About Valentina Hribljan

Valentina Hribljan, PhD

Postdoctoral researcher

valentina.hribljan@medri.uniri.hr

Valentina obtained her graduate degree in Molecular Biology in 2018 from the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb. She continued her academic training at the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, where she earned a PhD in Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience branch. Her doctoral research focused on exploring the regenerative potential of neural stem cells in an in vitro model of ischemic brain stroke. She received the Dean’s Award for exceptional scientific productivity and writing of the doctoral thesis. After completing her PhD, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher on the ERC-funded project Archi-Skin. Since February 2025, she has been a member of the CAPRI team, focusing on research of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in the brain.

Selected Publications:

    1. Murray A, Gough G, Cindrić A, Vučković F, Koschut D, Borelli V, Petrović DJ, Bekavac A, Plećaš A, Hribljan V, Brunmeir R, et al. Dose imbalance of DYRK1A kinase causes systemic progeroid status in Down syndrome by increasing the un-repaired DNA damage and reducing LaminB1 levels. eBioMedicine. 2023.
    2. Radoszkiewicz K *, Hribljan V *, Isaković J, Mitrečić D, Sarnowska A. Critical points for optimizing long-term culture and neural differentiation capacity of rodent and human neural stem cells to facilitate translation into clinical settings. Experimental Neurology. 2023. * Equal contribution
    3. Weber P, Mészáros Z, Jagečić D, Hribljan V, Mitrečić D, Bojarová P, Slámová K, Vrba J, Kulik N, Kren V Stütz A. Diaminocyclopentane-derived O-GlcNAcase inhibitors for combating tau hyperphosphorylation in Alzheimer's disease. Chemical Communications. 2022.
    4. Hribljan V, Lisjak D, Petrović DJ, Mitrečić D. Necroptosis is one of the modalities of cell death accompanying ischemic brain stroke: from pathogenesis to therapeutic possibilities. Croatian Medical Journal. 2019.
    5. Hribljan V, Salamon I, Demaili A, Alić I. Transplantation of neural stem cells in the mouse model of ischemic brain stroke and expression of genes involved in programmed cell death. Croatian Medical Journal. 2018.

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