Dubravka Rašić
PhD; professor of biology and chemistry / Senior Scientific Associate
Place and date of birth
Koprivnica, November 10, 1980
Education
- 2013 University of Zagreb, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Doctoral thesis: “The significance of oxidative stress in the mechanism of toxicity of ochratoxin A and citrinin”, mentor Maja Peraica, PhD, MD, scientific advisor
- 2005 University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, thesis work:” Development of periphyton communities in Plitvice lakes rheotops” mentor Prof. Biserka Primc Habdija, Full Professor
Work Experience
- 2021–senior research associate at the Toxicology Unit (since 2023 Division of Toxicology), Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health
- 2016–research associate at the Toxicology Unit, Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health
- 2013–2016 senior research assistant at the Toxicology Unit, Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health
- 2007–2013 scientific novice at the Toxicology Unit, Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health (Project: “Toxic effects of mycotoxins on humans and animals”)
Fields of interest
- Toxicity of new psychoactive substances
- Toxicology of mycotoxins
Additional training
- 2021 Continuing Education Course, Rabac, Croatia
- 2018 Adverse outcome pathways (AOP): The How and Why of Development & Application, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2018 EUROTOX specialized toxicology course: regulatory toxicology, Otočec, Slovenia
- 2018 XVIII. International Chromatohraphy School, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2017 XVII. International Chromatohraphy School, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2017 HPLC Fundamentals – Theory and Practice, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2016 TrainMiC meets CroMycoScreen, seminar and workshop on method validation, mycotoxin measurement and the results of the CroMycoScreen project, Osijek, Croatia
- 2016 Toxicology Course “Principles of Toxicology”, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2014 Stress: Comprehensive and Authentic Summer School, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2009 Mechanisms and Consequences of Free Radical-Mediated Oxidative Protein Modifications, Antalya, Turkey
- 2008 „Lipids as regulators of cell function“, Spetses, Greece
Awards
- Annual Award of the Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health for an article published in Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology cited at least 10 times in papers indexed by Web of Science or SCOPUS.
Memberships
- Croatian Society of Toxicology, president
- Croatian Microbiological Society
- Croatian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Croatian Laboratory Animals Science Association