Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
MUDr. Paulína Gálfiová, 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
Gálfiová
I.2 - Name
Paulína
I.3 - Degrees
M.D., Ph.D
I.4 - Year of birth
1982
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Institute of Histology and Embryology, Comenius University, Faculty of Medicine in Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Špitálska street 24, 813 72 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
lecturer-teacher
I.8 - E-mail address
galfiova1@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/3486
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
anatomy, histology and embryology
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0001-5678-3225

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine
II.b - Year
2006
II.c - Study field and programme
general medicine
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine
II.b - Year
2010
II.c - Study field and programme
7.1.21 pathological anatomy and forensic medicine
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
Teacher in part time (2008-2010), lecturer -teacher full time (2010 - till now) Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine 2008 - till now
Other healthcare employee with clinical embryology specialisation University Hospital in Bratislava, University centre for reproductive medicine 2010-2011

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
Scientific qualification degree IIa Slovak Academy of Sciences 2022
Medical Education Basics Institute of Medical Education and Simulations, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava 2024
Autumn School of Electron Microscopy - course Institute of Scientific Instruments, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno 2009 a 2019 update
Biological Samples in Electron Microscopes - course Labororatory of Electron Microscopy, Biological Centre of The Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice 2010 and 2021 update
Image Acquisition and Processing in Biomedical Microscopy, Czechoslovak Microscopy Society, IMG AS CR, Prague 2009
Expert of evaluation the quality of medical laboratories - andrology lab and embryological lab Slovak national accreditation service 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
Histology and Embryology 1 + 2 in both Slovak and English language General Medicine II. General Medicine
Histology and Embryology 1 + 2 in both Slovak and English language Dentistry II Dentistry
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)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
6
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
8
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Curriculum-based elective course: Clinical Embryology and Reproductive Medicine General Medicine II General Medicine

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
79
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
38
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
31
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
11
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
269
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
150
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
290
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
163
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
1
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
1
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

ADC Varga, I., Gálfiová, P., Adamkov, M., Danišovič, Ľ., Polák, Š., Kubíková, E., Galbavý, Š. 2009. Congenital anomalies of the spleen from an embryological point of view. Medical Science Monitor, 2009, 15(12), pp. 269-276, 2009: 1,543-IF, Q3 -JCR, x – SJR 

2

ADD Varga, I., Kyselovič, J., Danišovič, Ľ., Gálfiová, P., Kachlík, D., Polák, Š., Klein, M. 2019. Recently discovered interstitial cells termed telocytes: distinguishing cell-biological and histological facts from fictions. Biologia, 2019, 74 (2), pp. 195 – 203, 2019: 0,811-IF, Q4 -JCR, Q3 – SJR 

3

V3 Thurzo, A., Gálfiová, P., Varchulová Nováková, Z., Polák, Š., Varga, I., Strunga, M., Urban, R., SurovkováJ., Leško, Ľ., Hajdúchová, Z., Feranc, J., Janek, M., Danišovič, Ľ. 2022. Fabrication and In vitro characterization of novel hydroxyapatite scaffolds 3D printed using polyvinyl alcohol as a thermoplastic binder. International journal of molecular sciences, 2022, 23 (23), 2021: 6,208 -IF, Q1 -JCR, Q1 – SJR

4

ADD Polák, Š., Gálfiová, P., Varga, I. 2009. Ultrastructure of human spleen in transmission and scanning electron microscope. Biologia, 2009, 64 (2), pp. 402 – 408, 2009: 0,617-IF, Q4 -JCR, x – SJR 

5

P1 Polák, Š. Gálfiová, P., Mikušová, R., Lorencová, M., Polakovičová, S., Varga, I., Juríková, M., Csöbönyeiová, M., Kuruc, R., Šikuta, J., Kosnáč, D., Čulenová, M., Čambal, M. (2022). Atlas ultraštruktúry ľudských orgánov v rastrovacom elektrónovom mikroskope. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2022, 393s., ISBN: 978-80-223-5347-2 (citácie 0/0, 20% podiel na 69,93AH=13,8 AH)

