We are proud to present all who entrusted their education into our hands
All thesis are available on the repository of the Faculty of Biotechnology and Drug Development
PhD programmes:
2023/2024
Zrinko Baričević, PhD in Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology
Thesis title: “Identification, classification and quantification of the developing postanal cortex of Monodelphis domestica using an isotropic fractionator method”possible”
Mentor: Assoc. Prof. J. Ban, Co-mentor: Prof. M. Mladinić Pejatović
2021/2022
Ivana Tomljanović, PhD in Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology
Thesis title: “Protein changes in the neonatal opossum spinal cord during the period when regeneration stops being possible”
Mentor: Prof. M. Mladinić Pejatović
2020/2021
Antonela Petrović, PhD in Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology
Thesis title: Thesis title: “Revealing molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in neuroprotection and neuroregeneration after central nervous system injury”
Mentor: Prof. M. Mladinić Pejatović, Co-mentor: Assoc. Prof. J. Ban.
Graduate programmes:
2024/2025
Lucija Soldo, MSc in Biotechnology in medicine
Thesis title: “Characterization of primary meningeal fibroblasts of the opossum (M. domestica) using immunofluorescence”
Mentor: J. Ban
2023/2024
Jana Culej, MSc in Biotechnology in medicine
Thesis title: “In vitro establishment and optimization of cortical cell cultures derived from Monodelphis domestica”
Mentor: J. Ban
2021/2022
Thesis title: “In vitro development and regeneration of primary cortical cell cultures of the grey short-tailed opossum Monodelphis domestica”
Mentor: J. Ban
2020/2021
Ileana Merdžo, Masters student from University of Trieste, with MSc in organic-biomolecular chemistry
Thesis title: “Identification and role of enzymes involved in the epigenetic mechanisms regulating neuroregeneration in the opossum spinal cord”
Mentor: prof. Bruna Scaggiante, Co-mentor: prof. M. Mladinić Pejatović
Marta Pongrac, MSc in Biotechnology in medicine
Thesis title: “In vitro regeneration of primary cell cultures of cortex from postnatal grey short-tailed opossum Monodelphis domestica”
Mentor: J. Ban, Co-mentor: M. Mladinić Pejatović
Carla Marion, MSc in Drug Research and Development
Thesis title: “Quantification of expression of markers of the central nervous system of postantal opossums (Monodelphis domestica)”
Mentor: J. Ban
Perina Šiljeg, MSc in Biotechnology in medicine
Thesis title: “Identification of cortex cells during postnatal development of M. domestica”
Mentor: J. Ban
Matea Ivaničić, MSc in Biotechnology in medicine
Thesis title: “Silencing of ATF3 in primary cortical cultures derived from neonatal opossum Monodelphis domestica”
Mentor: M. Mladinić Pejatović, Co-mentor: J. Ban
2019/2020
Helena Kusturin, MSc in Biotechnology in medicine
Thesis title: Validation of immunohistochemical markers on Monodelphis domestica cortical tissue cells”
Mentor: J. Ban
2018/2019
Sanja Mikašinović, MSs in Biotechnology in medicine
Thesis title: “Expression of stem cell markers in primary cell cultures and fresh-fixed tissue preparations deriving from nervous tissue of postnatal opossums”
Mentor: prof. M. Mladinić Pejatović, Co-mentor: J. Ban
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Tomaž Bembi , Masters student from Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, with MSc in Medical Biotechnology
Thesis title: “Fabrication of micropatterned substrates for neonatal opossum neurons alignment and differentiation”
Mentor: Dr. Marco Lazzarino, Co-mentor: prof. Jelena Ban
2017/2018
Masters transfer student from Cergy-Pontoise, France, with MSc in Cellular and Molecular Biology of the Microenvironment, University of Cergy-Pontoise.
Member of laboratory: from 15.1. 2018. to 15.7.2018.
Thesis title: “Identification of the different stage of neuronal cells in the cortex of the neonatal opossum”
Mentor: Jelena Ban, Co-mentor: Miranda Mladinić Pejatović
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Undergraduate programme “Biotechnology and drug research”:
2024/2025
Lara Banić: “The unexplored role of fibroblasts in nervous system development” (mentor: J. Ban)
Elena Stanešić: “Biological applications of atomic force microscopy“ (mentor: J. Ban)
Mia Jurković: “Neural stem cells in tumorigenesis” (mentor: J. Ban)
2023/2024
Nikolina Kovačević: “ Molecular mechanisms in spinal cord injury and RNA therapy” (mentor: J. Ban)
Melisa Ciglarić: “The impact of stroke on the development of vascular dementia“ (mentor: J. Ban)
Ana Soleša: “ Glioblastoma and neural stem cells: common characteristics” (mentor: J. Ban)
Paula Pandžić: “ The role of microglia and astrocytes in glial scar formation” (mentor: J. Ban)
2022/2023
Virna Nilović: “Brain extracellular matrix and the connection with neuropsychiatric disorders“ (mentor: J. Ban)
Nikolina Miščević: “Three- dimensional cell models of the central nervous system“ (mentor: J. Ban).
2021/2022
Jana Culej: “Neural stem cells“ (mentor: J. Ban)
Lana Žoldoš: “Evolution of human brain” (mentor: J. Ban)
2020/2021
Dominik Ivandić: “Cortical plasticity in multilingual individuals” (mentor: J. Ban)
2019/2020
Katarina Vagaja: “The roles of epigenetic modifications in embryonic and adult neurogenesis” (mentor: J. Ban)
2018/2019
Diana Dragičević: “Nanotechnology in neuroscience” (mentor: J. Ban)
Marta Pongrac: „Classification and identification of central nervous system glia“ (mentor: J. Ban)
Antonela Hršak: „The most recent strategies in the development of therapies for the treatment of
nerve tissue injuries“ (mentor: Miranda Mladinić Pejatović)
2017/2018
Josip Mihalac (mentor: prof. M. Mladinić Pejatović)
Lea Biličić (mentor: prof. M. Mladinić Pejatović).
2016/2017
Eni Tomović (mentor: prof. M. Mladinić Pejatović)
Desiree-Željka Brkić (mentor: prof. M. Mladinić Pejatović)
Petra Linić (mentor: prof. M. Mladinić Pejatović)
Sanja Mikašinović (mentor: prof. M. Mladinić Pejatović)
Lidija Stošić (mentor: prof. M. Mladinić Pejatović)
Katarina Sučić (mentor: prof. M. Mladinić Pejatović)
Klaudija Hrvatin (mentor: J. Ban)
Lea Radošević (mentor: J. Ban)
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