• 2015-2017       postdoc University of Maryland, USA (Jeffery lab)
• 2007-2013       PhD, Biology, Ruđer Bošković Institute, University of Osijek, Croatia
• 1999-2005       BSc, Biology - Ecology, University of Zagreb, Croatia

• 2019–2024: TTPP grant: Evolution in the dark. PI. Total amount granted: ~ 1,000,000 EUR.
• 2014–2017: NEWFELPRO postdoctoral grant: Evolution of albinism in cave-adapted animals. PI. Total amount granted ~ 118,000 EUR.
• 2015–2019: HRZZ grant "Elucidating animal development, differentiation and evolution through basal metazoan genomics". collaborator, (PI: dr.sc. Kristian Vlahoviček, dr.sc. Helena Ćetković)
• 2007–2013: Ministry of Science, Technology and Sports, Republic of Croatia grant "Genes and genomes: structure, function and evolution". Collaborator, (PI: dr.sc. Helena Ćetković)

• 2014 – 2017 University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA. Postdoctoral fellowship NEWFELPRO; funded by the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) Marie Curie FP7-PEOPLE-2011-COFUND and the Croatian Ministry of Science and Education
• 2014. Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany. EMBO Short Term Fellowship
• 2014. Embryology course at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA. The Company of Biologists Ltd Scholarship
• 2013. „For women in science“ L'Oréal-UNESCO fellowship
• 2012. Best poster at the 21st International Conference on Subterranean Biology

• Bilandžija H, Abraham L, Ma L, Renner KJ, Jeffery WR (2018) Behavioural changes controlled by catecholaminergic systems explain recurrent loss of pigmentation in cavefish. Proceedings of The Royal Society of London series B-Biological sciences. 285/1878. (Recommended by Faculty of 1000)
• Bilandžija H, Laslo M, Porter ML, Fong DW (2017) Melanization in response to wounding is ancestral in arthropods and conserved in albino cave species. Scientific Reports. 7/17148.
• Bilandžija H, Ma L, Parkhurst A, Jeffery WR. (2013) A potenial benefit of albinism in Astyanax cavefish: Downregulation of the oca2 gene increases tyrosine and catecholamine levels as an alternative to melanin synthesis. PLoS ONE, 8/11: e80823.
• Bilandžija H, Ćetković H, Jeffery W R (2012) Evolution of albinism in cave planthoppers by a convergent defect in the first step of melanin biosynthesis. Evolution & development. 14/2: 196-203.

Atlas

• Jalžić, Branko ; Bedek, Jana ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Bregović, Petra ; Cvitanović, Hrvoje ; Čuković, Tamara ; Ćukušić, Anđela ; Dražina, Tvrtko ; Đud, Lana ; Gottstein, Sanja et al. | Atlas špiljskih tipskih lokaliteta faune Republike Hrvatske, svezak 2. Zagreb: Hrvatsko biospeleološko društvo, 2013

• Jalžić, Branko ; Bedek, Jana ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Cvitanović, Hrvoje ; Dražina, Tvrtko ; Gottstein, Sanja ; Kljaković Gašpić, Fanica ; Lukić, Marko ; Ozimec, Roman ; Pavlek, Martina et al. | Atlas špiljskih tipskih lokaliteta faune Republike Hrvatske. Zagreb: Hrvatsko biospeleološko društvo ; Državni zavod za zaštitu prirode, 2010

Monografija (stručna)

• Jalžić, Branko; Bedek, Jana; Bregović, Petra; Bilandžija, Helena; Cindrić, Kristijan; Crnčan, Petar; Cvitanović, Hrvoje; Ćukušić, Anđela; Čuković Malenica, Tamara; Dražina, Tvrtko et al. | Atlas špiljskih tipskih lokaliteta faune Republike Hrvatske, svezak 3. Zagreb: Hrvatsko biospeleološko društvo, 2022

• Jalžić, Branko ; Čuković Malenica, Tamara ; Mihoci, Tamara ; Bedek, Jana ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Bregović, Petra ; Dražina, Tvrtko ; Jalžić, Vedran ; Komerički, Ana ; Kovač Konrad, Petra et al. | Caves of the island Mljet in pictures and words / Špilje i jame otoka Mljeta u slici i riječi. Zagreb: Nacionalni park Mljet ; Hrvatsko biospeleološko društvo, 2021

• Ozimec, Roman ; Bedek, Jana ; Gottstein, Sanja ; Jalžić, Branko ; Slapnik, Rajko ; Štamol, Vesna ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Dražina, Tvrtko ; Kletečki, Eduard ; Komerički, Ana et al. | Crvena knjiga špiljske faune Hrvatske. Zagreb: Ministarstvo kulture i medija Republike Hrvatske ; Državni zavod za zaštitu prirode, 2009

Katalog

• Bedek, Jana ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Hamidović, Danijela ; Cvitanović, Hrvoje ; Dražina, Tvrtko ; Jalžić, Branko ; Jalžić, Vedran ; Kovač Konrad, Petra ; Lukić, Marko ; Miculinić, Kazimir et al. | Svijet ispod svijeta: Bioraznolikost špiljske faune Ogulina i Kamanja – podzemna baština od svjetske važnosti sakrivena u Karlovačkoj županiji. Zagreb: Hrvatsko biospeleološko društvo, 2009

Izvorni znanstveni rad

• Jeffery, William R. ; Ma, Li ; Parkhurst, Amy ; Bilandžija, Helena | Pigment Regression and Albinism in Astyanax Cavefish // Biology and Evolution of the Mexican Cavefish. | Elsevier, 2014. str. 155-173

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Izvorni znanstveni rad

• Jovović, Lada; Bedek, Jana; Malard, Florian; Bilandžija, Helena | De novo transcriptomes of cave and surface isopod crustaceans: insights from 11 species across three suborders // Scientific data, 11 (2024), 1; 595, 11. doi: 10.1038/s41597-024-03393-y

  doiwww.nature.comfulir.irb.hr

• Lukić, Marko; Jovović, Lada; Bedek, Jana; Grgić, Magdalena; Kuharić, Nikolina; Rožman, Tin; Čupić, Iva; Weck, Bob; Fong, Daniel; Bilandžija, Helena | A practical guide for the husbandry of cave and surface invertebrates as the first step in establishing new model organisms // PLoS One, 19 (2024), 4; e0300962, 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300962

