• Lysosomal Post-translational Modifications in Ageing and Stress-Induced Neurodegeneration - LPM-AGE

  14.12.2026 - 13.12.2029 | 200,000.00 EUR

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• Elucidating the role of NPC1 protein in myelination

  20.03.2025 - 20.03.2026 | 15,000.00 EUR

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• Endosome biogenesis in Niemann-Pick type C disease - ENDOGENESIS

  31.12.2023 - 30.12.2027 | 197,611.12 EUR

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Conference abstract

• Blažević, Božana; Bogner, Ana-Marija; Vidatić, Lea; Katušić, Silva | The new insights into neuroinflammation in a juvenile neurodegenerative disorder Niemann-Pick type C // Book of Abstracts of 9th Faculty of Science PhD Student Symposium / Petrović, Petra (ur.). | Zagreb: Sveučilište u Zagrebu Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, 2025. str. 77-77

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Conference abstract

• Marčić, Kristijan; Blažević, Božana; Katić, Matea; Bukovac, Anja; Pećina-Šlaus, Nives | Expression of NOTCH1 intracellular domain in intracranial meningioma // Liječnički vjesnik : glasilo Hrvatskog liječničkog zbora. Suplement, 144, supl.7, 2022. str. 35-35

Unpublished conference paper

• Božana Blažević, Lea Vidatić, Eugene Kim, Dauda Abdullahi, Ana-Marija Bogner, Tamara Ivančević, Sara Cerovski, Charalampos Papaonisiforou, Luiza-Simona Damoc, Diana Cash, Silva Katušić | Elucidating early changes of myelination process in the pathogenesis of Niemann-Pick type C disease // 10th Faculty of Science PhD Student Symposium | Zagreb / Zagreb, Hrvatska, 24.04.2026-25.04.2026

• Božana Blažević, Lea Vidatić, Eugene Kim, Dauda Abdullahi, Ana-Marija Bogner, Tamara Ivančević, Sara Cerovski, Charalampos Papaonisiforou, Luiza-Simona Damoc, Diana Cash, Silva Katušić | MRI, imaging transcriptomics and immunoanalysis to identify the earliest changes in the mouse brains of juvenile neurodegenerative disorder Niemann-Pick type C // 2nd ICGEB Symposium on Inflammation and Proteinopathy in ALS/FTD | Rijeka, Hrvatska, 30.06.2026-02.07.2026

• Božana Blažević | Integration of imaging and molecular data to address early brain alterations in the lipid and lysosomal storage disorder Niemann-Pick type C // Molecular, Imaging, and Digital Biomarkers in Parkinson’s Disease and Related Disorders | Zagreb, Hrvatska, 24.09.2026-26.09.2026

• Katušić, Silva; Vidatić, Lea; Kim, Eugene; Abdullahi, Dauda; Cerovski, Sara; Papaonisiforou, Charalampos; Blazevic, Bozana; Damoc, Luiza-Simona; Bogner, Ana-Marija; Cash, Diana | Myelination process is disturbed already in the asymptomatic phase of Niemann-Pick type C disease // AD/PD 2026 - International conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases and related neurological disorders | Kopenhagen, Danska, 17.03.2026-21.03.2026

• Ana-Marija Bogner, Mariagiovanna Malara, Božana Blažević, Lea Vidatić, Sabina Tahirović, Silva Katušić | Analysis of lysosomal alterations in Npc1-deficient brain cells // 10th Faculty of Science PhD Student Symposium | Zagreb / Zagreb, Hrvatska, 24.04.2026-25.04.2026

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• Ana-Marija Bogner, Lea Vidatic, Stefania Vossio, Vincent Mercier, Dimitri Moreau, Božana Blažević, Silva Katusic | Widespread alterations of organelle biogenesis revealed by automated microscopy screening in NPC1/2-KO cells // 2nd ICGEB Symposium on Inflammation and Proteinopathy in ALS/FTD | Rijeka, Hrvatska, 30.06.2026-02.07.2026

• Katušić, Silva; Bogner, Ana-Marija; Blažević, Božana; Vidatić, Lea | Alzheimer's disease and Niemann-Pick type C disease – two etiologically distinct disorders that share several features / Alzheimerova bolest i Niemann-Pickova bolest tipa C – dvije etiološki različite bolesti koje dijele niz zajedničkih karakteristika // Symposium "Exploring Neurodegenerative Diseases - from macro to micro scale’ | Zagreb, Hrvatska, 30.03.2026-31.03.2026

• Božana Blažević, Lea Vidatić, Stefania Vossio, Vincent Mercier, Dimitri Moreau, Ana-Marija Bogner, Silva Katušić | Organelle screening by automated microscopy reveals numerous alterations upon cholesterol accumulation in NPC1/2-knockout cells. // Congress of the Croatian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology HDBMB 2026 Congress: Uniting Scientists | Dubrovnik, Hrvatska, 30.09.2026-04.10.2026

• Katušić, Silva; Blažević, Božana; Bogner, Ana-Marija; Vidatić, Lea | Cholesterol in the Brain: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly // 2nd ICGEB Symposium on Inflammation and Proteinopathy in ALS/FTD | Rijeka, Hrvatska, 30.06.2026-02.07.2026

• Božana Blažević | Karakterizacija astrocita mišjeg modela bolesti Niemann-Pick tip C // 5. Dani doktoranada doktorskog studija „Medicinska kemija“ | Rijeka, Hrvatska, 18.09.2025-19.01.2026

• Božana Blažević | Molekularna podloga u patogenezi rijetke neurodegenerativne bolesti Niemann-Pick tip C // 8. Nacionalna konferencija o rijetkim bolestima s međunarodnim sudjelovanjem | Zagreb, Hrvatska, 04.09.2025-04.09.2025

• Katušić, Silva | Characterization of apolipoprotein E and lipid profile in different brain regions of the Niemann-Pick type C disease mouse model // 20th GERLI International Lipid Meeting ‘’Lipids in Cell Structures and Metabolism’’ | Strasbourg, Francuska, 03.11.2025-05.11.2025

• Vidatić, Lea; Blažević, Božana; Katušić, Silva | Neuroinflammation precedes neurodegeneration in a mouse model of Niemann Pick type C disease // 8th Rijeka Forum on Neurodegenerative Diseases | Rijeka, Hrvatska, 16.09.2024-17.09.2024