Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. Zuzana Garaiová, PhD.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Garaiová
I.2 - Name
Zuzana
I.3 - Degrees
PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1985
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Mlynská dolina 842 48 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
Scientific assistant
I.8 - E-mail address
zuzana.garaiova@fmph.uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/21793?mode=full
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Physics

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
II.b - Year
2007
II.c - Study field and programme
Physics
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
II.b - Year
2009
II.c - Study field and programme
Biophysics
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
II.b - Year
2013
II.c - Study field and programme
Biophysics
II.4 - Associate professor
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Scientific Assistant Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics continuously after completing the PhD up to now

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
Course of English language - intermediate level BEST English language school Bratislava 2013
Course of norwegian language - beginner level Nordic Center Bratislava 2016
Computer graphics and design STEP IT Academy Bratislava 2018

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Introduction to biophysics Physics I. Physics
Medical biophysics Biomedical Physics II. Physics
The practice (experimental work) Biophysics and chemical physics II. Physics
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
4
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
3
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
53
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
26
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
18
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
10
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
150
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
26
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
147
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
26
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
2
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Suty S, Oravczova V, Garaiova Z, Subjakova V, Ionov M, Shcharbin D, Simonikova Z, Bartek P, Zvarik M, Shi X, Mignani S, Majoral J-P, Bryszewska M, Hianik T, Waczulikova I. Blood Compatibility of Amphiphilic Phosphorous Dendrons—Prospective Drug Nanocarriers. Biomedicines. 2021; 9(11):1672. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines9111672

2

Hak, S; Garaiova, Z., Olsen, L.T., Nilsen, A., M., Davies, CD. The Effects of oil-in-Water Nanoemulsion Polyethylene Glycol Surface Density on Intracellular Stability, Pharmacokinetics, and Biodistribution in Tumor Bearing Mice. Pharmaceutical research 2015. 32 (4), pp.1475-1485 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-014-1553-6

3

Garaiova, Z., Strand, SP., Davies, CD,. Reitan, N.K., Lélu, S., Ø Størset, S., Berg, K., Malmo, J., Folasire, O., Bjørkøy, A. Cellular uptake of DNA-chitosan nanoparticles: The role of clathrin- and caveolae-mediated pathways. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 2012, 51 (5) , pp.1043-1051.       DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2012.08.016

4

Teplicky, T., Vincze, A., Mateašík, A., Garaiová, Z., Michalka, M., Čunderlíková, B. Potassium hydroxide treatment of UV-curable polysiloxane-type polymer for reproducible enhancement of cell adhesion and survival. Biointerphases. 2018. 13 (4) 041009. doi: 10.1116/1.5039933.

5

Garaiova, Z., Melikishvili S., Michlewska, S., Ionov, M., Pedziwiatr-Werbicka, E., Waczulikova, I., Hianik, T, Gomez-Ramirez, R, Javier de la Mata, F., Bryszewska, M. Dendronized Gold Nanoparticles as Carriers for gp160 (HIV-1) Peptides: Biophysical Insight into Complex Formation. Langmuir 2021, 37, 4, 1542–1550, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c03159

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

Esteban-Fernández de Ávila, B., Gong, H., Wang, J., Sanz del Olmo, N., Ortega, P., Javier de la Mata, F., Bolat, G., Michlewska, S., Hianik, T., Garaiová,Z. Combination of Ruthenium Dendrimers and Acoustically Propelled Gold Nanowires as a Platform for Active Intracellular Drug Delivery Towards Breast Cancer Therapy, Clinical oncology and Research, 2019, ISSN 2613-4942, Volume 2(4), DOI: 10.31487/j.COR.2019.04.08,

2

Hianik, T; Opstad, CL; Šandorová J., Garaiová Z., Partali, V., Sliwka, HR. Surface properties of polyene glycol phospholipid monolayers. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids. 2017, 202, pp.13-20, DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2016.11.007

3

Gerulova, K; Bartosova, A; Blinova, L; Bartova, K; Domankova, M; Garaiova, Z; Palcul, M. Magnetic Fe3O4-polyethyleneimine nanocomposites for efficient harvesting of Chlorella zofingiensis, Chlorella vulgaris, Chlorella sorokiniana, Chlorella ellipsoidea and Botryococcus braunii. Algal research-biomass biofuels and bioproducts. 2018, 33, pp.165-172, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2018.05.003

4

Suty S, Oravczova V, Garaiova Z, Subjakova V, Ionov M, Shcharbin D, Simonikova Z, Bartek P, Zvarik M, Shi X, Mignani S, Majoral J-P, Bryszewska M, Hianik T, Waczulikova I. Blood Compatibility of Amphiphilic Phosphorous Dendrons—Prospective Drug Nanocarriers. Biomedicines. 2021; 9(11):1672. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines9111672

5

Teplicky, T., Vincze, A., Mateašík, A., Garaiová, Z., Michalka, M., Čunderlíková, B. Potassium hydroxide treatment of UV-curable polysiloxane-type polymer for reproducible enhancement of cell adhesion and survival. Biointerphases. 2018. 13 (4) 041009. doi: 10.1116/1.5039933.

