Branka Borovic, PhD

Senior research associate

Department for Reception of Samples and Issuing of Laboratory Reports

Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology (INMES)

Kaćanskog 13, 11040 Belgrade, Serbia

Мob: +381 63 26 33 71

Тel: +381 11 26 50 655

E-mail: branka.borovic@inmes.rs

Education

2012 – Doctor of Biotechnical Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture – Zemun, University of Belgrade

(“Molecular and technological characterization of lactic acid bacteria isolated from dried fermented sausages manufactured in the traditional way”)

2010 – Master of Biotechnical Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture – Zemun, University of Belgrade

1998 – Specialist of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade

1994 – Graduated veterinarian, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade

Research experience

2023 – Senior research associate

2013 – Research associate

2010 – 2013 – Research assistant

2007– 2010 –Senior technical associate – specialist

2005– 2007 –Researcher – advisor-specialist

2001– 2005 –Specialist

1997– 2001 – Research trainee

Work experience

2015 – Researcher in the Department for reception of samples and issuing of laboratory reports

2009 – 2015 – Head of the Department of microbiological research and immune-enzymatic assays

2007 – 2008 – Deputy head of the Department of microbiological research and immune-enzymatic assays

2004 – 2005 – Deputy Head of the Department of microbiological research

2000 – 2004 – Head of Department for microbiological research

2000 – 2001 – Technical director

1998 – 2000 – Head of Department of Microbiological Research

Other activities

Member of the Serbian society for Microbiology

Area of scientific interest

Food safety, food microbiology and testing of residues of veterinary medicines in food of animal origin.

Technological microbiology with special emphasis on isolation and characterization of lactic acid bacteria and their use in the production of meat and dairy products.