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• Čupić, Mateo; Marčić, Zoran; Lukić, Marko; Gračan, Romana; Bilandžija, Helena | The first cavefish in the Dinaric Karst? Cave colonization made possible by phenotypic plasticity in Telestes karsticus // Zoological research, 44 (2023), 4; 821-833. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.528

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• Lukić, Marko ; Fišer, Cene ; Delić, Teo ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Pavlek, Martina ; Komerički, Ana ; Dražina, Tvrtko ; Jalžić, Branko ; Ozimec, Roman ; Slapnik, Rajko et al. | Subterranean Fauna of the Lukina Jama–Trojama Cave System in Croatia: The Deepest Cave in the Dinaric Karst // Diversity, 15 (2023), 6; 726, 19. doi: 10.3390/d15060726

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• Jalžić, Branko ; Cukrov, Marijana ; Bilandžija, Helena | Rasprostranjenost dinarskog špiljskog cjevaša Marifugia cavatica Absolon i Hrabe, 1930 na području Hrvatske // Subterranea Croatica, 19 (2021), 38-46

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• Mammola, Stefano ; Lunghi, Enrico ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Cardoso, Pedro ; Grimm, Volker ; Schmidt, Susanne I. ; Hesselberg, Thomas ; Martínez, Alejandro | Collecting eco‐evolutionary data in the dark: Impediments to subterranean research and how to overcome them // Ecology and evolution, 11 (2021), 11; 5911-5926. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7556

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• O’Gorman, Morgan ; Thakur, Sunishka ; Imrie, Gillian ; Moran, Rachel L. ; Choy, Stefan ; Sifuentes-Romero, Itzel ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Renner, Kenneth J. ; Duboué, Erik ; Rohner, Nicolas et al. | Pleiotropic function of the oca2 gene underlies the evolution of sleep loss and albinism in cavefish // Current biology, 31 (2021), 16; 3694-3701. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.077

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• Bilandžija, Helena ; Hollifield, Breanna ; Steck, Mireille ; Meng, Guanliang ; Ng, Mandy ; Koch, Andrew D ; Gračan, Romana ; Ćetković, Helena ; Porter, Megan L ; Renner, Kenneth J et al. | Phenotypic plasticity as a mechanism of cave colonization and adaptation // eLife, 9 (2020), e51830; e51830, 27. doi: 10.7554/elife.51830

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• Bedek, Jana ; Taiti, Stefano ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Ristori, Emma ; Baratti, Mariella | Molecular and taxonomic analyses in troglobiotic Alpioniscus (Illyrionethes) species from the Dinaric Karst (Isopoda: Trichoniscidae) // Zoological journal of the linnean society, 187 (2019), 3; 539-584. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz056

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• Herman, Adam ; Brandvain, Yaniv ; Weagley, James ; Jeffery, William R. ; Keene, Alex C. ; Kono, Thomas J. Y. ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Borowsky, Richard ; Espinasa, Luis ; O'Quin, Kelly et al. | The role of gene flow in rapid and repeated evolution of cave-related traits in Mexican tetra, Astyanax mexicanus // Molecular ecology, 27 (2018), 22; 4397-4416. doi: 10.1111/mec.14877

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• Bilandžija, Helena ; Abraham, Lindsey ; Ma, Li ; Renner, Kenneth J. ; Jeffery, William R. | Behavioural changes controlled by catecholaminergic systems explain recurrent loss of pigmentation in cavefish // Proceedings - Royal Society. Biological Sciences, 285 (2018), 1878; 20180243, 10. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0243

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• Ćetković, Helena ; Herak Bosnar, Maja ; Perina, Dragutin ; Mikoč, Andreja ; Deželjin, Martina ; Belužić, Robert ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Ruiz-Trillo, Inaki ; Harcet, Matija | Characterization of a Group I Nme protein of Capsaspora owczarzaki – a close unicellular relative of animals // Laboratory investigation, 98 (2018), 3; 304-314. doi: 10.1038/labinvest.2017.134

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• Bilandžija, Helena ; Laslo, Mara ; Porter, Megan L. ; Fong, Daniel W. | Melanization in response to wounding is ancestral in arthropods and conserved in albino cave species // Scientific reports, 7 (2017), 17148, 11. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-17471-2

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• Jovanović Glavaš, Olga ; Jalžić, Branko ; Bilandžija, Helena | Population density, habitat dynamic and aerial survival of relict cave bivalves from genus Congeria in the Dinaric karst // INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPELEOLOGY, 46 (2017), 1; 13-22. doi: 10.5038/1827-806X.46.1.2020

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• Bilandžija, Helena ; Ma, Li ; Parkhurst, Amy ; Jeffery, William | A Potenial Benefit of Albinism in Astyanax Cavefish: Downregulation of the oca2 Gene Increases Tyrosine and Catecholamine Levels as an Alternative to Melanin Synthesis // PLoS One, 8 (2013), 11; e80823-e80823. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080823

  doiwww.plosone.orgfulir.irb.hr

• Bilandžija, Helena ; Morton, Brian ; Podnar, Martina ; Ćetković, Helena | Evolutionary history of relict Congeria (Bivalvia: Dreissenidae) : unearthing the subterranean biodiversity of the Dinaric Karst // Frontiers in Zoology, 10 (2013), 5; 1-17. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-10-5

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• Bilandžija, Helena ; Ćetković, Helena ; Jeffery, William R. | Evolution of albinism in cave planthoppers by a convergent defect in the first step of melanin biosynthesis // Evolution & development, 14 (2012), 2; 196-203. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2012.00535.x

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• Pleše, Bruna ; Lukić-Bilela, Lada ; Bruvo- Mađarić, Branka ; Harcet, Matija ; Imešek, Mirna ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Ćetković, Helena | The mitochondrial genome of stygobitic sponge Eunapius subterraneus: mtDNA is highly conserved in freshwater sponges // Hydrobiologia, 687 (2012), 1; 49-59. doi: 10.1007/s10750-011-0789-y

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• Harcet, Matija ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Bruvo Mađarić, Branka ; Ćetković, Helena | Taxonomic position of Eunapius subterraneus (Porifera, Spongillidae) inferred from molecular data - a revised classification needed? // Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 54 (2010), 3; 1021-1027. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.12.019

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• Bilandžija, Helena ; Bedek, Jana ; Jalžić, Branko ; Gottstein, Sanja | The morphological variability, distribution patterns and endangerment in the Ogulin cave sponge Eunapius subterraneus Sket & Velikonja, 1984 (Demospongiae, Spongillidae) // Natura Croatica, 16 (2007), 1; 1-17

