PhD Topics for the Academic Year 2024/2025

PHD. PROGRAM BIOPHYSICS

FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS, AND INFORMATICS, COMENIUS UNIVERSITY IN BRATISLAVA

• Cellular mechanisms of adverse cardiotoxic effects of selected antipsychotics
  Name of the supervisor: Mgr. Zuzana Ševčíková Tomášková, PhD.
• Identification of chloride channel from cardiac tissue mitochondria
  Name of the supervisor: Mgr. Zuzana Ševčíková Tomášková, PhD.
• Effect of prenatal stress on molecular mechanisms implicated in corticosteroid-monoamine interaction in the heart and brain
  Name of the supervisor: Mgr. Marta Gaburjáková, PhD.

PHD. PROGRAM BIOCHEMISTRY

FACULTY OF CHEMICAL AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY, SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY IN BRATISLAVA

• Quartz microbalance-based aptasensors for rapid and specific detection of potential biomarkers
  Name of the supervisor: Ing. Alexandra Poturnayová, PhD.

• Interactions between maternal and embryonal neurotrophic factors: implication for neurodevelopment
  Name of the supervisor: MMedSc Eliyahu Dremencov, DrSc

• DNA methylation changes accompanying the development of multidrug resistance
  Name of the supervisor: Mgr. Lucia Pavlíková, PhD.

PHD. PROGRAM BIOCHEMISTRY

FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, COMENIUS UNIVERSITY IN BRATISLAVA

• Sterol metabolism in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae under stress conditions
  Name of the supervisor: Mgr. Martin Valachovič, PhD.

• Squalene production in non-conventional yeasts by metabolic engineering methods
  Name of the supervisor: Mgr. Roman Holič, PhD.

• Study of the communication between mitochondria and the plasma membrane
  Name of the supervisor: Mgr. Mária Balážová, PhD.

• Role of lipid transfer proteins in the physiology of a eukaryotic cell
  Name of the supervisor: RNDr. Peter Griač, DrSc.

PHD. PROGRAM ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY

FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, COMENIUS UNIVERSITY IN BRATISLAVA

• Behavioural and neurobiological indicators of positive poultry welfare
  Name of the supervisor: RNDr. Ľubor Košťál, CSc.

• Characterization of proteins of the mammalian reproductive system, including gametes, in processes associated with fertilization
  Name of the supervisor: Ing. Jana Jankovičová, PhD.

PHD. PROGRAM FYZIOLÓGIA ŽIVOČÍCHOV

FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, COMENIUS UNIVERSITY IN BRATISLAVA

• Rastlinné metabolity v liečbe mikrobiálnych infekcií testované na CAM modeli prepelice japonskej
  Name of the supervisor: Mgr. Mariana Máčajová, PhD.

PHD. PROGRAM ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY

FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, COMENIUS UNIVERSITY IN BRATISLAVA

• Reciprocal interactions between monoamines and neurotrophic factors in a healthy brain and in CNS disorders
  Name of the supervisor: MMedSc Eliyahu Dremencov, DrSc

PHD. PROGRAM GENETICS

FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, COMENIUS UNIVERSITY IN BRATISLAVA

• Functional characterization of new proteins required for meiotic chromosome segregation
  Name of the supervisor: Mgr. Martin Valachovič, PhD.

• Characterization of the new molecular mechanisms underlying the repression of gene expression in yeast
  Name of the supervisor: Mgr. Martin Valachovič, PhD.

• Protective function of lipid particles in connection to sterol lipotoxicity
  Name of the supervisor: Mgr. Martin Valachovič, PhD.

• Squalene production in non-conventional yeasts by metabolic engineering methods
  Name of the supervisor: Mgr. Roman Holič, PhD.

• Study of the communication between mitochondria and the plasma membrane
  Name of the supervisor: Mgr. Mária Balážová, PhD.

PHD. PROGRAM GENETIKA

FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, COMENIUS UNIVERSITY IN BRATISLAVA

• Role of lipid transfer proteins in the physiology of a eukaryotic cell
  Name of the supervisor: RNDr. Peter Griač, DrSc.

PHD. PROGRAM MICROBIOLOGY

UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AND PHARMACY IN KOŠICE

• Characterization of bacterial microbiota of the skin in horses
  Name of the supervisor: MVDr. Viola Strompfová, DrSc.

• Progressive eco-friendly and sustainable approaches to eradication of bacterial biofilms
  Name of the supervisor: RNDr. Dobroslava Bujňáková, PhD

PHD. PROGRAM VETERINARY MORPHOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY

UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AND PHARMACY IN KOŠICE

• Use of non-traditional feed additives in organic sheep farming
  Name of the supervisor: MVDr. Zora Váradyová, PhD

PHD. PROGRAM ZOOLOGY AND ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY

PAVOL JOZEF ŠAFÁRIK UNIVERSITY IN KOŠICE

• Beneficial effect of polyunsaturated fatty acids on preimplantation embryo development
  Name of the supervisor: MVDr. Dušan Fabian, DrSc.