The Ivan Đaja Award for the best PhD thesis in Physiology in 2017/2018 was presented to Dr. Željko Pavković, Department of Neurobiology, for his thesis entitled: The effects of propofol induced anesthesia on synaptic plasticity, dopaminergic system activity and behaviour of juvenile rats. The thesis was performed in the Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, under the supervision of Dr. Vesna Pešić.