The public defense of the doctoral thesis entitled " The association of alleles and epitopes of the HLA system with synovial reaction and changes in the bone structure of the knee after implantation of a total knee endoprosthesis " by Vjeran Rapan, MD , a student of the interdisciplinary doctoral study of Molecular Biosciences will be held on Friday, March 20, 2026 , starting at 12:30 p.m. in Hall 1 of the Rectorate of the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek.
The doctoral thesis supervisor is Assoc . Prof. Dr. Saška Marczi , Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medicine Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek.
Committee for accepting the topic of doctoral thesis:
- Prof. Dr. Sc. Zorana Grubić , full professor at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, president;
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sc. Stana Tokić , Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, member;
- Prof. Dr. Sc. Jagoda Ravlić Gulan , full professor in permanent appointment at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, member;
- Prof. Dr. Sc. Valentina Pavić , full professor at the Department of Biology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, substitute member.