On 26 September 2022 Sara Mogorovičić successfully defended her master’s thesis entitled „In vitro cell development and regeneration during postnatal development of grey short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica)“.
Jelena Ban and Sandra Debanić participated at the Joint ICGEB – ALS Society of Canada Symposium on Inflammation & Proteinopathy in ALS/FTD Spectrum Disorder with the short introductory lecture followed by the exhibition in an attractive space of the laboratory at the Department of Biotechnology.
We are proud to announce that on 12 May 2022 our PhD student Ivana Tomljanović successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled: “Protein changes in the neonatal opossum spinal cord during the period when regeneration stops being possible“.
After two years, the Department of Biotechnology finally opened its doors to children and
broader audience. Zrinko Baričević and Jelena Ban participated with their microscopy session
“Glowing cells” and children’s play “What can our brain do?”. With over 1000 visitors, of which
700 were children and students, the 2022 edition was the most successful one so far! More info can be found here!
This year’s Brain Awareness Week opened up with the introductory lecture by doc. dr. sc. Jelena Ban and mag. biotech. Zrinko Baričević, titled “Brain Assembly: development through the opossum model” („Sastavljanje mozga: razvoj kroz model oposuma“), which gave insight into basal brain functions and its composition, answering questions such as: how many cells are in the human brain?; How do neurons, astrocytes, microglia and oligodendrocytes function?; What is their role and how do they cooperate?
This lecture, together with all other from BAW 2022 are available at the Department of Biotechnology YouTube channel!
On 29 September 2021 Matea Ivaničić successfully defended her master’s thesis titled: “Silencing of ATF3 in primary cortical cultures derived from neonatal opossum Monodelphis domestica”.
Prof. Miranda Mladinić participated at the 8th Croatian neuroscience congress organized by Croatian Society for Neuroscience held on 24-25 September 2021 with the talk entitled “Opossum Monodelphis domestica in research of neuroregeneration and neurodegeneration”.
On 9 September 2021 our first LNM PhD student Antonela Petrović successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled: “Revealing molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in neuroprotection and neuroregeneration after central nervous system injury”. Her PhD defence was part of the “3rd PhD days” hosted by the Department of Biotechnology, with the participation of distinguished guests. More about this memorable event can be found here.
On 27 July 2021 our MSc students Carla Marion and Perina Šiljeg successfully defended their master’s theses entitled “Quantification of expression of markers of the central
nervous system of postnatal opossums (Monodelphis domestica)” and “Identification of cortex cells during postnatal development of M. domestica”, respectively.