Successful acquisition of Grants UC 2024

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 neutrophil extracellular traps in animal models of liver injury
  • Andrej Feješ – Effect of semaglutide as a new potential treatment for obesity on the behaviour of laboratory mice
  • Barbora Gromová – Modulation of Th17 cell-mediated immunity by aryl hydrocarbon repressor silencing in autoimmune hepatitis
  • Letícia Hudecová – Influence of neutrophil extracellular trap composition on neutrophil clearance and immunogenicity
  • Monika Janíková – The role of TLR4 and TLR9 receptors in a polymicrobial model of sepsis
  • Kristína Lichá – Extracellular vesicles as a prognostic marker of sepsis
  • Kristína Macáková – Extracellular DNA in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis
  • Tomáš Strečanský – Optimization of pathogen DNA enrichment from artificially infected blood samples for rapid pathogen diagnosis using whole genome nanopore sequencing
  • Petronela Sušienková – Influence of endocrine factors on the behaviour of female mice with genetic predisposition to autism spectrum disorders

Congratulations to the responsible researchers!