The public defense of the doctoral thesis entitled "Serum concentrations of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines and metallopeptidases in the application of conservative and minimally invasive methods in the treatment of pain caused by intervertebral disc protrusion in the lumbar spine" by Karla Rožac, a student of the interdisciplinary doctoral study of Molecular Biosciences, will be held on Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 12:00 p.m., live in the Council Chamber of the Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health in Osijek and hybrid.

The doctoral thesis mentors are Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sc. Tanja Kovač Lukić , Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, Mentor 1, and Prof. Dr. Sc. Martina Smolić , Full Professor at the Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, Mentor 2.

Committee for accepting the topic of doctoral thesis:
  1. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sc. Željka Perić Kačarević, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, President;
  2. Prof. Dr. Olga Cvijanović Peloza, full professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, member;
  3. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sc. Senka Blažetić, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, member;
  4.  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sc. Mirna Velki, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, substitute member.