About Vanda Juranić Lisnić

Vanda Juranić Lisnić

Associate Professor

vanda.juranic@medri.uniri.hr

Vanda Juranić Lisnić is associate professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka Croatia. She obtained her Master’s degree in Biotechnology from the Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb in 2006., and PhD from Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka. Her main interests are basic biology and immunology and the pathogenesis of viral infections, with special emphasis on cytomegalovirus. To study that, she utilizes a mouse model of CMV infection, combining high-throughput sequencing with classical molecular biology and immunology techniques. She has discovered and characterized several new CMV transcripts, genes, and proteins and demonstrated novel immunoevasion mechanisms. In addition, she and her team performed one of the first systematic investigations of the impact of CMV on ovaries and fertility.

She has published over 30 scientific papers in high-quality scientific journals, several book chapters, and has presented her work at numerous international scientific congresses. For her work, Vanda received multiple awards, most notable being the State Award for Science in 2022. She has held two Croatian Science foundation grants, 2 German Science foundation (DFG) collaborative grants, as well as several University of Rijeka Science Foundation grants.

Selected Publications:

    1. Železnjak J*, Lisnić Juranić V*, Popović B, Lisnić B, Babić M, Halenius A, L'Hernault A, Roviš Lenac T, Hengel H, Erhard F, Redwood AJ, Vidal SM, Dölken L, Krmpotić A, Jonjić S. The complex of MCMV proteins and MHC class I evades NK cell control and drives the evolution of virus-specific activating Ly49 receptors. Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2019.
    2. Tomac J, Mazor M, Lisnic B, Golemac M, Kvestak D, Bralic M, Bilić Zulle L, Brinkmann M, Dölken L, Reinert LS, Paludan SR, Krmpotic A, Jonjic S, and Juranic Lisnic V. Viral infection of the ovaries compromises pregnancy and reveals innate immune mechanisms protecting fertility. Immunity. 2021.
    3. Ruzic T*, Juranic Lisnic V*, Lucin HM, Rovis TL, Zeleznjak J, Brdovcak MC, Vrbanovic A, Oreb D, Kvestak D, Jercic KG., Borovecki F, Lucin P, Adler B, Jonjic S, and Lisnic, B. Characterization of M116.1p, a Murine Cytomegalovirus Protein Required for Efficient Infection of Mononuclear Phagocytes. Journal of Virology. 2022.
    4. Pavletić M, Mazor M, Lerga M, Mileta T, Železnjak J, Ružić T, Ravlić S, Palčevski D, Kirinčić J, Mežnarić S, Mišković A, Materljan M, Šustić A, Lisnić B, Juranić Lisnić V. Fast, Reliable, and Simple Point-of-Care-like Adaptation of RT-qPCR for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 for Use in Hospital Emergency Departments. Viruses. 2021.
    5. Juranic Lisnic V, Babic Cac M, Lisnic B, Trsan T, Mefferd A, Das Mukhopadhyay C, Cook CH, Jonjic S, Trgovcich J. Dual analysis of the murine cytomegalovirus and host cell transcriptomes reveal new aspects of the virus-host cell interface. PLoS Pathog. 2013.

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