Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
prof. RNDr. Anton Horváth, CSc.
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
Horvath
I.2 - Name
Anton
I.3 - Degrees
Prof. PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1960
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia
I.7 - Position
Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
anton.horvath@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/4263
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
biochemistry
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0003-0785-4204

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 Natural Sciences
II.b - Year
1984
II.c - Study field and programme
Chemistry, Biochemistry
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Moscow State University, Biological Faculty, Russia
II.b - Year
1990
II.c - Study field and programme
Molecular Biology
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences
II.b - Year
2005
II.c - Study field and programme
Biochemistry
II.5 - Professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences
II.b - Year
2022
II.c - Study field and programme
Biochemistry
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Assistant Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences 1984 - 1990
Assistant Professor Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences 1990 - 2005
Associate Professor Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences 2005 - 2022
Professor Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences from 2022

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

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
Biotechnology Biological Chemistry I. Chemistry
Enzymology Biochemistry II. Chemistry
Biochemistry - Master's thesis 1 Biochemistry II. Chemistry
Biochemistry - Master's thesis 2 Biochemistry II. Chemistry
Biochemistry - Master's thesis 3 Biochemistry II. Chemistry
Biochemistry - Master's thesis 4 Biochemistry II. Chemistry
Advanced Biochemistry Biochemistry III. Chemistry
Selected chapters from biochemistry Teacher Training in Chemistry in Combination II. Teacher Training and Education Science
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.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Biological Chemistry I. Chemistry
Teaching Training for Chemistry in Combination II. Teacher Training and Education Science
Biochemistry II. Chemistry
Biochemistry III. Chemistry
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.3.a - Name of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure V.3.b - Study field to which it is assigned
Biochemistry Chemistry
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
1
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
1
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
26
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
20
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
8
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
Bachelor seminar 1 Biological Chemistry I. Chemistry
Practical Training Biological Chemistry I. Chemistry
Bachelor theses Biological Chemistry I. Chemistry
Legislation and Ethics Biological Chemistry I. Chemistry
Legislation and Ethics Environmental Studies I. Ecological and Environmental Sciences
Professional laboratory practice Biochemistry II. Chemistry

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
128
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
30
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
46
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
13
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
876
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
225
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
876
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
225
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
3
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
0
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

ADC Horváth, A., Sütterlin, C., Manning-Krieg, U., Movva, R., Riezman, H. (1994) Ceramide synthesis is required for efficient intracellular transport of GPI-anchored proteins in yeast. EMBO J. 13, 3687-3695, IF (SJR) 1999=15.002

Citations (140)

2

ADC - Horváth, A., Berry, E.A., Maslov, D.A. (2000) Translation of the Edited mRNA for Cytochrome b in Trypanosome Mitochondria, Science 287, 1639-1640, IF (SJR) 2000=13.319

Citations (39)

3

ADC - Horváth, A., Kingan, T.G., Maslov, D.A. (2000) Detection of the mitochondrially encoded cytochrome c oxidase subunit I in the trypanosomatid protozoan Leishmania tarentolae - Evidence for translation of unedited mRNA in thekinetoplast. Journal of Biological Chemistry 275, 17160-17165 IF (JCR) 2000=7.368

Citations (31)

4

ADC - Horváth, A., Horáková, E., Čermáková, P., Verner, Z., Pravdová, E., Šlapetová, I., Cuninková, Ľ., Lukeš, J. (2005) Downregulation of the nuclear-encoded subunits of the complexes III and IV disruptstheir respective complexes but not complex I in procyclic Trypanosoma brucei. Molecular Microbiology 58, 116-130, IF (JCR) 2005=6,203

Citations (21)

5

ADC - Kořený, L., Sobotka, R., Kovářová, J., Gnipová, A., Flegontov, P., Horváth, A., Oborník, M., Ayala, F.J., Lukeš, J. (2012) Aerobickinetoplastid flagellate Phytomonas does not require heme for viability, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 109, 3808-3813, IF (JCR) 2012=9,737

Citations (16)

