The public defense of the doctoral thesis titled "The role of kinesin-8 and cell shape in the course of mitosis in healthy and tumor cells" by Ana Petelinec , a student of the interdisciplinary doctoral study of Molecular Biosciences, will be held on Friday, October 24, 2025 , starting at 12:00 p.m. , in the hall of the Ivan Supek wing, at the Institute Ruđer Bošković.

The doctoral thesis supervisor is Dr. Iva Marija Tolić, a permanent scientific advisor at the Ruđer Bošković Institute.

Committee for Public Defense of the Doctoral Thesis:
  1. hon. assistant professor, Ph.D. Ana Čipak Gašparović , associate professor at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek and scientific advisor at the Ruđer Bošković Institute, president;
  2. emeritus associate professor, PhD Andreja Ambriović Ristov , titular associate professor at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek and permanent scientific advisor at the Ruđer Bošković Institute, member;
  3. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sc. Ivana Škrlec , Associate Professor at the Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, member;
  4. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Maja Sabol , senior research associate at the Ruđer Bošković Institute and associate professor at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, substitute member;
  5. Dr. Mladen Paradžik , research associate at the Ruđer Bošković Institute, substitute member.