Katarina Butorac, PhD
Contact information
| Email: | katarina.butorac@pbf.unizg.hr |
| Phone: | 4605125 |
Location: Laboratory for Antibiotic, Enzyme, Probiotic and Starter Cultures Technology, IV /4 26
Consultations
by arrangement
Biography
Birth date: 27 September 1991
Birth place: Augsburg
| Academic appointments | |||
| Institution | Subject | Year | |
| PhD | University of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology | Functional role of exopolysaccharides and bacteriocins in the probiotic activity of autochthonous lactic acid bacteria strains | 2022 |
| MSc | University of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology | The role of S-layer proteins in probiotic mechanism of action in strain Lactobacillus brevis ZG1 | 2016 |
| Work experience | ||
| Position | Institution | Year |
| Assistant | University of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology | 2019 |
| Croatian Science Foundation Project Assistant | University of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology | 2016 |
| Internship (1 week and more) | ||
| Institution | Place | Year |
| Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste | Trieste, Italy | 2018 (3 months) |
Scientific projects:
- Potential therapeutic biomolecules of the next-generation probiotics - Croatian Science Foundation (2019-2023)
- Functionality and properties of exopolysaccharides of probiotic bacteria, University of Zagreb (2021)
- Exopolysaccharides and functional proteins of lactic acid bacteria probioitc strans, University of Zagreb (2019)
- Probiotic activity of lactic acid bactera strains isolated from human breast milk, University of Zagreb (2018)
- Influence of the microbiota composition of human breast milk on the intestinal microbiota of infants, University of Zagreb (2017)
- Probiotics and starter cultures - surface proteins and bacteriocins - Croatian Science Foundation (2015-2019)
Projects for the science popularization:
- PANDA - project-oriented teaching for gifted children; project coordinator - association BIOTEKA (2023, 2020)
Honors:
- Biotechnical foundation of the Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology Award for the best students and young researchers, 2019
- Award for the best poster at the First Congress of Biotechnology Students, May, 25-27 2018, entitled «Biotechnological production of lyophilized microencapsulated probiotic strain Lactobacillus fermentum D12 - exopolysaccharide producer».
- Silver medal at the 9th International Innovation Fair, Agro Arca, October, 19-21 2017 entitled «Application of protective matrices and methods for the production of probiotic bacteria».
Memberships in societies:
- Croatian Society of Biotechnology (since 2017)
- Croatian Microbiological Society (since 2016)
- PROBION (since 2015-2016)