Ana Boban, mag. chem. is employed in the position of an assistant – PhD student in the scientific field of Biotechnical sciences, the field of Food technology, based on the results of the competition of the Croatian Science Foundation “Project for the development of careers of young researchers – training of new doctors of science” (DOK-2021-02). Ana Boban graduated in 2020 at the Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, University of Split, in field of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry. At the Faculty of Food and Biotechnology of the University of Zagreb, she will enroll PhD study of Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering, Food Technology and Nutrition. PhD student Ana Boban will study the interactions of autochthonous non-Saccharomyces yeasts and grape metabolites.

Welcome to WINE AROMAS team!

Following the planned activities on the project, on July 16, 2021, the first working meeting of the project team and a research group were held at the Institute for Adriatic Crops. The workshop was held in a combined way, live and through the online Zoom platform, where we were joined by Dr Urska Vrhovsek, while Prof Jasenka Gajdoš Kljusurić and Dr Vesna Milanović were present at the Institute. The aims of the workshop were to present the methodology of isolation and identification of non-Saccharomyces yeasts, to discussed about online database, and other project activities.

As part of the “Fridays at 13” seminar held at the Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation, on July 16, 2021, Ph.D. Irena Budić-Leto presented the research project. Information about the project, the project team, research objectives, research methodology, and planned project results were presented.