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Jadranka Lončarek

Jadranka Lončarek is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Jadranka Lončarek rather than just read about it. In short: Jadranka Lončarek is a Croatian cell and molecular biologist researching the molecular mechanism of centrosome biogenesis and their function, with particular attention on numerical control of centrosome formation in non-transformed and cancerous human cells. Education Lončarek earned a Ph.D. in cell and molecular biology at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb.

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Reference excerpt

Jadranka Lončarek is a Croatian cell and molecular biologist researching the molecular mechanism of centrosome biogenesis and their function, with particular attention on numerical control of centrosome formation in non-transformed and cancerous human cells.

Education Lončarek earned a Ph.D. in cell and molecular biology at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb. Her dissertation in 2002 was titled The expression of the urokinase plasminogen activator gene in bladder carcinoma cell lines. Her doctoral advisor was Jasna Sorić. She completed postdoctoral research in the laboratory of Alexey Khodjakov at the Wadsworth Center, where she studied the mechanisms of centriole duplication and mitotic spindle formation.

Career and research Lončarek joined the National Institutes of Health in 2011 as a Stadtman investigator at the National Cancer Institute. She studies the centrosome cycle in proliferating cells and is head of the Centrosome Biology Section of the Cancer Innovation Laboratory. Lončarek received tenure from NIH in 2020. Lončarek researches the molecular mechanism of centrosome biogenesis and their function. She studies the architecture and cellular processes associated with their activity. Lončarek aims to unravel the cellular regulatory pathways that control a centrosome number in normal and pathological conditions such as human tumors. Her laboratory uses biochemical and genetic approaches and combines them with conventional and super resolution microscopy and electron microscopy.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Jadranka Lončarek

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Jadranka Lončarek claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Jadranka Lončarek before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Jadranka Lončarek ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Jadranka Lončarek

In research: Jadranka Lončarek appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Jadranka Lončarek in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Jadranka Lončarek is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 21st-century Croatian scientists, 21st-century biologists, 21st-century women biologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Jadranka Lončarek outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Jadranka Lončarek matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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