Invited lectures

Date and locationInvited lecture
23 June 2026
Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Clinic for Oncology / Online – MS Teams,
14,00 h
Prof. Eugene J. Koaya „Artidis nanomechanical technology to guide therapy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma and colorectal liver metastasis“Online
19 June 2026
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture room 1,  
14,00 h
Prof. Luka Čičin Šain „Funkcionalna procjena humoralnog i staničnog imunosnog odgovora na infekciju“Onsite
2 June 2026
Faculty of Dental Medicine in Rijeka, Krešimirova 42, Lecture room,
16,00 h
Prof. Marco Annunziata „The use of short implants in the rehabilitation of edentulism“Onsite
2 June 2026
Faculty of Dental Medicine in Rijeka, Krešimirova 42, Lecture room,
16,00 h
Prof. Marco Annunziata „The influence of implant surface characteristics on osseointegration and implant prognosis“Onsite
2 June 2026
Faculty of Dental Medicine in Rijeka, Krešimirova 42, Lecture room,
16,00 h
Prof. Marco Annunziata „Implant prognosis in periodontally compromised patients“Onsite
5 May 2026
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall,
12,00 h
Prof. Luis Schang: „HSV-1 and HSV-2 silencing during establishment of latency in human sensory neurons: implications for pathogenesis and therapy“Onsite
14 April 2026
Online – MS teams,
13,15 h
Prof. Elcin Esenlik: „Orofacial Cleft Care: An Evidence-Based Approach“Online
14 April 2026
Online- MS Teams,
13,15 h
Prof. Nikola Angelov, “Bridging the Gap: Oral Microbiome Composition and Cardiovascular Regulation“Online
17 March.2026
Online – MS teams,
13,15 h
Prof. Ayse Tuba Altug, “Facial asymmetry – How effective are current diagnostic and therapeutic approaches?Online
10 March 2026
Online – MS Teams,
13,15 h
Prof. Neda Stefanović, “Digital Transformation in Dentistry – Research Challenges”Online
13 February 2026
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall,
11,00 h
Asst. Prof. Alexander Deutsch, „Nr4a1 functions as a tumor suppressor by regulating immunosuppressive conditions in aggressive lymphomas“Onsite
9 February 2026
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall,
12,00 h
Prof. Dragomira Majhen, „Adenovirusni vektori: kad loši dečki postanu dobri“Onsite
3 September 2025
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture room 1,  
12,00 h
Prof. Edward H. Egelman, “Cryo-EM of polymers at near-atomic resolution: from proteins to peptides“Onsite
2 July 2025
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall,
12,30 h
Prof. Ian R Humphreys, “Genetic approaches to understanding antiviral NK cell responses“Onsite
24 June 2025
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall,
13,00 h
Prof. Diana Cash, “Preclinical brain imaging in neuroscience and translational drug discovery“Onsite
27 June 2025
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall,  
16,45 h (The 1st Adriatic Immunology Symposium with EFIS on Tour https://transmedri.hr/symposium)
Prof. Antonio Lanzavecchia, “Antigen presentation and immunodominance in the immune response”Onsite
27 June 2025
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall,  
16,00 h (The 1st Adriatic Immunology Symposium with EFIS on Tour https://transmedri.hr/symposium)
Prof. Bruno Silva-Santos, “γδ T cell based cancer-immunotherapy”Onsite
27 June 2025
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall,  
14,00 h (The 1st Adriatic Immunology Symposium with EFIS on Tour https://transmedri.hr/symposium)
Prof. Federica Sallusto, “T cells: Differentiation, Defense and Regulation”Onsite
27 June 2025
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall,  
13,30 h (The 1st Adriatic Immunology Symposium with EFIS on Tour https://transmedri.hr/symposium)
