Activities

CONFERENCES, SCHOOLS AND WORKSHOPS

12th International Meeting on Antimicrobial Peptides (IMAP) in Dublin, Ireland, August 25-27 2025

• I. Stojan won the IMAP 2025 bursary.
• T. Rončević gave an oral presentation:
  • “Activity and the Mode of Action of Antimicrobial Peptides and Their Fragments Identified in Helminths”
• L. Zoranić presented a poster:
  • “The Role of Small [GAS]XXX[GAS] Motifs in Peptide Self-Association: A Case Study of Designed Antimicrobial Peptides Adepantins” by M. Maleš, A. Budimir, D. Juretić and L. Zorani
• A. Budimir presented a poster:
  • “Revealing the membrane related mechanism of action of antimicrobial peptide TSO8 from Taenia solium and its fragments” by A. Budimir, I. Stojan, L. Krce, R. Čopac, M. Maleš, M. Gerdol, M. Mardirossian, A. Caporale, S. Pacor, T. Rončević, A. Tossi and L. Zoranić
• I. Stojan presented a poster:
  • “Interaction of antimicrobial peptides with bacterial membranes revealed by microscale thermophoresis” by T. Rončević, I. Stojan and L. Zoranić

15th European Biophysics Congress (EBSA) in Rome, Italy, June 30 – July 4 2025

• I. Stojan and A. Budimir won the EBSA 2025 bursary.
• A. Budimir presented a poster:
  • “Structural Elements Contributing to the Mode of Action of Antimicrobial Peptide Mesco-2 from Mesocestoides corti” by A. Budimir, T. Rončević, Alessandro Tossi, S. Pacor, M. Gerdol, M. Mardirossian, A. Caporale and L. Zoranić
• I. Stojan presented a poster:
  • “Membrane-Active Peptides from Helminths: Linking Antimicrobial Activity to Molecular Mode of Action” by I. Stojan, T. Rončević, M. Mardirossian, M. Gerdol, S. Pacor, A. Caporale, A. Tossi and L. Zoranić

Workshop on the Theory and Practice of Flow Cytometry in Split, July 11 2025

• L. Zoranić, T. Rončević and J. Puizina organized the workshop at the Faculty of Science, University of Split.
• S. Pacor, A. Caporale and V. Čikeš Čulić held lectures on theoretical concept of flow cytometry and its application.
• I. Stojan and A. Budimir attended the workshop.

Peptide Chemistry Day 2025 symposium at the University of Zagreb, Coratia, May 21 2025

• L. Zoranić attended as an invited speaker with presentation:
  • “Antimicrobial peptides in the fight against bacterial resistance: progress and challenges ahead”.
• I. Stojan presented a poster:
  • “Membrane-targeting AMPs: biophysical and computational insights into Adepantins and helminth-derived peptides” by I. Stojan, T. Rončević, S. Pacor, A. Caporale, A. Budimir, M. Maleš, A. Tossi and L. Zoranić

Summer school in high-energy and gravitational physics “The Fundamentals” in Split, Croatia, September 16-20 2024 

• L. Zoranić was on the Scientific Organizing Comittee

11th International Meeting on Antimicrobial Peptides (IMAP) in London, UK, September 2-4 2024

• T. Rončević presented a poster:
  • “Activity and the mode of action of a peptide from a flatworm Mesocestoides corti” by T. Rončević, M. Mardirossian, A. Caporale, M. Gerdol, S. Pacor, A. Begić, I. Weber, L. Krce, L. Zoranić and A. Tossi

10th Regional Biophysics Conference (RBC2024) & 15th International Summer School of Biophysics in Split, Croatia,  August 26-30 2024

• A. Begić was in the Technical Support Team and presented a poster:
  • “Molecular dynamics study of antimicrobial peptide TSO8 from Taenia solium” by A. Begić, M. Maleš and L. Zoranić

CEEPUS Summer school in Split, Croatia, July 7-13 2024

• L. Zoranić was on the Organizing Comittee and the Local Organizing Board
• A. Begić was on the Local Organizing Board and gave an oral presentation along with a poster:
  • “Prediction of structure and features of antimicrobial peptide MESCO2” by A. Begić and L. Zoranić

SCIENCE POPULARIZATION

Sustainability festival in Split, October 2024

• L. Zoranić and A. Begić presented the InABioAMP project

Center of Excellence in Natural Sciences

• L. Zoranić, I. Stojan, A. Begić and L. Buljac presented the topic: “How do liquids flow?”
• L. Zoranić and A. Begić attended the CI SDŽ Project Day –  April 2024

MOBILITY

Prof. Larisa Zoranić undertook a teaching mobility at the Institute of Physics (IFPAN), Warsaw, hosted by Prof. Panagiotis Theodorakis (CEEPUS network SI:1312).

Our group hosted PhD student Anamarija Abu el Rub, from Vinča Nuclear Research Institute, University of Belgrade, Serbia.