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Pismo (znanstveno)

• Ferreira, Rodrigo Lopes ; Bernard, Enrico ; da Cruz Júnior, Francisco William ; Piló, Luis Beethoven ; Calux, Allan ; Souza-Silva, Marconi ; Barlow, Jos ; Pompeu, Paulo S. ; Cardoso, Pedro ; Mammola, Stefano et al. | Brazilian cave heritage under siege // Science, 375 (2022), 6586; 1238-1239. doi: 10.1126/science.abo1973

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Prethodno priopćenje

• Bilandžija, Helena ; Puljas, Sanja ; Gerdol, Marco | Hidden from Our Sight, but Not from Our Impact: The Conservation Issues of Cave Bivalves // www.preprints.org, (2021), 2021050023, 12. doi: 10.20944/preprints202105.0023.v1

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Pregledni rad (znanstveni)

• Mc Cartney, Ann M.; ... ; Bilandžija, Helena; ... ; Pavlek, Martina; ... ; Mazzoni, Camila J. | The European Reference Genome Atlas: piloting a decentralised approach to equitable biodiversity genomics // npj Biodiversity, 3 (2024), 28, 17. doi: 10.1038/s44185-024-00054-6

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• Scapolatiello, Annalisa; Grgic, Magdalena; Samuele, Greco; Puljas, Sanja; Bilandzija, Helena; Marco, Gerdol | Congeria in the Dinaric Karst: conservation and scientific study of a unique cave-dwelling bivalve genus // Atti e memorie della Commissione grotte Eugenio Boegan, 53 (2024), 81-90

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• Lunghi, Enrico; Bilandžija, Helena | Longevity in Cave Animals // Frontiers in ecology and evolution, 10 (2022), 874123, 7. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.874123

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Uvodnik

• Lunghi, Enrico; Niemiller, Matthew L.; Bilandžija, Helena | Adaptations to subterranean environments // Frontiers in ecology and evolution, 11 (2024), 1354954, 2. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1354954

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Kratko priopćenje

• Morton, Brian; Bilandžija, Helena | Nomenclatural validation of two extant Congeria species, C. jalzici and C. mulaomerovici (Bivalvia: Dreissenidae) from the caves of the Dinaric karst // Natura Croatica, 32 (2023), 2; 439-444

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Stručni rad

• Bilandžija, Helena; Grgić, Magdalena; Jalžić, Branko | Špiljski školjkaši roda Congeria, jedinstveni fenomen Dinarskoga krša // Subterranea Croatica, 20 (2022), 1; 77-89

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Sažetak izlaganja sa skupa

• Kauf, Lucija; Weill, Uri; Vila- Farré, Miquel; Bilandžija, Helena; Rink, Jochen | SCHMIDTEA POLYCHROA AS A PROOF-OF-CONCEPT MODEL FOR INVESTIGATING CAVE-RELATED PIGMENT LOSS IN PLANARIANS // 26th International Conference on Subterranean Biology and 6th International Symposium on Anchialine Ecosystems Book of Abstracts / Cialente, Eleonora; Tabilio Di Camillo, Agostina; Di Lorenzo, Tiziana et al. (ur.). | Cagliari: International Society for Subterranean Biology, 2024. str. 43-44

• Kauf, Lucija; Weill, Uri; Vila-Farré, Miquel; Bilandžija, Helena; Rink, Jochen | Why so white? Unravelling the mechanisms of pigment loss in planaria // 8th Faculty of Science PhD Student Symposium: Book of Abstracts / Posarić, Laura; Gmižić, Daria; Ostojić, Tea et al. (ur.). | Zagreb: Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, 2024. str. 16-16

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• Lukić, Marko; Budisavljević, Damjan; Bilandžija, Helena | A customized Astyanax fish system with automation processes // Astyanax International Meeting, San Antionio, Texas, Program and abstract book. | San Antionio: San Antonio Zoo, 2022. str. 50-50

• Lukić, Marko; Bilandžija, Helena | Practical guide for building the Astyanax and cave invertebrate facility // Program and Abstract Book of the 1st Caucasian Symposium on Subterranean Biology / Barjadze, Shalva; Mumladze, Levan; Maghradze, Eter et al. (ur.). | Tbilisi: Ilia State University, 2023. str. 23-23

• Bilandžija, Helena; Čupić, Mateo; Lukić, Marko; Matković, Matea; Blažević, Sofia Ana; Gračan, Romana; Marčić, Zoran | Adaptivna evolucija Kapelske svjetlice (Telestes karsticus) na špiljska staništa // Book of abstracts of the 14th Croatian biological congress with International Participation / Zbornik sažetaka 14. hrvatskog biološkog kongresa s međunarodnim sudjelovanjem / Caput Mihalić, Katarina ; Mičetić Stanković, Vlatka ; Urlić, Inga et al. (ur.). | Zagreb: Hrvatsko biološko društvo, 2022. str. 17-18

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• Bilandžija, Helena; Bedek, Jana | LESSONS FROM RECENT AND ONGOING CAVE COLONIZATIONS: AN EXAMPLE OF ASELLUS AQUATICUS // Program and Abstract Book of the 1st Caucasian Symposium on Subterranean Biology / Barjadze, Shalva; Mumladze, Levan; Maghradze, Eter et al. (ur.). | Tbilisi: Ilia State University, 2023. str. 14-14

• Bedek, Jana; Baković, Vid; Bilandžija, Helena | Isopods as model organisms in evolutionary biology: an example of Asellus aquaticus // 12th International Symposium on Terrestrial Isopod Biology Book of Abstracts / Tuf, Ivan H.; Tajovský, Karel (ur.). | Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2023. str. 6-6

• Čupić, Mateo ; Bilandžija, Helena | The role of epigenetics in plasticity and the evolution of cave adaptations in Astyanax mexicanus // Epigenome inheritance and reprogramming in health and disease: Abstract book. | 2022. str. 64-64

• Bedek, Jana ; Lelas, Luka ; Tomić, Lucija ; Žugaj, Manuela ; Bilandžija, Helena | Rakovi porodice asellidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) naseljavaju špilje – fenotipska plastičnost omogućuje kolonizaciju podzemlja // Zbornik sažetaka 14. hrvatskog biološkog kongresa s međunarodnim sudjelovanjem = Book of abstracts of the 14th Croatian biological congress with International Participation. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko biološko društvo, 2022. str. 16-17

