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The RBI is regarded as Croatia’s leading scientific institute in the natural and biomedical sciences as well as marine and environmental research, owing to its size, scientific productivity, international reputation in research, quality of its scientific personnel and research facilities. Multidisciplinary research is organised in 11 divisions and 4 centres gathering a scientific staff of more than 700 researchers and scientists.

Divisions

DTP

Division of Theoretical Physics

Head: Larisa Jonke , dr. sc.
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Particle Physics and Cosmology Group Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics Grupa za kvantnu gravitaciju Grupa za teoriju polja i matematičku fiziku
DEP

Division of Experimental Physics

Head: Vibor Jelić , dr. sc.
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Laboratory for astroparticle physics and astrophysics Laboratory for particle physics Photonics and Quantum Optics Laboratory for Ion Beam Interactions Laboratory for Low-level Radioactivities Laboratory for nuclear analytical methods Laboratory for nuclear physics
DMP

Division of Materials Physics

Head: Jasminka Popović , dr. sc.
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Laboratory for Energy Conversion Materials and Sensors Laboratory for Molecular Physics and Synthesis of New Materials Laboratory for optics and optical thin films Laboratory for semiconductors Laboratory for synthesis and crystallography of functional materials Laboratory for Thin Films
DEL

Division of Electronics

Predstojnik: Tomislav Šmuc , dr. sc.
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Laboratory for Information and Signal Processing Laboratory for Computational Biology and Translational Medicine Laboratory for Machine Learning and Knowledge Representation
DPC

Division of Physical Chemistry

Head: Maja Dutour Sikirić , dr. sc.
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Group for Computational Life Sciences Theoretical Chemistry Group Laboratory for biocolloids and surface chemistry Laboratory for electron spin spectroscopy Laboratory for chemical and biological crystallography Laboratory for Magnetic Resonances Laboratory for Applied and Sustainable Chemistry Laboratory for solid-state synthesis and catalysis Laboratory for mass spectrometry and functional proteomics Workshop
DOCB

Division of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry

Head of Division: Ivo Piantanida , dr. sc.
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Laboratory for Protein Biochemistry and Molecular Modelling Laboratory for Biomolecular Interactions and Spectroscopy Laboratory for physical-organic chemistry Laboratory for Engineering of Biomembranes Laboratory for Chiral Technologies (LKT) Laboratory for the Computational Design and Synthesis of Functional Materials Synthetic Methodologies in Organic Chemistry Laboratory of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory for stereoselective synthesis and biocatalysis
DMC

Division of Materials Chemistry

Head: Ana Šantić , dr. sc.
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Laboratory for aquaculture biotechnology Laboratory for functional materials Laboratory for solid state and complex compounds chemistry Laboratory for Precipitation Processes Radiation Chemistry and Dosimetry Laboratory Laboratory for Synthesis of New Materials
DMB

Division of Molecular Biology

Head: Branka Salopek Sondi , dr. sc.
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Laboratory of Cell Biophysics Laboratory of Evolutionary Genetics Laboratory for Chemical Biology Laboratory for Molecular Plant Biology and Biotechnology Laboratory for Molecular Genetics Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory for Molecular Microbiology Laboratory of non-coding DNA Laboratory for Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory for Cell Biology and Signalling Laboratory of cell dynamics
DMM

Division of Molecular Medicine

Head: Koraljka Gall Trošelj , dr. sc.
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Laboratory for Bioanalytics Laboratory of Experimental Therapy Laboratory for Epigenomics Laboratory for Neurodegenerative Disease Research Laboratory for membrane transport and signaling Laboratory for Metabolism and Aging Laboratory of Molecular Neuropsychiatry Laboratory of molecular virology and bacteriology Laboratory for advanced genomics Laboratory for Hereditary Cancer Laboratory for Oxidative Stress Laboratory for Personalized Medicine Laboratory for protein dynamics Facility for laboratory animals
CMR

Center for Marine Research

Head of department: Mirta Smodlaka Tanković , dr. sc.
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Laboratory for Benthic Ecology Laboratory for Evolutionary Ecology (LEE) Laboratory of marine ecotoxicology and bioremediation Laboratory for Marine Nanotechnology and Biotechnology
DMER

Division for Marine and Environmental Research

Head: Tvrtko Smital , dr. sc.
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Laboratory for Aquaculture and Pathology of Aquatic Organisms Laboratory for Analytical Chemistry and Biogeochemistry of Organic Compounds Laboratory for inorganic environmental geochemistry and chemodynamics of nanoparticles Laboratory for marine and atmospheric biogeochemistry Laboratory for Biological Effects of Metals Laboratory for biological diversity Laboratory for physical chemistry of traces Laboratory for physical oceanography and chemistry of aquatic systems Laboratory for Informatics and Environmental Modelling Laboratory for molecular ecotoxicology Laboratorij za okolišnu mikrobiologiju i biotehnologiju Laboratory for Radioecology

Scientific Support Centres

CSI

Centre for Scientific Information

Head: Bojan Macan , dr. sc.
CNMR

NMR Centre

Head of the Centre: Vilko Smrečki , dr. sc.
CIR

Centre for Informatics and Computing

Head: Davor Davidović , dr. sc.
CDSE

Centre for detectors, sensors and electronics (CDSE)

Head: Tome Antičić , dr. sc.