Selected scientific papers

Janković Vesna, Đorđević Vesna, Lakićević Brankica, Borović Branka, Velebit B., Mitrović Radmila, 2012. Determination of Staphylococcal Enterotoxins in Cheese by immunoenzyme assays. Offical Journal of the Serbian Biological Society, Archives of Biological Sciences, 1449 – 1454, 2012, 64, 4, ISSN: 0354-4644;
Vesković-Moračanin Slavica, Obradović D., Velebit B., Borović Branka, Škrinjar Marija, Turubatović L. 2010. Antimicrobial properties of indigenous Lactobacillus sakei strain. Acta veterinaria, Fakultet veterinarske medicine, Univerzitet u Beogradu, 59 – 66, 2010., 60, 1, ISSN: 0567-8315, Projekat: TR 20127;
Vesković-Moračanin Slavica, Obradović D., Velebit B., Borović Branka, Škrinjar Marija, Turubatović L. 2012. Diversity of moulds on the Petrovská klobása raw materials, casings and in the processing unit environment. Romanian Biotechnological Letters Journal, University of Buchares, Romania,7726 – 7736, 2012, 17, 6, ISSN: 1224-5984, Projekat: TR 31032;
Milijašević M., Babić Jelena, Spirić Aurelija, Jovanović Jelena, Lakićević Brankica, Borović Branka, Baltić M. Ž. 2011. Praćenje promena ukupnog broja mezofilnih bakterija i torimetrijske vrednosti u uzorcima sveže pastrmke upakovane u modifikovanu atmosferu i vakuum. Veterinarski glasnik, Fakultet veterinarske medicine, Univerzitet u Beogradu, UDC: 619(05), 375 – 384, 2011, 65, 5-6.ISSN 03050-2457;
Velebit Branko, Teodorović Vlado, Borović Branka, 2011. Recent advances in understanding the virulence of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli in food International 56th Meat Industry Conference, June 12-15th 2011, Tara. Tehnologija mesa, 52, 1, 52-60, 2011.
Borović Branka, Velebit Branko, Spirić Danka, 2013. Overview of indigenous epiphytic microflora in Serbian fermented sausages. Međunarodno 57. savetovanje industrije mesa – Perspektive održive proizvodnje. International 57th Meat Industry Conference Meat and Meat Products – Perspectives of Sustainable Production, Institut za higijenu i tehnologijumesa, 137 – 143, 10.06.2013.-12.06.2013., ISBN: 978-86-82547-07-5, Srbija. Projekat: TR 20127;
Janković Vesna, Borović Branka, Lakićević Brankica, Baltić Tatjana, Spirić Danka, 2012. Absence of banned anabolic steriods and chloramphenicol in Serbian Petrovac Sausage International Conference Biological Food Safety and Quality BFSQ 2012, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, 183 – 185, 04.10.2012. -0510.2012. ISBN: 978-86-7520-264-6, Srbija. Projekat: TR 20037;
Lakićević Brankica, Borović Branka, Janković Vesna, Karan Dragica, Lilić Slobodan, Ikonić Predrag, Baltić Tatjana, 2014. Survival and genetic characterization of Listeria spp. during the production of Petrovská klobása. II International Congress „Food Technology, Quality and Safety“, Institute for Food Technology, Novi Sad, Faculty of Technology, Novi Sad, 225 – 229, 28.10.2014. – 30.10.2014. ISBN: 978-86-7994-041-4, Srbija;
Lakićević Brankica, Velebit Branko, Borović Branka, Janković Vesna, Spirić Danka, Matekalo-Sverak Vesna, Lilić Slobodan, 2011. TEMPO, Most Probable Number Technique for the Enumeration Yeast and Moulds in Feed and Food Products. 3rd International Congress “New Perspectives and Challenges of Sustainable Livestock Production,Institutefor Animal Husbandry,Belgrade, UDC: 636.085.3, 1329 – 1335, 05.10.2011.- 07.10.2011., Srbija;
Lilić Slobodan, Saičić Snežana, Vranić Danijela, Trbović Dejana, Borović Branka, Velebit Branko, Lakićević Brankica, 2011. Salt and sodium content in dry fermented sausages and dried meat in Serbia. 57th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology (IComst, Belgian, Association of Meat Science and Technology (BAMST), 382 – 382, 07.08.2011. -12.08.2011., Belgija. Projekat: TR 31083;
Lakićević Brankica, Janković Vesna, Spirić Danka, Matekalo-Sverak Vesna, Mitrović Radmila, Borović Branka, Baltić Tatjana, 2012. Utvrđivanje prisustva stafilokoknih enterotoksina u namirnicama animalog porekla ELISA testom. Detection of staphylococcal enterotoxins in foodstuffs of animal origin by ELISA method. Tehnologija mesa, Institut za higijenu i tehnologiju mesa, 50 -55, 2012, 53, 1, ISSN: 0494-9846;
Borović Branka, Baltić Tatjana, Lakićević Brankica, Janković Vesna, Mitrović Radmila, Jovanović Jelena, Lilić Slobodan 2014. Učestalost nalaza Listeria monocitogenes u hrani animalnog porekla spremnoj za konzumiranje. Tehnologija mesa, Institut za higijenu i tehnologiju mesa, 117 – 122, 2014, 55, 2; ISSN:0494-9846. Projekat: III 46009 i TR 31083;
Borović Branka, Spirić Aurelija, Velebit Branko, Đorđević Vesna, Lakićević Brankica, Baltić Tatjana, Spirić Aurelija 2013. Evaluation of sensitivity of modified star protocol microbiological method for beta-lactame antibiotics detection in raw cow milk. Veterinarski glasnik, Fakultet veterinarske medicine, Univerzitet u Beogradu, 163 – 173, 2013, 67, 3-4; ISSN:0350-2457. Projekat: III 46009;
Lakićević Brankica, Martinović Aleksandra, Baltić Tatjana, Lilić Slobodan, Borović Branka, Ikonić Predrag, Janković Vesna, 2014. Implementation of classical, molecular biological and immunoenzymatic methods in isolation and detection of Listeria monocytogenes in food Food and Feed Research, Institute for Food Technology, Novi Sad, Faculty of Technology, Novi Sad, 19 – 30, 2014, 41,1;
Lilić Slobodan, Borović Branka, Vranić Danijela, 2014. Mogućnosti supstitucije natrijum-hlorida nekim hloridnim solima u procesu proizvodnje suvog svinjskog mesa. Tehnologija mesa, Institut za higijenu i tehnologiju mesa, 176 – 183, 2014, 55, 2; ISSN:0494-9846. Projekat:III 46009 i TR 31083;
Velebit Branko, Lakićević Brankica, Borović Branka, Janković Vesna, Spirić Danka, Baltić Tatjana, 2013. Ispitivanje Shiga-like toksigenih Escherichia coli u proizvodima od mesa pomoću kvantitativnog PCR-a. Tehnologija mesa, Institut za higijenu i tehnologiju mesa, 8-59, 2013, 54, 1; ISSN: 0494-9846;
Vesković-Moračanin Slavica, Borović Branka, Velebit Branko, 2013. Morfološke i biohemijske karakteristike prirodnih izolata bakterija mlečne kiseline izolovanih iz Zlatarskog sira. Tehnologija mesa, Institut za higijenu i tehnologiju mesa, 79 -59, 2013, 54, 1; ISSN: 0494-9846. Projekat: III 46009.
Jelena Milešević, Danijela Vranić, Mirjana Gurinović, Vladinir Korićanac, Branka Borović, Milica Zeković, Ivana Šarac, Dragan R. Milićević and Marija Glibetić, The intake of phosphorus and nitrites through meat products: a health risk assessment of children aged 1 to 9 years old in Serbia, Nutrients, 2022, 14 (2), 242. Nutrition & Dietetics, 17/88;
Branka Dražić, Mirjana Antonijević-Nikolić, Milena Marinović-Cincović, Vukosava Živković-Radovanović, Branka Borović and Slađana B. Tanasković, New copper(II) cyclam complexes with aminocarboxylate co-ligands: synthesis, characterization, and in vitro antiproliferative and antibacterial studies, Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society 2022, 87 (4) 451-464;
Slavica Vesković-Moračanin, Srđan Stefanović, Branka Borović, Ivan Nastasijević, Milan Milijašević, Monika Stojanova, Dragutin Đukić, Assessment of biogenic amines production by lactic acid bacteria isolated from Serbian traditionally fermented foods, Acta Agriculturae Serbica, 2022, 27 (53) 49-55;
Lazar Gardijan, Marija Miljkovic, Mina Obradovic, Goran Vukotic, Goran Jovanovic, Milan Kojic, Redesigned pMal expression vector for easy and fast purification of active native antimicrobial peptides, J Appl Microbiol. 2022, 133(2):1001-1013,
Slavica Vesković-Moračanin, Đukić Dragutin, Branko Velebit, Branka Borović, Milan Milijašević, Monika Stojanova, Determination of antilisterial effect of some microbial isolates from traditional zlatar cheese during the fermentation of soft white cheese, Food Science and Technology International, 2023, 29 (5) 529-540;
Ljubica Gavrilović,Vesna Stojiljković, Vojislav Stanić, Dragoljub Jovanović, Snežana Pejić, Branka Borović, Snežana B. Pajović, Antioxidant Status in the Blood of psychosocially stressed rats treated with honey, Acta Veterinaria-Beograd 2023, 73 (4), 464-472.