Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
MUDr. Mgr. Michal Miko, 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
Miko
I.2 - Name
Michal
I.3 - Degrees
MUDr. Mgr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1985
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Institute of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Dekanát LF UK, Špitálska 24, 813 72 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
university teacher - assistant professor
I.8 - E-mail address
miko4@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/18458
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
anatomy, histology and embryology
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0003-2731-2664

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; Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Law
II.b - Year
2011; 2013
II.c - Study field and programme
general medicine; law and legal science
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
2015
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
University teacher - assistant professor Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava from 2015
University teacher-assistant; assistant professor Faculty of Medicine, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava 2013-2023; od 2023

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
Transmission electron microscopy in life sciences, Czechoslovak Microscopy Society Czechoslovak Microscopy Society 2012
awarded Scientific - qualification degree IIa Slovak Academy of Sciences 2022
Teacher at the Faculty of Medicine (course) Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University 2023; 2024
Image Analysis Workshop Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic 2023
ETUI-ETUCE expert conference on AI at work The impact of AI on the higher education and research sector The European Trade Union Institute 2024
1. Slovak conference of medical education and simulations Institute of Medical Education and Simulations 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 1 + 2 in Slovak and English programmes General Medicine I.+II. General Medicine
Histology and Embryology 1 + 2 in Slovak and English programmes Dentistry I.+II. Dentistry
Embryology Midwifery assistance I. Midwifery assistance
Embryology General Medicine I.+II. General Medicine
Anatomy General Medicine I.+II. 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.b - Diploma (second degree)
5
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
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
74
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
16
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
17
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
4
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
126 (WOS)
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
96
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
126
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
96
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
5
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
5
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Miko M, Varga I. Physical Exercise Can Spur Beneficial Neoangiogenesis and Microvasculature Remodeling Within the Heart - Our Salvation? Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 2017 (Q2)

2

Miko M, Danišovič L, Majidi A, Varga I. Ultrastructural analysis of different human mesenchymal stem cells after in vitro expansion: a technical review. Eur J Histochem. 2015; 59: 2528. (5-Year IF = 2,3; Q3)

3

Varga I, Kachlík D, Žišková M, Miko M. Lymphatic lacunae of the mucosal folds of human uterine tubes - A rediscovery of forgotten structures and their possible role in reproduction. Annals of Anatomy. 2018; 219: 121-128. (IF = 2,241; Q2)

4

Barcák, D, Madzunkov, M, Uhrovic, D, Miko, M, Brázová, T, Oros, M. Khawia japonensis (Cestoda), the Asian parasite of common carp, continues to spread in Central European countries: distribution, infection indices and histopathology. Bioinvasive Records (IF = 1.672; Q3)

5

Varga I, Miko M, Kachlík D, et al. How many cell types form the epithelial lining of the human uterine tubes? Revision of the histological nomenclature of the human tubal epithelium. Annals of Anatomy. 2019; 224: 73-80. (IF = 2,388; Q1)

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

Varga I, Miko M, Kachlík D, et al. How many cell types form the epithelial lining of the human uterine tubes? Revision of the histological nomenclature of the human tubal epithelium. Annals of Anatomy. 2019; 224: 73-80. (IF = 2,388; Q1)

2

Barcák, D, Madzunkov, M, Uhrovic, D, Miko, M, Brázová, T, Oros, M. Khawia japonensis (Cestoda), the Asian parasite of common carp, continues to spread in Central European countries: distribution, infection indices and histopathology. Bioinvasive Records (IF = 1.672; Q3)

3

Rybar L, Hesko P, Miko M, Bujdak P, Harsanyi S. Biochemical Recurrence in High-Risk Localized Prostate Cancer: A Comparison of Laparoscopic Prostatectomy and External Radiotherapy. Medicina (Kaunas). 2025 May 20;61(5):928. doi: 10.3390/medicina61050928. PMID: 40428886; PMCID: PMC12112946.

4

Şener Akçora D, Mavuş D, Miko M, Gökçe K. Comparison of hemostatic and acute histopathological effects of Algan Hemostatic Agent in experimental liver lobectomy model in rats. J Med Dent Invest. 2024;5:e240372. doi:10.5577/jomdi.e240372)

5

Miko, M; Danková, M: SBA – nurturing minds, saving lives: a new approach to medical education; 1. slovenská konferencia medicínskeho vzdelávania a simulácií [elektronický dokument] : zborník abstraktov / Hnilicová, Silvia [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Gálfiová, Paulína [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Trnka, Michal [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Miko, Michal [Recenzent] ; Wiesenganger, Marek [Recenzent]. – 1. vyd. – Bratislava (Slovensko) : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2024. – ISBN (online) 978-80-223-5988-7. – SIGN-UKO LF UMV/24, s. 56-57 [online]

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

Liao Z, Chen Y, Duan C, Zhu K, Huang R, Zhao H, Hintze M, Pu Q, Yuan Z, Lv L, Chen H, Lai B, Feng S, Qi X, Cai D. Cardiac telocytes inhibit cardiac microvascular endothelial cell apoptosis through exosomal miRNA-21-5p-targeted cdip1 silencing to improve angiogenesis following myocardial infarction. Theranostics. 2021;11: 268-291 (IF = 20,3; Q1)

