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Macko P, Derka T, Čiamporová-Zaťovičová Z, Grabowski M, Čiampor Jr F, 2024. Detailed DNA barcoding of mayflies in a small European country proved how far we are from having comprehensive barcode reference libraries. Molecular Ecology Resources, e13954. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13954

Csabai Z, Čiamporová-Zaťovičová Z, Boda P, Čiampor Jr F, 2023. 50%, not great, not terrible: Pan-European gap-analysis shows the real status of the DNA barcode reference libraries in two aquatic invertebrate groups and points the way ahead. Science of the Total Environment 863: 160922, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160922

Bozáňová J, Čiamporová-Zaťovičová Z, Čiampor Jr F, Mamos T & Grabowski M, 2020. The tale of springs and streams: how different aquatic ecosystems impacted the mtDNA population structure of two riffle beetles in the Western Carpathians. PeerJ, 8: e10039.

Vargovčík, O., Čiamporová- Zaťovičová, Z., Beracko, P., Kopáček, J., Macko, P., Tuhrinová, K. & Čiampor Jr, F. 2024. Environmental gradients  and optimal fixation time revealed  with DNA metabarcoding  of benthic sample fixative. Scientific Reports, 2024, vol. 14, art. no. 18396.

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Developing new genetic tools for bioassessment of aquatic ecosystems in Europe, EU COST Action 15219 (deputy of the principal investigator in SK)

Duration: 20. 10. 2016 / 3. 2021

Coordinator: University of Duisburg-Essen, Nemecko

Participants: 33 countries - Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, fYR Macedonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

Diversity and dispersal in metapopulations and metacommunities of small aquatic biotopes, VEGA (principal investigator)

Participants: FEE TU Zvolen, FHPV PU Prešov

Program: VEGA  2/0030/17

Duration: 1.1.2017 - 31.12.2020

NGS data in aquatic animal taxonomy: new approaches to researching the diversity of aquatic beetles in a time of massive global insect decline, VEGA (deputy of the principal investigator)

Duration: 1.1.2020 / 31.12.2023

Project code: VEGA 2/0042/20

Coordinator: Centrum biológie rastlín a biodiverzity SAV

Participants: 1

How environmental DNA (eDNA) reflects life in alpine lakes and their catchments: DNA metabarcoding in the Tatra lakes research (principal investigator)

Duration: 1.1.2021 - 31.12.2024

Project code: VEGA  2/0084/21

Participants: 1 

Bees cannot make it all - DNA metabarcoding analysis of pollinator biodiversity for improving their protection and ecosystem services (participant)