prof. dr. sc. Mariastefania Antica, “Development and application of thymus organoids derived from human epithelial stem cells”Onsite
27 June 2025
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall,  
12,00 h (The 1st Adriatic Immunology Symposium with EFIS on Tour https://transmedri.hr/symposium)
Prof. Danka Grčević, “Inflammation, innate immunity and bone remodelling”Onsite
27 June 2025
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall, 
11,15 h (The 1st Adriatic Immunology Symposium with EFIS on Tour https://transmedri.hr/symposium)
Prof. Winfried Franz Pickl, “Ways to alter pathological T cell responses: from regulation to specific deletion“Onsite
27 June 2025
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall,  
9,15 h (The 1st Adriatic Immunology Symposium with EFIS on Tour https://transmedri.hr/symposium)
Assoc. Prof. Bart Everts, “Regulating the regulators: How dendritic cell metabolism shapes T cell responses”Onsite
26 May 2025 Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall  
15,00 h
Prof. Franziska Richter Assencio, “Viral infections as risk factor for Parkinson’s disease”Onsite
22 May 2025
Faculty of Dental Medicine in Rijeka, Krešimirova 42, 3rd floor,
13,00 h
Prof. Vaska Vandevska Radunović, “Scientific evidence on relationship between periodontics and orthodontics – correlation or causation?”Onsite
20 May 2025
Faculty of Dental Medicine in Rijeka, Krešimirova 42, 3rd floor,
13,00 h
Prof. Vaska Vandevska Radunović, “Dental traumas – tissue regeneration and evidence-based interdisciplinary approach”Onsite
11 April 2025
Online – MS Teams,
15,00 h
Shirin Hosseini, PhD, “Infection-induced neuroinflammation: A gateway to understanding neurodegenerative diseases”Online
19 March 2025
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall,  
14,00 h
Prof. Simon Lebaron,, “SURF2 as a new key regulator of nucleolar stress response”Onsite
14 November 2024 Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall,  
14,30 h
Prof. Mikael S. Lindström, “Targeting Ribosome Biogenesis in Cancer: Current Insights”Onsite
13 November 2024
Online – MS Teams,
14,30 h
Asst. Prof. Nikica Daraboš, “Health Diplomacy in Action: Croatia’s Role in the WHOOnline
29 October 2024 New hospital Sušak, address: Vjekoslava Dukića 7, rooms P5-111/ P5-112
13,00 h
Bojan Jerbić, member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, “Robotika i umjetna inteligencija mijenjaju medicinu“Onsite
30 September 2024 Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall,  
16,00 h
Prof. Maja Turk Sekulić, “A novel, eco-friendly solution for wastewater remediation. sustainable water and wastewater processing: cost-effective and hybrid processes contribution to water resource recovery facilities”Onsite
26 September 2024 Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall,  
13,00 h
Prof. Robert Harris, “The microglial niche in neurodegeneration – understanding pathology and targeting for immunotherapy”Onsite
30 August 2024
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall,
11,00 h
Prof. Angel Porgador, “Immunotherapy of cancer: are we already there”Onsite
12 June 2024
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall,  
11,00 h
Prof. Ana Traven, “Battle to the end – how fungal pathogens evade innate immune responses”Onsite
31 May 2024
Online- MS Teams,
12,30 h
Alexei Zhurov, PhD, “Three-dimensional analysis of the human face”Online
3 May 2024
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall,  
13,00 h
Prof. Matteo Iannacone “Immune Surveillance of the Liver”Onsite
10 April 2024
Online – MS Teams,
14,00 h
Prof. Berislav Bošnjak, “Harnessing protective functions of CD8 T cells to combat cytomegalovirus infections”Online
29 March 2024
Online – MS
Teams, 12,30 h
Assoc. Prof. Ana Angelova Volponi, “Prenatal craniofacial development – research and clinical implications”
 