2

Cretoiu D, Radu BM, Banciu A, Banciu DD, Cretoiu SM. Telocytes heterogeneity: From cellular morphology to functional evidence. Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2017; 64: 26-39. (IF = 7,3; Q1)

3

Ivey MJ, Tallquist MD. Defining the cardiac fibroblast. Circulation Journal. 2016, 80(11), pp. 2269–2276 (IF = 3,3; Q1)

4

Abd-Elhafeez HH, Soliman SA. New Description of Telocyte Sheaths in the Bovine Uterine Tube: An Immunohistochemical and Scanning Microscopic Study. Cells Tissues Organs. 2017; 203: 295-315. (IF = 2,7; Q1)

5

Abdel-Maksoud FM, Abd-Elhafeez HH, Soliman SA. Morphological changes of telocytes in camel efferent ductules in response to seasonal variations during the reproductive cycle. Sci Rep. 2019; 9: 4507. (IF = 4,6; Q1)

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

Member of the research team: the Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic VEGA 1/0086/17 - Congenital disorders of digestive tract motility: histological and molecular biological study of aganglionic segments of the colon of paediatric patients with Hirschsprung's morbus 2017 - 2021

2

Member of the research team: the Cultural and Educational Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic KEGA 040UK-4/2022 - Content innovation and digitalization of the compulsory subject medical biophysics and related compulsory elective subjects. 2022-2024

3

Member of the research team: the Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic VEGA 2/0079/24: Therapeutic influence of experimental arthritis by bioactive substances from bee products: evaluation of articular and extra-articular complications. 2024-2026

4

Principal Investigator of the international project ENLIGHT+: SPARK - Student-led Projects for Action, Reimagining, and Knowledge-sharing, a consortium comprising Comenius University, the University of Groningen, and the University of Galway. 2025-2026

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
member of the staff section of the Academic Senate Academic Senate of the Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University from 2023 to 2025
Member of the Trade Union Committee Basic organisation of the Trade Union of Education and Science Workers in Slovakia at the Faculty of Medicine of the Comenius University in Bratislava from 2018
Member of the negotiating team representing the Trade Union of Education and Science Workers in Slovakia during collective bargaining at the university-wide level Member of the negotiating team representing the Trade Union of Education and Science Workers in Slovakia from 2025
Active participation in the ZVŠaPRO Plenary Session ZVŠaPRO General Assembly 2025-2026
Member of the working group focused on the development and innovation of educational content in the doctoral program in general medicine Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic, Department of Medical Education from 2026
Member of the Organizing Committee for the event: Meeting of Medical Faculties of the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic Slovak Medical University, Faculty of Medicine 2025

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)
Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Odontology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania A.Mickevičiaus g. 9, Kaunas, Lithuania june 2018 Erasmus+ STA
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Oulu, Finland Aapistie 5A, Oulu, Finland 11. 11. - 20. 11. 2019 Erasmus+ STA
Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Odontology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania A.Mickevičiaus g. 9, Kaunas, Lithuania 8. - 16. 5. 2023 Erasmus+ STA
Department of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey Başıbüyük Mah. Maltepe Başıbüyük Yolu No. 9/1, Maltepe Istanbul, Turkey 5. - 16. 2. 2024 Erasmus+ STA
Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Pilsen, Pilsen, Czech Republic alej Svobody 1655/76, building U1, Pilsen, Czech Republic 8. - 12. 4. 2024 Erasmus+STT
Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Pilsen, Pilsen, Czech Republic alej Svobody 1655/76, building U1, Pilsen, Czech Republic 17. - 20. 4. 2023 "Short-term visits to partner universities" on the basis of UK bilateral agreements
Faculty of Health Studies, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Pilsen, Czech Republic Husova 11, Pilsen, Czech Republic 19. - 20. 9. 2023 internal funding of the host
Department of Histology, Jagiellonian University Medical College in Kraków, Kraków, Poland 12 Świętej Anny Street, 31-008 Kraków, Poland December 1–7, 2024 Erasmus+ STA
Anatomy, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland Human Biology Building, University Road, Galway, Ireland March 2–13, 2025 Erasmus+ STA
Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Odontology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania A. Mickevičiaus g. 9, Kaunas, Lithuania May 11–20, 2025 Erasmus+ STA

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

Other:

  • ENLIGHT Teaching & Learning Conference 2024, University of Tartu, Ülikooli 18, 50090 Tartu, Estonia, 7.-9.10.2024
  • ENLIGHT Teaching & Learning Conference 2025, Uppsala University, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 7, 752 37 Uppsala, Sweden, 8.-10.10.2025
  • ENLIGHT Staff Exchange Week, Centre for Ethics, University of Tartu, Ülikooli 18, 50090 Tartu, Estonia, 26.4.-1.5.2026

Date of last update
2026-06-07