Significant awards

Awards of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

• Domšicová Michaela
  2nd place in the Competition for Young Researchers under 35 years of age organized by the Slovak Academy of Sciences
  Awarded by: Presidency of the SAS
• Fabian Dušan
  Honorary plaque of the Slovak Academy of Sciences Dionýz Blaškovič for merits in biological sciences
  Awarded by: Presidency of the SAS
• Griač Peter
  Honorary plaque of the Slovak Academy of Sciences Dionýz Blaškovič for merits in physical and chemical sciences
  Awarded by: Presidency of the SAS
• Hoďová Vladimíra
  Competition for PhD students of the Slovak Academy of Sciences – 2nd place
  Title of contribution: Neurogenéza a naučená vokálna komunikácia u spevavcov
• Lauková Andrea
  SISA Scientist of the Year 2025 (Slovakia Innovation and Startup Awards), Scientific Personality of Slovakia
  Awarded by: Slovakia Innovation and Startup Awards, Vedecká osobnosť Slovenska, 15.05.2025

Other domestic awards

• Lacinová Ľubica
  Silver Medal of the Slovak Medical Society
  Awarded by: Slovenská lekárska spoločnosť
• Lauková Andrea
  Commemorative medal for scientific research and publishing activities in the field of biological sciences
  Awarded by: Scientific Committee of the 22nd Conference on Food Safety and Control – SPU Nitra
• Leško Matej
  Award for the best doctoral thesis at the 20th annual Doctoral Seminar dedicated to the memory of Academician Boďu
  
• Lúčan Marek
  Award in the competition for doctoral students and young researchers in the field of Microbiology and Biotechnology at the 12th Young Biologists Days in Bratislava, June 11, 2025
  
• Lúčan Marek
  Hackathon challenge Biomedical Data School
  Awarded by: Laura Johanesová, Imrich Berta – CodeBridge College Biomedical Data School
• Piatrová Dominika
  Third place prize in the competition for the best poster by young scientists presented at the 49th Annual Conference on Yeasts
  Awarded by: Milan Čertík, Chairman of the Conference
  Title of contribution: The role of rdh54 and dbl2 genes in meiotic recombination of Schizosaccharomyces pombe
• Zábolyová Natália
  Award of the expert committee of the 21st SAPV competition for the best scientific work by young scientists
  Awarded by: SPU Nitra
  Publication: Susceptibility to postbiotics-enterocins of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from rabbits. In Veterinary Research Communications, 2024, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 1449-1457.

International awards

• Čobanová Klaudia
  Best Poster Award
  Awarded by: FESTEM – Federation of European Societies on Trace Elements and Minerals
  Opis: Ocenenie za posterovú prezentáciu výsledkov na medzinárodnom sympóziu 9th International FESTEM Symposium on “Trace Elements and Minerals in Environment, Medicine and Biology”, Timisoara, Romania, 28.-31.05.2025
• Lúčan Marek
  Award for the best poster in the young scientists competition presented at the 49th Annual Conference on Yeasts
  Awarded by: Milan Čertík, Chairman of the conference

Awards of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

• Bačová Kristína
  2nd place in the Competition for PhD students of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in the field of science II
  Awarded by: Presidency of the SAS
• Čikoš Štefan
  Honorary plaque of the Slovak Academy of Sciences Dionýz Blaškovič for merits in biological sciences
  Awarded by: Presidency of the SAS
• Koppel Juraj
  Gold Medal of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
  Awarded by: Scientific Council of the SAS
• Lacinová Ľubica
  Commemorative plaque of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
  Awarded by: Presidency of the SAS
• Sulová Zdena
  SAS Medal for Support of Science
  Awarded by: Scientific Council of the SAS

Other domestic awards

• Krištofová Radoslava
  Award from the expert committee for the best lecture at the Animal Physiology 2024 international conference, Liptovský Ján, Slovakia, 11. – 13.06.2024
  Awarded by: SPU Nitra
  Lecture: Stabilised form of thymol in rabbit diet, its absorption from gastrointestinal tract and effect on intestinal morphology

International awards

• Bombárová Alexandra
  Expert committee award for the best poster at an international conference – 10th International Conference for Young Researchers, Krakow, Poland, 13.-14.05.2024
  Awarded by: University of Agriculture, Krakow
  Poster: The impact of different dietary zinc nanoparticle levels on plasma mineral status and growth performance of lambs

