I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname

Borbélyová

I.2 - Name

Veronika

I.3 - Degrees

Mgr. , PhD.

I.4 - Year of birth

1988

I.5 - Name of the workplace

Institute of Molecular Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

I.6 - Address of the workplace

Sasinkova 4, 811 08 Bratislava

I.7 - Position

scientist, researcher

I.8 - E-mail address

borbelyova.veronika88@gmail.com

I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/19809?do=filterForm-submit&name=Veronika&surname=Borb%C3%A9lyov%C3%A1&university=701000000&faculty=701010000&sort=surname&employment_state=yes&filter=Vyh%C4%BEada%C5%A5

I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university

Normal and Pathological Physiology, Medical Neuroscience

I.11 - ORCID iD

0000-0001-7014-9626

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

II.b - Year

2007-2010

II.c - Study field and programme

Biology

II.2 - Second degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

II.b - Year

2010-2012

II.c - Study field and programme

Department of Animal Physiology and Ethology

II.3 - Third degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Institute of Molecular Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

II.b - Year

2013-2017

II.c - Study field and programme

Normal and Pathological Physiology

II.4 - Associate professor

II.a - Name of the university or institution

II.b - Year

II.c - Study field and programme

II.5 - Professor

II.a - Name of the university or institution

II.b - Year

II.c - Study field and programme

II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

II.a - Name of the university or institution

II.b - Year

II.c - Study field and programme

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position	III.b - Institution	III.c - Duration
scientist, researcher	Institute of Molecular Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia	1.9.2017- until now
scientist, researcher	Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia	18.3.2013-21.5.2013

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
Internal training courses of PhD students, master and bachelor students of the Institute of Molecular Biomedicine, Course: Working with citation manager (Endnote)	Institute of Molecular Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Bratislava, Slovakia	2017 - currently
Internal training courses of PhD students, master and bachelor students of the Institute of Molecular Biomedicine, Course: Working with laboratory animals	Institute of Molecular Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Bratislava, Slovakia	2017 - currently
Internal training courses of PhD students, master and bachelor students of the Institute of Molecular Biomedicine, Course: Design of an experiment	Institute of Molecular Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Bratislava, Slovakia	2017 - currently
Courses for students of the Summer School of Biomedicine - Theoretical lectures and practical seminars: Animal experiment design, Work with citation manager - EndNote, Work with laboratory animals	Institute of Molecular Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Bratislava, Slovakia	2020-2024

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
Basics of Theoretical and Experimental Medicine	Biology	1	Medical Biology
Molecular Endocrinology	Biology	2	Molecular Biology
Introduction of Science	General Medicine	1	General Medicine

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.a - Bachelor's (first degree)

V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)

V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)

V.4.2 - Number of defended theses

V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)

V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)

V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)

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

CC/IF publications - 34, h-index - 11

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

CC/IF publications - 22

VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

Scopus: CC/IF publications - 34, h-index - 11

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

Scopus: CC/IF publications - 22

VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1.a - Overall

Scopus: SCI citacitons - 308

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

Scopus: SCI citacitons - 293

VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

Scopus: SCI citacitons - 308

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

Scopus: SCI citacitons - 293

VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

Schuh BM, Macáková K, Feješ A, Groß T, Belvončíková P, Janko J, Juskanič D, Hollý S, Borbélyová V, Šteňová E, Pastorek M, Vlková B, Celec P. Sex differences in long-term effects of collagen-induced arthritis in middle-aged mice. Front Physiol. 2023 Jun 28;14:1195604. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1195604. PMID: 37449011; PMCID: PMC10337783. [o]: 5

Pillerová M, Borbélyová V, Hodosy J, Riljak V, Renczés E, Frick KM, Tóthová Ľ. On the role of sex steroids in biological functions by classical and non-classical pathways. An update. Front Neuroendocrinol. 2021 Jul;62:100926. doi: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2021.100926. Epub 2021 Jun 3. PMID: 34089761; PMCID: PMC8523217. [o]: 20

