Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. Filip Červenák, 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
Červenák
I.2 - Name
Filip
I.3 - Degrees
Mgr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1991
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Genetics, Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia
I.7 - Position
assistant professor
I.8 - E-mail address
cervenak3@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/28530
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Biology
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0001-6886-8883

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences
II.b - Year
2011
II.c - Study field and programme
Biology
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences
II.b - Year
2013
II.c - Study field and programme
Genetics
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences
II.b - Year
2018
II.c - Study field and programme
Genetics
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
Assistant professor Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences 2019-2022
Lector Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences 2018-2019

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
Workshop aimed at the development of communication skills by the Academy of critical thinking the Academy of critical thinking 2025
Series of workshops on university education of genetics (one-day workshops in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019) Gregor Mendel Genetic Society 2015-2019
NGSCHOOL: Summer school of bioinformatics Comenius University in Bratislava 2016

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
Genetics 1 Biology I. Biology
Scientific seminar 1 Genetics II. Biology
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)
2
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
3
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
8
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
7
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
Seminar to molecular biology of the cell 2 Genetics II. Biology
Experimental design and planning Biology I. Biology
Diploma thesis practicals 1 Genetics II. Biology
Diploma thesis practicals 2 Genetics II. Biology
Diploma thesis 1 Genetics II. Biology
Diploma thesis 2 Genetics II. Biology
Seminar to molecular biology of the cell 1 Genetics II. Biology
Critical thinking and reading Biology I. Biology
Cellular and molecular biology of yeasts Genetics II. Biology
Genetics for everyone I.

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
18
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
11
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
13
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
8
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
85
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
77
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
85
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
77
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
1
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Červenák, F., Virágová, S., Sopkovičová, M., Kodada, D., Galla, E., Sepšiová, R., Procházková, K., Tomáška, Ľ. (2025). Runaway evolution of telomeres in ascomycetous yeasts was accompanied by the replacement of ancestral telomeric proteins. Nucleic Acids Research 53: gkaf906.

2

Červenák, F., Sepšiová, R., Nosek, J., Tomáška, Ľ. (2021). Step-by-step evolution of telomeres: Lessons from yeasts. Genome Biology and Evolution 13(2): 1-12.

3

Sepšiová, R., Procházková, K., Červenák, F., Majerčík, D., Hanáková, K., Lattová, E., Hajikazemi, M., Zdráhal, Z., Virágová, S., Brzáčová, Z., Paeschke, K., Nosek, J., Tomáška, Ľ. (2025). Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase in yeasts: characterization and involvement in telomere maintenance. Nucleic Acids Research 53: gkaf837.

4

Červenák, F., Juríková K., Devillers, H., Kaffe, B., Khatib, A., Bonnell, E., Sopkovičová, M., Wellinger, R.J., Nosek, J., Tzfati, Y., Neuveglise, C., Tomáška Ľ. (2019). Identification of telomerase RNAs in species of the Yarrowia clade provides insights into the co-evolution of telomerase, telomeric repeats and telomere-binding proteins. Scientific reports 9(16): 1-14. 

5

Červenák, F., Juríková , K., Sepšiová, R., Neboháčová, M., Nosek, J., Tomáška, Ľ. (2017). Double-stranded telomeric DNA-binding proteins: Diversity matters. Cell cycle 16(17): 1568-1577. 

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

Červenák, F., Virágová, S., Sopkovičová, M., Kodada, D., Galla, E., Sepšiová, R., Procházková, K., Tomáška, Ľ. (2025). Runaway evolution of telomeres in ascomycetous yeasts was accompanied by the replacement of ancestral telomeric proteins. Nucleic Acids Research 53: gkaf906.

2

Červenák, F., Sepšiová, R., Nosek, J., Tomáška, Ľ. (2021). Step-by-step evolution of telomeres: Lessons from yeasts. Genome Biology and Evolution 13(2): 1-12.

3

Sepšiová, R., Procházková, K., Červenák, F., Majerčík, D., Hanáková, K., Lattová, E., Hajikazemi, M., Zdráhal, Z., Virágová, S., Brzáčová, Z., Paeschke, K., Nosek, J., Tomáška, Ľ. (2025). Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase in yeasts: characterization and involvement in telomere maintenance. Nucleic Acids Research 53: gkaf837.