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• Grgić, Magdalena ; Weck, G. Robert ; Keresteš, Gaj ; Bilandžija, Helena | Pleiotropni učinci gubitka pigmentacije kod špiljskog puža Physella sp. // Zbornik sažetaka 14. hrvatskog biološkog kongresa s međunarodnim sudjelovanjem = Book of abstracts of the 14th Croatian biological congress with International Participation. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko biološko društvo, 2022. str. 18-19

• Bilandžija, Helena | The role of phenotypic plasticity in the evolution of cave-dwelling animals // Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Subterranean Biology : ARPHA Conference Abstracts. | Pensoft Publishers, 2022, e87225, 1

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• Jovović, Lada ; Figon, Florent ; Bilandžija, Helena | Albinizam je posljedica gubitka omokroma kod špiljskih jednakonožnih rakova (Isopoda, Crustacea) // Zbornik sažetaka 14. hrvatskog biološkog kongresa = Book of abstracts of the 14th Croatian biological congress. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko biološko društvo, 2022. str. 20-22

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• Jovović, Lada ; Figon, Florent ; Bilandžija, Helena | Convergent loss of ommochrome pigmentation in cave- adapted isopod crustaceans // Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology : Book of Abstracts. | 2022. str. 518-518

• Jovović, Lada ; Figon, Florent ; Bilandžija, Helena | Mechanisms underlying albinism as a consequence of ommochrome deficiency in cave isopods // Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Subterranean Biology : ARPHA Conference Abstracts 5. | Pensoft Publishers, 2022, e87043, 2. doi: 10.3897/aca.5.e87043

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• Lukić, Marko ; Grgić, Magdalena ; Rožman, Tin ; Kuharić, Nikolina ; Jovović, Lada ; Weck, Robert ; Bilandžija, Helena | Culturing cave mollusks in the laboratory: strategies and troubleshooting // Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Subterranean Biology. | Pensoft Publishers, 2022, e87764, 2. doi: 10.3897/aca.5.e87764

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• Grgić, Magdalena ; Weck, Robert G. ; Keresteš, Gaj ; Bilandžija, Helena | The pleiotropic effects of melanin loss in cave snails Physella sp. // Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Subterranean Biology : ARPHA Conference Abstracts. | Cluj-Napoca: Pensoft Publishers, 2022, e86885, 1. doi: 10.3897/aca.5.e86885

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• Grgić, Magdalena ; Weck, G. Robert ; Keresteš, Gaj ; Bilandžija, Helena | Cave dwelling Physella sp. as a model system for studying the loss of pigmentation // Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology : Book of Abstracts. | 2022. str. 461-462

• Bedek, Jana ; Bilandžija, Helena | Proasellus thrive in the dark – plasticity enabling cave colonisation? // Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Subterranean Biology. | Cluj-Napoca: Pensoft Publishers, 2022, 5: e86909, 1. doi: 10.3897/aca.5.e86909

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• Kuharić, Nikolina ; Lukić, Marko ; Bedek, Jana ; Jovović, Lada ; Rožman, Tin ; Fong, Daniel ; Bilandžija, Helena | Maintaining laboratory cultures of cave-dwelling and surface-dwelling isopod crustaceans // Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Subterranean Biology. | Cluj-Napoca: Pensoft Publishers, 2022, 5: e87807, 1. doi: 10.3897/aca.5.e87807

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• Bedek, Jana ; Bilandžija, Helena | The story of Proasellus (Isopoda, Crustacea) - cave colonization ensured by the plastic response? // Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology : Book of Abstracts. | Prag, 2022. str. 491-491

• Bilandžija, Helena ; Čupić, Mateo ; Lukić, Marko ; Gračan, Romana ; Marčić, Zoran | Telestes karsticus – a cave adapted fish in the Dinaric Karst // 3rd Dinaric Symposium on Subterranean Biology: Abstract book. | Trebinje, 2022. str. 20-20

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• Kuharić, Nikolina ; Lukić, Marko ; Bedek, Jana ; Grgić, Magdalena ; Jovović, Lada ; Rožman, Tin ; Bilandžija, Helena | Setting up the laboratory invertebrate facility - good and bad practices // 3rd Dinaric Symposium on Subterranean Biology : Abstract book. | Trebinje, 2022. str. 32-32

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• Grgić, Magdalena ; Kuharić, Nikolina ; Kajan, Katarina ; Dražina, Tvrtko ; Orlić, Sandi ; Bilandžija, Helena | Testing the utility of eDNA metabarcoding for studying groundwater biodiversity // 3rd Dinaric Symposium on Subterranean Biology : Abstract book. | Organizing Committee, 3rd Dinaric Symposium on Subterranean Biology, 2022. str. 25-25

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• Bedek, Jana ; Lelas, Luka ; Bilandžija, Helena | The role of phenotypic plasticity in cave colonization of the genus Proasellus // 3rd Dinaric Symposium on Subterranean Biology : Abstract book. | Trebinje: Organizing Committee, 3rd Dinaric Symposium on Subterranean Biology, 2022. str. 18-18

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• Jovović, Lada ; Figon, Florent ; Bilandžija, Helena | Ommochrome pigments in surface isopods (Isopoda, Crustacea) and their loss in cave-adapted albino relatives // 3rd Dinaric Symposium on Subterranean Biology : Abstract book. | Trebinje: Organizing Committee, 3rd Dinaric Symposium on Subterranean Biology, 2022. str. 28-28

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• Jovović, Lada ; Figon, Florent ; Bilandžija, Helena | Omokromi – karakterizacija kod nadzemnih jednakonožnih rakova (Isopoda, Crustacea) i mehanizmi gubitka kod špiljskih srodnika // Simpozij studenata doktorskih studija PMF-a : knjiga sažetaka = PhD student symposium 2021 : book of abstracts. | Zagreb: Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2021. str. 199-200

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• Bilandžija, Helena | Mechanisms of rapid adaptation to changed environment // 45th FEBS Congress : Abstracts. | 2021, EB­04­1, 1

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• Fong, Daniel W. ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Laslo, Mara ; Porter, Megan L. | Loss of Wound Melanization Response in the Cave Shrimp Troglocaris // 9th International Crustacean Congress : abstract book. | 2018. str. 21-21

