Updated on 2024/04/03
Doctor of Agriculture （ 2013.9 Nagoya University ）
Enzymology
Protein engineering
in vitro screening
cDNA display
Directed evolution
Life Science / Applied biochemistry / Applied biochemistry
Study and development of enzymes for sustainable life
Nagoya University Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Department of Applied Biosciences Associate professor
2024.4
Nagoya University Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Department of Applied Biosciences Lecturer
2020.9 - 2024.3
University of Western Australia School of Molecular Sciences Researcher Visiting Research Fellow
2020.2 - 2020.3
Nagoya University Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences Department of Bioengineering Sciences Department of Bioengineering Sciences Assistant Professor
2015.3 - 2020.8
Nagoya University Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences Department of Bioengineering Sciences Department of Bioengineering Sciences Designated assistant professor
2014.3 - 2015.3
Nagoya University Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences Department of Bioengineering Sciences Department of Bioengineering Sciences Researcher
2013.10 - 2014.2
Nagoya University Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences PhD
2010.10 - 2013.9
Country： Japan
Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry
The Society for Biotechnology, Japan
Japanese Society of Enzyme Engineering
Nagoya University COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) University-wide WG member
2023.4
Graduate Program of Transformative Chem-Bio Research（GTR) WG member
2022.4
Women Leaders Program to Promote Well-being in Asia Executive committee member for Women Leaders Program to Promote Well-being in Asia
2021 - 2023.3
Committee type：Other
The Society for Biotechnology Japan Bioinformatics consultation forum Steering comittee member
2017
Committee type：Academic society
Women Leaders Program to Promote Well-being in Asia Organizing committee member for Women Leaders Program to Promote Well-being in Asia
2015 - 2023.3
2024 Agricultural Chemistry Young Female Researcher Award
2024.3 Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry
Best Poster Award
2014.11 13th China-Japan-Korea Joint Symposium on Enzyme Engineering
Chubu Branch Chief Award
2013.8 The Society for Biotechnology, Japan, Chubu affiliate regular meeting
MEXT Scholarship
2009.10 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
Comprehensive analysis of transglutaminase substrate preference by cDNA display coupled with next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics Reviewed
Damnjanovic Jasmina, Odake Nana, Fan Jicheng, Camagna Maurizio, Jia Beixi, Kojima Takaaki, Nemoto Naoto, Hitomi Kiyotaka, Nakano Hideo
Scientific Reports Vol. 12 ( 13578 ) 2022.8
Substrate profiling of human Transglutaminase 1 using cDNA display and next-generation sequencing Reviewed
Munaweera T.I.K., Damnjanović J.*, Camagna M., Nezu M., Jia B., Hitomi K., Nemoto N., Nakano H.
Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry 2024.3
cDNA display coupled with next-generation sequencing for rapid activity-based screening: Comprehensive analysis of transglutaminase substrate preference
Damnjanović Jasmina, Odake Nana, Fan Jicheng, Jia Beixi, Kojima Takaaki, Nemoto Naoto, Hitomi Kiyotaka, Nakano Hideo
bioRxiv 2021.9
Structures of an engineered phospholipase D with specificity for secondary alcohol transphosphatidylation: insights into plasticity of substrate binding and activation Reviewed International coauthorship
Samantha Ariela, Damnjanovic Jasmina, Iwasaki Yugo, Nakano Hideo, Vrielink Alice
Biochemical Journal Vol. 478 ( 9 ) page： 1749 - 1767 2021.4
A simple chemo-enzymatic synthesis of alkyl-acyl (plasmanyl) phospholipids Reviewed
Iwasaki Yugo, Sakurai Yuuki, Damnjanovic Jasmina
Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology Vol. 26 page： 101625 2020.7
Synthesis of difficult-tosynthesize phospholipids with modified phospholipase D Invited Reviewed
Iwasaki Yugo, Damnjanović Jasmina
Biotechnology Vol. 98 ( 9 ) page： 481 - 484 2020
Production of active manganese peroxidase in Escherichia coli by co-expression of chaperones and in vitro maturation by ATP-dependent chaperone release Reviewed
Alfi Almasul, Zhu Bo, Damnjanovic Jasmina, Kojima Takaaki, Iwasaki Yugo, Nakano Hideo
Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering Vol. 128 ( 3 ) page： 290 - 295 2019.9
Application of molecular docking simulation in biotechnology (in Japanese) Invited
Damnjanović J., and Iwasaki Y.
