Congratulations to Our Students on Receiving Grants of Comenius University for 2026

Several of our PhD students received a Comenius University Grant this year, which is aimed at supporting scientific, pedagogical and artistic projects of PhD students studying full-time at Comenius University faculties.

The following PhD student projects received support:

Patrik Bertovič – Sex-related differences in myeloid dysregulation in mice after sepsis

Peter Bielik – Optimization of nanopore sequencing workflows for low-input liquid biopsies in rheumatoid arthritis

Karolína Bíla – The role of innate immunity in the development of trained immunity or immunosuppression as part of the post-septic syndrome

Letícia Hudecová – Stimulus-dependent heterogeneity of NETs in the pathophysiology of sepsis

Tomáš Strečanský –

Nikola Tóthová – Hormonal regulation of extracellular DNA dynamics as a key factor in the interpretation of diagnostic tests

Erik Vitáliš – Analysis of extracellular DNA concentration during childbirth

Congratulations to all PhD students and good luck with your research!