• Gorički, Špela ; Presetnik, Primož ; Prosenc- Zmrzljak, Uršula ; Blatnik, Matej ; Gredar, Tajda ; Kogovšek, Blaž ; Koit, Oliver ; Strah, Sara ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Jalžić, Branko et al. | Environmental DNA in subterranean biology update: from “Where?” to “How many?” // ARPHA Conference Abstracts (ACA). | 2018, e29968, 1. doi: 10.3897/aca.1.e29968

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• Fong, Daniel W. ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Laslo, Mara ; Porter, Megan L. | Wound melanization response is conserved among albino subterranean arthropods but has been lost in the cave shrimp Troglocaris anophthalmus // The National Speleological Society Convention 2019 Abstracts. | 2019. str. 10-11

• Bilandžija, Helena ; Hollifield, Breanna ; Steck, Mireille ; Meng, Guanliang ; Ng, Mandy ; Ćetković, Helena ; Porter, Megan L. ; Renner, Kenneth J. ; Jeffery, William R. | The role of phenotypic plasticity in the evolution of cave-adapted traits in Astyanax mexicanus // The National Speleological Society Convention 2019 Abstracts. | 2019. str. 8-9

• Bilandžija, Helena ; Hollifield, Breanna ; Steck, Mireille ; Meng, Guanliang ; Ng, Mandy ; Koch, Andrew D. ; Gračan, Romana ; Ćetković, Helena ; Porter, Megan L. ; Renner, Kenneth J. et al. | Phenotypic plasticity as a mechanism of cave colonization and adaptation // 2nd Dinaric Symposium on Subterranean Biology Abstract book. | 2019. str. 18-18

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• Ćetković, Helena ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Halasz, Mirna ; Fabijanić, Maja ; Pleše, Bruna ; Vlahoviček, Krisitan | Insights into the origins of animal complexity from a basal metazoan: Genome of the endemic cave sponge Eunapius subterraneus // 4th Congress of Croatian Geneticists with international participation. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko genetičko društvo, 2018. str. 39-39

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• Bilandžija, Helena ; Ćetković, Helena ; Jeffery, William | The mechanisms and causes of pigmentation loss in cave adapted animals // 4th Congress of Croatian Geneticists with international participation. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko genetičko društvo, 2018. str. 36-36

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• Bilandžija, Helena ; Ćetković, Helena ; Jeffery, William R. | The loss of pigmentation in cave-dwelling animals // 9th Annual Meeting of the EFOR Network. | 2019. str. 27-27

• Bilandžija, Helena ; Hollifield, Breanna ; Steck, Mireille ; Meng, Guanliang ; Ng, Mandy ; Bedek, Jana ; Ćetković, Helena ; Porter, Megan L. ; Renner, Kenneth J. ; Jeffery, William R. | Phenotypic plasticity and genetic assimilation in the evolution of cave-adapted traits in Astyanax mexicanus // 6th Astyanax International Meeting 2019, Program. | 2019. str. 22-22

• Porter, Megan L. ; Steck, Mireille ; Jeffery, William ; Bilandžija, Helena | Comparative Transcriptomic analyses of Hawaiian epigean and hypogean planthoppers in the genus Oliarus // The National Speleological Society Convention 2017 : Abstracts. | 2017. str. 55-55

• Martin, Lindsey ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Soueidan, Sara ; Jeffery, William | The relationship between differential anesthesia tolerance and melanin pigment development in cave- adapted and surface Astyanax mexicanus // 2016 International Conference on Subterranean Biology : Abstracts. | 2016. str. 60-60

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• Hollifield, Breanna ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Jeffery, William | Understanding the colonization of caves: Effects of constant darkness on the surface form of Astyanax mexicanus // 2016 International Conference on Subterranean Biology : Abstracts. | 2016. str. 40-40

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• Shoen, Ezra ; Jeffery, William ; Bilandžija, Helena | Adaptive differences between dopamine-related locomotor activity in cave and surface dwelling Astyanax mexicanus // 2016 International Conference on Subterranean Biology : Abstracts. | 2016. str. 7-7

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• Bilandžija, Helena | Evolution of melanin pigment regression in cave animals // 2016 International Conference on Subterranean Biology : Abstracts. | 2016. str. 6-6

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• Martin, Lindsey ; Bilandzija, Helena ; Jeffery, William R. | Anesthesia Tolerance in Cave Adapted and Surface Conspecific Populations of Astyanax mexicanus // The National Speleological Society Convention 2015 Abstracts. | 2015. str. 1-1

• Bilandzija, Helena ; Jeffery, William R. | The loss of pigmentation in cave animals // The National Speleological Society Convention 2015 Abstracts. | 2015. str. 1-1

• Bilandzija, Helena ; Laslo, Mara ; Fong, Daniel ; Jeffery, William R. | Albinism and the Conservation of Pigment cells in Cave Animals // Astyanax International Meeting, Conference Scientific Program. | 2015. str. 16-16

• Bilandžija, Helena ; Ćetković, Helena ; Jeffery, William R. | Evolution of Albinism in Caves // The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology with the Animal Behavior Society American Microscopical Society The Crustacean Society: Abstract book / The Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology (ur.). | McLean (VA): The Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, 2015. str. 26-26

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• Fong, Daniel W. ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Laslo, Mara | Evolution of melanin pigment loss in subterranean amphipods and isopods // The Crustacean Society and International Association of Astacology 2015 Mid-Year Meeting Abstracts. | 2015. str. 27-27

• Čuković, Tamara ; Dražina, Tvrtko ; Bregović, Petra ; Jalžić, Branko ; Bilandžija, Helena | Conservation of the underground habitats by protection ofthe Narrow-necked blind cave beetle (Leptodirus hochenwartii Schmidt, 1832) // 1st Dinaric Symposium on Subterranean Biology : Abstract book. | Zagreb: Croatian Biospeleological Society, 2016. str. 17-17

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• Ćetković, Helena ; Halasz, Mirna ; Fabijanić, Maja ; Pleše, Bruna ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Vlahoviček, Kristian | Towards an insight into the metazoan gene regulation and development: genome draft of the endemic freshwater sponge Eunapius subterraneus // Program and abstract book for the 10th International Sponge Conference. | Galway: National University of Ireland, 2017. str. 255-256