Biotechnology (in Japanese) Vol. 97 ( 5 ) page： 257-260 2019.8
Acyl chain that matters: Introducing sn-2 acyl chain preference to a phospholipase D by protein engineering Reviewed
Damnjanović, J., Nakano, H., and Iwasaki, Y.
Protein Engineering Design and Seection Vol. 32 page： 1-11 2019.8
SKIK-zipbody-alkaline phosphatase, a novel antibody fusion protein expressed in Escherichia coli cytoplasm Reviewed
Ritthisan P., Ojima-Kato T., Damnjanovic J., Kojima T., Nakano H.
Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering Vol. 126 ( 6 ) page： 705-709 2018.12
Facile enzymatic synthesis of phosphatidylthreonine using an engineered phospholipase D Reviewed
Damnjanovic J., Matsunaga N., Adachi M., Nakano H., Iwasaki Y.
European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology Vol. 120 ( 1800089 ) page： 1-7 2018.4
Direct enzymatic synthesis of 1-phosphatidyl-β-D-glucose by engineered phospholipase D Reviewed
Inoue A., Adachi M., Damnjanovic J., Nakano H., and Iwasaki Y.
Chemistry Select Vol. 1 page： 4121-4125 2016.8
Salt-induced increase in the yield of enzymatically synthesized phosphatidylinositol and the underlying mechanism Reviewed
Muraki M., Damnjanovic J., Nakano H., and Iwasaki Y.
Journal of Bioscence and Bioengineering Vol. 122 ( 3 ) page： 276-282 2016.4
Directing positional specificity in enzymatic synthesis of bioactive 1-phosphatidylinositol by protein engineering of a phospholipase D Reviewed
Damnjanovic J., Kuroiwa C., Tanaka H., Ishida K., Nakano H., Iwasaki Y.
Biotechnology and Bioengineering Vol. 113 ( 1 ) page： 62-71 2015.9
Deletion of a dynamic surface loop improves stability and changes kinetic behavior of phosphatidylinositol-synthesizing Streptomyces phospholipase D Reviewed
Damnjanovic J., Nakano H. and Iwasaki Y.
Biotechnology and Bioengineering Vol. 111 page： 674-682 2014.4
Phospholipase D as a catalyst: application in phospholipid synthesis, molecular structure and protein engineering Invited Reviewed
Damnjanovic J. and Iwasaki Y.
Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering Vol. 116 page： 271-280 2013.9
Simple and efficient profiling of phospholipids in phospholipase D-modified soy lecithin by HPLC with charged aerosol detection Reviewed
Damnjanovic J., Nakano H., Iwasaki Y.
Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society Vol. 90 page： 951-957 2013.4
Improving thermostability of phosphatidylinositol-synthesizing, Streptomyces phospholipase D Reviewed
Damnjanovic J., Takahashi R., Nakano H., Iwasaki Y.
Protein Engineering, Design & Selection Vol. 25 page： 415-424 2012.6
Covalently immobilized lipase catalyzing high-yielding optimized geranyl butyrate synthesis in a batch and fluidized bed reactor Reviewed
Damnjanovic J., Zuza M., Savanovic J., Bezbradica D., Mijin D., Boskovic- Vragolovic N., Knezevic-Jugovic Z
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic Vol. 75 page： 50-59 2011.11
The immobilization of lipase on Sepabeads®: Coupling, characterization and application in geranyl-butyrate synthesis in a low aqueous system Reviewed
Knezevic Z., Damnjanovic J., Bezbradica D., Mijin D.
Chemical Industry & Chemical Engineering Quarterly Vol. 14 page： 245-249 2008.11
Covalent immobilization of lipase from Candida rugosa on Eupergit® Reviewed
Bezbradica D., Corovic J., Prodanovic R., Milosavic N, Knezevic Z.
Acta Periodica Technologica Vol. 36 page： 179-186 2005.11
Chapter 4: Enzymatic Modification of Phospholipids by Phospholipase D. in "Lipid Modification by Enzymes and Engineered Microbes" (U.T. Bornscheuer, ed.)
Jasmina Damnjanovic, Yugo Iwasaki（ Role： Joint author）
AOCS press 2018
Chapter 3: Enzymatic modification of phospholipids. in "Recent Advances in Biotechnology Vol. 4. Progress in Food Biotechnology" (Ali Osman, ed.)
Jasmina Damnjanovic, Yugo Iwasaki（ Role： Joint author）
Bentham Science 2018
Enzyme science and engineering research aimed at practical application of industrial enzymes Invited
Damnjanović J.
JSBBA 2024 Annual Meeting 2024.3.26
Enzyme studies and engineering by single molecule display system coupled with NGS and bioinformatics Invited
Damnjanović J., Nakano H.
75th SBJ Annual Meeting 2023.9
Single-molecule display system for directed evolution of enzymes
Damnjanović J., Sugiyama A., Ishihara K., Iwasaki Y., Nakano H.
JSBBA 2024 Annual Meeting
Comprehensive analysis of transglutaminase substrate specificity by cDNA display and bioinformatics Invited
Damnjanović J.
3rd Amano Enzyme Enzyme Research Grant Report Meeting 2023.11.17
In vitro molecular display for enzyme evolution molecular display for enzyme evolution
Damnjanović J., Nemoto N., Nakano H.
75th SBJ Annual Meeting 2023.9
Protein engineering and studies on structure-function relationship of enzymes Invited
Damnjanovic Jasmina
International Joint Workshop AC21 (Nagoya University, Gifu University, North Carolina State University) 2022.11.9 Academic Consortium 21, Nagoya University
Integrating cDNA display and bioinformatics to reveal substrate preferences of transglutaminase 1
TIK Munaweera, Jasmina Damnjanovic, Maurizio Camagna, Kiyotaka Hitomi, Naoto Nemoto, Hideo Nakano
2nd Amano Enzyme Report Conference 2022.11 Amano Enzyme
Development of a platform for comprehensive analysis of transglutaminase substrate specificity by cDNA display using next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics
Odake Nana, Damnjanovic Jasmina, Kojima Takaaki, Nemoto Naoto, Hitomi Kiyotaka, Camagna Maurizio, Nakano Hideo
24th Transglutaminase Research Meeting 2022.11 Transglutaminase Research Meeting
Soluble expression of plasmanylethanolamine desaturases
Saito Aya, Damnjanovic Jasmina, Nakano Hideo, Iwasaki Yugo
74th Annual Meeting of the Society for Biotechnology, Japan 2022.10 The Society for Biotechnology, Japan
Extensive analysis of Transglutaminase 1 substrate preferences using cDNA display
T.I.K Munaweera, Jasmina Damnjanovic, Moeri Nezu, Maurizio Camagna, Takaaki Kojima, Kiyotaka Hitomi, Hideo Nakano, Naoto Nemoto
The 193rd meeting of the Chubu branch of the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry 2022.10.1 Chubu branch of the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry
cDNA display coupled with next-generation sequencing for rapid activity-based screening: Analysis of transglutaminase substrate preference International conference
Jasmina Damnjanovic, Nana Odake, Takaaki Kojima, Naoto Nemoto, Kiyotaka Hitomi, Hideo Nakano
The 3rd Aachen Protein Engineering Symposium (AcES) European Federation of Biotechnology
Comprehensive analysis of transglutaminase 1 substrate preferences using cDNA display
T.I.K Munaweera, Jasmina Damnjanovic, Moeri Nezu, Maurizio Camagna, Takaaki Kojima, Kiyotaka Hitomi, Hideo Nakano
The first report meeting of Amano Enzyme research fund Amano Enzyme
Comprehensive analysis of transglutaminase substrate preference by cDNA display
Damnjanovic Jasmina，Nezu Moeri，Jia Beixi，Odake Nana，Hitomi Kiyotaka，Kojima Takaaki，Nemoto Naoto，Nakano Hideo
The 2022 Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry 2022.3.18 Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry
cDNA display coupled with next-generation sequencing for activity-based selection: Comprehensive analysis of transglutaminase substrate preference
Damnjanovic Jasmina, Odake Nana, Kojima Takaaki, Nemoto Naoto, Hitomi Kiyotaka, Nakano Hideo
2021 Sakura-Bio Meeting 2021.5.29 The Society for Biotechnology Japan, Chubu branch
Novel cDNA display platform for activity-based selection in protein engineering
Damnjanovic Jasmina, Odake Nana, Kojima Takaaki, Nemoto Naoto, Nakano Hideo
Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry 2020 2021.3.21 Japan Society of Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry
The reaction mechanism of microbial phospholipase D
