Hrvatsko društvo fiziologa

Oral awards:

1st place: Urška Černe (Slovenia): "Intracellular signaling and metabolism in neuronal and astroglial cells in Drosophila aging brain"
2nd place: Andraž Stožer (Slovenia): "Calcium oscillations in human islets of Langerhans and their changes in Diabetes"
2nd place: Ivana Jukić (Croatia): "Oxidative stress level in children with essential arterial hypertension"

Poster awards:

1st place: Orhan Lepara (BiH): "The difference in novel lipid indices between patients with Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia stratified by the degree of cognitive impairment"
2nd place: Vedran Đambić (Croatia): "Adenosine A1 and A2a receptor protein expression in cerebral blood vessels of Sprague–Dawley rats exposed to hyperbaric oxygen"
2nd place: Valentino Pavišić (Croatia): "Arf1 and Arf6 GTPases are required for intracellular transport of cytomegalovirus virions"

Best scientific article published in 2021 - category First author:

Darja Flegar: Flegar D, Filipović M, Šućur A, et al. Preventive CCL2/CCR2 Axis Blockade Suppresses Osteoclast Activity in a Mouse Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis by Reducing Homing of CCR2hi Osteoclast Progenitors to the Affected Bone. Front Immunol. 2021;12:767231. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2021.767231
Ana Stupin: Stupin A, Drenjančević I, Šušnjara P, et al. Is There Association between Altered Adrenergic System Activity and Microvascular Endothelial Dysfunction Induced by a 7-Day High Salt Intake in Young Healthy Individuals. Nutrients. 2021;13(5):1731. doi:10.3390/nu13051731

  Thursday, September 22^nd 2022

10:00 – 16:00Registration
16:00 – 16:30Opening ceremony
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Introduction speak: Aleksandra Dugandžić
Welcome speak: Bayram Yilmaz (FEPS) and introduction to Keynote lecture
16:30 – 17:30Keynote lecture:
Walter F. Boron, MD, PhD (IUPS, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA):
Gas diffusion through membrane proteins
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Na upit možete dobiti video cijelog predavanja prof Borona.

17:30 – 19:05Session 1 – Sport physiology
Chairwomen: Lana Ružić, Ines Mrakovčić–Šutić

17:30 – 18:00Guest speaker: Akos Koller (Hungarian University of Sports Science, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, and New York Medical College, USA):
Exercise–induced changes in hemodynamic forces drive the adaptions of the coronary circulation
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18:00 – 18:15Ines Mrakovčić–Šutić:
Perforin–mediated cytotoxicity in professional athletes
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18:15 – 18:30Erna Davidović Cvetko:
Sex differences in effects of eight–week increment aerobic exercise program on bone metabolism in young non–athletes
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18:30 – 18:45Marul Ivandić:
Effects of aerobic versus resistance exercise on glycemic control stability in patients with diabetes type 1 – a cross–over study
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18:45 – 18:55Lana Ružić (Georges Assaf):
Is recovery in hyperoxia after high intensity training in hypoxia an added value?
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18:55 – 19:05Lana Kralj:
Skin microvascular response to graded dynamic exercise assessed by wavelet analysis
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19:05 – 19:30Coffee break

19:30 – 21:35Session 2 – Cardiovascular physiology
Chairwomen: Ines Drenjančević, Ana Stupin

19:30 – 20:00Guest speaker: Ines Drenjančević (University of Osijek, Croatia):
Permissive role of angiotensin II in maintaining microvascular reactivity to physiological stimuli
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20:00 – 20:15Ana Stupin:
Short-term high-salt loading effects on microvascular endothelial function in salt-resistant humans – specific role of oxidative stress and sympathovagal imbalance
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20:15 – 20:45Guest speaker: Nandu Goswami (Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria):
Circardian rhythms, cardiovascular regulation and falls: current updates and perspectives – online
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20:45 – 21:00Mariana Bacelova:
Investigation of arterial stiffness and clinical and chemical indicators in Bulgarian young people with high–normal arterial pressure
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21:00 – 21:15Kamil Javorka:
Mechanisms of cardiovascular changes of phototherapy in newborns with hyperbilirubinemia
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21:15 – 21:25Nataša Kozina:
Assessment of the effect of carnosine supplementation on flow induced dilation mechanisms of a middle cerebral arteries (MCAs) in low salt and high salt fed Sprague–Dawley rats
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21:25 – 21:35Ivana Jukić:
Oxidative stress level in children with essential arterial hypertension
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  Friday, September 23^rd 2022