Borbélyová V, Renczés E, Chovanec M, Mego M, Celec P. Transient effects of chemotherapy for testicular cancer on mouse behaviour. Sci Rep. 2020 Jun 23;10(1):10224. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-67081-8. PMID: 32576890; PMCID: PMC7311530. [o]: 6

Lauková L, Bertolo EMJ, Zelinková M, Borbélyová V, Čonka J, Gaál Kovalčíková A, Domonkos E, Vlková B, Celec P. Early Dynamics of Plasma Dna in a Mouse Model of Sepsis. Shock. 2019 Aug;52(2):257-263. doi: 10.1097/SHK.0000000000001215. PMID: 30052582. [o]: 11

Borbélyová V, Domonkos E, Bábíčková J, Tóthová Ľ, Kačmárová M, Uličná O, Ostatníková D, Hodosy J, Celec P. Does long-term androgen deficiency lead to metabolic syndrome in middle-aged rats? Exp Gerontol. 2017 Nov;98:38-46. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2017.08.016. Epub 2017 Aug 12. PMID: 28807822. [o]: 9

Domonkos E, Borbélyová V, Csongová M, Bosý M, Kačmárová M, Ostatníková D, Hodosy J, Celec P. Sex differences and sex hormones in anxiety-like behavior of aging rats. Horm Behav. 2017 Jul;93:159-165. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2017.05.019. Epub 2017 Jun 9. PMID: 28576648. [o]: 54

Borbélyová V, Domonkos E, Csongová M, Kačmárová M, Ostatníková D, Celec P, Hodosy J. Sex-dependent effects of letrozole on anxiety in middle-aged rats. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. 2017 Dec;44 Suppl 1:93-98. doi: 10.1111/1440-1681.12731. Epub 2017 Sep 20. PMID: 28093793. [o]: 11

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

Szabó J, Mlynár M, Feješ A, Renczés E, Borbélyová V, Ostatníková D, Celec P. Intranasal oxytocin in a genetic animal model of autism. Mol Psychiatry. 2023 Dec 15. doi: 10.1038/s41380-023-02330-6. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38102481. [o]: 0

Pillerová M, Borbélyová V, Pastorek M, Riljak V, Hodosy J, Frick KM, Tóthová L. Molecular actions of sex hormones in the brain and their potential treatment use in anxiety disorders. Front Psychiatry. 2022 Sep 8;13:972158. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.972158. PMID: 36159923; PMCID: PMC9492942. [o]: 2

Renczés E, Borbélyová V, Steinhardt M, Höpfner T, Stehle T, Ostatníková D, Celec P. The Role of Estrogen in Anxiety-Like Behavior and Memory of Middle-Aged Female Rats. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2020 Oct 7;11:570560. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2020.570560. PMID: 33117285; PMCID: PMC7575693. [o]: 21

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

Payamipour S, Peeri M, Azarbayjani MA, Masrour FF. Voluntary wheel running from early adolescence reduces disease progression, and anxiety- and depression-related symptoms in an adult male mouse model of rheumatoid arthritis. J Neuroimmunol. 2023 Dec 15;385:578247. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2023.578247. Epub 2023 Nov 14. PMID: 38000323.

García-Rodrigo JF, Ortiz G, Martínez-Díaz OF, Furuzawa-Carballeda J, Ruíz-Herrera X, Macias F, Ledesma-Colunga MG, Martínez de la Escalera G, Clapp C. Prolactin Inhibits or Stimulates the Inflammatory Response of Joint Tissues in a Cytokine-dependent Manner. Endocrinology. 2023 Nov 2;164(12):bqad156. doi: 10.1210/endocr/bqad156. PMID: 37864848.

Otani K, Yoshiga M, Hirano M, Matsushita T, Noda K, Kurosaka D. Olfactory Bulbs in Arthritis Model Mouse Persistently Express Interleukin-6 before the Onset of Arthritis: Relationship to Food Intake. Neuroimmunomodulation. 2023;30(1):277-290. doi: 10.1159/000534249. Epub 2023 Sep 28. PMID: 37769638; PMCID: PMC10627494.

