MARIJA LJUBOJEVIĆ

Research Scientist, Molecular Biology B.Sc., Ph.D.

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Biography

Date and Place of Birth: March 18th , 1975, Kutina, Republic of Croatia

EDUCATION

2007 Ph.D. Degree, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia (Biology) Thesis: “Organic anion transporters OAT1 and OAT3 in rat kidney: distribution, gender differences and effects of toxic metals”

2003-2007 Ph.D.student in Unit of Molecular Toxicology, Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia (Final exam: Ph.D.)

2003 M. Sc. Degree, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia (Molecular and Cellular Biology) Thesis: “Causes of polyuria in cisplatin nephrotoxicity in rat”

1999-2003 Postgraduate Study of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia (Final exam: M.Sc.)

1999 B.Sc. Degree, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia (Molecular Biology)

1993-1999 Graduate Study of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

WORK EXPERIENCE

September 1999-present Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health (IMI), Unit of Molecular Toxicology, research collaborator undersupervision of Ivan Sabolić, M.D., Ph.D. Scientific Adviser, IMI

RESEARCH PROJECTS

2007-present Mammalian Renal Transporters; Gender Differences and Effects of Toxic Metals, Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, Republic of Croatia, Head of Research Project: Ivan Sabolic, M.D., Ph.D.

2002-2006 Mechanisms of Heavy Metal Toxicity in Kidney and Reproductive Tract, Ministryfor Science and Technology, Republic of Croatia, Head of Research Project: Ivan Sabolic, M.D., Ph.D.

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING AND SCIENCE-RELATED COURSES

2008-2010 Postdoctoral Fellow, Program in Membrane Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

2006 9th International Summer School on Biophysics Supramolecular Structure and Function, Institute “Rudjer Boskovic” Rovinj, Croatia

2004 Practical Course “Molecular medicine 1”, Institute “Rudjer Boskovic”, Zagreb, Croatia

2004 Bioinformatics: Molecular Biology Databases, Web Resources, Sequence Analysis, Multiple Alignments, Molecular Phylogeny, EMBOSS Bioinformatics Package; Department of Molecular Biology, Division of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

2003 Project: Cloning, Characterization and Immunolocalistion of rbNaDC3, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Georg-August University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany

MEMBERSHIPS

The Croatian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (CSBMB)

AWARDS

2004. Annual award of society to young scientist and artists, Society of the University Teachers and other scientist in Zagreb

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

English (Speaking, Writing, Understanding)

PUBLICATIONS

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