Online
15 March 2024
Online – MS
Teams, 12,30 h
Prof. Vaska Vandevska Radunović, “Etiology of malocclusions – research and clinics”
 
Online
24 January 2024
Online – MS
Teams, 15,00 h
Prof. Georges Verjans, “Phenotype and spatial orientation of antigen-specific CD8 T-cells in brain lesions of MS patients”Online
29 November 2023
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall, 13,00 h
Prof. Vladimir Parpura, “Izlučivanje glutamata iz astrocitnih mjehurića na sučelju signalizacije i metabolizma”Onsite
29 November 2023
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall, 13,00 h
Vedrana Montana, PhD, “Maligni gliomi – od bazičnih istraživanja do kliničke primjene”Onsite
8 May 2023
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall, 13,30 h
Prof. Suzanna M. Babich: “In Whose Interest? Working Effectively with Stakeholders to Influence Global Health Policies”
 
Onsite/Zoom
24 April 2023
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall, 9,00 h
Milena Hasan, PhD, “Innovative strategies for measuring cell phenotypes and profiles with single cell resolution”
 
Onsite
9 November 2022
University Departments building, Radmile Matejčić 2, Lecture room 0-030, 12,00 h
Prof. Edward S. Mocarski, “Necroptosis during virus infection”Onsite
27 October 2022
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall, 15,00 h
Prof. Luka Čičin-Šain, “Mehanizmi imunološke zaštite protiv COVID-19 infekcije i bolesti”
Onsite
19 September 2022
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall
Assoc. Prof. Georges Verjans, “Selective retention of virus-specific tissue-resident T cells in infected skin after recovery from herpes zoster”Onsite
3 September 2022
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture room 2
Prof. Ofer Mandelboim, “Fusobaterium nucleatum: from tooth to tumor” First 5 years of the CerVirVac: Symposium
3 September 2022
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture room 2
Prof. Reinhold Förster, “Immune responses following COVID-19 vaccination and/or SARS-CoV-2 infection”First 5 years of the CerVirVac: Symposium
2 September 2022
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture room 2
Prof. Michela Matteoli, “How the immune system affects synapse function”First 5 years of the CerVirVac: Symposium
2 September 2022
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture room 2
Prof. Ulf Dittmer, “Interferon alpha subtypes: A rediscovered drug for anti-viral therapy”First 5 years of the CerVirVac: Symposium
2 September 2022
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture room 2
Prof. Ulrich Kalinke, “Pro- and anti-viral responses of cytomegalovirus exposed human dendritic cells”First 5 years of the CerVirVac: Symposium
10 June 2022
Hotel Admiral, Opatija 
Prof. Jan Hazelzet, “The Role of Health Outcomes Measurement (PROMS; PREMS) in Person-centred Care (Patient/Informal Caregiver, and Professional)”Symposium “Zdravlje za sve?! Zdravstvena skrb temeljena na vrijednostima u Europi!”
18 May 2022
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture room 2 
Prof. Peter Goffe de Boer, “How fractures heal and what surgeons can do to help”Onsite 
6 May 2022
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall
Prof. Koen Venema, “Studying the role of the gut microbiota in health and disease using sophisticated in vitro models of the gastrointestinal tract”Onsite/online 
5 May 2022
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall 
Prof. Claudio Cuello, “Pharmacological and neurochemical evidence for a novel NGF metabolic pathway in health and disease”Onsite/online 
7–9 April 2022
Online
Lectures as part of the Henry Kunkel Society
2022 meeting
Link 2022 meeting
21 March 2022
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall
Prof. Ofer Mandelboim, “Fusion proteins and antibodies for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection”WORKSHOP
“Fighting COVID-19: Basic and
translational research”
21 March 2022
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall
Prof. Fausto Baldanti, “20.02.2020., H20:00”WORKSHOP
“Fighting COVID-19: Basic and
translational research”
21 March 2022
Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka, Lecture hall
Boris Krichel, PhD, “Structural mass
spectrometry of coronavirus nonstructural proteins and their interaction with antibodies”
WORKSHOP
“Fighting COVID-19: Basic and translational research”
2 December 2021
Online – ZOOM
Prof. Athanase Benetos,
“Slowing down the ageing process: opportunities and limitations”
Symposium AGEING OF THE
POPULATION: CHALLENGES
AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR
SOCIETY AND UNIVERSITY
2 December 2021
Online – ZOOM
Prof. Emerit. Natale
Gaspare De Santo, “The creativity of
aging artists and scientists”
Symposium AGEING OF THE
POPULATION: CHALLENGES
AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR
SOCIETY AND UNIVERSITY
2 December 2021
Online – ZOOM
Prof. Emerit. Jože Gričar, “E-Seniors Engaging in Active Aging”Symposium AGEING OF THE
POPULATION: CHALLENGES
AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR
SOCIETY AND UNIVERSITY
2 December 2021
Online – ZOOM
Prof. Massimo Reichlin,
“The use of quality-adjusted life year (QALY) in healthcare rationing and its ageistic implications”
Symposium AGEING OF THE
POPULATION: CHALLENGES
AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR
SOCIETY AND UNIVERSITY
2 December 2021
Online – ZOOM
Prof. Nenad Bogdanović,
“Medico-social care of eldery population – democracy at its best”
Symposium AGEING OF THE
POPULATION: CHALLENGES
AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR
SOCIETY AND UNIVERSITY
2 December 2021
Online – ZOOM
Prof. Emerit. Dušanka Mičetić Turk,
“Changes of intestinal microbioma during ageing”
Symposium AGEING OF THE
POPULATION: CHALLENGES
AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR
SOCIETY AND UNIVERSITY
9 December 2021
Online – MS
teams
Prof. Luka Čičin-Šain, “COVID-19 istraživanja u Braunschweigu i Rijeci”Faculty of Medicine Days
(programme)
9 December 2021
Online – MS
teams
Pinchas Tsukerman, PhD,
“Translational development of the firstin-class anti-PVR mAb, the journey from bench to the clinic”
Faculty of Medicine Days
(programme)
17 November 2021
Online
Assoc. Prof. Martina Drevenšek,
“Praćenje rasta kod djece s rascjepima nepca”
Link to virtual webinar room
29 November 2021
Online
Prof. Mediha Selimović Dragaš,
“Strategije, planiranje i nadzor očuvanja i unaprjeđenja oralnog zdravlja”
Link to virtual webinar room
29 November 2021
Online
Prof. Mediha Selimović Dragaš,
“Kontrola i unaprjeđenje kvalitete rada u dentalnoj medicini”
Link to virtual webinar room
27 October 2021
Online
Assoc. Prof. Martina Drevenšek,
“Istraživanja fiziologije i metabolizma kosti”
Link to virtual webinar room
14 October 2021
Online putem MS
teams platforme
Prof. Anders Sjostedt,
“Characterization of the immune response to tularemia as a prerequisite for an efficacious vaccine”
WORKSHOP
Francisella – interaction with the
host
8 October 2021
Online – MS
teams
Prof. Thomas Henry,
“Cell-intrinsic immune defenses against Francisella”
WORKSHOP
Francisella – interaction with the
host
8 October 2021
Online – MS
teams
Prof. Jiri Stulik,
“Francisella tularensis induces deacetylation of host mitochondrial proteins”
WORKSHOP
Francisella – interaction with the
host
8 October 2021
Online – MS
teams
Prof. Max Maurin,
“Tularemia as a waterborne disease”
WORKSHOP
Francisella – interaction with the
host
7 October 2021
Online – MS
teams
Prof. Yousef Abu Kwaik,
„Pathogenic evolution of Legionella through training within amoeba”
WORKSHOP
Francisella – interaction with the
host
8 September 2021
Online
Assoc. Prof. Biljana Džipunova,
“Contemporary aspects in adult orthodontics”
Link to virtual webinar room
7 September 2021
Online
Assoc. Prof. Biljana Džipunova,
“Recent orthodontic scientific research in North Macedonia”
Link to virtual webinar room
7 July 2021
Online – ZOOM
Mario Malički, PhD, “Preprint poslužitelji i otvoreni recenzijski postupak”Online
7 July 2021
Online – ZOOM
Mario Malički, PhD, “Kako napisati znanstveni rad?”Online
6 July 2021
Online
Prof. Borut Poljšak, “Aging process: Where is the anti-age medicine at the moment?”Link to virtual webinar room
15 June 2021
Online
Prof. Borut Poljšak, “Dental materials and oxidative stress: Indications for antioxidant therapy?”Link to virtual webinar room
11 June 2021
Online
Prof. Borut Poljšak, “Science, research and ethics”Link to virtual webinar room
24 May 2021
Online
Prof. Fabrizio de Benedetti, “Hyperinflammation: hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and macrophage activation syndrome”Webinar
29 April 2021
Online
Day of Immunology IUIS-EFIS WebinarWebinar
22 March 2021
Online
Webinar by Prof. Antonio LanzavecchiWebinar
8 April 2021
Online
Prof. Paolo Manganotti48th Symposium POST-COVID
ERA: THE NEW AND UNKOWN
FIELD
19 February 2021
Online
Online EFIS on Tour lecturesOnline
21 December 2020
Online – MS
teams
Asst. Prof. Rok Fink, “Management of material properties and environmental conditions for biofilm control”Online
15 December 2020
Online – MS
teams
Asst. Prof. Andrej Ovca, “Systematic analysis of formal education and training in the field of food safety with combined research approach”Online
10 December 2020
Online
Prof. Stjepan Orešković, “Walking The Wire: What Makes A Critical Difference Between Successful and Disastrous COVID-19 Policies?”8th International symposium
“Health for All?!”
25 September 2020
Online
Assoc. Prof. Martina Drevenšek, “Orofacijalni rascjepi u istraživanjima i klinici”Link to virtual webinar room
25 September 2020
Online
Assoc. Prof. Yourij Anastassov, “Kraniofacijalne anomalije – registar anomalija u Bugarskoj i istraživanje ishoda primarne kirurgije”Link to virtual webinar room
25 September 2020
Online
Asst. Prof. Neda Stefanović, “Mitovi i činjenice u ortodonciji”Link to virtual webinar room
24 September 2020
Online and onsite
Prof. Ivan Đikić, “Papain-like protease regulates SARSCoV-2 viral spread and innate immunity”Symposium COVID-19 MESSAGES I,
ADVANCEMENT IN VIROLOGY
RESEARCH – AN OPORTUNITY
TO IMPOROVE INTERNATIONAL
IMPACT OF THE UNIVERSITY OD
RIJEKA

Ažurirano 03.09.2026.

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