Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. RNDr. Marek Mentel, 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
Mentel
I.2 - Name
Marek
I.3 - Degrees
doc. Mgr. RNDr. PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1975
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of biochemistry
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava, Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 842 15 Bratislava 4
I.7 - Position
associate professor
I.8 - E-mail address
marek.mentel@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/4354
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Chemistry; Biology

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
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava
II.b - Year
1998
II.c - Study field and programme
Chemistry, Biochemistry
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava
II.b - Year
2005
II.c - Study field and programme
Biochemistry
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava
II.b - Year
2020
II.c - Study field and programme
Biochemistry
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Ph.D. student at the Department of biochemistry Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava 1998-2002
Assistent professor at the Department of biochemistry Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava 2002-2020
Associate professor at the Department of biochemistry Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava 2020-lasts

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
Ph.D. stay Department of molecular microbiology, Danish Technical University, Lyngby, Denmark 2000
Ph.D. stay Department of molecular microbiology, Danish Technical University, Lyngby, Denmark 2002
Ph.D. stay Department of molecular microbiology, Danish Technical University, Lyngby, Denmark 2004
Visiting scientist Department of biology of cells and organisms, Lund University, Lund, Sweden 2006
Visiting scientist Department of molecular evolution, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany 2006
Visiting scientist Department of cell biochemistry and genetics, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France 2006
PostDoc stay Department of molecular evolution, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany 2007-2008
Visiting scientist Department of molecular evolution, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany 2016
Visiting scientist Department of molecular evolution, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany 2017
Visiting scientist Department of molecular evolution, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany 2018

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
Advanced practical in biochemistry and cell biology Biochemistry II. chemistry
Molecular cell biology 2 biochemistry, genetics II. chemistry, biology
Bachelor thesis in Biochemistry 2 biochemistry I. chemistry
Biochemistry biological chemistry I. chemistry
Bioenergetics biochemistry II. chemistry
Evolutional biology 1 systematics, medicinal biology, biology, bioinformatics I. biology
Diploma thesis in biochemistry 2 biochemistry II. chemistry
Biochemistry 1 chemistry, biochemistry I. chemistry
Biochemistry 2 chemistry, biochemistry I. chemistry
Biochemistry for Teachers teacher preparation of chemistry, teacher preparation of biology I. 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
Biochemistry I. chemistry
Biochemistry (conversion programme) I. 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 (Habilitation procedure) chemistry
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)
1
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
21
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
11
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
Perspectives in biochemistry biochemistry, biology I. chemistry
Structure and Function of Biomolecules biological chemistry, biology I. 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
70
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
24
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
1134
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
622
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
1070
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
564
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

Protein import into hydrogenosomes of Trichomonas vaginalis involves both N-terminal and internal targeting signals: a case study of thioredoxin reductases. Eukaryot Cell. 2008 Oct; 7(10): 1750-1757. 

2

Formation of new chromosomes as a virulence mechanism in yeast Candida glabrata. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Feb 24; 106(8): 2688-93.

3

Biochemistry and evolution of anaerobic energy metabolism in eukaryotes. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 2012 Jun; 76(2): 444-495.

4

The physiology of phagocytosis in the context of mitochondrial origin. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 2017 Jun 14;81(3). pii: e00008-17. doi: 10.1128/MMBR.00008-17. 

5

Yeast Bax Inhibitor (Bxi1p/Ybh3p) Is Not Required for the Action of Bcl-2 Family Proteins on Cell Viability. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Jul 27;24(15):12011. doi: 10.3390/ijms241512011.

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

Oxygen reductases in alphaproteobacterial genomes: Physiological evolution from low to high oxygen environments. Front Microbiol. 2019 Mar 18; 10:499. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00499.

2

Energy metabolism in anaerobic eukaryotes and Earth's late oxygenation. Free Radic Biol Med. 2019 Aug 20; 140:279-294. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.03.030. Epub 2019 Mar 29. PubMed PMID: 30935869.

3

Mitochondria and Anaerobic Energy Metabolism in Eukaryotes: Biochemistry and Evolution; De Gruyter (book): Düsseldorf, Germany, 2021

4

Yeast Bax Inhibitor (Bxi1p/Ybh3p) Is Not Required for the Action of Bcl-2 Family Proteins on Cell Viability. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Jul 27;24(15):12011. doi: 10.3390/ijms241512011.

5

The radical impact of oxygen on prokaryotic evolution-enzyme inhibition first, uninhibited essential biosyntheses second, aerobic respiration third. FEBS Lett. 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1002/1873-3468.14906.

