Skip to main content

Dr. Oliver Vugrek

Head of laboratory
znanstveni savjetnik u trajnom izboru
Telephone
01 4698844
Mobile
091/468-0778
Academic title
Professor
Address
Bijenička 46
10000 Zagreb
Croatia
Curriculum vitae

Education

1997-1999 Postdoctoral fellow at Australian National University (ANU), RSBS, Canberra, Australia

1996 Postdoctoral fellow at Max-Planck-Institute for Cellbiology, Heidelberg (Ladenburg), Germany

1995 PhD in biology (magna cum laude) at Ruprechts Karl University, Heidelberg, Germany

1992-1995 PhD thesis at Max-Planck-Institute for Cellbiology, Heidelberg (Ladenburg), Germany

1992 University degree in biology (Diploma) at Albert Einstein University, Ulm, Germany

1985 Abitur at grammar school 'Friedrich-Schiller-Gymnasium', Marbach, Germany

Specific research interests

Projects

2025-2028: EASIGEN-DS Design study for a European infrastructure on advanced genomics 

technologies (Proposal ID 101187908). HORIZON-INFRA-2024-DEV-01.  Budget 3M EUR

(IRB 70.000,00 EUR). Project start 02/2025.

2024-2028: GOE - Genome of Europe. DIGITAL-2023-CLOUD-AI-04-GENOME (ID: 101168231). 

01.10.2024 - 01.04.2028). Budget 40M EUR (IRB 610.000,00 EUR).

2024-2025: NPOO 'Dokazivanje inovativnog koncepta - Drugi Poziv', C3.2.R3-I1.05 projekt "Dokazivanje inovativnog koncepta za karakterizaciju genskih varijanti nepoznatog značaja (VUS)". Budget 66.000,00 EUR.

2022-2026: GDI - Genomic Data Infrastructure, funded from the European Union’s Digital Europe Programme under grant agreement number 101081813; 40 million EUR, Principal investigator

2019-2023: HRZZ IP IP-2018-01-5632: Molecular aspects of pathogenic processes in AHCY deficiency (Croatian Science Foundation);  985.340,48 HRK; Principal investigator

2019-2022: Centre of competence  in molecular diagnostics (CEKOM);  2.204.739,05 HRK (PI: Oliver Vugrek).

2013-2016: Coordinator: FP7-REGPOT-2012-2013-1 Project - Enhancement of the Innovation Potential in SEE through new Molecular Solutions in Research and Development (1. June 2013;  EUR 4,739,000).

2012-2013 DAAD bilateral grant. Research Project AHCY deficiency: Epigenetic characterization of a novel human methylation disorder' (PI’s: Dr. Oliver Vugrek and Dr. Ulrich Zechner, Institute for Human Genetics, Mainz, Germany

2010-2012 - Project leader for grant of IPA Regional Development Component in Croatia (EUR 491,485):'Creation of research related infrastructure for Translational Medicine and Applied Genomics.

2010 – 2011: DAAD bilateral grant. Research Project ‘AHCY deficiency: Proteomics of a new methylation disorder in human' (PI’s: Dr. Oliver Vugrek and Dr. Gerhard Mittler (Max-Planck-Institute for Immunobiology, Freiburg, Germany).

2009 – 2011: CROATIA-ISRAEL JOINT RESEARCH PROGRAM: Research project ‘Molecular dynamics of S-Adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase (AHCY) and its role in regulation of gene expression (PI’s: Dr. Oliver Vugrek and Dr. Yaron Shav-Tal (Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel).

2007– : Croatian Ministry of Science and Technology project 098-0000000-2463; Research Project: ‘S-Adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase (AHCY) deficiency: Molecular Mechanims of a new human disease’ (PI Dr. Oliver Vugrek).

Awards and Achievements

Director's award for exceptional contribution to research at Rudjer Boskovic Institute in 2010

Classes

Postgraduate lecturer at the Medical Faculty Zagreb since 2003: Leader of courses ‘From disease to gene – from gene to function: Role of recombinant proteins in functional genomics, and Translational Medicine – From disease to gene

Postgraduate lecturer at the Natural Sciences and Mathematics Faculty Zagreb, since 2008: Leader of course 'omics' methods: Application in research of new disorders

Publications - editorial books

Zbornik sažetaka s konferencije

Publications - Conference journals

Sažetak izlaganja sa skupa

Publications - Graded papers

Diplomski rad

Doktorska disertacija

Membership in professional associations / societies

2005 Croatian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

2008 Croatian Society of Human Genetics

2010- RBI commission member for intellectual property rights

2020 - member of the Commission for the implementation of the declaration on cooperation towards obtaining at least one million sequenced genomes of the EU by 2022.

2020 - National representative of the special group 'Signatories of the Declaration of cooperation 'Towards access to at least 1 million sequenced genomes in the EU by 2022'.

2021 – National representative of the Republic of Croatia in the working group 1+MG WG12 The Genome of Europe (GoE) at the European Commission.

Certificates:

Agilent technologies: Certificate of Achievement in 'Cytogenomics Software familiarization, introduction to algorithms and application to clinical cases interpretation' 2012

IAEA-WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) -

Certificate for advanced Innovation, Technology Transfer and Successful Technology Licensing in Research & Development Institutions, 2011

Certificate for Innovation Promotion, Technology Transfer and Successful Technology Licensing, 2010

This site uses cookies.. Some of these cookies are essential, while others help us improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more detailed information on the cookies we use, please check our Privacy Policy.

Customise settings
  • Necessary cookies enable core functionality. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, and can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences.