The public defense of the doctoral thesis titled "The role of long-range transcriptional regulation across human disease landscape" by Katarina Mandić, a doctoral student in Molecular Biosciences, will be held on February 25, 2026, starting at 2:00 PM in the hall of the III wing of the Ruđer Bošković Institute, and public access is available.
The doctoral thesis supervisors are Dr. Sc. Anja Barešić, scientific advisor at the Ruđer Bošković Institute, mentor 1, and emeritus associate professor Dr. Sc. Dubravka Švob Štrac, scientific advisor at the Ruđer Bošković Institute and titular associate professor at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, mentor 2.
Committee for accepting the topic of doctoral thesis:
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hon. asst. dr. sc. Eva Šatović Vukšić, senior research associate at the Ruđer Bošković Institute and titular assistant professor at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, president;
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emeritus assistant professor, Ph.D. Petar Ozretić, senior research associate at the Ruđer Bošković Institute and titular assistant professor at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, member;
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Prof. Dr. Sc. Andrijana Rebekić, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, member
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Dr. Tomislav Šmuc, permanent scientific advisor of the Ruđer Bošković Institute, replacement member.