RNDr. Katarína Bhide, PhD. -
Katarina obtained Master of Science at the University of Pavol Jozef Safarik in Kosice. She graduated from Zoology and Animal Physiology. She obtained PhD at The Department of Microbiology and Immunology of UVLF in the field of virology. Her focus is molecular biology such as real time PCR, sequencing, cloning and also cell cultivation.
MSc. Irene Jimenez Munguía, PhD -
After concluding degree in Biopharmaceutical Chemistry in Mexico, Irene was awarded a grant from Fundación Carolina for studying the Master in Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biotechnology. She obtained PhD. in Biomedicine at The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of The University of Cordoba in Spain. Mainly, she has been working in proteomics-based techniques to obtain vaccine candidates against pathogenic bacteria. In LBMI, Irene is focused on deciphering ligand-receptor interactions during meningitis caused by S. pneumoniae.
MVDr. Evelína Káňová -
Evelina obtained degree on General veterinary medicine on The University of Verinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Kosice in 2015. To obtain such degree, she was working on the detection of tick borne encephalitis virus based on molecular biology techniques in the Microbiology Department. Nowadays, she is in the second year of PhD studying host-pathogen interactions between Neurovascular Unit and N. meningitidis.
Mgr. Zuzana Tomečková -
Zuzana has studied Molecular Biology in Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava. For her diploma thesis, she worked on Optimization and Introduction of newborn screening for immunodeficiency disorders using RT-PCR. In 2016, she started doctoral studies in LBMI of The University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Kosice wherein she will work on the analysis of cell response between cells of neurovascular unit and borrelia ligands.
Mgr. Ivana Sirochmanova -
Ivana obtained degree on Pharmacy at University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Kosice. In 2016, she started doctoral study in neurosciences at Laboratory of Biomedical Microbiology and Immunology for working on in vitro nanobody production against neuroinvasive Neisseria.
Alumni
Rastislav Mucha, RNDr., PhD
(obtained doctoral degree in 2009 and worked in LBMI till 2012)
Alumnus of biochemistry of University of Pavol Jozef Safarik in Kosice, acquired PhD from University of veterinary medicine in Kosice, with specialization of immunology. Later, as a researcher, he participated on protein:protein interactions between host and neuroinvasive pathogens.
Lucia Kišová-Vargová, DVM., PhD
(obtained doctoral degree in 2010)
Alumni of University of veterinary medicine in Kosice, specializing in food hygiene. She acquired PhD from her alma mater in the immunology. Now she is working in Immunology department of Medical faculty of University of Pavol Jozef Safarik in Kosice.
Stanislav Hreško, DVM, PhD
(worked in LBMI in 2011-2012)
Stanislav graduated in University of veterinary medicine in Kosice as a general veterinary doctor. After his studies, he continued in the same university as a doctoral fellow, and he got Phd from microbiology. Later he worked as an assisent and then as post-doc in University of veterinary medicine and pharmacy in Kosice.
Marian Maďar, DVM, PhD
(obtained doctoral degree in 2012)
Alumni of University of veterinary medicine in Košice. Acquired PhD. from Neuroimmunology department of Slovak academy of science and University of veterinary medicine in Košice. Main aim of the study: human complement system interacting with various tick-borne pathogens.
Patrik Mlynarčik, Mgr., PhD.
(obtained doctoral degree in 2013)
Patrik graduated from University of Pavol Jozef Safarik in Kosice in ecology. Currently he is doctoral fellow in University of veterinary medicine and pharmacy in Kosice.
His major interest is study of protein:protein interactions, which are responsible for borrelial translocation through blood-brain barrier.
Incoming researchers and doctoral fellows
1. Anastasia Rozhdestvenskaya, MSc.(Russia) – 09.10.2010 to 09.12.2010
Bilateral project Slovakia- Russia – APVV SK-RU-0013 Sak188/189 two component system dependent transcriptional regulation in Streptococcus agalactiae.
2. Alexander Dimitriev, DrSc. (Russia) – 02.2.2011 to 12.2.2011
Bilateral project Slovakia- Russia – APVV SK-RU-0013 Sak188/189 two component system dependent transcriptional regulation in Streptococcus agalactiae
3. Miklós Gyuranecz, DVM, PhD. (Hungary) – 01.02.2012 to 30.11.2012
Post-doctoral fellowship – SAIA: Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of atypical Brucella ovis and Francisella-like endosymbionts.
4, Satheesh Natarajan, MSc. PhD. (India) – 01.2.2012 to 31.1.2013
Post-doctoral fellowship – SAIA: Assessment of the role of Outer surface protein (OspA) of Borrelia in the immune reaction of CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) in rat model.
