The public defense of the doctoral thesis titled "Antioxidant and liporegulatory role of (-)-epicatechin in the model of fatty liver in vitro" by Marija Hefer , a doctoral student in Molecular Biosciences, will be held on March 13, 2025. at the Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, in the Faculty Hall, Crkvena 21 , starting at 3:00 p.m.

The doctoral thesis supervisors are Prof. Dr. Sc. Martina Smolić , full professor at the Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, mentor 1, and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sc. Elvira Kovač-Andrić , associate professor at the Department of Chemistry, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, mentor 2.

Committee for accepting the topic of doctoral thesis:

  1. Assistant Professor, Dr. Sc. Katarina Mišković Špoljarić , Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, President;
  2. Prof. Dr. Sc. Dajana Gašo-Sokač , full professor at the Faculty of Food Technology Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, member;
  3. Prof. Dr. Nikola Sakač , full professor at the Faculty of Geotechnics, University of Zagreb, member;
  4. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sc. Lucija Virović Jukić , Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zagreb, substitute member.