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• Lukić, Marko ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Bedek, Jana ; Jalžić, Branko ; Kljaković Gašpić, Fanica ; Ozimec, Roman ; Pavlek, Martina | Dinaric type localities of cave dwelling fauna: research and conservation // 21st International Conference on Subterranean Biology. | Košice, 2012. str. 63-64

• Jalžić, Branko ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Cukrov, Marijana | Distribution of the Dinaric cave-dwelling tube worm Marifugia cavatica Absolon & Hrabe, 1930 in Croatia // 21st International Conference on Subterranean Biology. | Košice, 2012. str. 55-55

• Hmura, Dajana ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Jalžić, Branko ; Ćetković, Helena | Molecular taxonomy of the cave sponge Eunapius subterraneus Sket i Velikonja, 1984 // 21st International Conference on Subterranean Biology, Abstract book. | Košice, 2012. str. 53-53

• Bedek, Jana ; Lukić, Marko ; Jalžić, Branko ; Ozimec, Roman ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Dražina, Tvrtko ; Hamidović, Daniela ; Pavlek, Martina ; Patarčić, Inga ; Komerički, Ana | Subterranean community from Lukina jama – Trojama cave system, the deepest cave in Dinaric Karst (Northern Velebit Mt., Croatia) // 21st International Conference on Subterranean Biology, Abstract book. | Košice, 2012. str. 26-27

• Bilandžija, Helena ; Ćetković, Helena ; Jeffery, William R. | Convergent Evolution of Albinism in Diverse Cave Adapted Animals // 21st International Conference on Subterranean Biology, Abstract book. | Košice, 2012. str. 29-30

• Bilandžija, Helena ; Bedek, Jana ; Dražina, Tvrtko ; Lukić, Marko ; Pavlek, Martina ; Štamol, Vesna ; Jalžić, Branko | Underground fauna of the island Mljet // Zbornik radova simpozija Dani Branimira Gušića: Nove spoznaje iz prirodoslovlja otoka Mljeta. | Zagreb: LaserPrint, 2011. str. 371-371

• Jeffery, William R. ; Bilandžija, Helena | Evolution of Albinism in an Extreme Environment: Dark Caves // Euro Evo Devo Abstract book. | Lisabon: European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology, 2012. str. 80-80

• Bilandžija, Helena ; Ćetković, Helena ; Jeffery, William R. | Evolution in the Dark: Convergence of Albinism in Cave Adapted Animals // Euro Evo Devo Abstract book. | Lisabon: European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology, 2012. str. 153-153

• Bilandžija, Helena ; Bedek, Jana ; Jalžić, Branko ; Kerovec, Mladen ; Gottstein Matočec, Sanja | Morphological characteristics, biogeography and endangerment of ogulin cave sponge Eunapius subterraneus Sket & Velikonja 1984 (Spongillidae, Demospongia) // Zbornik sažetaka 9. hrvatskog biološkog kongresa = Proceedings of Abstracts of 9th Croatian Biological Congress. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko biološko društvo, 2006

• Kljaković-Gašpić, Fanica ; Jalžić, Branko ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Pavlek, Martina | The cave type localities atlas of Croatian fauna // Zbornik referata, rezimea referata i poster prezentacija Naučnog skupa sa međunarodnim učešćem “Zaštita prirode u XXI vijeku”. | Podgorica: Zavod za zaštitu prirode Crne Gore, Ministarstvo održivog razvoja i turizma Vlade Crne Gore, 2011

• Bilandžija, Helena ; Ćetković, Helena ; Jeffery, William R. | Mechanism Underlying Convergence of Albinism in Cave Adapted Animals // SMBE 2012 Conference abstracts. | 2012. str. 333-333

• Hmura, Dajana ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Jalžić, Branko ; Ćetković, Helena | Phylogeography of the Ogulin cave sponge Eunapius subterraneus Sket i Velikonja, 1984 from the Dinaric karst // International Symposium on "Evolution of Balkan Biodiversity" Book of Abstracts. | 2012. str. 30-30

• Bedek, Jana ; Lukić, Marko ; Jalžić, Branko ; Ozimec, Roman ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Dražina, Tvrtko ; Hamidović, Daniela ; Pavlek, Martina ; Patarčić, Inga ; Komerički, Ana | Fauna dubokih jama Sjevernog Velebita // Znanstveno-stručni skup "Posebne vrijednosti dubokog krša", Zbornik sažetaka. | 2012

• Bilandžija, Helena ; Hmura, Dajana ; Jalžić, Branko ; Ćetković, Helena | Što molekule kažu o spužvama i školjkašima iz Lukine jame? Primjena molekularno-genetičkih metoda u biospeleologiji. // Znanstveno-stručni skup "Posebne vrijednosti dubokog krša", Zbornik sažetaka. | 2012

• Harcet, Matija ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Bruvo-Mađarić, Branka ; Ćetković, Helena | Taxonomic position of Eunapius subterraneus (Porifera, Spongillidae) inferred from molecular data--a revised classification needed? // Ancient animals new challenges. | Girona, 2010. str. 212-212

• Komerički, Ana ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Jalžić, Branko | New localities and the first population size estimate of highly endangered Dinaric cave clam, Congeria kusceri, Bole 1962 // 19th International karstological school "Classical karst" - Karst underground protection, Abstracts. | Postojna: Karst Research Institute - ZRC SAZU, 2011. str. 46-46

• Bilandžija, Helena ; Podnar, Martina ; Jalžić, Branko ; Patarčić, Inga ; Tvrtković, Nikola ; Ćetković, Helena | Phylogenetic position of endangered stygobitic bivalve Congeria kusceri and phylogeographic structure in Croatia based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA markers // 18th International Karstological School "Classical Karst". Abstracts. | Postojna: Karst Research Institute - ZRC SAZU, 2010. str. 21-21

• Bedek, Jana ; Lukić, Marko ; Ozimec, Roman ; Jalžić, Branko ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Slapnik, Rajko ; Iepure, Sanda ; Pavlek, Martina ; Dražina, Tvrtko ; Komerički, Ana et al. | Hydro-accumulation of the Hydroelectric Power Plant Lešće (Croatia): the example of the extensive devastation of cave karst habitats and cave fauna // 18th International Karstological School "Classical Karst". Abstracts. | Postojna: Karst Research Institute - ZRC SAZU, 2010. str. 20-20

• Jeffery, William R. ; Bilandžija, Helena | Convergent Evolution of Albinism in Cave Animals: A Defect in the First Step of Melanin Biosynthesis in Troglomorphic Fishes and Insects // Cavefish Evolution, Development and Behaviour. | Ciudad Valles, 2011. str. 23-23

