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Dr. Silva Katušić

Head of laboratory
voditelj laboratorija znanstveni savjetnik u trajnom izboru
Telephone
+385 1 457 1327
Internal phone number
1593
1841
Academic title
Associate Professor
Address
Bijenicka 54
10002 Zagreb
Croatia
Curriculum vitae

Education

  • 1991 University of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, B.Sc.
  • 1995 University of Zagreb Faculty of Science (field: Chemistry, branch: Biochemistry), M.Sc.
  • 2000 University of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Ph.D.
  • 2001-2004 St. Louis, MO, USA Washington University School of Medicine, post-doc.

Research Areas

Specific research interests

Projects

Croatian Science Foundation – IP-2022-10-7325 (2023-2027)

Title: Endosome biogenesis in Niemann-Pick type C disease - ENDOGENESIS

Role: Principal Investigator

COGITO programme, Croatian-French research project (2019-2021)

Title: The molecular links between lipidome, brain vulnerability and apolipoprotein E

Role: Principal Investigator

Croatian Science Foundation – IP-06-2016-2799 (2017-2021)

Title: Molecular mechanism of neurodegeneration in Niemann-Pick type C

Role: Principal Investigator

Bilateral project between DAAD (Germany) and MZOS (HR) (2016-2017)

Title: Elucidating BACE1 as a potential target for treating Niemann-Pick type C disease

Role: Principal Investigator

Bilateral project between Croatia and Serbia (2016-2017)

Title: Elucidating BACE1-substrate processing and distribution in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease and their potential role in the disease pathogenesis

Role: Principal Investigator

Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ) - “Projekt razvoja karijera mladih istraživača - izobrazba novih doktora znanosti” DOK-2018-01-7587 (2015-2018)

Role: Mentor

FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF (Marie Curie) (2014-2016)

Title: Presenilin 2 - a protector against Alzheimer's disease

Role: Coordinator

Swiss National Science Foundation - SCOPES: Joint Research Project (2014-2016)

Title: The molecular links between cholesterol homeostasis, membrane trafficking and Alzheimer's disease

Role: Principal Investigator

Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ) - “PhD mentorship project” - DOK-2014-06-9815 (2014-2018)

Role: Mentor

Unity Through Knowledge Fund – UKF (2013-2015)

Title: Lysosomal dysfunction as a common mechanism of neurodegenerative diseases

Role: Principal Investigator

NIH -Fogarty International Research Collaboration Award - SAD (2005-2008)

Title:  The role of cholesterol in Alzheimer’s disease

Role: Principal Investigator

The John Douglas French Alzheimer's postdoctoral fellowship

Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA (2002-2004)

Fulbright postdoctoral fellowship

Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA (2001-2002)

Awards and Achievements

  • 1991 University of Zagreb dean's award for the best student work in the year 1990/91.
  • 2001 Fulbright postdoctoral fellowship
  • 2002 The John Douglas French Alzheimer’s Foundation postdoctoral fellowship
  • 2005 NIH-Fogarty International Research Collaboration Award - USA
  • 2008 Award J. J. Strossmayer (Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts/ Zagreb fair), for the best publishing venture in science, for the book „Methods in molecular biology“by Andreja Ambriović Ristov (Editor-in-chief) and Anamaria Brozović, Branka Bruvo Mađarić, Helena Ćetković, Maja Herak Bosnar, Dubravka Hranilović, Silva Katušić, Hećimović, Nevenka Meštrović Radan, Snježana Mihaljević, Neda Slade, Dušica Vujaklija (Eds.).

Classes

  • Lectures and laboratory practice of the "Polymerase Chain Reaction Method" at the course Methods in Biology and Medicine „DNA and RNA“ organized by Rudjer Boskovic Institute
  • Lecturer of the course "Genetics of Neurodegenerative Diseases" at the graduate studies of the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
  • Lecturer of the course "Genetics of Neurodegenerative Diseases" at the Interdisciplinary graduate studies Molecular Biosciences of the University „J.J. Strossmayera“ in Osijek and Ruđer Bošković Institute
  • 2016 - Docent, Doctoral studies in "Molecular biosciences", J.J. Strossmayer University, Osijek

Publications - editorial books

Priručnik

Publications - book chapters

Izvorni znanstveni rad

Stručni rad

  • Katušić Hećimović, Silva ; Čermak, Stjepko ; Malnar, Martina ; Barišić, Ingeborg | Miotonična distrofija tipa 1 // Genetičko informiranje u praksi. | Zagreb: Medicinska naklada, 2016. str. 219-222

  • Katušić Hećimović, Silva ; Malnar, Martina | Molekularna analiza Huntingtonove bolesti // Genetičko informiranje u praksi. | Zagreb: Medicinska naklada, 2016. str. 209-212

  • Katušić Hećimović, Silva ; Malnar, Martina ; Čermak, Stjepko ; Barišić, Ingeborg | Sindrom fragilnog X // Genetičko informiranje u praksi. | Zagreb: Medicinska naklada, 2016. str. 195-198

Publications - journal articles

Izvorni znanstveni rad

Pregledni rad (znanstveni)

Ispravak

Pregledni rad (stručni)

Publications - conference proceedings

Sažetak izlaganja sa skupa

Izvorni znanstveni rad

Publications - Conference journals

Sažetak izlaganja sa skupa

Izvorni znanstveni rad

Publications - Conference unpublished

Neobjavljeni prilog sa skupa

Publications - Graded papers

Doktorski rad

Diplomski rad (sveučilišni)

Other Publications

Ostalo

  • Alfirević, Žarko ; Barić, Ivo ; Barišić, Ingeborg ; Barišić, Nina ; Begović, Davor ; Boranić, Milivoj ; Crkvenac-Gornik, Kristina ; Čačev, Tamara ; Čuković-Čavka, Silvija ; Čečuk-Jeličić, Esma et al. | Racionalna dijagnostika nasljednih i prirođenih bolesti / Barić, Ivo ; Stavljenić-Rukavina Ana (ur.). Zagreb: Medicinska naklada, 2005. 192

Membership in professional associations / societies

  • Croatian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Croatian Society for Alzheimer's Disease
  • Croatian Society of Human Genetics
  • Croatian Society of Clinical Genetics
  • 2009 Head of the Laboratory of Molecular Neuropharmacology, Division of Molecular Medicine, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia