Dragi članovi HDF-a,

Pozivamo Vas na 16. Godišnji simpozij Hrvatskog društva fiziologa s međunarodnim sudjelovanjem, koji će se održati od 28. do 30. rujna 2023. godine na Medicinskom fakultetu u Osijeku.

Rana registracija otvorena je do 1. rujna 2023., a rok za predaju sažetaka je 7. rujna 2023.

Veselimo se Vašem dolasku!

Faculty of Medicine Osijek, J. Huttlera 4, 31000 Osijek, Croatia


Prof. Aleksandra Dugandžić, MD, PhD (School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
Prof. Ines Drenjančević, MD, PhD (Faculty of Medicine, University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia)
Prof. Ines Mrakovčić-Šutić, MD, PhD (Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia)
Prof. Željko Dujić, MD, PhD (School of Medicine, University of Split, Split, Croatia)
Prof. Lana Ružić, MD, PhD (Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
Assoc. prof. Ana Stupin, MD, PhD (Faculty of Medicine, University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia)
Assist. prof. Hrvoje Lalić, MD, PhD (School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
Assist. prof. Ana Shek-Vugrovečki, DVM, PhD (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)
Ivana Šutić, MD (Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia)
Martina Ratko, PhD (Croatian Institute for Brain Research, Zagreb, Croatia)
Akos Koller, MD, PhD (Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary)


Institute and Dept. of Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Osijek, Croatia:

Prof. Ines Drenjančević, MD, PhD
Assoc. prof. Ana Stupin, MD, PhD
Assoc. prof. Ivana Jukić, MD, PhD
Assoc. prof. Martina Mihalj, MD, PhD
Assist prof. Zrinka Mihaljević, PhD
Assist prof Marko Stupin, MD, PhD
Assist. prof Aleksandar Kibel, MD, PhD
Petar Šušnjara, PhD
Nataša Kozina, PhD
Nikolina Kolobarić, PhD


Preliminary Program

   Thursday, September 28^th 2023

12:00 – 18:00Registration (Hall Faculty of Medicine Osijek)
12:00 – 12:15Opening ceremony, welcome (Lecture room P1, Ground floor)
12:15 – 14:15Session 1 – Neurophysiology and cerebral circulation – Chairs: Aleksandra Dugandžić, Ferenc Bari
25’ Invited speaker: Akos Koller (Budapest, HU): “Novel concept and mechanisms of the autoregulation of cerebral blood flow. Role of arachidonic acid pathway”
25’ Invited speaker: Nikola Habek (Zagreb, CRO): „Uroguanylin in the Brain - New Kid on the Block?“
25’ Invited speaker: Eszter Farkasz (Szeged, HU): “Reperfusion failure after acute ischemic stroke”
25’ Invited speaker: Ferenc Bari (Szeged, HU): “How could be nanomedicine helpful in stroke therapy?”
20’ TBA
14:15 – 14:40Coffee break
14:40 – 16:20Session 2 – Sport physiology – Chairs: Lana Ružić, Akos Koller
25’ Invited speaker: Vladimir Ivančan (Split, CRO): „Physiological markers of functional status - possibilities of functional diagnostics“
25’ Invited speaker: Helena Lenasi (Ljubljana, SLO): “Exercise and skin microcirculation”
15’ Invited lecture: Dragan Mirkov (Beograd, SRB): “The Rate of Force Development Scaling Factor: The new kid in the block?”
15’ Ines Mrakovčić- Šutić (Rijeka, CRO): „The influence of intense physical activity on perforin and granulysin expression“
10’ Luka Kolar (Osijek, CRO): “Consumption of functional food enriched with n-3 PUFAs and antioxidants enhances microvascular reactivity and reduces oxidative stress in competitive athletes“
10’ Lana Kralj (Ljubljana, SLO): TBA
16:20 – 18:10Session 3 – General physiology – Chairs: Ines Mrakovčić Šutić, Ivana Jukić
25’ Invited speaker: Dora Zelena (Pecs, HU): “Vasopressin as a social hormone “
15’ Szonja Decker (Budapest, HU): „Contribution of abdominal and chest breathing in different body positions to the breathing cycle“
15’ Ines Drenjančević (Osijek, CRO): TBA
15' Martina Vulin (Osijek, CRO): „Effects of dietary salt intake on vascular endothelial function in healthy pregnant women during third trimester of uncomplicated pregnancy”
15’ Berkay Sen (Istanbul, TR): “Comparative Analysis of Proinflammatory and Anti-inflammatory Cytokines in Brain Tissue of Juvenile Offspring of Chronic Alcoholics”
15’ Darina Deák (Budapest, HU): “Effect of skin color on the pulse oximeter measurement of oxygen saturation in humans”
10’ David Ivanov (Novi Sad, SRB): TBA
18:10 – 19:30E-Poster session #1 (seminar room S1, ground floor) – Chairs: Ana Stupin, Hrvoje Lalić
1. Tanja Grubić Kezele: „Physical and psychosocial limitations short before and short after COVID-19 pandemic in individuals with multiple sclerosis“
2. Hrvoje Lalić: “Plasma cytokine profiling in patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease”
3. Ratko Martina: TBA
4. Anja Barić: “The effects of bradykinin type 2 receptor deficiency on microglia activation and survival after cerebral ischemia in mice”
5. Dora Uršić: TBA
6. Dijana Dumenčić: “Hyperventilation-provoked response of heart rate variability and baroreceptor sensitivity in young, healthy individuals after a short term high salt diet”
7. Dora Jarai: TBA
8. Petar Šušnjara: TBA
9. Aleksandra Popović: TBA
10. Božena Ćurko Cofek: TBA
11. Verner Marijančić: TBA
Osijek sightseeing, free time