Russman Block SR, Klump KL, Beltz AM, Burt SA, Moser JS. Ovarian hormones reduce the negative association between worry and cognitive control: A combined neural and behavioral investigation. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2024 Mar;161:106947. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106947. Epub 2023 Dec 23. PMID: 38183865.

Unger CA, Hope MC 3rd, Aladhami AK, Cotham WE, Socia CE, Rice BC, Clegg DJ, Velázquez KT, LaVoie HA, Hollis F, Enos RT. A Novel Tissue-Specific Insight into Sex Steroid Fluctuations Throughout the Murine Estrous Cycle. Endocrinology. 2023 Nov 20;165(1):bqad175. doi: 10.1210/endocr/bqad175. PMID: 37967240.

Prokai-Tatrai K, Prokai L. The impact of 17β-estradiol on the estrogen-deficient female brain: from mechanisms to therapy with hot flushes as target symptoms. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2024 Jan 8;14:1310432. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1310432. PMID: 38260155; PMCID: PMC10800853.

Moradi M, Hashemian MA, Faramarzi A, Goodarzi N, Hashemian AH, Cheraghi H, Jalili C. Therapeutic effect of sodium alginate on bleomycin, etoposide and cisplatin (BEP)-induced reproductive toxicity by inhibiting nitro-oxidative stress, inflammation and apoptosis. Sci Rep. 2024 Jan 18;14(1):1565. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-52010-w. PMID: 38238398; PMCID: PMC10796429.

Krutskikh EP, Potanina DV, Samoylova NA, Gryaznova MV, Sadovnikova IS, Gureev AP, Popov VN. Brain Protection by Methylene Blue and Its Derivative, Azur B, via Activation of the Nrf2/ARE Pathway in Cisplatin-Induced Cognitive Impairment. Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2022 Jun 30;15(7):815. doi: 10.3390/ph15070815. PMID: 35890114; PMCID: PMC9320109.

Moradi M, Goodarzi N, Faramarzi A, Cheraghi H, Hashemian AH, Jalili C. Melatonin protects rats testes against bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin-induced toxicity via mitigating nitro-oxidative stress and apoptosis. Biomed Pharmacother. 2021 Jun;138:111481. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2021.111481. Epub 2021 Mar 19. PMID: 33752059.

Cox D. Sepsis - it is all about the platelets. Front Immunol. 2023 Jun 7;14:1210219. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1210219. PMID: 37350961; PMCID: PMC10282552.

Li R, Wang Y, Li J, Zhou X. Extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA): an emerging star in cancer. Biomark Res. 2022 Jul 26;10(1):53. doi: 10.1186/s40364-022-00399-9. PMID: 35883211; PMCID: PMC9327165.

Machado-Aranda D, Delano MJ, Raghavendran K. What's New in Shock, August 2019? Shock. 2019 Aug;52(2):143-145. doi: 10.1097/SHK.0000000000001363. PMID: 31306304; PMCID: PMC6686669.

Hermoso DAM, Bizerra PFV, Constantin RP, Ishii-Iwamoto EL, Gilglioni EH. Association between metabolic syndrome, hepatic steatosis, and testosterone deficiency: evidences from studies with men and rodents. Aging Male. 2020 Dec;23(5):1296-1315. doi: 10.1080/13685538.2020.1764927. Epub 2020 May 14. PMID: 32406295.

Medina-Contreras J, Villalobos-Molina R, Zarain-Herzberg A, Balderas-Villalobos J. Ovariectomized rodents as a menopausal metabolic syndrome model. A minireview. Mol Cell Biochem. 2020 Dec;475(1-2):261-276. doi: 10.1007/s11010-020-03879-4. Epub 2020 Aug 27. PMID: 32852713.

Weiser MJ, Grimshaw V, Wynalda KM, Mohajeri MH, Butt CM. Long-Term Administration of Queen Bee Acid (QBA) to Rodents Reduces Anxiety-Like Behavior, Promotes Neuronal Health and Improves Body Composition. Nutrients. 2017 Dec 23;10(1):13. doi: 10.3390/nu10010013. PMID: 29295499; PMCID: PMC5793241.