• Bilandžija, Helena ; Ćetković, Helena ; Jeffery, William R. | Convergent evolution of albinism in cave adapted plant hoppers // Simposium Internationale Entomofaunisticum Europae Centralis XXII Varaždin. | 2011. str. 28-28

• Bilandžija, Helena ; Podnar, Martina ; Jalžić, Branko ; Patarčić, Inga ; Tvrtković, Nikola ; Ćetković, Helena | Phylogeny and phylogeography of the cave bivalve Congeria kusceri, with an outline for its endangerment in Croatia // ICSB 2010 Abstract book. | Postojna: Organizing Committee, 20th International Conference on Subterranean Biology, 2010. str. 56-57

• Cukrov, Marijana ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Cukrov, Neven ; Jalžić, Branko | Anchialine caves on Mljet island // Zbornik sažetaka. | Pomena: NP "Mljet", 2010. str. 18-18

• Lukić-Bilela, Lada ; Pleše, Bruna ; Bruvo- Mađarić, Branka ; Imešek, Mirna ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Ćetković, Helena | The mitochondrial genome analysis of unique cave dweller sponge Eunapius subterraneus Sket & Velikonja, 1984 // ICSB 2010 Abstract Book. | Postojna: Organizing Committee ICSB, 2010. str. 62-62

• Pleše, Bruna ; Lukić-Bilela, Lada ; Bruvo- Mađarić, Branka ; Imešek, Mirna ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Ćetković, Helena | The mitochondrial genome of stygobitic sponge Eunapius subterraneus: insights into evolution of freshwater sponges // Ancient animals new challenges. | 2010. str. 94-94

• Bilandžija, Helena ; Ćetković, Helena ; Jalžić, Branko | Strogo zaštićena vrsta pred izumiranjem? Dinarski špiljski školjkaš (Congeria kusceri) // Zbornik sažetaka Stručnog seminara o zaštiti špilja i podzemne faune. | Zagreb : Samobor : Ogulin, 2010. str. 3-3

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• Bilandžija, Helena ; Jalžić, Branko ; Cukrov, Marijana ; Cukrov, NeveN | Anchialine caves in Croatian karst area // Anchialine ecosystems: Reflection and prospects. | Palma de Mallorca: Organisers Anchialine Ecosystems, 2009. str. 12-12

• Jalžić, Branko ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Cukrov, Marijana ; Cukrov, Neven | History of anchialine cave research in Croatia // Anchialine ecosystems: Reflection and prospects. | Palma de Mallorca: Organisers Anchialine Ecosystems, 2009. str. 27-28

• Cukrov, Neven ; Jalžić, Branko ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Cukrov, Marijana | Research history and anchialine cave characteristic in Croatia // Anchialine ecosystems : Reflection and prospects: Book of abstracts. | Palma de Mallorca: Organisers Anchialine Ecosystems, 2009. str. 19-20

• Bilandžija, Helena ; Patarčić, Inga ; Podnar, Martina ; Tvrtković, Nikola ; Ćetković, Helena | Filogenetska i filogeografska analiza endemičnog školjkaša Congeria kusceri // Zbornik sažetaka 10. hrvatskog biološkog kongresa s međunarodnim sudjelovanjem = Proceedings of Abstracts of 10th Croatian Biological Congress. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko biološko društvo, 2009. str. 179-180

• Harcet, Matija ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Bruvo-Mađarić, Branka ; Ćetković, Helena | Filogenija hrvatske endemične stigobiontne spužve // Zbornik sažetaka znanstvenog simpozija 50 godina molekularne biologije u Hrvatskoj. | Zagreb: Institut Ruđer Bošković, 2008

• Harcet, Matija ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Bedek, Jana ; Gamulin, Vera | Croatian Endemic Stygobitic Freshwater Sponge Does Not Belong To The Genus Eunapius // Zbornik sažetaka 9. hrvatskog biološkog kongresa = Proceedings of Abstracts of 9th Croatian Biological Congress. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko biološko društvo, 2006. str. 200-201-x

• Bilandžija, Helena ; Bedek, Jana ; Jalžić, Branko ; Kerovec, Mladen ; Gottstein Matočec, Sanja | Recent research of cave sponge Eunapius subterraneus Sket & Velikonja 1985 (Spongillidae Demospongia) // Book of Abstracts of the 18th International Symposium of Biospeleology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 10-15 July 2006.. | Cluj-Napoca: Institutul de Speleologie „ ; Emil Racoviţă“ ; , International Society for Subterranean Biology, 2006. str. 66-67-x

• Rončević, Sanda ; Pitarević, Lovorka ; Bedek, Jana ; Bilandžija, Helena | Određivanje sadržaja metala u uzorcima spužve Eunapius subterraneus, vode i sedimenta // XIX. hrvatski skup kemičara i kemijskih inženjera : knjiga sažetaka. | Zagreb: Hrvatsko društvo Kemija u industriji, 2005

Stručni rad

• Miculinić, Kazimir ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Cvitanović, Hrvoje ; Jalžić, Branko ; Jalžić, Vedran ; Lukić, Marko ; Pavlek, Martina | Caves of the Mljet Island // ZBORNIK RADOVA SIMPOZIJA DANI BRANIMIRA GUŠIĆA – MLJET 2010. | 2011. str. 259-270

• Jalžić, Branko ; Ozimec, Roman ; Bedek, Jana ; Hamidović, Daniela ; Slapnik, Rajko ; Franičević, Marijana ; Lukić, Marko ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Pavlek, Martina | Špiljska fauna Nacionalnog parka ˝Krka˝ // Zbornik radova Rijeka Krka i Nacionalni park «Krka», Prirodna i kulturna baština, zaštita i održivi razvitak. | Šibenik, 2007. str. 491-506

Izvorni znanstveni rad

• Cukrov, Marijana ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Cukrov, Neven ; Jalžić, Branko | Anhialini speleološki objekti na području otoka Mljeta // ZBORNIK RADOVA SIMPOZIJA DANI BRANIMIRA GUŠIĆA – MLJET 2010. | Zagreb: LaserPrint, 2011. str. 271-278

Neobjavljeni prilog sa skupa

• Grgić, Magdalena; Bilandžija, Helena | Pigmentation loss in cave-adapted bivalves from the genus Congeria // EMBO Practical Course: Hands-on course in genome sequencing, assembly and downstream analyses | Bruxelles, Belgija, 04.09.2022-10.09.2022