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

V3 Kuniaková, M., Klein, M., Gálfiová, P., Csöbönyeiová, M., Feitscherová, C., Polák, Š., Varchulová Nováková, Z., Topoliová, K., Trebatický, B., Varga, I., Žiaran, S., Danišovič, Ľ. Decellularization of the human urethra for tissue engineering applications. Experimental Biology and Medicine. 2023, 248 (12) pp. 1034-1042, 2022: 3,2 – IF, Q3 -JCR, Q2 – SJR

2

ADC Čulenová, M., Bírová, I. Alexy, P., Gálfiová, P., Nicodemou, A., Moncmanová, B., Plavec, R., Tomanová, K., Menčík, P., Žiaran, S., Danišovič, Ľ. 2021. In vitro characterization of poly(lactic acid)/ poly(hydroxybutyrate)/ thermoplastic starch blends for tissue engineering application. Cell Transplantation, 2021, 30 (1-12), pp. 1-12, 2021: 4,139 -IF, Q2 -JCR, Q2 – SJR (

3

V3 Gálfiová, P., Polák, Š., Mikušová, R., Juríková, M., Klein, M., Csöbönyeiová, M., Danišovič, Ľ., Varga, I. 2022. Scanning Electron Microscopic Study of the Human Uterine Tube Epithelial Lining: Surgical Biopsy Samples and Epithelial Cell Culture. Physiological Research, 2022 (71), pp. 137 – 143, 2022: 2.139 -IF, Q4 -JCR, Q2 – SJR

4

ADN Lorencová, M., Mitro, A., Juríková, M., Gálfiová, P., Mikušová, M., Krivošíková, L., Janegová, A., Palkovič, M., Polák, Š. 2020. Ependymal cells surface of human third brain ventricle by scanning electron microscopy. Bratislava Medical Journal, 2020, 121, (6), pp. 437 – 443, 2020: 1,278 -IF, Q3 -JCR, Q3 – SJR

5

ADC Varga, I, Gálfiová, P., Blanková, A., Konárik, M., Báča, V., Dvořáková, V., Musil, V., Turyna, R., Klein, M. 2019. Terminologia Histologica 10 years on: some disputable terms in need of discussion and recent developments. Annals of Anatomy, 2019, 226, pp. 16-22, 2019: 2,288 - IF, Q1 JCR, Q2 - SJR

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

Varga, I., Gálfiová, P., Adamkov, M., Danišovič, Ľ., Polák, Š., Kubíková, E., Galbavý, Š. 2009. Congenital anomalies of the spleen from an embryological point of view. Medical Science Monitor, 2009, 15(12), pp. 269-276. Cited in: Van Krieken, J.H.J.M. - Orazi, A.: Spleen. In: Histology for Pathologists: Fourth Edition. Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health, 2012, Chapter 32

2

Lorencová, M., Mitro, A., Juríková, M., Gálfiová, P., Mikušová, M., Krivošíková, L., Janegová, A., Palkovič, M., Polák, Š. 2020. Ependymal cells surface of human third brain ventricle by scanning electron microscopy. Bratislava Medical Journal, 2020, 121, (6), pp. 437 – 443. Cited in: Del Bigio, M.R.: History of research concerning the ependyma: a view from inside the human brain. In: Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, vol. 17, 2023, art. no. 1320369 

3

Lorencová, M., Mitro, A., Juríková, M., Gálfiová, P., Mikušová, M., Krivošíková, L., Janegová, A., Palkovič, M., Polák, Š. 2020. Ependymal cells surface of human third brain ventricle by scanning electron microscopy. Bratislava Medical Journal, 2020, 121, (6), pp. 437 – 443. Cited in: MacDonald, A. - Lu, B. - Caron, M. - Caporicci-Dinucci, N. - Hatrock, D. - Petrecca, K. - Bourque, G. - Stratton, J.A.: Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, vol. 15, 2021, art. no. 703951 