Awards of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

• Balážová Mária
  Top-level publication by the Slovak Academy of Sciences in scientific journals registered in the Nature Index database
  Awarded by: Presidency of the SAS
• Dremencov Eliyahu
  Awards for authors of top-level publications
  Awarded by: Presidency of the SAS
  Publication: Účinok jednorazového a chronického podávania látok, ktoré sa viažuna receptor stopových amínov (TAAR1) na vzrušivosť centrálnych neurónov tvoriacich monoamínyu potkanov za in vivo podmienok. Publikácia bola publikovaná v Molecular Psychiatry
• Šimoničová Kristína
  Top-level publication by the Slovak Academy of Sciences
  Awarded by: Presidency of the SAS

Other domestic awards

• Šimoničová Kristína
  Dean’s Award
  Awarded by: Dean of FCHTP STU
  Description: Dean’s Award for outstanding academic performance and exceptional results in research during doctoral studies at the Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
• Šťastný Dominik
  Award of Dr. Ľudmily Sedlárovej Rabanovej
  Awarded by: Comenius University in Bratislava
  Description: Honorable mention for outstanding scientific achievements in the field of cell membrane biogenesis research
• Tomko Matúš
  Diploma for the best scientific presentation in the category of young scientists under 35 years of age at the 44th Days of Medical Biophysics conference
  Awarded by: doc. RNDr. Martin Kopáni, PhD.
• Zábolyová Natália
  Awards for the best doctoral theses at the 18th annual Doctoral Seminar dedicated to the memory of Academician Boďu
  Awarded by: Expert Commission

Other domestic awards

• Petrisková Lívia
  1st place in the Microbiology and Biotechnology section at the Young Biologists Conference
  Awarded by: Centrum biovied SAV
• Šťastný Dominik
  1st place in the Biochemistry and Cell Biology section at the Young Biologists Conference
  Awarded by: Centrum biovied SAV

Awards of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

• Borovská Ivana
  1st place in the 2nd department of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in the Competition of PhD students of the Slovak Academy of Sciences for scientific results achieved during doctoral studies
  Awarded by: Presidency of the SAS

Other domestic awards

• Kocúreková Tímea
  Award for the best contribution to the Young Neuroscientists and Cutting-Edge Research virtual conference
  Awarded by: Expert Commission
  Title of contribution: Pigeons as potential source of neonatal meningitis-causaling Escherichia coli
• Petrič Daniel
  Awards for the best doctoral theses at the 16th annual Doctoral Seminar dedicated to the memory of Academician Boďu
  Awarded by: Expert Commission
• Piteľová Alexandra
  Award of Dr. Ludmily Sedlárovej Rabanovej
  Awarded by: Natura o.z
  Description: For recognition of achievements in the field of genetics and evolutionary biology
• Piteľová Alexandra
  Award of Ľudovít Drobnica
  Awarded by: Slovak Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Slovak University of Technology, Centre for Biosciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Science and Life Civic Association
• Štempelová Lucia
  Awards for the best doctoral theses at the 16th annual Doctoral Seminar dedicated to the memory of Academician Boďu
  Awarded by: Odborná komisia

Awards of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

• Niederová-Kubíková Ľubica
  Publications included in Nature Index
  Awarded by: Presidency of the SAS

Other domestic awards

• Bačová Kristína
  Awards for the best doctoral theses at the 15th annual Doctoral Seminar dedicated to the memory of Academician Boďu
  Awarded by: Expert Commission
• Balážová Mária
  L’Oréal – UNESCO “For Women in Science” – Honorable Mention
  Awarded by: L’Oréal Slovensko, UNESCO, SAV, SOVVA
• Karahutová Lívia
  SAPV Award for the best works with significant theoretical contribution in the competition for young scientists (under 35 years of age) in the field of veterinary medicine organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
  Awarded by: Slovenská akadémia pôdohospodárskych vied (SAPV)
  Publication: Handrova L., Kmet V. Antibiotic resistance and virulence factors of Escherichia coli from eagles and goshawks, Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B, 54:7, 2019: 605-614
• Karahutová Lívia
  Awards for the best doctoral theses at the 15th annual Doctoral Seminar dedicated to the memory of Academician Boďu
  Awarded by: Expert Commission
• Koppel Juraj
  Silver Medal of the Slovak Medical Society
  Awarded by: Slovak Medical Society
• Koppel Juraj
  Bronze Medal of the Slovak Medical Society
  Awarded by: Physiological Society of the Slovak Medical Society
• Piteľová Alexandra
  Scholarship of Dr. Ludmily Sedlárovej Rabanovej
  Awarded by: The Dr. Ludmila Sedlárová Rabanová Fund and the Natura civic association, in cooperation with the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Comenius University in Bratislava
  Description: Scholarship intended to cover the costs associated with a study stay at the Department of Cell Biology, Charles University, Prague (Czech Republic)

International awards

• Mertušová Justína
  Award of Zdeňek Veselovský
  Awarded by: Czech and Slovak Ethological Society
  Publication: Is neurogenesis in two songbird species related to their song sequence variability? publikovaná v časopise Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
• Mertušová Justína
  Expert jury award for best lecture, 1st place, 47th ČSEtS conference. 30. – 31. 10. 2020
  Awarded by: Czech and Slovak Ethological Society
• Mertušová Justína
  Expert jury award for best lecture, 2nd-3rd place, 47th ČSEtS conference. 30. – 31. 10. 2020
  Awarded by: Czech and Slovak Ethological Society

Awards of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

• Hapala Ivan
  SAS Medal for the Support of Science
  Awarded by: Scientific Council of the SAS
• Koppel Juraj
  SAS Medal for the Support of Science
  Awarded by: Scientific Council of the SAS
• Lacinová Ľubica
  SAS Medal for the Support of Science
  Awarded by: Scientific Council of the SAS
• Lukáčová Kristína
  Young researcher at the Slovak Academy of Sciences under 35 years of age
  Awarded by: Presidency of the SAS
• Lukáčová Kristína
  Schwarz Fund
  Awarded by: Presidency of the SAS

Other domestic awards

• Kratochwillová Silvia
  1st place in the Zoology, Botany, and Ecology section in the competition for the best student research paper prepared as part of the Student Scientific Work Competition
  Awarded by: PF UPJŠ
• Kubalová Dominika
  Best Poster Award for Young Scientists
• Kubalová Dominika
  3rd place in the competition for the best scientific work by young scientists
• Mravčáková Dominika
  Awards for the best doctoral theses at the 14th annual Doctoral Seminar dedicated to the memory of Academician Boďa
  Awarded by: Expert Commission
• Niederová-Kubíková Ľubica
  L ́Oréal – UNESCO For Women in Science – Advancing to the Finals
  Awarded by: L ́Oréal
• Pisko Jozef
  Awards for the best doctoral theses at the 14th annual Doctoral Seminar dedicated to the memory of Academician Boďa
  Awarded by: Expert Commission
• Polomová Justína
  PRIF UK Dean’s Award for Doctoral Students
  Awarded by: Dean of PRIF UK
• Polomová Justína
  Audience Award for the best poster at the 46th ČSEtS conference in Bratislava
  Awarded by: Czech and Slovak Ethological Society
  Poster: Are naive zebra finch females able to discriminate between different male songs?

International awards

• Borovská Ivana
  Travel grant awarded for participation in the Horizons in Molecular Biology symposium in Göttingen
  Awarded by: Max Planck Institute v Göttingene
  Title of contribution: Mutations in RNA Recognition Motifs of PUF60 and U2AF65 Occuring in Cancer and their Impact on 3′ Splice Site Selection
• Borovská Ivana
  Travel grant awarded for participation in the ECNP Congress in Copenhagen
  Awarded by: European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP)
  Title of contribution: Ligands of trace amine-associated receptor 1 modulate in vivo excitability of rat serotonin and dopamine, but not norepinephrine neurons
• Polomová Justína
  Audience Award for the 1st best poster
  Awarded by: Student Conference on Behaviour and Cognition 2019
  Poster: Are naive zebra finch females able to discriminate between different male songs?

Awards of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

• Faix Štefan
  SAS Medal for Support of Science
  Awarded by: Presidency of the SAS
• Lauková Andrea
  SAS Medal for Support of Science
  Awarded by: Presidency of the SAS

