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CURRICULUM VITAE

Name

Koraljka Husnjak  
   
Academic status  
   
1997 B. Sc. Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science & Mathematics, University of Zagreb, Croatia
2001 M. Sc. Molecular Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science & Mathematics, University of Zagreb, Croatia
2005 PhD Thesis, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science & Mathematics, University of Zagreb; Croatia
   
Working experiences  
   
1997-2001 MSc student, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
2001-2005 PhD student, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Jul 2002-Feb 2003 visiting PhD scientist at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Uppsala, Sweden
Jan –Apr 2004 visiting PhD scientist at the Institute for Biochemistry II, University Hospital Frankfurt
2005-2008 postdoc at the Institute for Biochemistry II, University Hospital Frankfurt, Molecular signaling group of Prof. Dr. Ivan Dikic, Frankfurt, Germany
   
Fellowships  
   
EMBO Short Term Fellowship (ASTF 10-2003), LICR, Uppsala, Sweden
FEBS Youth Travel Fellowship, FEBS practical course on Visualising Cytoskeleton Dynamics, July 5-15, 2004 (Dresden, Germany)
FEBS Youth Travel Fellowship, EMBO/FEBS advanced lecture course on Molecular Mechanisms in Signal Transduction and Cancer, August 15-26, 2005 (Island of Spetses, Greece)
 
List of publications
 
Husnjak K*, Elsasser S*, Zhang N*, Chen X, Randles L, Shi Y, Hofmann K, Walters K, Finley D, Dikic I. Proteasome subunit Rpn13 is a novel ubiquitin receptor. Nature 2008; in press (*equally contributing).
 
Schreiner P*, Chen X*, Husnjak K*, Randles L, Zhang N, Elsasser S, Finley D, Dikic I, Walters K, Groll M. Ubiquitin docking at the proteasome via a novel PH domain interaction. Nature 2008; in press (*equally contributing).
 
Husnjak K, Dikic I. EGFR trafficking: parkin' in a jam. Nat Cell Biol 2006; 8(8): 787-788.
 
Schmidt MH*, Husnjak K*, Szymkiewicz I, Haglund K, Dikic I. Cbl escapes Cdc42-mediated inhibition by downregulation of the adaptor molecule betaPix. Oncogene 2006; 25(21): 3071-3078 (*equally contributing).
 
Sirotkovic-Skerlev M, Krizanac S, Kapitanovic S, Husnjak K, Unusic J, Pavelic K. Expression of c-myc, erbB-2, p53 and nm23-H1 gene product in benign and malignant breast lesions: coexpression and correlation with clinicopathologic parameters. Exp Mol Pathol 2005; 79(1): 42-50.
 
Kowanetz K*, Husnjak K*, Höller D, Kowanetz M, Soubeyran P, Hirsch D, Schmidt MHH, Pavelic K, De Camilli P, Randazzo PA, Dikic I. CIN85 associates with multiple effectors controlling intracellular trafficking of EGF receptors. Mol Biol Cell 2004; 15: 3155-3166 (*equally contributing).
 
Matovina M, Husnjak K, Milutin N, Ciglar S, Grce M. Possible role of bacterial and viral infections in miscarriages. Fertil Steril 2004; 81(3): 662-669.
 
Grce M, Husnjak K, Matovina M, Milutin N, Magdic L, Husnjak O, Pavelic K. Human papillomavirus, cytomegalovirus, and adeno-associated virus infections in pregnant and nonpregnant women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. J Clin Microbiol 2004; 42(3):1341-1344.
 
Kowanetz K, Szymkiewicz I, Haglund K, Kowanetz M, Husnjak K, Taylor JD, Soubeyran P, Engstrom U, Ladbury J, Dikic IE. Identification of a novel proline-arginine motif involved in CIN85-dependent clustering of Cbl and downregulation of EGF receptors. J Biol Chem 2003; 278(41): 39735-39746.
 
Kralj M, Husnjak K, Korbler T, Pavelic J. Endogenous p21WAF1/CIP1 status predicts the response of human tumor cells to wild-type p53 and p21WAF1/CIP1 overexpression? Cancer Gene Therapy 2003; 10(6): 457-467.
 
Skerlev M, Grce M, Sirotkovic-Skerlev M, Husnjak K, Lipozencic J. Human papillomavirus male genital infections: Clinical variations and the significance of DNA typing. Clin Dermatol 2002; 20(2): 173-178.
 
Grce M, Husnjak K, Bozikov J, Magdic L, Zlacki M, Lukac J, Fistonic I, Sikanic-Dugic N, Pavelic K. Evaluation of genital human papillomavirus infections by polymerase chain reaction among Croatian women. Anticancer Res 2001; 21(1B): 579-584.
 
Grce M, Husnjak K, Skerlev M, Lipozencic J, Pavelic K. Detection and typing of human papillomaviruses by means of polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism in male genital lesions. Anticancer Res 2000; 20 (3): 2097-2102.
 
Husnjak K, Grce M, Magdic L, Pavelic K. Comparison of five different polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods for detection of human papillomavirus (HPV) in cervical cell specimens. J Virol Methods 2000; 88: 125-134.
 
Grce M, Furcic I, Hrascan R, Husnjak K, Marekovic Z, Zeljko Z, Pavelic K. Human papillomavirus are not associated with renal carcinoma. Anticancer Res 1997; 17: 2193-2196.
 
Grce M, Husnjak K, Magdic L, Ilijas M, Zlacki M, Lepusic D, Lukac J, Hodek B, Grizelj V, Kurjak A, Kusic Z, Pavelic K. Detection and typing of human papillomaviruses by polymerase chain reaction in cervical scrapes of Croatian women with abnormal cytology. Eur J Epidemiol 1997; 13: 645-651.