4

Varga, I., Kyselovič, J., Gálfiová, P., Danišovič, Ľ. 2017.The non-cardiomyocyte cells of the heart. Their possible roles in exercise-induced cardiac regeneration and remodeling. In: Exercise for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Treatment : From Molecular to Clinical, Part 1. - Singapore : Springer, 2017. - S. 117-136 [1,48 AH]. - ISSN 0065-2598. - ISBN 978-981-10-4306-2. Cited in: Yang, D. - Liu, H.Q. - Liu, F.Y. - Tang, N. - Guo, Z. - Ma, S.Q. - An, P. - Wang, M.Y. - Wu, H.M. - Yang, Z. - Fan, D. - Tang, Q.Z.: International Journal of Biological Sciences, vol. 16, no. 13, 2020, s. 2414-242.

5

Thurzo, A., Gálfiová, P., Varchulová Nováková, Z., Polák, Š., Varga, I., Strunga, M., Urban, R., SurovkováJ., Leško, Ľ., Hajdúchová, Z., Feranc, J., Janek, M., Danišovič, Ľ. 2022. Fabrication and In vitro characterization of novel hydroxyapatite scaffolds 3D printed using polyvinyl alcohol as a thermoplastic binder. International journal of molecular sciences, 2022, 23 (23). Cited in: Chiriac, S. - Popescu, R.C. - Pele, M.-M. - Ghitulica, C.-D. - Cucuruz, A. - Geanaliu-Nicolae, R.-E. - Stancu, I.-C. - Voicu, G. - Ciocan, L.-T.: New 3D Printed Scaffolds Based on Walstromite Synthesized by Sol Gel Method. In: Journal of Functional Biomaterials, vol. 15, no. 1, 2024, art. no. 19

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

Deputy of principal investigator in project No. 074UK-4/2019 KEGA

Scanning electron microscopy atlas of the organ-specific ultrastructure morphology. 2019-2021

2

Co-worker in project No. 081UK-4 / 2021 KEGA

Creation of study materials for the newly developed study program Clinical Embryology. 2021 - 2023

3

Co-worker in project No.18-0499: Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV).

Histomorphological basis of idiopathic tubal infertility. Relationship of acquired immunity, lymphatic drainage and telocytes to fallopian tube function. 2019 - 2022

4

Co-worker in project No.1/0086/17 : grant of Research Agency of Ministry of Education, science, research and sport of the Slovak Republic (VEGA). Congenital motility disorders of the alimentary canal: a histological and molecular-biological study of aganglionic segments of the large intestine of pediatric patients with Hirschsprung disease. 2017 - 2021 

5

Co-worker in project No.1/0086/17 : grant of Research Agency of Ministry of Education, science, research and sport of the Slovak Republic (VEGA).Morphological and molecular-biological study of hormone-dependent processes and immune functions of the fallopian tube wall and interactions between the wall of the fallopian tube and gametes. 2024 - 2026 

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
Delegate of Institute of Histology and Embryology for the innovations in Medical education Medical education-innovators 2023 - till now

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)
Department of Histology and Embryology, Charles University, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen Pilsen 2024 - 5days ERASMUS+ Staff mobility for training, (prof. MUDr. Zbyněk Tonar, PhD.)
Department of Histology and Embryology, Charles University, 1 st Faculty of Medicine Prague 2009 Biateral teachers mobility (doc. MUDr. Marie Jirkovská, CSc.)
Centre of assisted reproduction, Masaryk University in Brno, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics Brno 2010 – 2 weeks in IVF lab doc. RNDr. Jana Žáková, PhD.
Prague Fertility Centre Prague 2011 - 3 day training of ICSI skills MVDr. Daniel Hlinka, PhD.

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned
  • Bronze medal of Slovak Medical Society "PROPTER MERITA" - 2022
  • Award by Slovak Anatomical Society for 3. place in "Best publication of 2017" competition
  • member of Center of electron-microscopic laboratory methods in Medical Faculty, Comenius University in Bratislava
Date of last update
2024-04-30