitu bilja i životnu sredinu

2016 – 2021. Viši naučni saradnik – Institut za zaštitu bilja i životnu sredinu

2012- 2016: Naučni saradnik – Institut za zaštitu bilja i životnu sredinu

2010-2012: Saradnik u nastavi – Poljoprivredni fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu

Oblast istraživanja:

• Dijagnoza oboljenja bakteriozne prirode povrtarskih biljaka, jabučastih, koštičavih i jezgrastih voćaka i vinove loze;
• Detekcija, identifikacija i karakterizacija fitopatogenih bakterija primenom konvencionalnih, seroloških i molekularnih metoda;
• Proučavanje biologije bakteriofaga kao prirodnih neprijatelja ekonomski najznačajnijih fitopatogenih bakterija.
• Proučavanje bioloških mera zaštite bilja korišćenjem bakteriofaga i bakterija antagonista;

Obrazovanje:

• 2006-2011: Doktorske studije - Poljoprivredni fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu, grupa Fitopatologija
• 2000-2005: Osnovne studije - Poljoprivredni fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu, smer Zaštita bilja i prehrambenih proizvoda

Postdoktorska usavršavanja:

• 2020 - Enviroinvest Corporation, Department of Biotechnology, Nanophage therapy Center, Pécs. Hungary. Project: Complete genome sequence analysis of lytic bacteriophages infecting Xanthomonas arboricolajuglandis.
• 2017 - Cornell University, Hudson Valley Research Laboratory, Highland, New York, USA. Project: Development of digital PCR method for detection of Erwinia amylovora.
• 2014 - 2015 - University of Bologna, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Bologna, Italy. Project: “Development of seed testing methods for pests and pathogens of plant health concern (TESTA)”
• 2013 - University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy. Project: “Development of seed testing methods for pests and pathogens of plant health concern (TESTA)”

Projekti:

• 2024-2027 “InnovaPhage: Innovative solutions in phage-mediated biocontrol of fire blight”, Fond za nauku Republike Srbije, rukovodilac projekta
• 2021 – 2023. “MICROS: Insights into the microbiome of crown gall tumors on different plants in Serbia”, Fond za nauku Republike Srbije, Serbian Science and Diaspora Collaboration Program: Knowledge Exchange Vouchers, rukovodilac projekta
• 2017 – 2021. COST Action CA16107: “EuroXanth: Integrating science on Xanthomonadaceae for integrated plant disease management in Europe”. Management committee član, i ITC Grant koordinator
• 2011 – 2019. III46008 “Development of integrated management of harmful organisms in plant production in order to overcome resistance and to improve food quality and safety”. Ministry of Science, Republic of Serbia
• 2008 – 2011. COST Action 873 - Bacterial diseases of stone fruits and nuts
• 2008 – 2010. ТR20062: “Biological control as an alternative to chemicals in plant protection”, Ministry of Science, Republic of Serbia
• 2005 – 2008. TR6890 “Development and improvement of application of fungicides and zoocides”, Ministry of Science, Republic of Serbia

Usavršavanja:

• “Risk assessment of microorganisms used as pesticides or biocides”, under the Better Training for Safer Food initiative, funded by European Commission, Valencia, Spain
• “New Plant Health Regime” under the Better Training for Safer Food initiative, funded by European Commission, Alicante, Spain
• “Molecular typing of Xanthomonadaceae – from epidemiological surveillance to outbreak investigation”, Training School of the EuroXanth COST Action, Wädenswil, Switzerland
• 2019: “The theoretical and practical training on the detection of Xylella fastidiosa and Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum“, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture, Belgrade, Serbia.
• “Prognosis & Advanced Diagnosis on Xanthomonadaceae”, Training School of the EuroXanth COST Action, Heraklion/Crete, Greece
• “Xylella fastidiosa & the Olive Quick Decline Syndrome (OQDS)”, FAO-IPPC-CIHEAM International Workshop, Bari, Italy
• 2011: „The theoretical and practical training in diagnostics of bacterial diseases of fruits, including quarantine pathogens of importance to the EU and Ukraine“, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture, Belgrade, Serbia.
• “Real-time PCR in phytosanitary, phytopathology, diagnostics and research”, NIB, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• "Pseudomonas Pathogens of Stone Fruits and Nuts: Classical and Molecular Phytobacteriology”, Training School of the COST Action 873, Belgrade, Serbia
• “Population studies and biological control of Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni in peach orchards”. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
• “Bacterial diseases of stone fruits and nuts: symptomatology, diagnosis of diseases, detection and identification of bacteria”. Training School of the COST Action 873, CSL, York, UK
• Advanced training in diagnosis of plant pathogenic prokaryotes and viruses. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, and Regional Plant Protection Service, Bologna, Italy
• Summer school: “Pathogens, parasites and their hosts: ecology, molecular interactions and evolution”, Euroleague for Life Sciences, University of Hohenheim, Germany

Priznanja i nagarde:

• Zahvalnica Instituta za zaštitu bilja i životnu sredinu za poseban naučni doprinos
• 2022-2026. predsednica Naučnog veća Instituta za zaštitu bilja i životnu sredinu
• Nagrada grada Beograda Despot Stefan Lazarević, oblast - nauka
• Stipendija za postdoktorske studije - Erasmus Mundus Action 2 - Join EU-SEE IV
• Stipendija za postdoktorske studije Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije
• 2006 – 2010. Stipendija za doktorske studije Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije
• Stipendija Fonda za mlade talente Republike Srbije
• 2003, 2004. Najbolji student Odseka za fitomedicinu Poljoprivrednog fakulteta Univerziteta u Beogradu

Odabrane publikacije:

• Gašić, K., Zlatković, N., Kuzmanović, N. (2022): Polyphasic study of phytopathogenic bacterial strains associated with deep bark canker of walnut in Serbia revealed a new species, Brenneria izbisi nov.Frontiers in Plant Science, 13:1055186. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1055186
• Choudhary, M., Paret, M., Obradović, A., Gašić, K., Jones, J. (2022): Bacteriophages for plant disease control. In: Microbial bioprotectants for plant disease management (eds. Köhl, J and Ravensberg, W.), Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Sawston, Cambridge, UK, pp: 473-506. DOI: 10.19103/AS.2021.0093.18
• Gašić, K., Obradović, M., Kuzmanović, N., Zlatković, N., Ivanović, M., Ristić, D., Obradović, A. (2022): Isolation, characterization and draft genome analysis of bacteriophages infecting Acidovorax citrulli. Microbiol. 12:803789. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.803789
• Zlatković, N., Gašić, K., Kuzmanović, N., Prokić, A., Ivanović, M., Živković, S., Obradović, A. (2022): Polyphasic Characterization of Acidovorax citrulli Strains Originating from Serbia. Agronomy, 12, 235. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12020235
• Santander, R.D., Gašić, K., Aćimović, S.G. (2022). Selective Quantification of Erwinia amylovora Live Cells in Pome Fruit Tree Cankers by Viability Digital PCR. In: Luchi, N. (eds) Plant Pathology. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2536. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2517-0_14
• Ivanović, M., Prokić, A., Gašić, K., Menković, J., Kuzmanović, N., Zlatković, N., Obradović, A. (2023): Characterization of Pseudomonas syringae strains associated with shoot blight of raspberry and blackberry in Serbia. Plant Disease, 107, 826-833. doi:10.1094/PDIS-06-22-1425-RE
• Stefani, E., Obradović, A., Gašić, K., Altin, I., Nagy, I.K., Kovacs, T. (2021): Bacteriophage-Mediated Control of Phytopathogenic Xanthomonads: A Promising Green Solution for the Future. Microorganisms, 9 (5), 1056. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9051056
• Prokić, A., Zlatković, N., Kuzmanović, N., Ivanović, M., Gašić, K., Pavlović, Ž., Obradović, A. (2020): Identification and characterization of Dickeya zeae strains associated with maize stalk soft-rot in northern Serbia. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 157, 685–691. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-020-02019-4
• Obradović, A., Jones, J., Balogh, B., Gašić, K. (2020): Considerations for Using Bacteriophages in Plant Pathosystems. In: Bacterial Viruses: Exploitation for Biocontrol and Therapeutics (eds. Coffey, A. and Buttimer, C.), Caister Academic Press, Poole, UK, pp: 257-282. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21775/9781913652517.07

10. Šević M., Gašić, K., Ignjatov M., Mijatović M., Prokić, A., Obradović A. (2019): Integration of biological and conventional treatments in control of pepper bacterial spot. Crop Protection, 119: 46-51.
11. Gašić, K., Kuzmanović, N., Ivanović, M., Prokić, A., Šević, M., Obradović, A. (2018): Complete Genome of the Xanthomonas euvesicatoria Specific Bacteriophage KΦ1, Its Survival and Potential in Control of Pepper Bacterial Spot. Front. Microbiol. 9:2021. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02021