Published: 29.07.2026
Faculty of Natural Sciences of the University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava announces that on August 18 and 19, 2026, the defenses of the dissertations of doctoral students of the Molecular Biology study program will take place. The defenses are public and all interested parties are warmly welcome.
Tuesday, August 18, 2026 from 1:30 p.m.
Meeting room of the Institute of Biology and Biotechnology of the Faculty of Sciences UCM in Trnava (room 230), Hlavná 418, Špačince
1:30 p.m. Mgr. Gabriela Krasňanská (external form of study)
Dissertation topic: Whole-exome sequencing as a tool for the identification of rare DNA variants associated with diseases of the immune system
Supervisor: RNDr. Michal Konečný, PhD. (ÚBB, FPV UCM in Trnava)
Opponents:
- RNDr. Tatiana Sedláčková, PhD. — University Science Park, Bratislava
- RNDr. Gabriel Minárik, PhD. — Medirex / MediXbank
- prof. doc. MUDr. Mgr. Miloš Jeseňák, PhD., MBA, Dott.Ric., MHA — Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava
Wednesday, August 19, 2026 from 10:00 a.m.
Meeting room of the Institute of Biology and Biotechnology of the Faculty of Sciences UCM in Trnava (room 230), Hlavná 418, Špačince
10:00 Mgr. Michaela Hodorová (daily form of study)
Dissertation topic: Bioinformatics study of amylolytic enzymes with a focus on the potential alpha-amylase family GH126
Supervisor: prof. Ing. Štefan Janeček, DrSc. (ÚBB, FPV UCM in Trnava)
Opponents:
- prof. RNDr. Ján Turňa, CSc. — Faculty of Science, Comenius University in Bratislava
- doc. RNDr. Peter Pristaš, CSc. — Faculty of Natural Sciences, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice
- Ing. Katarína Šuchová, PhD. — Institute of Chemistry SAS
13:00 Mgr. Renáta Kozáčiková (daily form of study)
Dissertation topic: The Effect of Smoking on the Oral Microbiome in Subjects Up to 25 Years of Age in the Slovak Population
Supervisor: prof. RNDr. Juraj Krajčovič, CSc. (ÚBB, FPV UCM in Trnava)
Opponents:
- prof. RNDr. Jiří Doškař, CSc. — Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno
- doc. Ing. Helena Gbelcová, PhD. — Institute of Medical Biology, Genetics and Clinical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava
- doc. RNDr. Milan Seman, CSc. — ÚBB, FPV UCM in Trnava