Sánchez-Yépez J, Acevedo-Huergo T, Mendoza-Trejo MS, Corona R, Hernández-Plata I, Viñuela-Berni V, Giordano M, Rodríguez VM. Early and transitory hypoactivity and olfactory alterations after chronic atrazine exposure in female Sprague-Dawley rats. Neurotoxicology. 2024 Mar;101:68-81. doi: 10.1016/j.neuro.2024.01.004. Epub 2024 Feb 8. PMID: 38340903.

Fabris D, Carvalho MC, Brandão ML, Prado WA, Zuardi AW, Crippa JA, de Oliveira AR, Lovick TA, Genaro K. Sex-dependent differences in the anxiolytic-like effect of cannabidiol in the elevated plus-maze. J Psychopharmacol. 2022 Dec;36(12):1371-1383. doi: 10.1177/02698811221125440. Epub 2022 Oct 14. PMID: 36239039; PMCID: PMC9716492.

Neuwirth LS, Verrengia MT, Harikinish-Murrary ZI, Orens JE, Lopez OE. Under or Absent Reporting of Light Stimuli in Testing of Anxiety-Like Behaviors in Rodents: The Need for Standardization. Front Mol Neurosci. 2022 Aug 17;15:912146. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2022.912146. PMID: 36061362; PMCID: PMC9428565.

Zuloaga DG, Lafrican JJ, Zuloaga KL. Androgen regulation of behavioral stress responses and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Horm Behav. 2024 Mar 18;162:105528. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2024.105528. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38503191.

Ellis SN, Honeycutt JA. Sex Differences in Affective Dysfunction and Alterations in Parvalbumin in Rodent Models of Early Life Adversity. Front Behav Neurosci. 2021 Nov 4;15:741454. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2021.741454. PMID: 34803622; PMCID: PMC8600234.

Azcoitia I, Barreto GE, Garcia-Segura LM. Molecular mechanisms and cellular events involved in the neuroprotective actions of estradiol. Analysis of sex differences. Front Neuroendocrinol. 2019 Oct;55:100787. doi: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2019.100787. Epub 2019 Sep 9. PMID: 31513774.

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

VEGA: 1/0341/23: The Role of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in the Pathogenesis of Metabolic Syndrome - principal investigator of the project

KEGA Grant: 045UK-4/2020: Summer School of Biomedicine for High School Students and University Students (2020-2022) - principal investigator of the project

VEGA: 1/0635/20: Sensitive period of brain development and the role of testosterone in autism (2020-2022) - co-worker on the project

APVV- 20-0185: Social Processes in Autism and Schizophrenia (2020-2023) - co-worker on the project

APVV-20-0114: Sex-specific microbiome and gene interactions in the pathogenesis of behavioral and gastrointestinal symptoms in

the animal model of autism spectrum disorder (2020-2023) - co-worker on the project

VEGA: 1/0092/17: The role of extracellular DNA in the pathogenesis of renal and metabolic complications of various diseases (2017-2020) - co-worker on the project

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
research stay - PhD student	New York Medical College, Valhalla, USA	2014-2015
PhD student, postdoc - statistical analysis of data from behavioral experiments, conducting behavioral testing in labroatory animals	Department of Physiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague	2 weeks to 1 month each year since 2018
Workshop on Teaching Experimental Design for Animal Experiments	Faculty of Medicine University of Porto, Portugal	September 12 th – 13 th 2022

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

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

2020 - scientific qualification degree IIa

Textbooks:

https://www.fmed.uniba.sk/fileadmin/lf/sluzby/akademicka_kniznica/PDF/Elektronicke_knihy_LF_UK/LABORATORNE_METODY_I.pdf [Veronika Borbélyová – 3 AH].

https://www.fmed.uniba.sk/fileadmin/lf/sluzby/akademicka_kniznica/PDF/Elektronicke_knihy_LF_UK/Borbelyova_Basic_Laboratory_Methods_of_Biomedical_Research.pdf [Veronika Borbélyová – 1.43 AH].

Date of last update

2024-04-06

Name and surname:	Mgr. Veronika Borbélyová, 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