Posted by Office on Feb 16, 2012 in NEWS
Prof. Dragan Primorac with students from the University of Rijeka
On February 23rd 2012 professor Dragan Primorac delivered a lecture named “Reaching the truth with DNA analysis” at the University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. The lecture attracted the whole of the academic body; from students, professors to the Provost of the University of Rijeka as well as the most important local media (Rijeka television – RITV, daily newspaper Novi List and Radio Trsat). Special attention in the lecture was given to DNA analysis in forensics and the Genetic heritage...
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Posted by Office on Feb 14, 2012 in NEWS
Professors Leonardo Kapural, Dragan Primorac, Richard Rauck and Kris Vissers
Professor Primorac participated as an invited lecturer at the 6th World Congress of the World Institute of Pain which took place in Miami, Florida, USA, February 4-6, 2012. Over 1,600 participants from over seventy countries attended the Meeting and participated in the outstanding scientific sessions, sponsored sessions and poster presentations.
Professor Primorac delivered two lectures entitled “The genetics of pain: the future of genotyping in therapy” and “Genetic predisposing the pain...
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Posted by Office on Dec 24, 2011 in NEWS
The Croatian-Israeli Business Club (CIBC) and the Embassy of Israel in Croatia organized the annual celebration for 150 most prominent people from the political, media, cultural, scientific and sport life of Croatia and Israel. Along with the hosts of the celebration Ambassador Yosef Amrani, Israeli ambassador to Croatia and prof. Dragan Primorac, President of the Croatian Israeli Business Club, this year’s gathering of Club members, supporters and friends assembled a number of prominent people including the President of the Croatian Parliament (Sabor) Mr Luka Bebić, President of...
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Posted by Office on Dec 19, 2011 in NEWS
On December 19, 2011 the University Study Center for Forensic Sciences at the University of Split organized the first Commencement Ceremony for 57 masters degree recipients in forensic sciences in the region. The University of Split, which is located in Split, Croatia, offers a master’s degree in forensic science. The University Study Center for Forensic Sciences was established in 2009 by Professors Dragan Primorac and Šimun Anđelinović.
The program, which enrolls about 90 students per academic year, grew significantly after the Homeland War, from 1991 to 1995, when Croatian forensic...
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Posted by Office on Nov 29, 2011 in NEWS
More than 400 people, of which 100 standing because of big public interest, attended the lecture “Genetic heritage of Croats” delivered by Prof. Dragan Primorac at the University of Split on the 29th of November. The long anticipated lecture was organized by the University of Split, Student Association of the University of Split, International Society for Applied Biological Sciences (ISABS) and the NGO “Naš kvart”.
Prof. Matko Marušić, founder and recent chief editor of the most recognized magazine on bio-medicine “Croatian Medical Journal”, joined the...
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Posted by Office on Nov 21, 2011 in NEWS
On November 4th, 2011, Professor Dragan Primorac gave an invited talk entitled “The impact of molecular genetics on the development of modern medicine”. Lecture was held at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and approximately 200 students and faculties attended this event. Prof. Primorac particularly underlined the importance of Y chromosome analysis in the study of human evolution, migration and history.
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Posted by Office on Nov 15, 2011 in NEWS
On 27th of October, 2011 professor Uri Shamir held a lecture at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb. On his lecture he referred to the problems that Israel carries on the management of water resources, solutions that are proposed and a strategy for the future.
Uri Shamir is Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Founding Director (1992-2003) of the Stephen and Nancy Grand Water Research Institute at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Prof. Shamir holds a BSc (1962) from the Technion and a PhD (1966) from the Massachusetts...
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Posted by Office on Sep 28, 2011 in NEWS
At the recent lecture organized by the Croatian-Israeli Business Club and the Embassy of Israel Prof. Dragan Primorac met with Prof. Omer Moav, former Head of the Economic Advisory Board of the Israeli Minister of Finance and professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Royal Holloway, University of London. The meeting was a great chance to discuss current economic and political issues in Croatia and Israel during times of the global recession.
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