Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. Katarína Juríková, 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
Juríková
I.2 - Name
Katarína
I.3 - Degrees
Mgr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1988
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
I.7 - Position
assistant professor
I.8 - E-mail address
katarina.jurikova@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/28531
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Biology
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0001-7991-0274

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in 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 in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences
II.b - Year
2013
II.c - Study field and programme
biology, genetics
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in 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
lector Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences 2017-2018
assistant professor Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences 2018 - present
post-doctoral fellow University of Trento, Italy 2020-2024

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
BREW: Bridging Research and Education Workshop Genetic Society of America 2020
Series of workshops on university education of genetics (https://fns.uniba.sk/eduworkshop2019/) Gregor Mendel Genetic Society (one-day workshops in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019) 2019
RNA Society Mentoring program RNA Society 2021
MSCA Training Workshop University of Trento 2019
EMBO Laboratory Leadership workshop European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) 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.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)
0
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
2
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
0
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
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
19
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
12
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
34
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
21
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
82
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
66
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

Manzato, C., Larini, L., Oss Pegorar, C., Dello Stritto, M. R., Jurikova, K., Jantsch, V., & Cusanelli, E. (2023). TERRA expression is regulated by the telomere-binding proteins POT-1 and POT-2 in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nucleic acids research, 51(19), 10681–10699. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkad742

2

Juríková, K., Sepšiová, R., Ševčovičová, A., Tomáška, Ľ., & Džugasová, V. (2022). Implementing CRISPR-Cas9 Yeast Practicals into Biology Curricula. The CRISPR journal, 5(2), 181–186. https://doi.org/10.1089/crispr.2021.0125

3

Juríková, K., De Wulf, P., & Cusanelli, E. (2021). Nuclear Periphery and Telomere Maintenance: TERRA Joins the Stage. Trends in genetics : TIG, 37(7), 608–611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2021.02.003

4

Jurikova, K., Gajarsky, M., Hajikazemi, M., Nosek, J., Prochazkova, K., Paeschke, K., Trantirek, L., & Tomaska, L. (2020). Role of folding kinetics of secondary structures in telomeric G-overhangs in the regulation of telomere maintenance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The Journal of biological chemistry, 295(27), 8958–8971. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.RA120.012914

5

Červenák, F., Juríková, K., Devillers, H., Kaffe, B., Khatib, A., Bonnell, E., Sopkovičová, M., Wellinger, R. J., Nosek, J., Tzfati, Y., Neuvéglise, 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(1), 13365. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49628-6

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

Manzato, C., Larini, L., Oss Pegorar, C., Dello Stritto, M. R., Jurikova, K., Jantsch, V., & Cusanelli, E. (2023). TERRA expression is regulated by the telomere-binding proteins POT-1 and POT-2 in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nucleic acids research, 51(19), 10681–10699. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkad742

2

Juríková, K., Sepšiová, R., Ševčovičová, A., Tomáška, Ľ., & Džugasová, V. (2022). Implementing CRISPR-Cas9 Yeast Practicals into Biology Curricula. The CRISPR journal, 5(2), 181–186. https://doi.org/10.1089/crispr.2021.0125

3

Juríková, K., De Wulf, P., & Cusanelli, E. (2021). Nuclear Periphery and Telomere Maintenance: TERRA Joins the Stage. Trends in genetics : TIG, 37(7), 608–611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2021.02.003

4

Jurikova, K., Gajarsky, M., Hajikazemi, M., Nosek, J., Prochazkova, K., Paeschke, K., Trantirek, L., & Tomaska, L. (2020). Role of folding kinetics of secondary structures in telomeric G-overhangs in the regulation of telomere maintenance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The Journal of biological chemistry, 295(27), 8958–8971. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.RA120.012914

5

Červenák, F., Juríková, K., Devillers, H., Kaffe, B., Khatib, A., Bonnell, E., Sopkovičová, M., Wellinger, R. J., Nosek, J., Tzfati, Y., Neuvéglise, 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(1), 13365. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49628-6

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

Jurikova, K., Gajarsky, M., Hajikazemi, M., Nosek, J., Prochazkova, K., Paeschke, K., Trantirek, L., & Tomaska, L. (2020). Role of folding kinetics of secondary structures in telomeric G-overhangs in the regulation of telomere maintenance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The Journal of biological chemistry, 295(27), 8958–8971. Cited in: Paul, T., Opresko, P. L., Ha, T., & Myong, S. (2022). Vectorial folding of telomere overhang promotes higher accessibility. Nucleic acids research, 50(11), 6271–6283.

