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Dr. Helena Bilandžija

Senior research associate
Telephone
+385 1 457 1239
Internal phone number
1305
Address
Bijenička 54

Education

  • 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

Specific research interests

Projects

  • 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)

Awards and Achievements

  • 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

Publications - authored books

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

Publications - book chapters

Izvorni znanstveni rad

Publications - journal articles

Izvorni znanstveni rad

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

    doiwww.science.org

Prethodno priopćenje

Pregledni rad (znanstveni)

Uvodnik

Kratko priopćenje

Ostalo

Publications - conference proceedings

Sažetak izlaganja sa skupa

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

Publications - Conference unpublished

Neobjavljeni prilog sa skupa

Publications - Graded papers

Diplomski rad

Doktorska disertacija

  • 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

Other Publications

Radovi sa studija

Ostalo

Rukopis

Membership in professional associations / societies

Croatian Biospeleological Society

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