   Friday, September 29^th 2023

09:00 – 17:00Registration
09:00 – 10:40Session 4 – Cell physiology and immunology – Chairs: Vilma Dembitz, Helena Lenasi
25’ Invited speaker: Ivona Žura-Žaja (Zagreb, CRO): „Morphometry as a method in the assessment of cell morphology in veterinary medicine“
15’ Peter Balogh (Pecs, HU): „Serosal lymphoid organoids – shapes and functions”
15’ Martina Mihalj (Osijek, CRO): “The rational for introducing low salt diet for the management of Th17-mediated skin disorders”
15’ Timea Berki (Pecs, HU): „The maternal tolerance development during pregnancy and the immunological background of infertility“
15’ Peter Engelmann (Pecs, HU): „Regeneration, using an earhworm model with special emphasis on epigenetic mechanisms“
10’ Nikolina Kolobarić (Osijek, CRO): „N-3 PUFAs and Microcirculation: Unravelling the Prostanoids Connection“
10:40 – 11:20Coffee break
11:20 – 13:20Session 5 – Physiology in clinical settings: endocrinology, metabolism. Chairs: Aleksandar Kibel, Ana Shek Vugrovečki
25’ Invited speaker: Ivan Ćavar (Mostar, BiH): „Concentrations of selected inflammatory cytokines in aqueous humor and serum of diabetic patients“
25’ Invited lecture: Ivana Šutić (Rijeka, CRO): “Changes in the concentration of matrix metalloproteinases 2 and 9 residents near the waste disposal centers”
25’ Invited lecture: Josipa Josipović (Zagreb, CRO): “Multiple renal arteries and hypertension- physiological aspects”
15’ Aleksandar Bulog (Rijeka, CRO): TBA
10’ Ana Marija Masle (Osijek, CRO): TBA
10’ TBA (selected from abstracts)
10’ TBA (selected from abstracts)
13:30 – 14:30Lunch (catering)
14:30 – 14:40Taking conference participants photo (in front of the Faculty of Medicine building)
14:40 – 16:00Session 6 Immunology – Chairs: Hrvoje Lalić, Martina Mihalj
25’ Invited speaker: Vilma Dembitz (Zagreb, CRO): “The role of stearoyl-CoA desaturase in acute myeloid leukemia“
15' Zoltán Kellermayer (Pecs, HU): „The bone marrow microenvironment and the plasma cell survival“
15’ Tomislav Smoljo (Zagreb, CRO): “Bone marrow stromal cells reduce low-dose cytarabine-induced differentiation of acute myeloid leukemia”
10’ Ivana Krajina (Osijek, CRO): “Short term low salt diet changes inflammatory parameters in mild to moderate psoriasis vulgaris”
10' TBA
16:00 – 17:30CPS Assembly (lecture room P1, ground floor)
20:00 – 23:00Conference Dinner (Hotel Waldinger; Županijska 8, Osijek; www.waldinger.hr)


   Saturday, September 30^th 2023

09:00 – 10:30E-Poster session #2 (seminar room S1, ground floor) – Chairs: Zrinka Mihaljević, Ivana Šutić
1. Martina Katić: TBA
2. Lea Gvozdanović: TBA
3. Vedran Dembić: TBA
4. Erna Davidović Cvetko: TBA
5. Lana Ružić: TBA
6. Maja Cigrovski Berković: TBA
7. Aleksandar Kibel: TBA
8. Ana Shek-Vugrovečki: TBA
9. Nejka Potočnik: TBA
10. Marta Pongrac: TBA
10:30Closing remarks
11:00Excursion to Vukovar and Lunch in Vukovar (Vukovar watertower, Museum of Vučedol culture)


The 16th Annual symposium of the Croatian Physiological Society with international participation, will be held on 28-30 September 2023 in Osijek, Croatia at the Faculty of Medicine Osijek (J. Huttlera street 4).
Early registration deadline is September 1st, and the abstract submission deadline is September 7th. Additional information regarding the symposium is available on the CPS website (www.hdf.hr).
We ask that all interested to attend register as soon as possible.

Registration fee: 25 euros for non-member of Croatian Physiological Society, sponsors and accompaying persons.
            Payment account: HR1123600001101865173 (Croatian Physiological Society)
            Payment description: registration fee for [Your name and surname]


Abstracts information:
Write a summary in English, up to 300 words.
Format: structured (Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Conclusions)
Font: Time New Roman, 12, spacing 1.5, without paragraph indentation.

            Title and authors, example:
            Peric P¹, Ivic I². How to write a scientific structured summary
            1- Faculty of Medicine South, 2- Faculty of Medicine North

The final program with selected oral presentations will be published on September 20, 2023.

E-Poster display: posters will be displayed as e-posters, orientation portrait.