Edelweiss Journal of Biomedical Research and Review (ISSN 2690-2613)
Editor
Marina Santic
Professor
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka
Croatia
Biography
Dr. M. Santic is full professor at the Department of Microbiology, Medical Faculty, University of Rijeka. She is running several projects related to the research of intracellular pathogens and Host pathogen interaction with special focus on F. tularensis and L. pneumophila. M. Santic has published more than 40 papers in high impact journal including Science and Journal of Experimental Medicine in addition to the book chapters. M. Santic has been awarded Best Scientist in Croatia, 2007, Best Scientist at the University of Rijeka two years in a row, 2005 and 2006 and Best Scientist of Primorska-goranska County 2010. In 2015, she served as a President of 8th International conference on Tularemia which was held in Opatija, Croatia. Marina Santic supervised 20 baccalaurean, 10 master and 3 PHD students related to pathogenesis of tularemia. She is collaborating with several Francisella research group within Europe and promoting Francisella research constantly on microbiology conferences.
Research Interest
Cell biology, bacterial pathogenesis, immunity to infections