08:30 – 10:50Session 3 – Neurophysiology
Chairwomen: Aleksandra Dugandžić, Nina Vardjan

08:30 – 09:00Guest speaker: Zoltan Ungvari (University of Oklahoma, OK, USA):
Age–related cognitive decline: role of endothelial senescence
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09:00 – 09:30Guest speaker: Dmitri Rusakov (University College London, London, UK):
Activity-dependent astroglial control of glutamatergic inter-synaptic crosstalk in the brain
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09:30 – 10:00Guest speaker: Nina Vardjan (University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia):
Noradrenergic regulation of astroglial glucose and lipid droplet metabolism
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10:00 – 10:15Marina Radmilović:
Immunomodulatory and metabolic changes after brain and retinal ischemia in bradykinin receptor type 2 – deficient diabetic mice
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10:15 – 10:30Erika Pintér:
TRPA1 receptor may play modulatory role in the CNS diseases
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10:30 – 10:40Urška Černe:
Intracellular signaling and metabolism in neuronal and astroglial cells in Drosophila aging brain
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10:40 – 10:50Andrea Tamas:
Examination of pituitary adenylate cyclase–activating polypeptide in Parkinson's disease focusing on correlations with motor symptoms
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10:50 – 11:15Coffee break

11:15 – 13:20Session 4 – Cell physiology
Chairwomen: Aleksandra Dugandžić, Ines Drenjančević

11:15 – 11:45Guest speaker: Michael F. Romero (Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, USA):
Physiology of bicarbonate transporters and how to measure them
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11:45 – 12:15Guest speaker: Markus Ritter (Institute for Physiology and Pathophysiology, Salzburg, Austria):
Volume–and–acid activated chloride channels in microglia and chondrocytes
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12:15 – 12:30Jurij Dolenšek:
Three different time scales of [Ca²⁺]i oscillations from in mouse beta cells in tissue slices
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12:30 – 12:45Beti Dejanova:
Oxidative stress state in health and disease
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12:45 – 13:00Dino Šisl:
Protective effect of tamoxifen on cholestatic liver fibrosis in mice
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13:00 – 13:10Éva Szőke:
Evidence for the role of lipid raft disruption in membrane fluidity in vitro and Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 8 ion channel activation in in vivo mouse model
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13:10 – 13:20Barbara Tomić:
WEE1 kinase is involved in differentiation of acute myeloid leukemia cells in response to pyrimidine synthesis inhibitors
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13:20 – 14:00CPS Assembly
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13:30 – 15:00Lunch
15:00 – 16:00Poster session #1
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16:00 – 20:00Plitvice lakes Excursion
20:00 – 23:00Dinner

  Saturday, September 24^th 2022

08:30 – 10:45Session 5 – Endocrinology
Chairwomen: Helena Lenasi, Ana Shek-Vugrovečki

08:30 – 09:00Guest speaker: Bayram Yilmaz (FEPS) (Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey):
Endocrine disruptors and their effects on human health, especially on obesogenic effects
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09:00 – 09:30Guest speaker: Helena Lenasi (University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia):
Does an oral glucose load affect endothelial function and how to evaluate it?
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09:30 – 10:00Guest speaker: Naim A. Khan (representative of French physiological society):
Physiology of 6^th sense of taste: fat taste & obesity
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10:00 – 10:15Andraž Stožer:
Calcium oscillations in human islets of Langerhans and their changes in Diabetes
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10:15 – 10:30Eglantina Idrizaj:
Resistin affects the mechanical responses in strips from the mouse gastric fundus - online
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10:30 – 10:40Nikola Hadzi Petrushev:
Serum redox markers in uncomplicated type 2 diabetes mellitus accompanied with abnormal iron levels
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10:40 – 10:50Jan Kopecky:
Caloric restriction improves diet-induced beta cell dysfunction in mouse model of type 2 diabetes
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10:50 – 11:00Suzana Dinevska Kjofkarova:
Nicotinamide post-treatment of diabetic rats and its effects on liver carbohydrate metabolism (not confirmed yet)
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11:00 – 12:00Poster session #2
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12:00 – 13:00Lunch

13:00 – 15:05Session 6 – Immunology and other topics
Chair(wo)man: Hrvoje Lalić, Ines Mrakovčić-Šutić

13:00 – 13:15Michela Terlizzi:
Sphingosine-1-Phosphate in Lung Physiopathology: exacerbator of circulating cells-mediated inflammation?
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13:15 – 13:30Sara Aničić:
RNA-sequencing of osteoclast progenitor subsets in a murine model of arthritis
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13:30 – 13:45Igor Štimac:
Rab10 GTPase is involved in membrane remodeling to form assembly compartment in the early phase of murine cytomegalovirus infection
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13:45 – 14:00Katalin Böröcz:
Humoral and cellular immune response induced by novel SARS-COV-2 vaccines
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14:00 – 14:15Silvana Petretić Majnarić:
T lymphocyte subpopulation in peripheral blood and follicular fluid of patients treated with medically assisted fertilization with and without thyroid autoimmunity
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14:15 – 14:25Ana-Marija Laškarin:
Diagnostic accuracy of salivary matrix-metalloproteinase-3 to diagnose temporomandibular disorders in patients with axial spondyloarthritis
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14:25 – 14:35Hrvoje Jakovac:
Detection of Sars-Cov-2 antigens in thyroid gland showing histopathological features of subacute thyroiditis
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14:35 – 15:05Guest speaker: Oksana Zayachkivska (representative of Ukraine physiological society):
Long COVID-19: The physiology-based risks and perspectives. – online
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15:05 – 15:30Taking photo
15:30 – 16:00Awards and closing ceremony

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International Scientific Committee

Prof. Dmitri Rusakov, PhD (University College London, London, UK)
Prof. Bayram Yilmaz, DVM, PhD (FEPS Secretary General, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey)
Prof. Beti Dejanova, MD, PhD (University of Skopje, Skopje, North Macedonia)
Assoc. prof. Helena Lenasi, MD, PhD (University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Prof. Oksana Zayachkivska, MD, PhD (Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine)
Prof. Otto Barak, MD, PhD (University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia)
Prof. Michal Javorka, MD, PhD (Comenius University Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia)
Prof. Amina Valjevac, MD, PhD (University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Prof. Nina Vardjan, MD, PhD (University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Assoc. prof. Nataša Popović, MD, PhD (University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro)
Prof. Aleksandra Dugandžić, MD, PhD (School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
Prof. Ines Drenjančević, MD, PhD (Faculty of Medicine, University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia)
Prof. Ines Mrakovčić-Šutić, MD, PhD (Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia)
Prof. Željko Dujić, MD, PhD (School of Medicine, University of Split, Split, Croatia)
Prof. Lana Ružić, MD, PhD (Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
Assoc. prof. Ana Stupin, MD, PhD (Faculty of Medicine, University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia)
Asst. prof. Hrvoje Lalić, MD, PhD (School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
Asst. prof. Ana Shek-Vugrovečki, DVM, PhD (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
Ivana Šutić, MD (Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia)

Organizing Committee

Prof. Aleksandra Dugandžić, MD, PhD (School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
Prof. Ines Drenjančević, MD, PhD (Faculty of Medicine, University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia)
Prof. Ines Mrakovčić-Šutić, MD, PhD (Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia)
Prof. Željko Dujić, MD, PhD (School of Medicine, University of Split, Split, Croatia)
Prof. Lana Ružić, MD, PhD (Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
Assoc. prof. Ana Stupin, MD, PhD (Faculty of Medicine, University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia)
Asst. prof. Hrvoje Lalić, MD, PhD (School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
Asst. prof. Ana Shek-Vugrovečki, DVM, PhD (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
Ivana Šutić, MD (Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia)
Martina Ratko, mag. oecol. et prot. nat. (Croatian Institute for Brain Research, Zagreb, Croatia)
Mirjana Sučić (Local organizer, NP Plitvička jezera)

Co-organizing society

Slovenian Physiological Society

Participating societies

IUPS (International Union of Physiological Societies)
FEPS (Federation of European Physiological Societies)
Hungarian Physiological Society
Austrian Physiological Society
French Society of Physiology
Slovak Physiological Society
American Physiological Society
Bulgarian Physiological Society
The Physiological Society of Italy
Macedonian Society of Physiologists and Anthropologists
The Serbian Physiological Society
Turkish Society of Physiological Sciences