Prof Nives Pecina-Slaus is a Professor at the department of biology and Head of the Laboratory of Neuro-oncology Croatian Institute for Brain Research Medical School, University of Zagreb. She has received her B.S. in 1990. her M.S. in 1992. from the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Math and Sciences, and her Ph. D. in the field of molecular oncology in 1998 from Medical School University of Zagreb. Her main fields of research are cancer genetics, Wnt signalling pathway, brain tumorigenesis, tumour suppressor genes, oncogenes, genetic profiles of brain tumours.