Public defense of the doctoral thesis entitled "Aquaporins 3 and 5 as modulators of oxidative stress and antioxidative response in breast cancer cell lines" (eng. Modulation of oxidative stress and antioxidative response by aquaporins 3 and 5 in breast cancer cell lines) Monike Mlinarić, mag. biol. exp. , PhD students in Molecular Biosciences, will be held on January 14, 2026, in the hall of the 3rd wing of the Ruđer Bošković Institute, starting at 2:00 p.m.

Committee for Public Defense of the Doctoral Thesis:

1. Assistant Professor, PhD. Maja Sabol , Senior Research Associate at the Ruđer Bošković Institute and Associate Professor at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, President;
2. Assistant Professor Ignacija Vlašić, PhD , Senior Research Associate at the Ruđer Bošković Institute and Associate Professor at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, member;
3. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sc. Stana Tokić , Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, member;
4. Dr. Sandra Sobočanec , senior research associate at the Ruđer Bošković Institute, replacement member;
5. Prof. Dr. Maja Matulić , full professor at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, substitute member.

The doctoral thesis supervisor is Assoc. Prof. Ana Čipak Gašparović , PhD, senior research associate at the Ruđer Bošković Institute and titular assistant professor at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek.