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Mila Đisalov

Mila Djisalov

Position:Research Assistant in CBS

Academic Rank: Research assistant

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Dr. Mila Djisalov is a Research Associate at the BioSense Institute. She completed her undergraduate studies in biochemistry and master’s studies in molecular biology at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad. She defended her doctoral dissertation entitled “Optimization of the loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method for field detection of food- and waterborne pathogens” in 2025. Throughout her career, she has participated in numerous projects: 9 international projects, including 4 from the Horizon 2020 program, 3 projects from the Good Food Institute, and 2 bilateral projects. In addition, she has been involved in 3 national projects funded by the Science Fund, 1 project funded by the Innovation Fund, 3 projects from the Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research, and 1 project led by the Science Promotion Center. She has worked as a visiting researcher at the Technical University of Vienna, Trinity College Dublin, INRAE in Paris, INESC MN in Lisbon, and Wageningen University in the Netherlands.

Her research activity includes the development and optimization of isothermal nucleic acid amplification methods (LAMP, RCA) for molecular diagnostics of pathogens, genetic modifications, antibiotic resistance genes, and tumor markers. Additionally, her work involves the development of biosensors and lab-on-a-chip platforms applied in biomedicine, food safety, and cellular agriculture.

She is particularly engaged in science promotion and was a co-founder and co-coordinator of the “The BioSense Alt. Protein Project”. Furthermore, in 2021, she received the KOMUNALT project grant funded by the Science Promotion Center and participated in organizing the first multidisciplinary conference on alternative proteins in Serbia.

In May 2024, she was awarded, together with co-authors, the Tanner Award for the most cited paper in 2021, published in the journal Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety (impact factor 16), where she contributed as one of two first co-authors with equal contribution.

Center:

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CBS

Themes:

1. Biomolecular engineering

2. Cellular agriculture

Projects:

1. IPANEMA – Integration of PAper-based Nucleic acid testing mEthods into Microfluidic devices for improved biosensing Applications
2. REALSENSE1 – Monitoring of cell culture parameters using sensors for biomass and nutrients/metabolites in media: Lab-on-a-Chip (LOC) approach, 2019-2021; Good Food Institute 2018 Competitive Grant Program
3. REALSENSE2- FROM LAB-ON-A-CHIP TO CUSTOM BIOREACTOR: SCALE UP MODELING STUDY, 2019-2021; Good Food Institute 2018 Competitive Grant Program
4. PRECAST – Prediction of Cancer Treatment Effectiveness with Stimuli-responsive Nanomaterials
5. CYBELE-FOSTERING PRECISION AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK FARMING THROUGH SECURE ACCESS TO LARGE-SCALE HPC-ENABLED VIRTUAL INDUSTRIAL EXPERIMENTATION ENVIRONMENT EMPOWERING SCALABLE BIG DATA ANALYTICS
6. NANOFACTS – Networking Activities for Nanotechnology-Facilitated Cancer Theranostics
7. DRAGON -Data Driven Precision Agriculture Services and Skill Acquisition
8. DIBMES- Development and Integration of Microfluidic Biosensors for Meat Safety monitoring in farm-to-slaughterhouse continuum
9. The BioSense Alt. Protein Project – Student group
10. PARSEC – Promoting the internAtional competitiveness of European Remote Sensing companies through Cross-cluster collaboration
11. KOMUNALT- Enhancement of knowledge and COMMUNication skills of researchers in ALTernative protein field
12. Development of magnetic sensors for rapid detection of the Salmonella serotype common in Serbia and Portugal
13. Development of plant-based edible microcarriers and scaffolds for use in cellular agriculture i.e. cultivated meat tissue engineering
14. MicoLabAptaSens- Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip platform for fast detection of pathogenic bacteria using novel electrochemical aptamer-based biosensors
15. Know4Nano

Publications:

  1. Omerović, N., Djisalov, M., Živojević, K., Mladenović, M., Vunduk, J., Milenković, I., Knežević, N.Ž., Gadjanski, I. and Vidić, J., 2021. Antimicrobial nanoparticles and biodegradable polymer composites for active food packaging applications. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 20(3), pp.2428-2454. https://doi.org/10.1111/1541-4337.12727
  2. Živojević, K., Mladenović, M., Djisalov, M., Mundzic, M., Ruiz-Hernandez, E., Gadjanski, I. and Knežević, N.Ž., 2021. Advanced mesoporous silica nanocarriers in cancer theranostics and gene editing applications. Journal of Controlled Release, 337, pp.193-211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2021.07.029
  3. Djisalov, M., Janjušević, L., Léguillier, V., Šašić Zorić, L., Farre, C., Anba-Mondoloni, J., Vidic, J. and Gadjanski, I., 2024. Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay coupled with gold nanoparticles for colorimetric detection of Trichoderma spp. in Agaricus bisporus cultivation substrates. Scientific Reports, 14(1), p.15539. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-65971-9
  4. Šašić Zorić, L., Janjušević, L., Djisalov, M., Knežić, T., Vunduk, J., Milenković, I. and Gadjanski, I., 2023. Molecular approaches for detection of Trichoderma green mold disease in edible mushroom production. Biology, 12(2), p.299. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12020299
  5. Podunavac, I., Knežić, T., Djisalov, M., Omerovic, N., Radovic, M., Janjušević, L., Stefanovic, D., Panic, M., Gadjanski, I. and Radonic, V., 2023. Mammalian cell-growth monitoring based on an impedimetric sensor and image processing within a microfluidic platform. Sensors, 23(7), p.3748. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23073748
  6. Knežić, T., Janjušević, L., Djisalov, M., Yodmuang, S. and Gadjanski, I., 2022. Using vertebrate stem and progenitor cells for cellular agriculture, state-of-the-art, challenges, and future perspectives. Biomolecules, 12(5), p.699. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom12050699
  7. Djisalov, M., Knežić, T., Podunavac, I., Živojević, K., Radonic, V., Knežević, N.Ž., Bobrinetskiy, I. and Gadjanski, I., 2021. Cultivating multidisciplinarity: Manufacturing and sensing challenges in cultured meat production. Biology, 10(3), p.204. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10030204
  8. Pajčin, I., Knežić, T., Savic Azoulay, I., Vlajkov, V., Djisalov, M., Janjušević, L., Grahovac, J. and Gadjanski, I., 2022. Bioengineering outlook on cultivated meat production. Micromachines, 13(3), p.402. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi13030402
  9. Radonić, V., Birgermajer, S., Podunavac, I., Djisalov, M., Gadjanski, I. and Kitić, G., 2019. Microfluidic Sensor Based on Composite Left-Right Handed Transmission Line. Electronics, 8(12), p.1475.https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics8121475