2023
Begonja AJ. Bleeding tendency in Lowe syndrome: OCRL controls cytoskeletal rearrangements during platelet adhesion. (Invited talk)
Lowe Syndrome Research Meeting 2023, TIGEM, Pozzuoli, Italy, 24-25. May 2023.
Begonja AJ. The Role of Phosphoinositides PI3P and PI4P in Platelet Production. (Invited talk)
Gordon Research Conference “Cell Biology of Megakaryocytes and Platelets”, Barga, Italy, March 6th 2023.
Begonja AJ, Falet H. The GRC Power Hour – on diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace. (Invited talk)
Gordon Research Conference “Cell Biology of Megakaryocytes and Platelets”, Barga, Italy, March 8th 2023.
2022
Bura A, Bender M, Jurak Begonja A. The oculocerebrorenal syndrome of Lowe protein controls actin and microtubule rearrangements during human platelet spreading. (Talk) HDBMB 2022 Congress “From science to knowledge”, 28.09.-1.10.2022. Brela, Croatia
Kolman R, Bertović I, Bruketa T, Bender M, Jurak Begonja A. Vps34 kinase in megakaryocyte response to high platelet needs through interleukin-1-alpha. (Talk) 1st Biomedicine and Health PhD Students Congress “Science and Us”, 19-20.05.2022. Rijeka, Croatia
Bura A, Bender M, Jurak Begonja A. Platelets in Lowe syndrome: how OCRL contributes to the cytoskeletal rearrangements during platelet activation. (Talk) 1st Biomedicine and Health PhD Students Congress “Science and Us”, 19-20.05.2022. Rijeka, Croatia
Čabrijan S, Bura A, Prtenjača N, Munitić I, Jurak Begonja A. Pharmacological targeting of phosphatidylinositol-4-kinase A reveals its important role in platelet spreading. (Talk) 1st Biomedicine and Health PhD Students Congress “Science and Us”, 19-20.05.2022. Rijeka, Croatia
Knight L, Bertovic I, Cabrijan S, Bura A, Mahmudefendic H, Jurak Begonja A. Control of Platelet Glycoprotein Ib andIntegrin αIIbβ3 Receptor Trafficking. (Talk) 1st Biomedicine and Health PhD Students Congress “Science and Us”, 19-20.05.2022. Rijeka, Croatia
Čabrijan S, Bura A, Prtenjača N, Munitić I, Jurak Begonja A. Phosphatidylinositol-4-kinase A inhibition leads to diminished integrin αIIbβ3 activation and impaired spreading of human platelets. (Talk) 10th Symposium on Hemostasis, Coagulation, Platelets and Transfusion Medicine; April 28-30, 2022, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, online presentation
2021
Bertović I, Kurelić R, Mahmutefendić Lučin H, Begonja Jurak A. “Early endosomal GTPase Rab5 regulates GPIb trafficking and platelet production in vitro”. XXIX Congress of International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis (ISTH). Philadelphia, USA. Online meeting. 17-21 July 2021
Bura A, Begonja AJ. OCRL controls actin reorganization in the spreading and activation of human platelets, (speed talk). The 45th FEBS Virtual Congress Molecules of Life: Towards New Horizons, Ljubljana, Slovenia; online event. 03-08 July 2021
Bertović I. “The role of Vps34 and PI3P in megakaryocyte maturation and platelet production”.
Doctoral thesis defense, Department of Biotechnology, University of Rijeka, March 22nd 2021
2020
Begonja AJ. “Novel molecular mechanisms of thrombopoiesis.” (Invited talk)
8th Croatian Congress of hematologists. Online. October 1st 2020.
Bura A. “OCRL is necessary for efficient platelet activation and actin reorganization.“
Seminars of Department of Biotechnology, University of Rijeka, July 2nd 2020.
Begonja AJ. “Tiny lipids in the tiny cells: regulation of platelet production by phosphoinositides“.
Seminars of Department of Biotechnology, University of Rijeka, January 15th 2020.
2019
Begonja AJ. “Tiny lipids in the big cells: The role of PI3P in megakaryocyte development and platelet production.” (Invited talk)
St. Cloud State University, Department of Biology, St. Cloud, MN, SAD. 25.11.2019.
Begonja AJ. Znanost za mlade. Uspješne priče o znanosti, javna predavanja o uspjehu i primjeri dobre prakse, u organizaciji akademika prof. Ivana Đikića i Lotusmedije. Ružičkina kuća, Vukovar. 25.10.2019. (Invited talk)
Bertović I. “Endolysosomal system in megakaryocyte maturation.”
Seminars of Department of Biotechnology, University of Rijeka, October 3rd 2019.
Bertović I. “Early endosomal GTPase Rab5 mediates GPIb trafficking and platelet formation in vitro.”
HDBMB congress: Crossroads in Life Sciences. Lovran, Croatia. September 25-28, 2019.
Bertović I. “Early endosomal GTPase Rab5 regulates platelet production.”
FEBS Advanced Course: Biochemistry of membrane proteins – Structure, Trafficking and Regulation. Budimpest, Hungary, August, 25-30th 2019.
Bura A. Interplay of PI4P and PIP2 in megakaryocyte maturation and platelet formation.
Seminars of Department of Biotechnology, University of Rijeka, April 4th 2019.
2018
Bertović I. PI3P regulated megakaryocyte dvelopment via late endosomes/lysosomes.
Seminars of Department of Biotechnology, University of Rijeka, June 5th 2018
Begonja AJ. Presentation of Career Path and Croatian Science Foundation Installation grant #2400: “The role of phosphoinositides in platelet formation” (Invited talk)
Croatian Science Foundation and Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences, Presentation of Tenure Track Pilot Program (in cooperation with EPFL, Switzerland), Zagreb, May 15th 2018
Begonja AJ. Molecular mechanisms of platelet production: cytoskeleton and phosphoinositides. (Invited talk)
KroHem – Croatian Cooperative Group for Hematologic Diseases meeting, Vukovar, Croatia, May 11th 2018
Begonja AJ. Molecular mechanisms governing platelet production: the role of PI3P and late endosomes/lysosomes. (Invited talk)
Leibniz – Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften - ISAS, Dortmund, Germany, April 19th 2018
Bertović I, Kurelić R, Krauss M, Haucke V, Jurak Begonja A. PI3P modulates megakaryocyte maturation and platelet production through late endosomes/lysosomes.
Keystone Symposia: Phosphoinositide Biology: New Therapeutic Targets Beyond Class I PI3K, Taos, NM, USA, February 11-15. 2018
Begonja AJ. Greasing up megakaryocytes: the role of PI3P in platelet production. (Invited talk)
Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, January 10th 2018
2017
Bertović I, Krauss M, Haucke V, Jurak Begonja A. Membrane traffic modulating lipid PI3P regulates platelet production.
1st Italian-UK Platelet Meeting, Bath, UK, September 7-8, 2017
Marcelic M, Mahmutefendic H, Jurak Begonja A, Blagojevic Zagorac G, Karleusa Lj, Jug N, Lukanovic Juric S, Pavisic V, Lucin P. PI3P is important for early phase endosomal retention compartment (EPERC) formation in MCMV infected fibroblasts.
4th Congress of Croatian Physiological Society, Dubrovnik, Croatia, September 21-24, 2017
Begonja AJ. Platelet function, thrombopoiesis and immune thrombocytopenia. (Invited talk)
Joint St. Cloud State University/USA & Department of Biotechnology/University of Rijeka Summer School “Public health and pathophysiology”. Rijeka, Croatia, June 16th 2017