doc. dr. sc. Željka Car

Teaching

undergraduate

• Organic chemistry 1 (212146) - Seminar
• Organic chemistry 2 (212147) - Seminar

graduate

• Enzymic catalysis in organic synthesis (44055) - Lecturer in charge
• Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry (270691) - Lecturer in charge
• Advanced organic laboratory course (44053) - Practicum
• Diploma thesis (72928) - Laboratory exercises

integrated undergraduate and graduate

• Organic Chemistry 2 (183962) - Lecturer in charge
• Organic Chemistry 2 (185202) - Lecturer in charge

Biography

Education at Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb: Diploma thesis (Chemistry, 2001); Doctoral thesis (Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, 2011).

Affiliation and current position: Division of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb: Assistant Prof (2021-)

Previous positions: Expert Advisor (2017 - 2021), Postdoctoral researcher (2015 - 2017), Senior Assistant (2011–2015), Assistant (2005–2011), Division of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb.

Research interest:

Synthesis of desmuramyl peptides, pyridinones and their glycosylated and lipophilic analogs for the purpose of evaluation of their biological activity such as adjuvant, antitumor and anti-adhesion activity; synthesis and enzymic transformation of multifunctional compounds such as monosaccharides and nucleosides.

Scientific papers: co-author of 19 scientific papers in total

Awards and recognitions and memberships: Member of the Council of the Department of Chemistry, Member of the Croatian Chemical Society (CCS), Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers (CSCE)

Research Project Participant:

• Research Project (IP-2020-02-4467) funded by Croatian Science Foundation: „From nitrogen-containing aromatic compounds to new functional organic-based materials" (I. Biljan, 01.01.2021. – 31.12. 2024.)
• Research Project (IP-2020-02-9162) funded by Croatian Science Foundation: „Ferrocene Analogues of Biomolecules: Structural Characterization and Biological Evaluation“ (L. Barišić, 11.01.2021. - 10.01.2025.)
• Research Project (IP-09-2014) funded by Croatian Science Foundation: Synthesis, Structural Analysis and Biological Evaluation of Peptidomimetics and Glycoconjugates (S. Tomić-Pisarović)
• Project funded by European Regional Development Fund and Croatian state budget: Development of new methodology for the control of drug preparation processes - Met4Pharm (P. Novak, 2014 - 2016)

Published papers recorded in the Croatian Scientific Bibliography Database (CROSBI)

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List of select publications

1. A. Usenik, K. Leko, V. Petrović Peroković, Ž. Car, R. Ribić, K. Pičuljan, M. Hanževački, J. Draženović, J. Požar,
Hydrophobically driven hosting – What about the guest? J. Mol. Liq. 388 (2023) 122774-122774.

2. A. Brkić, M. Leibundgut, J. Jablonska, V. Zanki, Ž. Car, V. Petrović Peroković, A. Maršavelski, N. Ban, I. Gruić-Sovulj, Antibiotic hyper-resistance in a class I aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase with altered active site signature motif. Nat. Commun. 14 (2023) 5498.

3. V. Petrović Peroković, Ž. Car, M. Bušljeta, D. Mihelec, M. Paurević, S. Ivanković, R. Stojković, R. Ribić, Synthesis and Immunological Evaluation of Mannosylated Desmuramyl Dipeptides Modified by Lipophilic Triazole Substituents, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 23 (2022) 8628, 20.

4. V. Petrović Peroković, Ž. Car, J. Draženović, R. Stojković, L. Milković, M. Antica, Đ. Škalamera, S. Tomić, R. Ribić, Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Desmuramyl Dipeptides Modified by Adamantyl-1,2,3- triazole, Molecules 26 (2021) 6352.

5. V. Petrović Peroković, Ž. Car, A. Usenik, T. Opačak-Bernardi, A. Jurić, S. Tomić, Adamantyl pyran-4-one derivatives and their in vitro antiproliferative activity, Mol. Diversity 24 (2019) 253-263.

6. V. Petrović Peroković, Ž. Car, T. Opačak-Bernardi, I. Martin-Kleiner, M. Kralj, S. Tomić, In vitro antiproliferative study of novel adamantyl pyridin-4-ones, Mol. Diversity 21 (2017) 881-891.