Iwamoto Haruka, Goto Tomoaki, Damnjanovic Jasmina, Nakano Hideo, Iwasaki Yugo
Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry 2021 2021.3.20 Japan Society of Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry
Functional studies and protein engineering of industrially-relevant enzymes Invited International conference
Jasmina Damnjanovic
Bayliss seminar 2020.3.5 School of Molecular Sciences, University of Western Australia
Protein engineering of phospholipase D for enzymatic synthesis of bioactive phospholipids Invited
Jasmina Damnjanovic, Nozomi Matsunaga, Michiko Muraki, Arisa Inoue, Hideo Nakano, Yugo Iwasaki
2nd Research Meeting of Genome-Epigenome Research Project
Directing positional specificity in phospholipase D-catalyzed synthesis of 1-phosphatidylinositol
Jasmina Damnjanovic, Chisato Kuroiwa, Ken Ishida, Hidetoshi Tanaka, Michiko Muraki, Hideo Nakano, Yugo Iwasaki
2015 Joint Chubu-Kansai Meeting of the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry
Deletion of a dynamic loop as a rational strategy to improve stability of phospholipase D
Damnjanovic Jasmina, Nakano Hideo, Iwasaki Yugo
Annual Meeting of the Society for Biotechnology Japan, Chubu branch
Surface loop deletion as a strategy for enzyme thermostabilization
Damnjanovic Jasmina, Nakano Hideo, Iwasaki Yugo
90th Anniversary Meeting/64th Annual Meeting of the Society for Biotechnology Japan
Influence of surface loop (D40) deletion on expression and stability of Streptomyces antibioticus phospholipase D
Damnjanovic Jasmina, Nakano Hideo, Iwasaki Yugo
Annual meeting of Japan Society of Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry
Extensive analysis of Transglutaminase 1 substrate preferences using cDNA display
T.I.K Munaweera, Jasmina Damnjanovic, Moeri Nezu, Maurizio Camagna, Takaaki Kojima, Kiyotaka Hitomi, Hideo Nakano, Naoto Nemoto
The 193rd meeting of the Chubu branch of the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrohemistry 2022.10.1 Chubu branch of the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrohemistry
Comprehensive analysis of transglutaminase substrate preference by integrating single molecule display and bioinformatics
2023.4 - 2024.3
FY2023 Enzyme Research Grant
Authorship：Principal investigator Grant type：Competitive
Grant amount：\1000000
Development of single molecule display technology for directed evolution of proteins
2023.4 - 2024.3
FY2023 Materials and Devices Area Joint Research Center Fundamental Joint Research Project Grant
Authorship：Principal investigator Grant type：Competitive
Comprehensive analysis of transglutaminase substrate specificity by cDNA display and bioinformatics
2022 - 2023
Faculty of Agriculture/Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences Special Fund "Amano Enzyme Enzyme Research Grant"
Damnjanovic Jasmina
Authorship：Principal investigator Grant type：Competitive
Grant amount：\600000
Engineering phospholipase D for novel substrate specificity and catalytic chemistry International coauthorship
2018.1 - 2020.3
International Cooperative Research
Damnjanovic Jasmina, Vrielink Alice, Iwasaki Yugo, Hideo Nakano
Authorship：Coinvestigator(s) Grant type：Competitive
Grant amount：\2312504
The project aims to elucidate how the engineered enzyme, phospholipase D (PLD), recognizes and accommodates bulky substrates in a specific orientation to preferably afford certain positional isomers of rare phospholipids, and to understand whether PLD utilizes an alternative catalytic mechanism in the synthesis of cyclic phospholipids.
This research is important since it will provide entirely new knowledge on structure-function relationship of PLD, valuable for the synthesis of bioactive, but otherwise unavailable, phospholipids. Since enzymatic synthesis is advantageous to other methods in terms of cost, yield, and specificity, we expect increased availability of rare and unnatural phospholipids for both, research and industry. This will foster further discovery into the roles and functions of phospholipids in the human body and will assist in drug development, since the same catalytic mechanism of PLD is shared among many enzymes with key functions in humans and microorganisms, such as endonucleases, ribonucleases, and kinases.
