Maja Hanić

Maja Hanic
PhD Student
Involved in projects
Cryptochrome structure and dynamics
Cryptochrome interaction partners
Vision-based animal magnetoreception
Modelling membrane-embedded systems
Chemical compass

University of Oldenburg
Department of Physics
Carl-von-Ossietzky-Str. 9-11
26129 Oldenburg, Germany

Room: W16A 1-115
E-mail: maja.hanic@uol.de

 

 

 

 

Education:

2012-2017: Bachelor in Chemistry, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb
2017-2020: Master in Chemistry, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb

Current Research:

Structure and photoactivation of avian cryptochromes

Trying to decipher light-dependent magnetoreception and the connection between the structure and function of the avian cryptochromes 1 and 4 which enable migratory birds such as European robin (Erithacus rubecula) to migrate by using with MD simulations as well as QM approaches.

Previous research:

Interdisciplinary investigation of the mutans of human dipeptidyl peptidase III (hDPP III)

Experimental biochemical as well as MD simulations approach was used to investigate how the mutations found in cancer cells influence the interaction with other proteins.

Publications

A marine cryptochrome with an inverse photo-oligomerization mechanism, Hong Ha Vu, Heide Behrmann, Maja Hanić, Gayathri Jeyasankar, Shruthi Krishnan, Dennis Dannecker, Constantin Hammer, Monika Gunkel, Ilia A. Solov'yov, Eva Wolf, Elmar Behrmann, Nature Communication, 14, 6918, (2023)
Dimerization of European Robin Cryptochrome 4a, Maja Hanić, Lewis M. Antill, Angela S. Gehrckens, Jessica Schmidt, Katharina Görtemaker, Rabea Bartölke, Tarick J. El-Baba, Jingjing Xu, Karl-Wilhelm Koch, Henrik Mouritsen, Justin L. P. Benesch, P. J. Hore, Ilia A. Solov'yov, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 127, 6251-6264, (2023)
Mutational Study of the Tryptophan Tetrad Important for Electron Transfer in European Robin Cryptochrome 4a, Anders Frederiksen, Corinna Langebrake, Maja Hanić, Georg Manthey, Henrik Mouritsen, Miriam Liedvogel, Ilia A. Solov'yov, ACS Omega, 8, 26425-26436, (2023)
On the energetic differences of avian cryptochromes 4 from selected species, Maja Hanić, Anders Frederiksen, Fabian Schuhmann, Ilia A. Solov'yov, European Physical Journal D, 76, 198-(1-14), (2022)
Computational Reconstruction and Analysis of Structural Models of Avian Cryptochrome 4, Maja Hanić, Fabian Schuhmann, Anders Frederiksen, Corinna Langebrake, Georg Manthey, Miriam Liedvogel, Jingjing Xu, Henrik Mouritsen, Ilia A. Solov'yov, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 126, 4623-4635, (2022)