The public defense of the topic of the doctoral thesis titled "Molecular characteristics of invasive and non-invasive isolates of Enterococcus faecium resistant to vancomycin" by Manda Markanović, PhD student in Molecular Biosciences, will be held on Monday, June 9, 2025, at the Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, Zagreb, hall 3. wing, and hybrid, starting at 11:00 a.m.

The doctoral thesis mentors are Prof. Dr. Sc. Ivana Mareković , full professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Zagreb, mentor 1, and Prof. Dr. Sc. Domagoj Drenjančević , full professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, mentor 2.

Committee for accepting the topic of the doctoral thesis:
  1. Assistant Professor Ksenija Zahradka, PhD, Senior Research Associate at the Ruđer Bošković Institute, President;
  2. assoc. prof. Ph.D. sc. Ljiljana Krstin, associate professor of the Department of Biology Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, member;
  3. Assistant Professor, Dr. Jasminka Talapko , Assistant Professor, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, member;
  4. Assistant Professor, PhD. Mateja Janković Makek, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zagreb, substitute member.