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Tea Martinić Cezar

Tea Martinić Cezar

Laboratory for Biochemistry
Zavod / Katedra: Laboratory for Biochemistry
Graduation year: 2021
PhD graduation year: 2026
Employed since: 2021
Location: 626
Public phone number: +38514605153
Internal phone number: 1153
Biography

2021. - 2026. Doctoral Studies in Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb.

2019. - 2021. Master's Degree in Bio-Industrial Techniques, University of Orleans.

2019. - 2021. Master's Degree in Molecular Biotechnology, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb.

2016-2019. Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology Engineering, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb

List of select publications

Slavica, A., Dukić, J., Martinić Cezar, T., Košpić, K., Diminić, J., Jukić, F., Jurčević, M., Čakić Semenčić, M., Ostojić, S., Sabljak, I., Režek Jambrak, A. (2026) Extraction strategies integrated with digitalization processes for the characterization of proteins from broad bean and red beetroot waste leaves. Ultrason Sonochem. IF = 9,7 (Q1)

Martinić Cezar, T., Paić, A., Žunar, B., Stuparević, I., Mrša, V., Teparić, R. (2025) Enhancing Yeast Surface Display: UPR, ERAD, and ER Dynamics in Recombinant Protein Production. Food Technol. Biotechnol., 64 (1). IF = 2,5 (Q2).

Šupljika, N., Paić, A., Novačić, A., Martinić Cezar, T., Vallée, B., Teparić, R., Stuparević, I., Žunar, B. (2025) Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mub1, a substrate adaptor of E3 ubiquitin ligase Ubr2, modulates sensitivity to cell wall stressors through multiple transcription factors. FEBS J. 292 (19), 5046–5066 IF = 4,2 (Q2).

Martinić Cezar, T., Paić, A., Prekpalaj, S., Teparić, R., Žunar, B., Stuparević, I. (2025) Measuring the capacity of yeast for surface display of cell wall-anchored protein isoforms by using β-lactamase as a reporter enzyme. FEBS Open Bio. 15 (4), 573-579. IF = 2,3 (Q3).

Martinić Cezar, T., Marđetko, N., Trontel, A., Paić, A., Slavica, A., Teparić, R., Žunar, B. (2024) Engineering Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the production of natural osmolyte glucosyl glycerol from sucrose and glycerol through Ccw12-based surface display of sucrose phosphorylase. J. biol. eng., 18 (1). IF = 6,5 (Q1).

Martinić Cezar, T., Lozančić, M., Novačić, A., Matičević, A., Matijević, D., Vallee, B., Mrša, V., Teparić, R., Žunar, B. (2023) Streamlining N-terminally anchored yeast surface display via structural insights into S. cerevisiae Pir proteins, Microb. Cell Fact. 22 (174), 1-17. IF = 4,3 (Q1).

Science memberships
List of select projects

Biotechnological Application of Heterologous Protein Incorporation into Yeast Cell Walls (PRODIS) (Collaborator, Croatian Science Foundation, IP-2019-04-2891, Project Leader: Prof. Vladimir Mrša, PhD, and Renata Teparić, PhD 2020–2023).

Past employments

2021 - present: Research assistant at the Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology in the Laboratory for Biochemistry, University of Zagreb.

Awards and acknowledgments

2025: University of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology Award for a published scientific paper in the highest-ranked journal in the field of Biotechnology in the previous year (https://doi.org/10.1186/s13036-024-00468-7).

2024: University of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology Award for a published scientific paper in the highest-ranked journal in the field of Biotechnology in the previous year (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12934-023-02183-2).

Znanstvene publikacije
  • Proceedings of the 1st International Yeast in Bioeconomy Conference, TIMR & IMDEA Energy, (2025) str. 30-30
  • Food technology and biotechnology, 64 (2025) 8764, 33, doi: 10.17113/ftb.64.01.26.8764
  • The Cell Wall of Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a Platform for Recombinant Protein Immobilization and Glucosyl Glycerol Production
    ZBORNIK SAŽETAKA: Dani doktorata biotehničkog područja 2025., Sveučilište u Zagrebu Prehrambeno-biotehnološki fakultet, (2025) str. 11-12
  • The FEBS journal, (2025) str. 1-21, doi: 10.1111/febs.70091
  • (2025)
  • Proceedings of the 1st International Yeast in Bioeconomy Conference, TIMR & IMDEA Energy, (2025) str. 88-88
  • Influence of native cell wall protein deletions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae on the efficiency of recombinant protein immobilization on the cell surface
    (2025)
  • (2025)
  • (2025)
  • FEMS MICRO 2025 : Abstract book, FEMS, (2025) str. 697-697
  • Journal of Biological Engineering, 18 (2024) str. 1-14, doi: 10.1186/s13036-024-00468-7
  • (2024)
  • FEBS Open Bio, (2024) , doi: 10.1002/2211-5463.13886
  • (2024)
  • FEBS3+ Meeting: Exploring Molecular Frontiers, Hrvatsko društvo za biokemiju i molekularnu biologiju, (2024)
  • Examination of the effect of overexpression of the GPI-transamidase complex on the incorporation of Ccw12bla protein into the cell wall of the yeast S. cerevisiae
    (2024)
  • FEBS3+ Meeting: Exploring Molecular Frontiers, Hrvatsko društvo za biokemiju i molekularnu biologiju, (2024) str. 139-139
  • Power of Microbesin Industry and Environment, BOOK OF ABSTRACTS, Hrvatsko mikrobiološko društvo, (2023) str. 113-113
  • (2023)
  • Microbial cell factories, 22 (2023) str. 1-17, doi: 10.1186/s12934-023-02183-2
  • (2023)
  • (2023)
  • FEMS Conference on Microbiology: Electronic Book of Abstracts, Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS), (2022) str. 416-416
  • British Yeast Group 2022: From Cells to Genomes: Poster Book,(2022) str. 3-3
  • 7th Croatian Congress of Microbiology with International Participation: Book of Abstracts, Hrvatsko mikrobiološko društvo, (2022) str. 124-124
  • HDBMB22 From Science to Knowledge, Hrvatsko Društvo za Biotehnologiju, (2022) str. 165-165
  • FEBS Open Bio, FEBS Press, 12 (2022) str. 256-256
  • FEBS Open Bio, FEBS Press, 12 (2022) str. 256-256
  • SYNTHESIS OF FERROCENE MUROPEPTIDE
    (2019)