• Grgić, Magdalena; Gerdol, Marco; Stallknecht Rice, Edward; Greco, Samuele; Scapolatiello, Annalisa; Warren, Wesley; Rohner, Nicolas; Bilandžija, Helena | Genome of cave bivalve Congeria kusceri: insights into // EMBO Workshop: Establishing state-of-the-art mollusc genomics | Namur, Belgija, 28.05.2024-31.05.2024

• Čupić, Mateo ; Bedek, Jana ; Bilandžija, Helena | The role of epigenetic processes in plasticity and genetic assimilation during cave colonization // GS9: Epigenomics in Evolution | online ; Auckland, Novi Zeland, 28.02.2023-28.02.2023

• Bilandžija, Helena | Adaptive evolution in caves // Genoemix (Genes, Development and Evolution) seminar series | Göttingen, Njemačka, 25.11.2021-25.11.2021

• Bilandžija, Helena | Adaptive and maladaptive responses during colonization of caves // 33rd Karger Workshop in Evolutionary Neuroscience 2022: Exaptation and the evolution of maladaptation | San Diego (CA), Sjedinjene Američke Države, 10.11.2022-11.11.2022

• Čupić, Mateo ; Bilandžija, Helena | The role of plasticity in the adaptive evolution of cavefish Astyanax mexicanus // Genes as Environment | Sjedinjene Američke Države, 15.11.2020-18.11.2020

• Fong, Daniel W. ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Laslo, Mara ; Porter, Megan L. | Wound melanization response is conserved among albino subterranean arthropods but has been lost in the cave shrimp Troglocaris anophthalmus // 24th International Conference on Subterranean Biology | Aveiro, Portugal, 20.08.2018-24.08.2018

• Bilandžija, Helena | Evolucija filogenetskih linija u podzemlju Dinarskoga krša // WALLACE 101 | Zagreb, Hrvatska, 27.02.2014-28.02.2014

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• Pleše, Bruna ; Harcet, Matija ; Bilandžija, Helena ; Bruvo-Mađarić, Branka ; Imešek, Mirna ; Lukić-Bilela, Lada ; Ćetković, Helena | Insights into evolution of freshwater sponges: molecular life of stygobitic sponge Eunapius subterraneus // SMBE 2010 - Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution | Lion-sur-Mer, Francuska, 04.07.2010-08.07.2010

Diplomski rad (sveučilišni)

• Tomić, Lucija | Usporedba stope metabolizma podzemnih i nadzemnih populacija rakova porodice Asellidae / Bilandžija, Helena; Dražina, Tvrtko (mentor); Bedek, Jana (neposredni voditelj) . | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2025

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• Kuzman, Martina | Utišavanje gena Scarlet metodom RNA interferencije kod rakova porodice Asellidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) / Bilandžija, Helena; Đikić, Domagoj (mentor); Bedek, Jana (neposredni voditelj) . | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2024

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• Žugaj, Manuela | Fenotipske promjene vrste Asellus aquaticus (Isopoda, Crustacea) uslijed izloženosti mraku i farmakološkim modulatorima / Bilandžija, Helena; Blažević, Sofia Ana (mentor); Bedek, Jana (neposredni voditelj) . | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2023

• Ilijić, Lucia | Usporedba građe mrežnice oka nadzemne i podzemne populacije kapelske svjetlice (Telestes karsticus) / Marčić, Zoran ; Bilandžija, Helena (mentor); Čupić, Mateo (neposredni voditelj) . | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2023

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• Matković, Matea | Razine katekolamina kod špiljske i potočne populacije kapelske svijetlice (Telestes karsticus) / Blažević, Sofia Ana ; Bilandžija, Helena (mentor). | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2022

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• Radečić, Karlo | Karakterizacija tirozinaze u stigobiontskom rodu školjkaša Congeria Partsch, 1835 i njegovim nadzemnim srodnicima / Ćetković, Helena (mentor); Helena Bilandžija (neposredni voditelj) . | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2019

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• Martin, Lindsey | The Neurological Basis of Differential Anesthesia Tolerance in Cave-Adapted and Surface Conspecific Astyanax mexicanus / Jeffery, William (mentor); Bilandžija, Helena (neposredni voditelj) . | College Park, Maryland, SAD, 2017

• Hollifield, Breanna | Understanding the colonization of caves: Effects of constant darkness on surface form of Astyanax mexicanus / Jeffery, William (mentor); Bilandžija, Helena (neposredni voditelj) . | College Park, Maryland, SAD, 2017

• Hmura, Dajana | Filogeografska analiza krškog stenoendema Eunapius subterraneus Sket & Velikonja, 1984 (Porifera, Demospongia) / Ćetković, Helena (mentor); Bilandžija, Helena (neposredni voditelj) . | Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb, 2012

Doktorski rad

• Bilandžija, Helena | The molecular evolution of the cave animals / Ćetković, Helena (mentor). | Osijek, Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku / Sveučilište u Dubrovniku / Institut Ruđer Bošković, 2013

Radovi sa studija

• Patarčić, Inga ; voditelj Ćetković, Helena ; Bilandžija, Helena | Filogenetska analiza endemičnog školjkaša Congeria kusceri Bole, 1962 (Dreissenidae, Bivalvia) // Filogenetska analiza endemičnog školjkaša Congeria kusceri Bole, 1962 (Dreissenidae, Bivalvia) ; Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet-Biološki odsjek ; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, 2009

Ostalo

• Bilandžija, Helena | Cave animals, models for understanding various aspects of evolution, 2023

• Bilandžija, Helena ; Puljas, Sanja ; Čuković, Tamara | Protokol praćenja stanja vrsta Congeria kusceri Bole, 1962 i Congeria jalzici Morton & Bilandžija, 2013 u Republici Hrvatskoj // Državni zavod za zaštitu prirode, 2014

Rukopis

• Bilandžija, Helena ; Hollifield, Breanna ; Steck, Mireille ; Meng, Guanliang ; Ng, Mandy ; Koch, Andrew D. ; Gračan, Romana ; Ćetković, Helena ; Porter, Megan L. ; Renner, Kenneth J. et al. | Phenotypic plasticity as an important mechanism of cave colonization and adaptation in Astyanax cavefish // BioRXiv 1, 1-36, 2019

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