Projects

Congratulations! An article by our colleagues has been published in the prestigious journal Acta Neuropathologica Communications. A study using a mouse model of autism spectrum disorder demonstrates that acute liver

Professor Peter Celec delivered an invited lecture on extracellular DNA at the Faculty of Medicine of Charles University in Plzeň. Together with Professor Jan Cendelín and his colleagues, he established

We warmly congratulate our colleagues on securing research project funding from the Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV). Associate Professor Barbora Vlková received support for a project titled “Mitochondrial-induced Sterile

We warmly congratulate our colleagues on their new paper on an animal model of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which is important for studying this disease. Mice with collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) show

As is tradition, the last day belonged to the final presentations – students presented their scientific projects and skills that they acquired during the summer with us. There was also

Big congratulations to our colleagues Andrej Feješ and Katarína Šebeková on an outstanding publication, produced through international collaboration with the University of Vienna, which has uncovered a fascinating link between

Congratulations to several of our colleagues led by Associate Professor Michal Pastorek, and especially to our PhD student Emil Bečka on his first-author publication in a prestigious journal Molecular Medicine.

The Rector of Comenius University, Marek Števček, together with members of the university leadership, met with the applicants – among whom was also Associate Professor Barbora Vlková – to personally

At the National Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetology in Ľubochňa, a Kick-off meeting took place, marking the launch of cutting-edge research activities by the Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University

Our PhD student Tomáš Strečanský presented part of the project in collaboration with MicroPoll company, focusing on health surveillance of historic mining lakes using nanopore metagenomics at the Oxford Nanopore

The first results of the interdisciplinary cooperation of our Institute, the Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics of the Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University (CU) and the Department of

We sincerely congratulate our colleagues on receiving the VEGA grant to support scientific research. Specifically, Professor Peter Celec for his study of sex differences in the biology of extracellular DNA.

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

PhD students Letícia Hudecová and Emil Bečka undertook a short two-week internship (February 23 – March 6, 2026) with the research group of Doctor Ján Frič at the International Clinical

The project “Endogenous deoxyribonuclease activity and biology of extracellular DNA” (401101C202) focuses on research into extracellular DNA (ecDNA) and DNase enzymes that influence its degradation in the body. The aim

We would like to congratulate Doctor Kristina Macáková, Barbora Gromová and Jakub Szabó for receiving the Comenius University Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant from the Renewal Plan for the follow-up of the

Up to ten of our PhD students have received new grants from Comenius University (CU). The principal investigators of the 2025 Grants CU are: Filip Baran – The role of

We heartily congratulate our colleagues on receiving the VEGA grant to support scientific research. Specifically, to our head, Associate Professor Roman Gardlík, for the study of pathogenesis and therapy of

This year’s Grants UC 2024 for PhD students were awarded to nine of our PhD students. The responsible researchers of the Grants UC 2024 are: Paulína Belvončíková – Role of

Last month the BEATsepsis Consortium meeting took place in Brno, where our institute and the whole university was represented by doctor Michal Pastorek. This is a prestigious 5-year grant with