Emina A. Stojković
Biology
Professor
Office:
BBH 352H
Phone:
(773) 442-5692
Email:
e-stojkovic@neiu.edu
Office Hours:
Please email e-stojkovic@neiu.edu to arrange to meet or speak with Dr. Stojkovic.
CV:
Stojkovic, E_CV.pdf
Country:
United States
Expertise
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Essential Skills for Biologists (BIO 150)
General Biology I (BIO 201)
Molecular Biology (BIO 340)
General Microbiology (BIO 341)
Biochemistry (BIO 362)
Biochemistry of Metabolism (BIO 372)
Biology Senior Seminar (BIO 390)
Enzymology (BIO 462)
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Methods (BIO 464)
Research Interests
Photoreceptors and Evolution of Visual Perception
Education
St. Olaf College, Chemistry, B.A. magna cum laude, 1996-2000
Honors Thesis: “Monitoring phospholipase A2 (PLA2) activity by reversed-phase, high-pressure liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC).”
The University of Chicago, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ph.D. 2000-2005
Ph.D. Dissertation: “Characterization of the coliphage N4-encoded N-acetylmuramidase, a member of a new family of peptidoglycan-hydrolyzing enzymes.”
Selected Publications
Shankar, M. K., Grunewald, L., Wahlgren, W. Y., Stucki-Buchli, B., Nimmrich, A., Kurttila, M., Celini, A., Maj, P., Larasati, A., Claesson, E., Luo, F., Malla, T. N., Pandey, S., Tosha, T., Nipawan, N., Owada, S., Tono, K., Tanaka, R., Stojković, E. A., . . . and Westenhoff, S. 2025. Ultrafast, remote-controlled protonation reaction enables structural changes in a phytochrome. Science Advances, 11(42): eady0499.
Malla, T.N., Stojković, E.A., and Schmidt, M. 2026. Structures of Myxobacterial Phytochrome Revealed by Cryo-EM. In Winkler, A. (Eds.), Phytochromes: Methods in Molecular Biology (pp. 233–243). Humana.
Malla, T. N., Aldama, L., Leon, V., Feliz, D., Hu, H., Thomas, I., Cellini, A., Wahlgren, W. Y., Nimmrich, A.,
Botha, S., Boutet, S., Fromme, P., Ihalainen, J., Weierstall, U., Westenhoff, S., Stojković, E. A., and Schmidt, M. 2025. Observation of early events in the photoactivation of Myxobacterial phytochrome using time-resolved serial femtosecond crystallography. Communications Chemistry, 8: 183.
Kroos, L., Wall, D., Muñoz-Dorado, J., Higgs, P. I., Singer, M., Islam, S. T., Mauriello, E. M. F., Treuner-Lange, A., Søgaard-Andersen, L., Kaimer, C., Velicer, G. J., Elías-Arnanz, M., Stojković, E. A., Whitworth, D. E., Müller, R., Volz, C., and Nan, B. 2025. Milestones in the development of Myxococcus xanthus as a model multicellular bacterium. Journal of Bacteriology, 207(7): e00071-25.
Karki, P., Menendez, D., Budell, W., Dangi, S., Hernandez, C., Mendez, J., Muniyappan, S., Basu, S., Schwander, P., Malla, T. N., Stojković, E. A., and Schmidt, M. 2025. Structures of myxobacterial phytochrome revealed by cryo-EM using Spotiton technique and with X-ray crystallography. Structural Dynamics, 12(3): 034701.