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

Poláková, Silvia - Blume, Christian - Álvarez-Zárete, Julián - Mentel, Marek - Jorck-Ramberg, Dorte - Stenderup, Jorgen - Piškur, Jure. Formation of new chromosomes as a virulence mechanism in yeast Candida glabrata. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Vol. 106, No. 8 (2009), s. 2688-2693.


cited in


Pavelka, N. - Rancati, G. - Zhu, J. - Bradford, W.D. - Saraf, A. - Florens, L. - Sanderson, B.W. - Hattem, G.L. - Li, R.: Nature, Vol. 468, No. 7321, 2010, s. 321-325 

2

Müller, Miklós - Mentel, Marek - van Hellemond, Jaap J. - Henze, Katrin - Woehle, Christian - Gould, Sven B. - Yu, Re-Young - van der Giezen, Mark - Tielens, Aloysius G. M. - Martin,William F. Biochemistry and Evolution of Anaerobic Energy Metabolism in Eukaryotes.In: Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. Vol. 76, No. 2 (2012), s. 444-495. 


and


Mentel, Marek - Röttger, Mayo - Leys, Sally - Tielens, Aloysius G.M. - Martin, William F. Of early animals, anaerobic mitochondria, and a modern sponge. In: BioEssays. Vol. 36, No. 10 (2014), s. 924-932.


cited in


Judson, O.P.: Nature Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 1, No. 6, 2017, Art. No. 0138

3

Martin, William - Tielens, Aloysius G. M. - Mentel, Marek - Garg, Sriram G. - Gould, Sven B. The Physiology of Phagocytosis in the Context of Mitochondrial Origin. In: Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. Vol. 81, No. 3 (2017), Art. No. e00008.


cited in


Eme, L. - Ettema, T.J.G.: Nature, Vol. 562, No. 7727, 2018, s. 352-354 

4

Müller, Miklós - Mentel, Marek - van Hellemond, Jaap J. - Henze, Katrin - Woehle, Christian - Gould, Sven B. - Yu, Re-Young - van der Giezen, Mark - Tielens, Aloysius G. M. - Martin,William F. Biochemistry and Evolution of Anaerobic Energy Metabolism in Eukaryotes.In: Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. Vol. 76, No. 2 (2012), s. 444-495. 


and


Mentel, Marek - Röttger, Mayo - Leys, Sally - Tielens, Aloysius G.M. - Martin, William F. Of early animals, anaerobic mitochondria, and a modern sponge. In: BioEssays. Vol. 36, No. 10 (2014), s. 924-932.


cited in


Reinhard, C.T. - Planavsky, N.J. - Olson, S.L. - Lyons, T.W. - Erwin, D.H.: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 113, No. 32, 2016, s. 8933-8938

5

Müller, Miklós - Mentel, Marek - van Hellemond, Jaap J. - Henze, Katrin - Woehle, Christian - Gould, Sven B. - Yu, Re-Young - van der Giezen, Mark - Tielens, Aloysius G. M. - Martin,William F. Biochemistry and Evolution of Anaerobic Energy Metabolism in Eukaryotes.In: Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. Vol. 76, No. 2 (2012), s. 444-495. 


cited in


Hammarlund, E.U.: Nature Geoscience, Vol. 11, No. 5, 2018, s. 298-299

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

Grant VEGA (1/0459/20) Úloha endoplazmatického retikula a proteínu Ybh3/Bxi1 v bunkovej smrti kvasiniek Saccharomyces cerevisiae. / Role of endoplasmic reticulum and Ybh3/Bxi1 protein in cell death in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Štúdium možnej úlohy potenciálneho kvasinkového "BH3-only" proteínu Ybh3/Bxi1 v bunkovej smrti kvasiniek cez interakcie s rôznymi pro- a anti-apoptotickými proteínmi. / Study of the possible role of potential yeast BH3-only protein Ybh3/Bxi1 in yeast cell death pathways via its interactions with different pro- and anti-apoptotic proteins. (2020-2023) Zástupca zodpovedného riešiteľa/Principal investigator deputy.

2

„European Research Council (ERC) grant number 666053“ s názvom "eMicrobevol"; Štúdium zdanlivej biochemickej rôznorodosti a evolúcii (fakultatívne) anaeróbneho energetického metabolizmu eukaryotov obývajúcich hypoxické a anoxické životné prostredia, kde musia byť schopné uspokojovať svoje energetické požiadavky bez prítomnosti kyslíka. / Evolutionary aspects of energy metabolism of (facultatively) anaerobic eukaryotes in the context of eukaryotes origin and early evolution during Proterozoic eon with very limited oxygen availability. (2015-2019) Člen riešiteľského kolektívu/Team member.

