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Daniela Kalafatovic completed her PhD in Pure and applied chemistry in 2015 by University of Strathclyde and obtained her Laurea in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology in 2010 by Università degli Studi di Trieste. Currently, she is Assistant Professor at University of Rijeka (Croatia), Department of Biotechnology . She published 8 articles in journals.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Daniela Kalafatovic

Citation names

  • Kalafatovic, Daniela

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
FD14-4381-F819
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9685-1162

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Physical Chemistry

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Croatian (Mother tongue)
Italian (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2015
Concluded
 Pure and applied chemistry (Doctor of Philosophy)
University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
"Enzyme responsive nanomaterials for cancer applications" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2010
Concluded
 Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology (Laurea)
Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/08/01 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) University of Rijeka, Department of Biotechnology , Croatia
2016/03/09 - 2018/03/31 Postdoc (Research) Institut de Recerca Biomèdica, Spain
2015/02/01 - 2016/02/01 Postdoc (Research) CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, United States
2011/01/11 - 2014/06/30 Research Trainee (Research) University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/02/01 - 2025/01/31 Design of short catalytic peptides and peptide assemblies
UIP-2019-04-7999
Principal investigator
University of Rijeka, Department of Biotechnology , Croatia
 Hrvatska Zaklada za Znanost
Ongoing
2020 - 2024 A COMPUTATIONAL MODEL OF FLOW, FLOODING AND POLLUTION DISPERSION IN RIVERS AND COASTAL MARINE AREAS
KK.05.1.1.02.0017
Researcher
Sveuciliste u Rijeci Tehnicki Fakultetu, Croatia

Sveucili¿te u Rijeci, Croatia
European Regional Development Fund
Ongoing
2020 - 2021 SARS-COV-2 SUPRAMOLECULAR MIMETICS FOR DISCOVERY OF PEPTIDES THAT INDUCE VIRAL ENTRAPMENT
Cov-01
Principal investigator
University of Rijeka, Department of Biotechnology , Croatia
 Sveucili¿te u Rijeci
Concluded
2013/04 - 2018/04 IRB Barcelona International Postdoctoral Programme 2.0
600404
 European Commission
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Otovic, Erik; Njirjak, Marko; Kalafatovic, Daniela; Mausa, Goran. Corresponding author: Mausa, Goran. "Sequential properties representation scheme for recurrent neural network based prediction of therapeutic peptides". Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling (2022):
    Under revision
  2. Erjavac, Ivan; Kalafatovic, Daniela; Mausa, Goran. Corresponding author: Mausa, Goran. "Coupled encoding methods for antimicrobial peptide prediction". Artificial Intelligence in the Life Sciences (2022):
    Under revision
  3. Pina, Ana S.; Morgado, Leonor; Duncan, Krystyna L.; Carvalho, Sara; Carvalho, Henrique F.; Barbosa, Arménio J. M.; de P. Mariz, Beatriz; et al. "Discovery of phosphotyrosine-binding oligopeptides with supramolecular target selectivity". Chemical Science 13 1 (2021): 210-217. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1sc04420f.
    Published • 10.1039/d1sc04420f
  4. "Exploiting Peptide Self-Assembly for the Development of Minimalistic Viral Mimetics". Frontiers in Chemistry 9 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2021.723473.
    10.3389/fchem.2021.723473
  5. Daniela Kalafatovic; Goran Mauša; Dina Rešetar Maslov; Ernest Giralt. "Bottom-Up Design Approach for OBOC Peptide Libraries". Molecules (2020): https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/25/15/3316.
    10.3390/molecules25153316
  6. Son, J.; Kalafatovic, D.; Kumar, M.; Yoo, B.; Cornejo, M.A.; Contel, M.; Ulijn, R.V.. "Customizing Morphology, Size, and Response Kinetics of Matrix Metalloproteinase-Responsive Nanostructures by Systematic Peptide Design". ACS Nano (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85061232192&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/acsnano.8b07401
  7. Kalafatovic, Daniela. "Algorithm-supported, mass and sequence diversity-oriented random peptide library design". Journal of Cheminformatics 11 1 (2019): 25-25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13321-019-0347-6.
    10.1186/s13321-019-0347-6
  8. Gawrzak, S.; Rinaldi, L.; Gregorio, S.; Arenas, E.J.; Salvador, F.; Urosevic, J.; Figueras-Puig, C.; et al. "MSK1 regulates luminal cell differentiation and metastatic dormancy in ER + breast cancer". Nature Cell Biology 20 2 (2018): 211-221. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85040774350&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/s41556-017-0021-z
  9. Kalafatovic, D.; Giralt, E.. "Cell-penetrating peptides: Design strategies beyond primary structure and amphipathicity". Molecules 22 11 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85034777561&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/molecules22111929
  10. Kalafatovic, D.; Nobis, M.; Son, J.; Anderson, K.I.; Ulijn, R.V.. "MMP-9 triggered self-assembly of doxorubicin nanofiber depots halts tumor growth". Biomaterials 98 (2016): 192-202. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84966713472&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.04.039
  11. Kalafatovic, D.; Nobis, M.; Javid, N.; Frederix, P.W.J.M.; Anderson, K.I.; Saunders, B.R.; Ulijn, R.V.. "MMP-9 triggered micelle-to-fibre transitions for slow release of doxorubicin". Biomaterials Science 3 2 (2015): 246-249. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84921633070&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c4bm00297k
  12. Pappas, C.G.; Frederix, P.W.J.M.; Mutasa, T.; Fleming, S.; Abul-Haija, Y.M.; Kelly, S.M.; Gachagan, A.; et al. "Alignment of nanostructured tripeptide gels by directional ultrasonication". Chemical Communications 51 40 (2015): 8465-8468. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84928966482&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1039/c5cc02049b
  13. Frederix, P.W.J.M.; Scott, G.G.; Abul-Haija, Y.M.; Kalafatovic, D.; Pappas, C.G.; Javid, N.; Hunt, N.T.; Ulijn, R.V.; Tuttle, T.. "Exploring the sequence space for (tri-)peptide self-assembly to design and discover new hydrogels". Nature Chemistry 7 1 (2015): 30-37. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84963944295&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/nchem.2122
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2015/04/17 MMP­-9 responsive peptides for tumor associated formation of doxorubicin releasing nanofibres BioDesign MegaMeeting, Center for Integrative Proteomics Research
Rutgers University (New Yersey, United States)
2013/10/29 MMP-­9 triggered reconfiguration of supramolecular peptide amphiphiles for controlled release Peptide Materials for Nanotechnology and Biomedicine (PepMat)
(Sorrento, Italy)
2013/06/25 MMP-­9 triggered reconfiguration of supramolecular peptide systems Macro Group Young Researchers Meeting
University of Nottingham (Nottingham, United Kingdom)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2017 - 2017 1st European PhD and Postdoc symposium ENABLE (Barcelona, Spain) (2017 - 2017)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Institut de Recerca Biomèdica, Spain

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2017/10/15 - 2017/10/20 Poster presentation: OBOC combinatorial peptide libraries for identification of targetable membrane proteins as bone metastasis mediators in breast cancer
Conference
 12th Australian Peptide Symposium, Peppers Noosa Resort (Queensland, Australia)
2015/06/20 - 2015/06/25 Poster presentation: MMP-­9 responsive peptides for tumor associated formation of doxorubicin releasing nanofibres
Conference
 American Peptide Symposium, Orlando (Florida, USA)