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

ADC - Čermáková, P., Kovalinka, T., Ferenczyová, K., Horváth, A., (2019) Coenzyme Q(2) is a universal substrate for the measurement of respiratory chain enzyme activities intrypanosomatids, Parasite 26, 1776-1042, IF (JCR) 2019=2,05

Ohlasy (3)

2

ADC - Vesteg, M., Hadariová, L., Horváth, A., Estrano, C.E., Schwartzbach, S.D., Krajčovič, J., (2019) Comparative molecular cell biology of phototrophic euglenids and parasitic trypanosomatids sheds light on the ancestor of Euglenozoa, Biological reviews 94, 1701-1721 IF (JCR) 2019=10.701

Ohlasy (9)

3

ADC - Kovalinka, T., Pánek, T., Kováčová, B., Horváth, A., (2020) Orientation of FtsH protease homologs in Trypanosoma brucei inner mitochondrial membrane and its evolutionary implications, Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 238, 1-7, (JCR) 2019=1.571

Ohlasy (3)

4

ADC - Čermáková, P., Maďarová, A., Baráth, P., Bellová, J., Yurchenko, V., Horváth, A. (2021). Differences in mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase activities in trypanosomatids. Parasitology, 1-10. doi:10.1017/S00311820200024255, IF (JCR) 2021=2,763

Ohlasy (3)

5

ADM - Sveráková, I., Záhonová, K., Juricová, V., Danchenko, M., Moos, M., Baráth, P., Prokopchuk, G., Butenko, A., Lukáčová, V., Kohútová, L., Bučková, B., Horák, A., Faktorová, D., Horváth, A. Šimek, P. Lukeš, J. (2021) Highly flexible metabolism of the marine euglenozoan protist Diplonema papillatum, BMC Biology, 19, 251, IF (JCR) 2021=7.364

Ohlasy (3)

6

V3 Káňovičová, P., Čermáková, P., Kubalová, D., Bábelová, L., Veselá, P., Valachovič, M., Zahumenský, J., Horváth, A., Malínský, J., Balážová, M. (2022) Blocking phosphatidylglycerol degradation in yeast defective in cardiolipin remodeling results in a new model of the Barth syndrome cellularphenotype. The Journal of Biological Chemistry.198, art. no. 101462. IF (JCR) 2022 - 4.8

7

V3 Zakharova, A., Albanaz, A., Opperdoes, F. R., Sveráková, I., Zagirová, D., Saura, A., Chmelová, Ľ., Gerasimov,E. S., Leštinová, T., Bečvář, T., Sádlová, J., Volf, P., Lukeš, J., Horváth, A., Butenko, A., Yurchenko,V., (2022) Leishmania guyanensis M4147 as a new LRV1- bearing model parasite: Phosphatidate phosphatase 2-like protein controls cell cycle progression and intracellular lipid content. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.16, e0010510. IF (JCR) 2022 - 3.8

8

V3 Afonin, Dmitry A., Gerasimov, E. S., Sveráková, I., Záhonová, K., Gahura, O., Albanaz, Amanda T. S., Myšková, E., Bykova, A., Paris, Z., Lukeš, J., Opperdoes, F. R., Horváth, A., Zimmer, S. L., Yurchenko, V. (2024) Blastocrithidia nonstop mitochondrial genome and its expression are remarkably insulated from nuclear codon reassignment. Nucleic Acids Research 52, 3870-3885, IF (JCR) 2022 – 14.9

9

V3 Chmelová, Ľ., Záhonová, K., Albanaz, A. T. S., Hrebenyk, L., Horváth, A., Yurchenko, V., Sveráková, I., (2024)  Distribution and Functional Analysis of Isocitrate Dehydrogenases across Kinetoplastids. Genome Biology and Evolution. 16, art. no. evae034, IF (JCR) 2022 - 3.3

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

ADC - Horváth, A., Berry, E.A., Maslov, D.A. (2000) Translation of the Edited mRNA for Cytochrome b in Trypanosome Mitochondria, Science 287, 1639-1640,

Cit: [o1] 2004 Gray, M.W. - Lang, B.F. - Burger, G.: Annual Review of Genetics, Vol. 38, 2004, s. 477-524 - SCI

2

ADC - Horváth, A., Berry, E.A., Maslov, D.A. (2000) Translation of the Edited mRNA for Cytochrome b in Trypanosome Mitochondria, Science 287, 1639-1640,

Cit: [o1] 2012 Goeringer, H.U.: 'Gestalt,' Composition and Function of the Trypanosoma brucei Editosome. In: Annual Review of Microbiology. Book Series, Vol. 66. Palo Alto : Annual Reviews, 2012, S. 65-82 - BKCI-S

3

ADC - Smíd, O., Horáková, E., Vilímová, V., Hrdý, I., Cammack, R., Horváth, A., Lukeš, J., Tachezy, J., (2006) Knock-downs of iron-sulfur cluster assembly proteins IscS and IscU down-regulate the active mitochondrion of procyclic Trypanosoma brucei, Journal of Biological Chemistry 281, 28679-28686.

Cit: [o1] 2008 Lill, R. - Muhlenhoff, U.: Annual Review of Biochemistry, Vol. 77, 2008, s. 669-700 - SCI

4

ADC - Krnáčová, K., Vesteg, M., Hampl, V. Vlček, Č. Horváth, A. (2012) Euglena gracilis and Trypanosomatids Possess Common Patterns in Predicted Mitochondrial Targeting Presequences, Journal of Molecular Evolution. 75, 119-129.

Cit: [o1] 2013 Cavalier-Smith, T.: Symbiogenesis: Mechanisms, evolutionary consequences, and systematic implications. In: Book Series: Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics, Vol. 44. Palo Alto : Annual Reviews, 2013, S. 145-+ - BKCI-S ; SCOPUS

5

ADC - Hashimi, H., Benkovičová, V., Čermáková, P., De Hual, L., Horváth, A. Lukeš, J. (2010) The assembly of F1FO-ATP synthase is disrupted upon interference of RNA editing in Trypanosoma brucei, International Journal for Parasitology 40, 45-54,

Cit: [o1] 2017 Mühleip, A.W. - Dewar, C.E. - Schnaufer, A. - Kühlbrandt, W. - Davies, K.M.: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 114, No. 5, 2017, s. 992-997 269 - SCI ; SCOPUS

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

Grant APVV SK-CZ RD 2021 (2022-2025) Trypanosomatid biochemistry: an insight from the neglected groups; principal investigator

2

Grant VEGA 1/0553/21 (2021-2024) – Mitochondrial membranes of trypanosomatids and diplonemids; principal investigator

3

Grant VEGA 1/0387/17 (2017-2020) - Mitochondrial metabolism of trypanosomatids and euglenids ; principal investigator

4

Grant APVV-20-0129 (2021 - 2025) The potential role of valproic acid in attenuation of inflammation; co-investigator responsible for the cooperating workplace in PriF UK - principal investigator SAS

5

APVV-15-0654 (2016 – 2020) - The role of inter-organellar interactions in lipid homeostasis; co-investigator responsible for the cooperating workplace in PriF UK - principal investigator SAS

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
Guarantor for chemistry of the interdisciplinary bachelor's study program in English Biological Chemistry Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences 2015 - present
Member of the Board for the Doctoral Study Program "Biochemistry" Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences 2014 - present
Co-guarantee of the Board for the Doctoral Study Program "Biochemistry" Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences 2009 - present
Member of the state exam committee for Biochemistry master's degree Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences 2005 - present
Person responsible for Study Programme Teaching Training in Chemistry in Combination Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences from 09/2022

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)
Moscow State University, Faculty of Biology, Department of Molecular Biology Moscow, Russia October 1986 - May 1990 PhD. Study
Biocentre, University of Basel Basel, Switzerland January 1992 - December 1993 postdoctoral stay
University of California Riverside, Biology Faculty Riverside, California, USA September 1998 - December 2000 postdoctoral stay

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2025-04-03