Other domestic awards

• Handrová Lívia
  Awards for the best doctoral theses at the 13th annual doctoral seminar dedicated to the memory of academician Boďa
  Awarded by: Expert Commission
• Kubalová Dominika
  Merck Award
  Awarded by: ÚBGŽ
  Description: Winner of the Microbiology and Cell Biology section of the 10th Ivan Days of Young Biologists mini-symposium, held on June 19, 2018, at ÚBGŽ.
• Niederová Ľubica
  L’Oréal – UNESCO For Women in Science – competition finalist
  Awarded by: L’Oréal
• Pokorná Lucia
  Biotech Award
  Awarded by: ÚBGŽ
  Description: Winner of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology section of the 10th Ivan Days of Young Biologists mini-symposium, held on June 19, 2018, at ÚBGŽ.
• Pokorná Lucia
  Award of Dr. Ľudmila Sedlárova-Rabanova – honorary mention
  Awarded by: Award of Dr. Ľudmila Sedlárova-Rabanova
• Polomová Justína
  BioEcoGen Award
  Awarded by: ÚBGŽ
  Description: Winner of the Physiology and General Biology section of the 10th Ivan Days of Young Biologists mini-symposium, held on June 19, 2018, at ÚBGŽ.

International awards

• Kubalová Dominika
  EMBO Short-Term Fellowship
  Awarded by: European Molecular Biology Organization, Heidelberg (Nemecko)
  Description: Štipendium na 3-mesačný pobyt v laboratóriu dr.Anne-Claude Gavin, Structural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg (Nemecko)
• Pichová Katarína
  The best scientific poster presented during the 5th International Seminar on Behavioral Methods
  Awarded by: Department of Experimental Medicine, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice

Awards of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

• Bágeľová Poláková Silvia
  Awards for authors of outstanding publications
  Awarded by: Presidency of the SAS
  Publication: POLÁKOVÁ, Silvia – MOLNÁROVÁ, Lucia – HYPPA, Randy W. – BENKO, Zsigmond – MIŠOVÁ, Ivana – SCHLEIFFER, Alexander – SMITH, Gerald R. – GREGAN, Juraj. Dbl2 Regulates Rad51 and DNA Joint Molecule Metabolism to Ensure Proper Meiotic Chromosome Segregation. In Plos Genetics, 2016, vol.12, no. 6, e1006102. PMID: 27304859. (6.661 – IF2015). (2016 – Current Contents). ISSN 1553-7404.
• Breier Albert
  SAS Medal for Support of Science
  Awarded by: Presidency of the SAS
• Cagalinec Michal
  Awards for authors of outstanding publications
  Awarded by: Presidency of the SAS
  Publication: CAGALINEC, Michal – LIIV, Mailis – HODUROVA, Zuzana – HICKEY, Miriam Ann – VAARMANN, Annika – MANDEL, Merle – ZEB, Akbar – CHOUBEY, Vinay – KUUM, Malle – SAFIULINA, Dzhamilja – VASAR, Eero – VEKSLER, Vladimir – KAASIK, Allen. Role of mitochondrial dynamics in neuronal development: Mechanism for Wolfram syndrome. In Plos Biology, 2016, vol. 14, p. e1002511. (8.668 – IF2015). (2016 – Current Contents). ISSN 1545-7885.
• Lukáčová Kristína
  Súťaž mladých neurovedcov venovaný pamiatke prof. MUDr. Jozefa Maršalu, DrSc.
  Awarded by: Neurobiologický ústav SAV
• Mišová Ivana
  Awards for authors of outstanding publications
  Awarded by: Presidency of the SAS
  Publication: POLÁKOVÁ, Silvia – MOLNÁROVÁ, Lucia – HYPPA, Randy W. – BENKO, Zsigmond – MIŠOVÁ, Ivana – SCHLEIFFER, Alexander – SMITH, Gerald R. – GREGAN, Juraj. Dbl2 Regulates Rad51 and DNA Joint Molecule Metabolism to Ensure Proper Meiotic Chromosome Segregation. In Plos Genetics, 2016, vol.12, no. 6, e1006102. PMID: 27304859. (6.661 – IF2015). (2016 – Current Contents). ISSN 1553-7404.
• Sulová Zdena
  Honorary plaque of the Slovak Academy of Sciences Dionýz Ilkovič for merits in physical and chemical sciences
  Awarded by: Presidency of the SAS

International awards

• Csáky Zsófia
  Best lecture at the Yeast Lipid Conference 2017 international conference in Paris
  Awarded by: Conference Organizing Committee
  Lecture: Lipotoxicity of squalene to yeast cells defective in lipid droplet biogenesis
• Polomová Justína
  Professional jury award for the 3rd best student poster at the 44th conference of the Czech and Slovak Ethological Society
  Awarded by: Czech and Slovak Ethological Society
  Poster: Neurogenesis in relation to singing in songbirds