PhD Topics for the Academic Year 2023/2024 (Bratislava)

Scientific field Physics (scientific programme Biophysics), FMFI UK

• Identification of chloride channel from cardiac tissue mitochondria, supervisor Mgr. Zuzana Ševčíková Tomášková, PhD.
• Applying the framework of Pareto optimality to the biophysical modelling of neurons, supervisor: prof. RNDr. Ľubica Lacinová, DrSc., consultant: Mgr. Matúš Tomko, PhD.

Scientific field Biology (scientific programme Animal Physiology), PriF UK

• Identification of molecules important for fertilization-related processes in mammals, supervisor Ing. Jana Jankovičová, PhD.
• The effect of dopamine and neurogenesis on behavior, supervisor: Mgr. Ľubica Niederová-Kubíková, PhD.

Scientific field Biology (scientific programme Genetics), PriF UK

• Lipid metabolism and its role in mitochondrial bioenergetics, supervisor Mgr. Mária Balážová, PhD.
• Characterization of the new molecular mechanisms underlying the repression of gene expression in yeast, supervisor Mgr. Silvia Bágeľová Poláková PhD.
• Protective function of lipid particles against sterol lipotoxicity, supervisor Mgr. Martin Valachovič, PhD.
• Squalene production in non-conventional yeasts by metaboli engineering methods, supervisor Mgr. Roman Holič, PhD.
• Role of lipid transfer proteins in the physiology of a eukaryotic cell, supervisor RNDr. Peter Griač, DrSc.

Scientific field Chemistry (scientific programme Biochemistry), FCHPT STU

• Functional characterization of neurons in the brain areas relevant for development of social behaviour in the autism-related model, supervisor Mgr. Bohumila Jurkovičová Tarabová, PhD.
• Interactions between maternal and embryonal neurotrophic factors: implication for neurodevelopment, supervisor MMedSc. Eliyahu Dremencov, DrSc.
• Balance between trace amines and “classical” monoamines-significance for the central nervous system (CNS) disorders, supervisor MMedSc. Eliyahu Dremencov, DrSc.
• Role of SINE Retrotransposons in Posttrascriptional Regulation of Gene Expression, supervisor Mgr. Jana Královičová, PhD.

Scientific field Chemistry (scientific programme Biochemistry), Prif UK

• Lipid metabolism and its role in mitochondrial bioenergetics, supervisor Mgr. Mária Balážová, PhD.
• Sterol metabolism in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae under stress conditions, supervisor Mgr. Martin Valachovič, PhD.
• Characterization of the new molecular mechanisms underlying the repression of gene expression in yeast, supervisor Mgr. Silvia Bágeľová Poláková PhD.
• Squalene production in non-conventional yeasts by metaboli engineering methods, supervisor Mgr. Roman Holič, PhD.
• Role of lipid transfer proteins in the physiology of a eukaryotic cell, supervisor RNDr. Peter Griač, DrSc.