3

Grant VEGA (1/0457/24) Charakterizácia funkcie proteínu Bxi1 v kvasinkách Saccharomyces cerevisiae. / Characterization of the function of the Bxi1 protein in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Pokúšame sa identifikovať bunkové dráhy, ktoré aktivita proteínu Bxi1 ovplyvňuje. / We are trying to identify cellular pathways that Bxi1 protein activity affects. Špecificky sa zameriavame na dráhy odpovede na rôzne formy stresu a na ovplyvňovanie funkcie mitochondrií a vakuol. / We specifically focus on pathways of response to various forms of stress and on influencing the function of mitochondria and vacuoles. Zástupca zodpovedného riešiteľa/Principal investigator deputy.

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
Popularization lectures in Slovakia and Czech republic Gymnázium Jura Hronca (Bratislava); Gymnázium Andreja Sládkoviča (Banská Bystrica); PriF CUNI – Biologické čtvrtky ve Viničné 7 (Praha); Gymnázium bilingválne Žilina (Žilina) 2012-2015
Popularization lectures at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava Teaching chemistry - contemporary problems XVI.; Lecture for the students from the Gymnázium Ivana Kupca v Hlohovci; Open door day lecture at at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava; Lecture for the students from the Gymnázium Andreja Sládkoviča v Krupine. 2012-2013
Popularization lectures at the Comenius University Bratislava Lecture for the students attending the „Zaži deň v koži vysokoškoláka“ project 2018
Work with high school students preparing for the international chemical olympics in Moscow. Department of Biochemistry and chemical section of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University 2013
Supervising the ERASMUS student from Germany Louisa Sonntag; at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University 2013
UNIcert (C1 level) leaving exam commission member Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University 2014-lasts
Commision member for the Ph.D. study programme "Theoretical and evolutionary biology" Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Czech republic 2014-2020
Bachelor degree and Master degree leaving exam commission member Department of Biochemistry; the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University 2013-lasts and 2015-lasts, respectively
Member of the Dissertation Defence Committee Department of Biochemistry; Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University 2024-lasts
Senator for the Department of Biochemistry. Academical senate, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University 2011-lasts

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)
Department of molecular microbiology, Danish Technical University, Lyngby, Denmark. Technical University of Denmark Anker Engelunds Vej 1 Building 101A, Denmark August - December 2000 Invitation by prof. Jure Piškur
Department of molecular microbiology, Danish Technical University, Lyngby, Denmark. Technical University of Denmark Anker Engelunds Vej 1 Building 101A, Denmark February - May 2002 Invitation by prof. Jure Piškur
Department of molecular microbiology, Danish Technical University, Lyngby, Denmark. Technical University of Denmark Anker Engelunds Vej 1 Building 101A, Denmark May - June 2004 Invitation by prof. Jure Piškur
Department of biology of cells and organisms, Lund University, Lund, Sweden Lund University Box 117, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden January 2006 Invitation by prof. Jure Piškur
Department of molecular evolution, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Universitätsstr. 1 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany June 2006 Invitation by prof. Williams F. Martin
Department of cell biochemistry and genetics, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France Université Bordeaux II, 146 Rue Léo Saignat, 33000 Bordeaux, France November 2006 Invitation by Dr. Nadine Camougrand
Department of molecular evolution, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Universitätsstr. 1 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany May 2007 - May 2008 PostDoc stay
Department of molecular evolution, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Universitätsstr. 1 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany February - March 2016 Invitation by prof. Williams F. Martin
Department of molecular evolution, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Universitätsstr. 1 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany June - July 2017 Invitation by prof. Williams F. Martin
Department of molecular evolution, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Universitätsstr. 1 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany June - July 2018 Invitation by prof. Williams F. Martin

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

Awards:

Dean praise for excellent master degree study results, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Slovakia

Slovak national cultural public institution „Literárny fond” (Literary Fund) – award for the book entitled "Mitochondria and Anaerobic Energy Metabolism in Eukaryotes" with the Premium for Scientific and Professional Literature for 2018, in the category of natural and technical sciences in the section for scientific and professional literature and computer programs.

Slovak national cultural public institution „Literárny fond” (Literary Fund) – award for the book entitled "Classical Experiments in Biochemistry – On Uncovering the Molecular Nature of Life" with the Premium for Scientific and Professional Literature for 2023, in the category of biological and medical sciences in the section for scientific and professional literature and computer programs.

Date of last update
2025-03-04