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

H. Sun, X. Guo, S., Zeng, Y. Wang, J. Hou, D.-H. Yang and S. Zhou. A multifunctional liposomal nanoplatform co-delivering hydrophobic and hydrophilic doxorubicin for complete eradication of xenografted tumors Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 17759-17772 DOI: 10.1039/C9NR04669K (citation for Hak et al. 2015, VI.2/2)

2

Rezaei, A., Hashemi E. A pseudohomogeneous nanocarrier based on carbon quantum dots decorated with arginine as an efficient gene delivery vehicle

Scientific Reports, 2021, volume 11, Article number: 13790 (citation for Garaiova et al. 2012, VI.2/3)

3

Shariatinia,Z.. Carboxymethyl chitosan: Properties and biomedical applications, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Volume 120, Part B, December 2018, Pages 1406-1419 (citation for Garaiova et al. 2012, VI.2/3)

4

Hao, X., Xu,B., Chen, H.,Wang, X.,Zhang, J., Guo, R., Shi, X., Cao, X. Stem cell-mediated delivery of nanogels loaded with ultrasmall iron oxide nanoparticles for enhanced tumor MR imaging, , Nanoscale, 2019,11, 4904-4910,DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/C8NR10490E (citation for Gerulova et. al. 2018, VI.3/3)

5

Qiao, L., Chen, M., Li, S., Hu, J., Gong, Ch.,Zhang, Z., Cao, X. A peptide-based subunit candidate vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 delivered by biodegradable mesoporous silica nanoparticles induced high humoral and cellular immunity in mice. Biomaterials Science 2021, 9 (21) , 7287-7296. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1BM01060C (citation for Garaiova, et. al 2021, VI.2/5)

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

 Analýza interakcie medzi amfifilnými dendrónmi a biologickými systémami / Analysis of Interaction between Amphiphilic Dendrons and Biological Systems. 2019-2022 (spoluriešiteľ /scientific co-worker) [APVV SK-BY-RD-19-0019 ]

2

Štúdium mechanizmov interakcie nanočastíc modifikovaných aptamérmi s onkomarkemi (spoluriešiteľ)/Study of the mechanisms of interaction of aptamer-modified nanoparticles with oncomarkers (project leader) [VEGA- 1/0756/20]

3

Nový nanosystém kombinujúci lipozomálnu a dendrimerickú technológiu (lipozomálne zamknuté dendriméry) pre vývoj cytostatík/ New drug delivery nanosystem combining liposomal and dendrimeric technology (liposomal locked-in dendrimers) for development of cytostatic drugs (project leader SK-PL-18-0080) 

4

Zlaté nanočastice ako nosiče peptidov HIV - biofyzikálna charakteristika výsledných komplexov / Gold nanoparticles as carriers for HIV-derived peptides - biophysical characterisation of formed complexes (project leader SK-PL-2015-0021)

5

Inovatívna technologia na detekciu enzýmovej aktivity v mlieku (spoluriešiteľ)/Innovative technology for the detection of enzyme activity in milk ( scientific co-worker) [H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015, project no. 690898]

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Participating in the organizing comittee and reviewing the book of abstract International workshop, Advances in analytical methods for monitoring food quality and safety 10th, November, 2019 , Bratislava
Participating in the organizing comittee Regional Biophysical Conference RBC 2014 2014, Smolenice 15-20.5.2014

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
The Institute of Biophysics, University of Lodz, PL (Uniwersytet Łódzki, Wydział Biologii i Ochrony Środowiska, Instytut Biofizyki, Katedra Biofizyki Ogólnej) ul. Pomorska 141/143, 90-236, Łódż, Poland 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017 (2 weeks - 1 month) bilateral cooperation
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Høgskoleringen 1, 7491 Trondheim, Norway 2010, 2015 (2-6 months) Stipend program EEA Slovakia, Erasmus
Univerzita of California San Diego (UCSD) 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093,California, USA 2018 (2 months) Formilk project
Hungarian Dairy Research Institute Mosonmagyarovar, Hungary 2016, 2017 (2 months) Formilk project
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, CMNS P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 Tennessee, USA 2014/15 (6 months) Formilk and META project

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

Opponents' reviews on bachelor / diploma theses. Presentation of research topics and laboratories within the Open Days / Science Week at FMFI UK BA. Popularization of science - articles in the journal of Our University.

Date of last update
2022-02-01