Development of cDNA display platform for selection of enzymes in enzyme engi neering
Grant number： 22K14828 2022.4 - 2025.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Damnjanovic Jasmina
Authorship：Principal investigator Grant type：Competitive
Grant amount：\3640000 （ Direct Cost: \2800000 、 Indirect Cost：\840000 ）
Development of innovative functional human antibody sequence-epitope high-throughput analysis technology
Grant number：22K18919 2022.4 - 2025.3
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research
Nakano Hideo, Damnjanovic Jasmina, Kojima Takaaki
Authorship：Coinvestigator(s) Grant type：Competitive
Grant amount：\5000000
Soluble membrane-bound enzymes and their application in the construction of plasmalogene libraries
Grant number： 22K04838 2022.4 - 2025.3
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)
Iwasaki Yugo, Damnjanovic Jasmina
Authorship：Coinvestigator(s) Grant type：Competitive
Grant amount：\4160000
Development of novel monoclonal antibody creation system using AI and single cell technoogy
Grant number：19H02523 2019.4 - 2023.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Nakano Hideo, Damnjanovic Jasmina, other
Authorship：Coinvestigator(s) Grant type：Competitive
Development of single molecule display platform for directed evolution of enzymes
Grant number：18K14387 2018.4 - 2022.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Damnjanovic Jasmina
Authorship：Principal investigator Grant type：Competitive
Grant amount：\4160000 （ Direct Cost: \3200000 、 Indirect Cost：\960000 ）
Microbiology
2022
Special Lecture on Data Science 4
2022
Biomolecular Engineering
2022
Agricultural Sciences
2022
Special Lecture on Multicultural Societies
2022
Fundamentals in Biology 1
2022
Laboratory training in organic chemistry
2022
Career Development and Networking in Biotechnology and Related Fields
2022
Biotechnology for G30 (COIL with North Carolina State University)
2021
Special Lecture on Multicultural Societies
2021
Laboratory training in organic chemistry
2021
Bioagricultural practice 4
2020
Bioagricultural practice 3
2020
Bioagricultural practice 2
2020
Bioagricultural practice 1
2020
Biomolecular engineering
2020
Laboratory training in organic chemistry
2020
Special Lecture on Multicultural Societies
2020
Biotechnology Science V
2018
Laboratory course in Organic chemistry
2018
Cell Biology II
2018
Laboratory course in Organic chemistry
2017
Fundamentals of Biology I
2017
Introduction to Information Literacy
2017
Biotechnology Science V
2017
Laboratory course in Organic chemistry
2016
Introduction to Information Literacy
2016
Biotechnology Science V
2016
Laboratory course in Organic chemistry
2015
Biotechnology Science V
2015
Career Development and Networking in Biotechnology and Related Fields (COIL with North Carolina State University)
2023.10 - 2023.12 （North Carolina State University）
Level：Graduate (liberal arts) Country：United States
Fundamentals in Biology 1 (COIL with North Carolina State University)
2023.10 - 2023.11 （North Carolina State University）
Level：Undergraduate (liberal arts) Country：United States
Fundamentals in Biology 1 (COIL with North Carolina State University)
2022.10 - 2022.11 （North Carolina State University）
Level：Undergraduate (liberal arts) Country：United States
Career Development and Networking in Biotechnology and Related Fields (COIL with North Carolina State University)
2022.3 - 2022.4 （North Carolina State University）
Level：Postgraduate Country：United States
Biotechnology for G30 (COIL with North Carolina State University)
2021.10 - 2021.11 （North Carolina State University）
Level：Undergraduate (liberal arts) Country：United States
Work-life balance in academic field and productivity as a researcher
Role(s)：Lecturer
The Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry 2022 Gender Equality Symposium “Let’s think about creating a comfortable working environment: Envisioning a diverse society” 2022.10
2021 Sakura-Bio meeting
Role(s)：Organizing member
The Society for Biotechnology, Japan, Chubu branch 2021.5
2020 Sakura-Bio meeting
Role(s)：Organizing member
The Society for Biotechnology, Japan, Chubu branch 2020.3
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules International contribution
Role(s)：Peer review
2022.1
FEBS Open Bio International contribution
Role(s)：Peer review
2020.10 - 2021.2
Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
Role(s)：Peer review
2019.5
Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry International contribution
Role(s)：Peer review
2019.2
