Aleksandra Ristic-Fira
Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences
Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology
P.O.Box 522, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
Tel: +381 11 2455 561, +381 11 8066 864
Fax: +381 11 2455 561
e-mail: aristic@vin.bg.ac.rs

EDUCATION
1982 B.Sc., University of Belgrade (Yugoslavia), Faculty of Biology, Department of Molecular Biology and
Physiology
1985 M.Sc., University of Belgrade (Yugoslavia), Faculty of Biology, Department of Molecular Biology and
Physiology: Molecular Mutagenesis in PolA Mutants of E.coli K12: Cloning and Preliminary Analysis of
Histidin Operon
1996 Ph.D., University of Belgrade (Yugoslavia), Faculty of Biology, Department of Molecular Biology and
Physiology: The Effects of Glucocorticoid Hormones on Mouse Melanoma Cell Growth and
Differentiation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1982-83 Assistant at the University of Belgrade (Yugoslavia), Faculty of Biology, Department of Molecular Biology and
Physiology, course: Molecular Genetics (Grant of the Serbian Ministry of Science)
1983-87 Research Assistant, Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences,
Belgrade Yugoslavia. Research field: molecular genetics, molecular biology of malignant cell; molecular
endocrinology
1987-88 Specialization (Grant of the French Government) at Unitė de Virologie - fondamentale et appliquėe, INSERM,
CNRS, Lyon, France. Research field: molecular biology of malignant cell; molecular endocrinology, autocrine
secretion of malignant cells
1988-89 Specialization (Grant of the Serbian Ministry of Science) at Cornell University, Department of Poultry and Avian
Sciences, Ithaca, New York, USA. Research field: immunology
1996-01 Assistant Research Professor, Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, Vinča Institute of Nuclear
Sciences, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
2001-07 Associate Research Professor, Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, Vinča Institute of Nuclear
Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia
2007-.. Research Professor, Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences,
Belgrade, Serbia

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
1998-00 The Royal Society Joint Project with Central/Eastern Europe, Collaboration between Prof. Nicholas B. La
Thangue,University of Glasgow, Scotland UK. and Dr. Aleksandra Ristic-Fira, Laboratory of Molecular
Biology and Endocrinology, Institute of Nuclear Sciences "Vinca", Belgrade Yugoslavia. Research field:
molecular biology
1998-.. Collaboration with Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy. Research
field: radiation biology
2005-.. Guest Researcher at Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS) (Italy)
2008 Visiting Researcher at Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (LNL) (Italy)
2009-.. Member of GEANT4 Collaboration at CERN, Low Energy and Advanced Examples Working Groups