2

Jurikova, K., Gajarsky, M., Hajikazemi, M., Nosek, J., Prochazkova, K., Paeschke, K., Trantirek, L., & Tomaska, L. (2020). Role of folding kinetics of secondary structures in telomeric G-overhangs in the regulation of telomere maintenance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The Journal of biological chemistry, 295(27), 8958–8971. Cited in: Douglas, M. E., & Diffley, J. F. X. (2021). Budding yeast Rap1, but not telomeric DNA, is inhibitory for multiple stages of DNA replication in vitro. Nucleic acids research, 49(10), 5671–5683.

3

Červenák, F., Juríková, K., Devillers, H., Kaffe, B., Khatib, A., Bonnell, E., Sopkovičová, M., Wellinger, R. J., Nosek, J., Tzfati, Y., Neuvéglise, 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(1), 13365. Cited in: Peska, V., Fajkus, P., Bubeník, M., Brázda, V., Bohálová, N., Dvořáček, V., Fajkus, J., & Garcia, S. (2021). Extraordinary diversity of telomeres, telomerase RNAs and their template regions in Saccharomycetaceae. Scientific reports, 11(1), 12784.

4

Červenák, F., Juríková, K., Sepšiová, R., Neboháčová, M., Nosek, J., Tomáška, Ľ.: Double-stranded telomeric DNA binding proteins: Diversity matters. Cell Cycle. 2017. 16 (17): 1568-1577; Cited in: Malyavko, A.N. - Petrova, O.A., Zvereva, M.I.,Dontsova, O.A.: Scientific Reports. 2019. 9 (1).

5

Červenák, F., Juríková, K., Sepšiová, R., Neboháčová, M., Nosek, J., Tomáška, Ľ.: Double-stranded telomeric DNA binding proteins: Diversity matters. Cell Cycle. 2017. 16 (17): 1568-1577; Cited in: Laudadio, I., Carissimi, C., Fulci, V.: Cell Cycle. 2019. 18 (10): 1056-1067.

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

MSCA-IF-101032702: Marie-Skłodowska Curie Actions (MSCA-Individual Fellowships) - CytoTERRA: Elucidating the function of telomeric transcripts in the cytoplasm of ALT osteosarcoma cells. Program H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions.[09/2021-08/2023; principal investigator]

2

MSCA+1 project CytoTERRA. MSCA+1 Action, UniTrento Internal Call 2023. [09/2023 - 08/2024; principal 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; participating investigator]

4

APVV-15-0022 - Nucleo-protein interactions as a basis for maintenance of genomic stability.Slovak Research and Development Agency. [07/2016-31/2019; participating investigator]

5

KEGA 009UK-4/2016 Innovative forms of education at secondary schools (participating 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 2018 - present
Member of the society RNA Society 2020 - present
Evaluator of Grants for young scientists CU Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava 2018-2019
Member of the society Genetics Society of America 2021 - present
Leader of the authors' collective of biology olympiad Slovak Commission for Biology Olympiad 2023 - present
active participant European Year of Youth: panel on research and innovation policies with European Commissioner Mariya Gabriel 2022
Co-organizer Trento RNA Salon 2021-2023
Member of the society Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) 2023 - present

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)
CIBIO, University of Trento Via Sommarive 9, Trento, Italy 10/09/2019 – 28/02/2020 SAIA Travel Grant
Stowers Institute of Medical Research 1000 E 50 St, Kansas City, MO, USA 11/09/2015 – 14/02/2016 Fulbright scholarship
Centre for Genomic Regulation Carrer del Dr. Aiguader, 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain 04/09/2013 – 04/11/2013 SPP Foundation scholarship
Centre for Genomic Regulation Carrer del Dr. Aiguader, 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain 04/09/2013 – 04/11/2013 SPP Foundation scholarship

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned
  • organising of Summer school in genetics for high school students
  • participation in the International Biology Olympiad as a jury member or Slovak delegation leader (2016, 2017, 2019, 2022)
Date of last update
2024-09-13