D-r Vesna Яnkovič

Senior Research Associate

Department for microbiological and molecular-biological testing

INSTITUTE OF MEAT HYGIENE AND TECHNOLOGY (INMES)

Kaćanskog 13, 11040 Belgrade, Serbia

Mob: +381 64 14 54 282

Tel: +381 11 26 50 655

E-mail: vesna.jankovic@inmes.rs

Education

2013 – Ph.D. in Technology Engineering, Faculty of Technology Novi Sad. Thesis: “»Changes in food safety parameters of Petrovac sausage (Petrovská klobása) during production in traditional and controlled conditions».

2003 – Specialist in food microbiology with biotechnology, Faculty of Technology Novi Sad.

1998 – Passed the professional exam for health associate, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Serbia.

1996 – Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade.

Research experience

2020 – current – Senior Research Associate, INMES.

2015-2020 – Research Associate, INMES.

2009-2014 – Research Assistant, INMES.

2004-2009 – Research specialist – Professional Associate, (INMES).

Work experience

2017 – current – Deputy Head of the Department for Microbiological and Molecular Biological Testing.

2009-2017 – Associate of the Department of Microbiological and Molecular — Biological Testing.

2004-2009 – Deputy Head of the Department for Immunoenzymatic Testing.

1998-2001 – Associate, Christian Hansen Laboratory, Belgrade.

1997-1998 – Associate, City Public Health Institute Belgrade.

Other activities

Member of the expert committee of the JPOA Qualifications Agency, Sector Council: Engineering, Production and Construction/Services (Center for Accreditation of Publicly Recognized Organizers of Adult Education Activities).
Member of the Certification Body of the Institute for Meat Hygiene and Technology INMES SERT, Team for Technical Assessment and Supervision (TTNP).
Member of the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP).
Member of the Serbian Society for Microbiology.
Member of the Advisory Board of scientific journal «Meat Technology».

Area of scientific interest

Food safety; Microbiological process hygiene and Food Safety Criteria; Development and application of new microbiological and molecular methods; Technological microbiology; Microbiota of fermented sausages; Food allergen testing.

Selected scientific papers

Milojević L, Velebit B, Janković V, Mitrović R, Betić N, Simunović S, Dimitrijević M. Prevalence, Genetic Diversity, and Quantification of the RNA Genome of the Hepatitis E Virus in Slaughtered Pigs in Serbia. Animals. 2024; 14(4):586. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14040586.
Makević, Vedrana, Milovanovich, Ivan D, Popovac, Nevena, Janković, Saša, Janković, Vesna, Stefanović, Srđan, Bukumirić, Zoran and De Luka, Silvio R., Oligoelements in Serum and Intestinal Tissue of Pediatric IBD Patients. Available at SSRN: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4355092.
Vesna Janković, Branko Velebit, Brankica Lakicević, Radmila Mitrović and Lazar Milojević Major allergens — the big nine. Meat Technology — Special Issue 64/2 2023 111-115.
Brankica Lakicevic, Vesna Janković, Ariane Pietzka, Werner Ruppitsch. 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 (IF= 2.753) Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology.
Suvajdžić B, Tasić T, Teodorović V, Janković V, Dimitrijević M, Karabasil N, Vasilev D. Biogenic amine content during the production and ripening of Sremski kulen, Serbian traditional dry fermented sausage. Anim Sci J. 2020 Jan-Dec;91(1):e13466. doi: 10.1111/asj.13466. PMID: 33043554.
Janković 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.
Nikola Unkovic, Milica Ljaljevic Grbic, Miloš Stupar, Jelena Vukojevic, Vesna Janković, Danica Jovic and Aleksandar Djordjevic (2015). Aspergilli Response to Benzalkonium Chloride and Novel-Synthesized Fullerenol/Benzalkonium Chloride Nanocomposite.The Scientific World Journal, Volume 2015 (2015), ID 109262, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/109262.
Janković Vesna, Ljiljana Petrović, Brankica Lakićević, Vesna Matekalo Sverak, Slobodan Lilić and Radmila Mitrović. 2013. Determination of typical house flora during production process of the Petrovac Sausage (Petrovská klobása). African Journal of Microbiology Research, 7, 32, 4130-4137.
Janković Vesna, Đorđević Vesna, Lakićević Brankica, Borović Branka, Velebit B., Mitrović Radmila 2012. Determination of staphylococcal enterotoxins in cheese by immunoenzyme assay. Archives of Biological Sciences, 64(4),1449-1454.