Erasmus +
Iva Šunić, a doctoral student at the Institute of Anthropology, spent 6 months as part of an ERASMUS+ internship at the Know-Center research center in Graz, Austria. During her stay, Iva worked within the Knowledge Discovery group and gained experience in handling large datasets while expanding her skills in bioinformatics and biostatistical analysis.
Laboratory work at Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing
Maja Šetinc, a PhD student at the Institute for Anthropological Research, has spent a three-month period between 3rd October and 24th December 2022 as a guest scientist at Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing (Cologne, Germany). This visit has been funded by Scientific Exchange Grant awarded by the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). During her stay, she focused on learning new laboratory methods (namely using the CRISPR/Cas9 system for introducing point mutations in the genome) and perfecting the skills of working in cell culture, as well as broadening her general knowledge in the field of biology of ageing.
Laboratory work at the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna
The implementation of scientific projects Reconstruction of genetic diversity and migratory patterns of late Avar population using ancient DNA analysis led by dr. sc. Dubravka Havaš Auguštin and Tracing the Slavic origins of Croatians using ancient genomes led by dr. sc. Jelena Šarac. Both projects are implemented at the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, under the mentorship of prof. dr. sc. Ron Pinhasi, and are funded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (Joint Excellence in Science and Humanities (JESH) program) and the MZO project EUROGENESIS led by dr. sc. Mario Novak.
Attached is a link to the video of PhD student Victoria Oberreiter about her work in the Laboratory for Ancient DNA where these projects are carried out, and in which these scientists also participate.
Laboratory course in Porto
Željka Celinšćak, Ph.D., a postdoctoral researcher on the CSF project HECUBA has participated from 17th January – 4th February 2022. in the “Essential Molecular Biology – ‘Hands on’ Laboratory Course, 20th edition”, organized by the laboratory of support to research in molecular medicine of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (Portugal). The course covers the genomics and proteomics analysis techniques used for scientific research in biomedicine. The objectives of the course are the acquisition of skills in laboratory experimentation, carrying out experimental work and interpreting results proficiently and confidently in the areas of genomics and proteomics. Special emphasis is given to experimental design and troubleshooting, which is accomplished through a deep understanding of a theoretical part of the methods. Practicing work with bioinformatics tools needed for experimental design is also a part of the course. Participation in the course is covered by the Croatian Science Foundation project HECUBA.
More on course: https://www.facebook.com/LAIMM.FMUP
Erasmus +
Anita Stojanović Marković, PhD student at the Institute for Anthropological Research from January 17th 2022 till April 29th 2022 is at Institute of Genomics, Estonian Biocenter, Tartu through Erasmus+ scholarship. During her stay she will learn computational population genetics and genomics skills, learn the very standard computational population genetic methods with the in-house pipelines and on the genotyping datasets available in Estonian Biocenter, learn the analyses process with genomic sequencing datasets, interact with researchers from Estonian Biobank (also within Institute of Genomics) to learn about their more clinically oriented research and methods
Erasmus +
Iva Šunić, PhD student at the Institute for anthropological research. She applied for the Erasmus + internship competition that came out in June on the University website. She is going to the COPSAC clinical unit in Copenhagen. The COPSAC clinic is researching cohort studies, which is similar to the research at the Institute. Iva will be there for 6 months (1.11.2021-30.4.2022).
University of Aberdeen in Scotland
Mario Carić, PhD student at the Institute for anthropological research. During a one-month stay at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, he specialized in collagen extraction of a newer and more effective method for the purpose of stable isotope analysis used in the reconstruction of the diet of archaeological populations. In addition to the practical, he was educated in the interpretive part. This, minimally destructive method, is the only one of this type that is actively implemented in Croatia and southeast Europe in general.