4

Červenák, Z., Červenák, F., Adamičková, A., Šalingová, B., Gažová, A., Kyselovič, J. (2022). Normalization strategy for selection of reference genes for RT-qPCR analysis in left ventricles of failing human hearts. BMC Cardiovascular Disorderd 22(1): 180.

5

Červenák, Z., Červenák, F., Choma, A., Baldovič, M., Masnicová, S. (2023). Population genetic analysis of 12 X-STR markers in Slovakia. Annals of human biology 50(1): 431-435.

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

Červenák, F., Juríková , K., Sepšiová, R., Neboháčová, M., Nosek, J., Tomáška, Ľ. (2017). Double-stranded telomeric DNA-binding proteins: Diversity matters. Cell cycle 16(17): 1568-1577. Cited in: Saint-Leandre, B., Levine, T.M. (2020). The telomere paradox: stable genome preservation with rapidly evolving proteins. Trends in genetics 36(4): 232-242.  

2

Červenák, F., Juríková , K., Sepšiová, R., Neboháčová, M., Nosek, J., Tomáška, Ľ. (2017). Double-stranded telomeric DNA-binding proteins: Diversity matters. Cell cycle 16(17): 1568-1577. Cited in: Laudadio, I., Carissimi, C., Fulci, V. (2019). How RNAi machiner enters the world of telomerase. Cell cycle 28(10): 1056-1067.  

3

Červenák, F., Juríková K., Devillers, H., Kaffe, B., Khatib, A., Bonnell, E., Sopkovičová, M., Wellinger, R.J., Nosek, J., Tzfati, Y., Neuveglise, C., Tomáška Ľ. (2019). Identification of telomerase RNAs in species of the Yarrowia clade provides insights into the co-evolution of telomerase, telomeric repeats and telomere-binding proteins. Scientific reports 9(16): 1-14. Cited in: Peska, V., Garcia, S. (2020). Origin, diversity, and evolution of telomere sequence in plants. Frontiers in plant science 11:117.

4

Červenák, F., Juríková K., Devillers, H., Kaffe, B., Khatib, A., Bonnell, E., Sopkovičová, M., Wellinger, R.J., Nosek, J., Tzfati, Y., Neuveglise, C., Tomáška Ľ. (2019). Identification of telomerase RNAs in species of the Yarrowia clade provides insights into the co-evolution of telomerase, telomeric repeats and telomere-binding proteins. Scientific reports 9(16): 1-14. Cited in: Peska, V., Mátl, M., Mandáková, T., Vitales, D., Fajkus, P., Fajkus, J., Garcia, S., Notes, A. (2020). Human-like telomeres in Zostera marina reveal a mode of transition from the plant to the human telomeric sequences. Journal of experimental botany 71(19): 5786-5793. 

5

Červenák, F., Sepšiová, R., Nosek, J., Tomáška, Ľ. (2021). Step-by-step evolution of telomeres: Lessons from yeasts. Genome Biology and Evolution 13(2): 1-12. Cited in: Mamaev, D., Zvyagilskaya, R. (2021). Yarrowia lipolytica: a multitalented yeast species of ecological significance. FEMS Yeast research 21(2): foab008.

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

KEGA 059UK-4/2021 - Modernization of the future high school teacher education in the fields of genetics, Cultural and educational Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic. [01/2020-12/2023; principal investigator]

2

APVV-23-0056 - Identification of unifying molecular principles of telomere maintenance, Slovak Research and Development Agency [07/2024-06/2028; investigator]

3

APVV-19-0068 - Exploring yeast biodiversity for uncovering novel mechamisms of telomere maintenance of eukaryotoc chromosomes, Slovak Research and Development Agency [07/2020-06/2024; investigator]

4

VEGA 1/0031/24 - Mitochondria as signalling centres of eukaryotick cells, Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic [01/2024-12/2027; investigator]

5

VEGA 1/0061/20 - Post-translational and epigenetic modifications as means of regulation of mitochondrial functions, Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic [01/2020-12/2023; investigator]

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 society Gregor Mendel genetic society 2023 - present

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

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=V41Lm1kAAAAJ&hl=sk

Personal web page: http://www.biocenter.sk/fc.html

Dr. Ludmila Sedlárová-Rabanová award for outstanding scientific article (rok 2025)

Date of last update
2026-03-27