On May 23rd 2023, Dr Danijela Bakarić held an inaugural lecture titled "BACK TO THE FUTURE: LIPID SUSPENSIONS AND THEIR CHARACTERIZATIONS" as a part of the procedure to gain the position of Senior scientific associate. In her lecture she gave an overview of her work on the application of spectroscopic and calorimetric techniques in the research of the structure and interactions of model lipid membranes in the last five years.