5. Maria-Carmen Aguilar, MSc. PhD (Spain) – 07.10.2013 to 22.12.2013
BECA – Spanish fellowship for doctoral exchange: Identifying interactions between host and pathogen at the molecular level
6. Maria-Carmen Aguilar, MSc. PhD (Spain) – 01.6.2014 to 31.9.2014
BECA – Spanish fellowship for doctoral exchange: Identifying interactions between host and pathogen at the molecular level
7. Mark Braceland, MSc. (Glasgow – UK) – 06.9.2012 to 18.10.2012
STSM – European Science Foundation – FA1002 Production of SAA protein in Leishmania expression system
8. Zsuzsa Kreizinger, MSc. (Hungary) – 02.6.2013 to 31.8.2013
SAIA – doctoral exchange fellowship: Interaction between Francisella and complement factor H
9. Prof. Ana Varela Coelho, PhD. (Portugal) – 10.12.2012 to 22.12.2012
Bilateral project – APVV SK-PT 0014-10 Study of complement evasion strategies used by Borrelia and Francisella
10. Prof. Andre Almeida, PhD. (Portugal) – 10.12.2012 to 22.12.2012
Bilateral project – APVV SK-PT 0014-10 Study of complement evasion strategies used by Borrelia and Francisella
11.Asiya Borsynbaeva (Kazachstan) - 26.11.2014 to 07.12.2014.
Student exchange between universities.
12. Valerie Pinarello (Guadeloupe, Carrabin islands of France) – 22.11.2014 to 04.12.2014
Bilateral project – APVV SK-PT 2013-0031 Production and identification of the receptor for outer membrane proteins OMPtt of E. ruminantium
13. Valerie Pinarello (Guadeloupe, Carrabin islands of France) – 08.7.2015 to 24.7.2015
Bilateral project – APVV SK-PT 2013-0031 Production and identification of the receptor for outer membrane proteins OMPtt of E. ruminantium
14. Sergey Mureev, MSc, PhD (Austalia) – 08.7.2015 to 30.7.2015
Research agreement with production facility of JenaBioscience (Germany) in Australia. Development of ribosome display based of Leishmania cell free translation system
15. Petra Nizic, MSc. (Croatia) – 08.6.2015 to 08.8.2015
Secondment through European Research Area Chair project (FP7) Development of infra-red dye based DIGE technique for relative quantification of serum proteins.
16. Dorotea Huber, DVM, PhD. (Croatia) – 5.2016
Secondment through European Research Area Chair project (FP7). Detection of pathogens by molecular techniques.
17. Ana Beck, MSc. (Croatia) – 5.2016
Secondment through European Research Area Chair project (FP7). Detection of pathogens by molecular techniques.
18. Andreia Filipa Tomas Marques, MSc. (Italy) – 23.2.2016 to 23.5.2016
Italian fellowship for doctoral exchange: Quantitative proteomics on tissues obtained from turkey.
19. Deepti Patel, MSc. (Norway) – 29.3.2016 to 03.7.2016
Mobility project between Nord University and UVMP.
20. Lourdes Mateos Hernández, MSc. (Spain) – 04.9.2016 to 04.12.2016
Fellowship from The University of Castilla- La Mancha for doctoral exchange: Characterization of protein-protein interactions established between Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Ixodes scapularis tick cells.
Bachelor, diploma and other students
Patrícia Mertinková, Bc.
Diploma work: Preparation of fluorecent-tagged G protein (ongoing)
Miroslava Galgaňáková, MSc.
Diploma work: Preparation of expression cassette for the preparation of the proteins in vitro, 2014
Ivana Kralikova, MSc.
Diploma work: Study of the interaction of the complement regulatory proteins and Trypanosoma brucei brucei, 2014
Husáková Eva, MSc.
Diploma work: Preparation of recombinant protein vitronectin, 2012
Rybárová Jarmila, MSc.
Diploma work: Preparation of recombinant protein C4Bp, 2012
Amod Kulkarni, PhD
Amod holds a position of researcher at the LBMI since April 2018. He obtained his PhD in Aquatic Bioscience from Nord University, Bodø, Norway in 2014. His research activities are directed to recognize the host – pathogen interactions in cells of neurovascular unit forming the Blood-brain barrier (BBB) and neuroinvasive pathogens like Neisseria meningitidis, Borrelia burgdorferi and West Nile Virus. Expert in high throughput genomics and proteomics techniques, phage display and production of nanobodies and BBB organoids. He is involved in EU funded projects - EuroNanoMed III (TJC2018-049), OBEMIRISK - GP/EFSA/ENCO/2018/03, and Slovak national projects - APVV-14-0218 and APVV-18-0259, He has published 20 articles in international peer reviewed journals with h- Index: 8.
prof. MVDr. Ivan Mikula Sr., Dr.Sc. - mikula@uvm.sk
Profesor emeritus. Former head of the department of microbiology and immunology. Worked in the field of innate immunity against various pathogens like Mycobacterium, IBR, Staphylococcus etc.
Ing. Martina Cepková
Martina graduated in Environmental Management at the Technical University in Kosice in 2010. Since 2002 she has been a laboratory assistant at the Laboratory of Biomedical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Kosice.
