Activities

We heartily congratulate medical student Dominika Stolárikova on the successful defense of her thesis entitled: ”Nanopore Sequencing for Point-of-Care Diagnostics of Infectious Diseases”, which she developed under the guidance of

IMBM participated in the CNAPS 2025 conference on circulating nucleic acids. Associated professor Barbora Vlková and Professor Peter Celec met again with leaders in the field of extracellular DNA research,

Associate professor Katarína Šebeková received the highest award of the Slovak Medical Society (SLS), namely the T.R. Niederland honorary plaque for her contributions to the development of the SLS, which

PhD student Tomáš Strečanský attended the Association for Molecular Pathology – AMP 2025 Annual Meeting & Expo, which took place November 11-15, 2025, in Boston, United States. There, he presented

An active research collaborator, Doctor Kristína Lichá from the Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics of the Faculty of Medicine at Comenius University in Bratislava, and also our former PhD

We heartily congratulate our colleagues on their newly accepted publications. Associate Professor Roman Gardlík and Doctor Paulína Belvončíková for their review on the topic of fecal microbiota transplantation as a

Last week (November 6-7, 2025), the Faculty of Arts at Comenius University (FIF CU) in Bratislava hosted an autumn school for doctoral and postdoctoral students entitled – Social Processes in

The Slovak Physiological Society has evaluated the publication by PhD student Andrej Feješ, Doctor Paulína Belvončíková (shared first authorship) and colleagues – “The Effect of Cross-Sex Fecal Microbiota Transplantation on

At the XV. Conference of Pediatric Nephrology with international participation, held on October 24-25, 2025 in Bratislava (Slovakia), several of our colleagues presented their research. Associate Professor Katarína Šebeková gave

Doctor Veronika Borbélyová has received a grant from the Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV) to test social interactions in a home cage environment, an innovative ethological approach to measuring

Our highly regarded clinical collaborators and leading pediatric nephrologists – Professor Ľudmila Podracká, Doctor Alexandra Gaál Kovalčíková, Professor Milan Chromek and Associate Professor Gabriel Koľvek, – presented the latest results

Professor Peter Celec and Associate Professor Barbora Vlková participated in the most significant genetics event in Slovakia – the 35th annual Izakovič Memorial, which took place October 8-10 in Tatranská

Last week (October 9-10, 2025), the Working Conference of the Children’s Clinic of the Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University and the National Institute of Children’s Diseases took place, with

PhD student Petronela Sušienková presented her research focused on autism spectrum disorders at the International Mini-Symposium – Advanced Education on Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Comparison of Animal Models, as part of the

This year (September 26, 2025), we participated in the European Science Night in Bratislava with an interactive science stand entitled: How is science done? Visitors could learn not only about

We congratulate doctor Paulína Belvončíková, who received the Extraordinary Prize of the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the Comenius University for her exceptional scientific contribution during her doctoral

Professor Peter Celec and doctor Kristína Macáková participated in MediFutura, an event that helps medical students decide on their future in Slovak healthcare. Professor Peter Celec presented on the topic

PhD student Petronela Sušienková and our active scientific collaborator Doctor Jakub Szabó from the Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics of the Faculty of Medicine participated in the Congress of

Professor Peter Celec met Sir Paul Nurse, the former director of the Francis Crick Institute, President of the Royal Society and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Congratulations to our colleagues on their new scientific publication, which examined the impact of aging on autism spectrum disorder (ASD)-like manifestations in mice with a Shank3B gene mutation. The study