Anica Bjelica

Academic Background

• Professional Certificate, Learning and Development, Western University
• Advanced Teaching Program, Centre for Teaching and Learning, Western University
• M. Sc., Western University, London, ON
• B. Sc., Molecular Biology and Physiology, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Previous Work Experience

• Teaching Lab Assistant/Technician, Scientific Methods in Biology
• Research Assistant, Plant Secondary Metabolites
• Teaching Assistant, Scientific Methods in Biology and Histology

Representative Publications

• Woolfson KN, Haggitt ML, Zhang Y, Kachura A, Bjelica A, Rey Rincon MA, Kaberi KM, Bernards MA. Differential induction of polar and non-polar metabolism during wound-induced suberization in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tubers. Plant J. 2018 Mar;93(5):931-942. doi: 10.1111/tpj.13820. Epub 2018 Feb 7.
• Bjelica A, Haggitt ML, Woolfson KN, Lee DP, Makhzoum AB, Bernards MA. Fatty acid ωhydroxylases from Solanum tuberosum. Plant Cell Rep. 2016 Dec;35(12):2435-2448. Epub 2016 Aug 26.
• Grbić M, Van Leeuwen T, Clark RM, Rombauts S, Rouzé P, Grbić V, Osborne EJ, Dermauw W, Ngoc PC, Ortego F, Hernández-Crespo P, Diaz I, Martinez M, Navajas M, Sucena É, Magalhães S, Nagy L, Pace RM, Djuranović S, Smagghe G, Iga M, Christiaens O, Veenstra JA, Ewer J, Villalobos RM, Hutter JL, Hudson SD, Velez M, Yi SV, Zeng J, Pires-daSilva A, Roch F, Cazaux M, Navarro M, Zhurov V, Acevedo G, Bjelica A, Fawcett JA, et al. The genome of Tetranychus urticae reveals herbivorous pest adaptations. Nature. 2011 Nov 23; 479(7374):487-92. doi: 10.1038/nature10640.
• Rushlow WJ, Seah C, Sutton LP, Bjelica A, Rajakumar N. Antipsychotics affect multiple calcium calmodulin dependent proteins. Neuroscience. 2009 Jul 7; 161(3):877-86. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.03.011. Epub 2009 Mar 13.
• Grbic M, Khila A, Lee KZ, Bjelica A, Grbic V, Whistlecraft J, Verdon L, Navajas M, Nagy L. Mity model: Tetranychus urticae, a candidate for chelicerate model organism. Bioessays. 2007 May; 29(5):489-96.

Representative Conferences

• Bernards M. A., Haggitt M. L., Woolfson K. N., Bjelica A. (2016) Abscisic Acid, Fatty Acid Hydroxylation and the Deposition of Aliphatic Suberin in Wounded Potato Tubers. ISPL (International Symposium on Plant Lipids), University of Guelph, Ontario.
• Bjelica A (2009) CN and antipsychotics. Psychiatry day; University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.
• Bjelica A, Rushlow WJ. (2008) Antipsychotics and the calcineurin, dopamine- and cAMP- regulated phospho-protein of Mr 32 kDa and protein phosphatase 1 signaling cascade. Anatomy and Cell Biology Research Day; University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.
• Bjelica A, Rushlow WJ. (2008) Antipsychotics and the calcineurin, dopamine- and cAMP- regulated phospho-protein of Mr 32 kDa and protein phosphatase 1 signaling cascade. Society for Neuroscience Convention, Washington, DC.

Areas of Teaching

• Biology 0011A
• Biology 0012B

Awards and Recognition

• 2004-2006 - Special University Scholarship, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
• 2004-2006 - International Graduate Student Scholarship, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada