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This year, the first week of October, from October 2nd to 4th, will be dedicated to the Fourth Congress of Geneticists in Bosnia and Herzegovina with international participation. For the first time, this significant event will be held in Banja Luka – a city that is a perfect blend of history, nature, and adventure. With the beautiful Vrbas River, rich cultural heritage, and vibrant urban spirit, this city offers something for everyone. The congress will take place in the modern facilities of Hotel Bosna, providing an ideal environment for scientific exchange and networking.

Join us for the truly global forum that will bring together the international genetics community to share ideas and the latest research. The Congress will cover the breadth of fundamental discoveries in genetics and genomics, the latest advances in technologies, and important and topical applications in areas such as health, agriculture and the conversation of species and the environment.

12:00 - 13:30 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

Registration desk opening and poster mounting (Hotel Bosna)

13:30 - 13:45 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

OPENING CEREMONY: WELCOME NOTE

13:45 - 14:20 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

I1 Zoran Popovski (Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food–Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje – N. Macedonia)

MOLECULAR AND GENETIC TOOLS IN LIFESCIENCES – AN OVERVIEW

Zoran PopovskI Zoran PopovskI
14:20 - 14:55 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

I2 Borut Peterlin (Clinical Institute of Genomic Medicine, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Slovenia)

PATHWAYS TO GENOMIC MEDICINE IN HEALTHCARE

Borut Peterlin Borut Peterlin
14:55 - 15:30 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

I3 Zoran Galić (University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States of America): PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS IN HUMAN THERAPY

FROM DISCOVERY TO APPLICATION

Zoran Galić Zoran Galić
15:30 - 16:00 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

COFFEE BREAK/POSTER SESSION

16:00 - 16:20 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

O1 Jelena Pejić (University of Belgrade, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, Belgrade, Serbia)

ASSESSMENT OF ACUTE EXPOSURE TO ENERGY DRINKS AND THEIR MAJOR COMPOUNDS (CAFFEINE AND TAURINE) ON FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NT2-DERIVED NEURONS AND ASTROCYTES

16:20 - 16:40 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

O2 Jovana Krstić (Division of Clinical Genetics, Mother and Child Health Care Institute of Serbia "Dr Vukan Cupic", Belgrade, Serbia)

BODY COMPOSITION IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH MARFAN SYNDROME

16:40 - 17:00 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

O3 Lejla Pojskić (University of Sarajevo - Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

PROFESSIONAL GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN THE FIELD OF BIOTECHNOLOGY IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

17:00 - 17:15 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

S1 Juraj Hlinicky & Milja Bilanović (CeGaT, Tübingen Germany & Family Health, Belgrade, Serbia)

CeGaT – COMPREHENSIVE GENETIC SOLUTIONS

17:30 - 18:30 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

Elective Assembly of the Association of Geneticists in Bosnia and Herzegovina (members only)

20:00 - 22:00 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

WELCOME RECEPTION

08:00 - 08:30 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

Registration desk opening (Hotel Bosna)

08:30 - 09:05 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

I4 Bojana Žegura (National Institute of Biology, Department of Genetic Toxicology and Cancer Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia)

FROM EXPOSURE TO EFFECT: GENOTOXICITY PROFILING OF INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS USING ADVANCED IN VITRO 3D LIVER CELL MODELS

Bojana Žegura Bojana Žegura
09:05 - 09:40 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

I5 Merve GÜDÜL BACANLI (University of Health Sciences Turkey, Gülhane Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Toxicology, Ankara, Türkiye)

IMMUNOTOXIC EFFECTS OF NANOPARTICLES: AN EVALUATION OF INFLUENCING FACTORS

Merve GÜDÜL BACANLI Merve GÜDÜL BACANLI
09:40 - 10:15 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

I6 Dijana Plaseska-Karanfilska (Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Research Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Skopje, North Macedonia)

UNRAVELING THE GENETIC PUZZLE OF EARLY PREGNANCY LOSS: FROM CHROMOSOMES TO RARE MONOGENIC DISORDERS

Dijana Plaseska-Karanfilska Dijana Plaseska-Karanfilska
10:15 - 10:50 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

I7 Miloš Brkušanin (Centre for Human Molecular Genetics, University of Belgrade-Faculty of Biology, Belgrade, Serbia)

NEWBORN SCREENING FOR SMA: HOW TIMELY DIAGNOSIS CHANGES LIVES

Miloš Brkušanin Miloš Brkušanin
10:50 - 11:20 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

COFFEE BREAK/POSTER SESSION

11:20 - 11:55 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

I8 Snežana Tomanović (Institute for Medical Research, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia)

FROM THE LOCAL DIVERSITY OF TICK-BORNE PATHOGENS IN QUESTING TICKS TOWARDS TAILOR MADE APPROACHES IN MANAGEMENT OF TICK-BORNE DISEASES – PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF TALKTOTICK PROJECT

Snežana Tomanović Snežana Tomanović
11:55 - 12:30 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

I9 Belma Kalamujić Stroil (University of Sarajevo - Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

MICROSCOPIC THREATS, MACROSCOPIC IMPACT: A DECADE OF TICK RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS

Belma Kalamujić Stroil Belma Kalamujić Stroil
12:30 - 13:05 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

I10 Gaye Kandemir (Forest Tree Seeds and Tree Breeding Research Institute Directorate, Ankara, Turkey)

THE PAST AND FUTURE OF FORESTRY BASED ON BİOTECHNOLOGY

Gaye Kandemir Gaye Kandemir
13:05 - 13:20 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

S2 Weronika Gutowska-Ding (Eurogetest, European Society for Human Genetics): BEYOND COMPLIANCE

EUROGENTEST INITIATIVES AND EVIDENCE FOR THE ROLE OF EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT IN DRIVING LABORATORY IMPROVEMENT

13:20 - 14:30 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

LUNCH BREAK/POSTER VIEWING

14:30 - 14:45 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

O4 Merve Becit-Kizilkaya (Department of Pharmaceutical Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University, Afyonkarahisar, Türkiye)

CYTOTOXIC AND GENOTOXIC EFFECTS OF BERBERINE-GEMCITABINE COMBINATION IN A549 HUMAN LUNG CANCER CELLS

Merve GÜDÜL BACANLI Merve GÜDÜL BACANLI
14:45 - 15:00 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

O5 Duygu Sevim-Tatar (University of Health Sciences Turkey, Gülhane Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacognosy, Ankara, Türkiye)

COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF DNA DAMAGE, CYTOTOXICITY, APOPTOSIS, AND OXIDATIVE STRESS INDUCED BY TURKISH ROSEHIP (Rosa canina L.) EXTRACTS IN GLIOBLASTOMA AND MELANOMA CELLS

15:00 - 15:15 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

O6 Saša Perović (Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Montenegro, 81000, Podgorica, Montenegro)

A NEW INSIGHT INTO THE IMPACT OF THE CES1 RS2244613 VARIANT ON CLOPIDOGREL THERAPY RESPONSE: POTENTIAL PROTECTIVE ROLE

15:15 - 15:35 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

O7 Tea Bećirević (University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Clinical Institute of Genomic Medicine, Ljubljana, Slovenia)

DO GENES DRIVE KIDNEY STONES? EVIDENCE FROM SLOVENIAN PATIENTS AND POPULATION STUDIES

19:30 Hotel Courtyard by Marriott , Prvog Krajiskog Korpusa 33

CONGRESS DINNER

08:00 - 08:30 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

Registration desk opening (Hotel Bosna)

08:30 - 09:05 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

I11 Bojan Ristivojević (Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia)

PHARMACOGENOMICS OF CHILDHOOD ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA IN CHILDREN IN SERBIA

Bojan Ristivojević Bojan Ristivojević
09:05 - 09:40 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

I12 Marija Dušanović Pjević (Institute of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia)

PHARMACOGENETICS IN ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE: CURRENT PERSPECTIVES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS

09:40 - 10:15 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

I13 Milka Grk (Institute of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia)

PHARMACOGENETIC APPROACHES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES: CURRENT TRENDS AND FUTURE CHALLENGES

Milka Grk Milka Grk
10:15 - 10:50 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

I14 Nikola Tanić (Institute for biological research “Siniša Stanković”, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia)

ALTERATION OF THE EXPRESSION OF A SET OF PROTEINS THAT DEFINES A "HIGH-RISK" PROGNOSTIC PROFILE IN PATIENTS WITH TRIPLE-NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER

10:50 - 11:15 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

COFFEE BREAK/POSTER SESSION

11:15 - 11:35 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

O8 Bojana Kožik (Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia)

MULTI-OMICS AND DOCKING STRATEGIES REVEAL CANDIDATE PATHWAYS DRIVING VASCULAR INVASION IN RECTAL CARCINOMA

11:35 - 11:55 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

O9 Amila Čatić (University of Sarajevo - Faculty of Health Studies, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

APPLICATION OF MODERN METHODOLOGY IN GENETIC ANALYSES FOR THE MASS IDENTIFICATION OF MISSING PERSONS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

11:55 - 12:15 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

O10 Sumejja Goharian (University of Sarajevo - Faculty of Health Studies, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

AUTOPHAGY AS A POTENTIAL MODULATOR OF CELLULAR LONGEVITY

12:15 Hotel Bosna, Banja Luka

CLOSING OF THE CONGRESS

  • Date : May 18, 2027 - May 21, 2027
  • Time : 08:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Sarajevo)
  • Venue : Hotel Bosna Banja Luka

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