International Journal of Biomedical Science and Research

Biography

Gordana Blagojevic Zagorac is an associate professor at the Department of Physiology and Immunology in the Medical Faculty, University of Rijeka, where she obtained her PhD degree in Biomedicine in 2010. She has 18 years working experience in the field of cellular physiology and virology research. Currently, the focus of her research is the remodulation of cellular endosomal compartments during murine cytomegalovirus infection by which viruses can escape from the immune system of the host. G. Blagojevic Zagorac participated in realization of several scientific projects, first as a young research fellow and now as a principal investigator. She is currently team leader of two scientific projects founded by Croatian scientific foundation ("Role of Arf GTPases in pathogenesis of MCMV infection"; HRZZ 2020-2-1323) and University of Rijeka (UNIRI-biomed-18-229). She has presented her work in numerous international conferences and has published 21 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals. She is presently a mentor of one PhD student. She is a skilled in planning, development and execution of high impact research in biomedical science. She is a member of several associations related to her research field.

Research Interest

Cellular physiology, virology research, Physiology and Immunology