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Brankica Lakićević, PhD

 

Principal Research Fellow in Food Microbiology

DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGICAL, MOLECULAR – BIOLOGICAL AND PARASITOLOGICAL RESEARCH

 

Kaćanskog 13, 11040 Belgrade, Serbia

Мob:      +381 63626076

Тel:        +381 11 26 50 655

E-mail: brankica.lakicevic@inmes.rs

 

 

 

EDUCATION

  • 2012 – doctor of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade (Application of classical/conventional, molecular biological and immunoenzymatic methods for isolation, detection and characterization of bacteria of the genus Listeria)
  • 2008 – Master of Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade
  • 2003. – graduated molecular biologist and physiologist, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade.

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

  • 2024 – Principal Research Fellow
  • 2019 – Senior Research Associate
  • 2013 – Research associate
  • 2010 – 2013 – Research assistant
  • 2005 – 2010 – Research trainee
  • 2004 – 2005 – Trainee for researcher, Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • 2015 – Member of Steering Committee (Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology)
  • 2015 – 2017 Deputy Head of Department of microbiological and molecular biological research

 

OTHER ACTIVITIES 

  • 2021 – Member of Scientific Committee of the 61th International Conference Meat Industry-MeatCon2021
  • 2019 – Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the 60th International Conference Meat Industry-MeatCon2019
  • 2017 – Member of Organizing Committee of the 59th International Conference Meat Industry-MeatCon2017
  • 2015 – Vice President of the Scientific Committee of the 58th International Conference Meat Industry-MeatCon2015
  • 2015 – Subeditor of Scientific journal Meat Technology
  • 2015 – Editorial Board of Scientific journal Meat Technology

 

AREA OF SCIENTIFIC INTEREST

  • Development of procedures for faster and more reliable identification of pathogenic micro-organisms, the remains of contaminants from the environment and veterinary drug residues, at the same time a precise definition of the importance of veterinary sanitation measures, ongoing epidemiological monitoring, both European and national legislation in the process of obtaining of safe food.

 

SELECTED SCIENTIFIC PAPERS

  • Brankica Lakicevic, Branko Velebit, Vesna Jankovic, Radmila Mitrovic, Lazar Milojevic, Dunja Misic, Boris Mrdovic. (2025). The Presence of Virulence-related Genes Among Listeria monocytogenes Strains and Their Corellation with Pathogenic Potential. Meat Technology, Special Issue Vol. 66/3, 347-351. https://doi.org/10.18485/meattech.2025.66.3.58

  • Dunja Mišić, Vesna Đorđević, Vesna V. Janković, Branko Velebit, Radmila Mitrović, Brankica Lakićević, Lazar Milojević. (2025). Review of Antimicrobial-Resistant ESKAPEE Pathogens in Food Sources and Their Relevance to the One Health Approach. Meat Technology, Special Issue Vol. 66/3, 295-300. https://doi.org/10.18485/meattech.2025.66.3.48

  • Vesna Janković, Branko Velebit, Radmila Mitrović, Brankica Lakićević, Lazar Milojević, Dunja Mišić. (2025). Detection of Peanut Allergens in Retail Food Items in Serbia (2021-2024). Meat Technology, Special Issue Vol. 66/3. 323-326. https://doi.org/10.18485/meattech.2025.66.3.53
  • Vidaković Knežević, S., Knežević, S., Vranešević, J., Kravić, S. Ž., Lakićević, B., Kocić-Tanackov, S., & Karabasil, N. (2023). Effects of Selected Essential Oils on Listeria monocytogenes in Biofilms and in a Model Food System. Foods, 12(10), 1930. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12101930
  • Lakicevic, B., Jankovic, V., Pietzka, A., Ruppitsch, W. (2023). Wholegenome sequencing as the gold standard approach for control of Listeria monocytogenes in the food chain. Journal of Food Protection 2023 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfp.2022.10.002
  • Ikonic, P., Jokanovic, M. Cucevic, N., Peulic, T., Saric, Lj., Tomicic, Z., Skaljac, S., Delic, J., Lakicevic, B., Tomasevic, I. (2023). Effect of different ripening conditions on amino acids and biogenic amines evolution in Sjenicki sudzuk. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 2023 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2022.105009
  • Simunovic, S., Djordjevic, V., Lakicevic, B., Djekic, I., Lorenzo, J., Barba, F., Tomasevic, I. (2022). Digital еvaluation of nitrite-reduced “Kulen” fermented sausage quality. Journal of Food Quality 2022  https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/2480746
  • Lakicevic, B., den Besten, H.M.W., De Biase, D. (2022). Landscape of stress response and virulence genes among Listeria monocytogenes strains. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.738470
  • Borjan, N., Petrovic, Z., Simunovic, S., Nikolic Perovic, D., Lakicevic, B., Vranic, D., Jankovic, S. (2022). Common pheasant as a biomonitoring tool for environmental cadmium levels in Serbia. Meat Techology 2022 https://doi.org/10.18485/meattech.2022.63.2.5
  • Schaeffer, J, Revilla-Fernández, S, Hofer, E., Posch, R., Stoeger, A., Leth, C., Schmoll, F., Djordjevic, V., Lakicevic, B., Matovic, K, Hufnagl, P., Indra, A., Allerberger, F., Ruppitsch, W.  (2021). Tracking the origin of Austrian human brucellosis cases using whole genome sequencing. Front Med. 8:635547
  • Lakicevic, B., De Biase, D., Velebit, B., Mitrovic, R., Jankovic, V., Milojevic, L., Ruppitsch, W. (2021). Stress survival islets contribute to clonal and serotype-specific differences in L. monocytogenes. IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 854 (2021) 012050.
  • Zuber, I., Lakicevic, B., Pietzka, A., Milanov, D., Djordjevic, V., Karabasil, N., Teodorovic, V., Ruppitsch, W., Dimitrijevic, M. (2019). Molecular characterization of Listeria monocytogenes isolates from a small scale meat processor in Montenegro, 2011–2014. Food Microbiology, 79: 116-122.
  • Tadic, V., Djordjevic, J., Boskovic, M., Baltic, M., Lakicevic, B., Vasilev, D., Dimitrijevic, M. (2018). Two different starter cultures as potential inhibitors of L. monocytogenes infermented sausages. Fleischwirtschaft, 10: 93-97.
  • Nastasijevic, I., Milanov, D., Velebit, B., Djordjevic, V., Swift, C., Painset, A., Lakicevic, B. (2017). Tracking of Listeria monocytogenes in meat establishment using Whole genome sequencing as a food safety management tool: A proof of concept. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 257: 157-164.
  • Lakicevic, B., Nastasijevic, I. (2017). Listeria monocytogenes in retail establishments: Contamination routes and control strategies. Food Reviews International, 33 (3): 247-269.
  • Jankovic, V., Lakicevic, B., Petronijevic, R., Spiric, D., Đorđevic, V., Popov-Raljic, J. (2016). Soybean and gluten in meat products – consumer protection strategy. Agro Food Industry Hi-Tech, 27, 3, 30-32.