I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname

Tomáška

I.2 - Name

Ľubomír

I.3 - Degrees

prof. RNDr. DrSc.

I.4 - Year of birth

1966

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

Professor

I.8 - E-mail address

lubomir.tomaska@uniba.sk

I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/4474

I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university

Biology

I.11 - ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4886-1910

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

at the time the higher education was not divided into three degrees

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

1989

II.c - Study field and programme

Molecular biology and 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

1994

II.c - Study field and programme

Genetics

II.4 - Associate professor

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences

II.b - Year

1998

II.c - Study field and programme

Genetics

II.5 - Professor

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences

II.b - Year

2008

II.c - Study field and programme

Genetics

II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences

II.b - Year

2006

II.c - Study field and programme

Molecular biology

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position	III.b - Institution	III.c - Duration
Professor	Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences	2008-present
Head of the Department of Genetics	Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences	2004-present
Associate Professor	Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences	1998-2008
Assistant Professor	Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences	1994-1998
Lecturer (Assistant)	Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences	1990-1994

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, 2023, 2024
Course on managerial skills	Life Sciences Center, Comenius University in Bratislava	2005
Advanced Research Workshop: Science Education: Talent Recruitment and Public Understanding, Eger, Hungary	NATO-UNESCO	2004

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, Medicinal biology, Boinformatics	I.	Biology, Informatics
Evolutionary biology	Biology, Medicinal biology, Boinformatics	I.	Biology, Informatics
Bachelor thesis from genetics	Biology, Medicinal biology	I.	Biology
Molecular biology of the cell 1 & 2	Genetics, Biochemistry	II.	Biology, Chemistry
Advanced genetics 3: Quantitative, population and behavioural genetics	Genetics	II.	Biology
Pre-diploma practice	Genetics	II.	Biology
Diploma thesis 1 & 2	Genetics	II.	Biology
Advanced seminar 2	Genetics	II.	Biology
Current topics in genetics	Genetics	III.	Biology
Advanced methods in genetics	Genetics	III.	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.2.a - Name of the study programme	V.2.b - Degree	V.2.c - Field of study
Genetics	II.	Biology
Genetics	III.	Biology
Bioinformatics	I.	Informatics

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
Biology	Biology

V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses

V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses

V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)

V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)

V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)

V.4.2 - Number of defended theses

V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)

V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)

V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)

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
General biology	Biology, Medicinal biology, Bioinformatics	I.	Biology
Perspectives in biology	Biology, Medicinal biology	I.	Biology
Genetics 1	Biological chemistry	I.	Biology, Chemistry
Principles of work with scientific literature	Biology, Medicinal biology	I.	Biology
Applied genetics	Genetics	II.	Biology
Frontiers in genetics and molecular biology (till 2023)	Genetics	II	Biology
Diploma thesis practicals 1 & 2	Genetics	II.	Biology
Special seminar to diploma thesis 1 & 2	Genetics	II.	Biology
Genomics	Genetics, Biochemistry	II.	Biology, Chemistry
Genetics for PhD. students 1 & 2	Genetics	III.	Biology
PhD seminar in genetics 1-3	Genetics	III.	Biology
Biology (till 2021)	Biology, Medicinal biology, Bioinformatics	I.	Biology, Informatics
Elective practice in genetics	Biology, Medicinal Biology	I.	Biology

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

453

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

131

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1.a - Overall

3352 [according to Google Scholar]

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

1230 [according to Google Scholar]

VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

2219

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

844

VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

Frankovský, J., Keresztesová, B., Bellová, J., Kunová, N., Čanigová, N., Hanáková, K., Bauer, J.A., Ondrovičová, G., Lukáčová, V., Siváková, B., Zdrahal, Z., Pevala, V., Procházková, K., Nosek, J., Baráth, P., Kutejová, E., Tomáška, Ľ.* (2021). The yeast mitochondrial succinylome: Implications for regulation of mitochondrial nucleoids. Journal of Biological Chemistry 297: 101155. [*corresponding author; Nature Index journal]

Juríková, K., Gajarský, M., Hajikazemi, M., Nosek, J., Procházková, K., Paeschke, K., Trantírek, L., Tomáška, Ľ.* (2020). Role of folding kinetics of secondary structures in telomeric G-overhangs in the regulation of telomere maintenance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Biological Chemistry 295(27): 8958-8971. [*corresponding author; Nature Index journal]

Gunišová, S., Elboher, E., Nosek, J., Gorkovoy, V., Brown, Y., Lucier, J.-F., Laterreur, N., Wellinger, R.J., Tzfati, Y., Tomáška, Ľ.* (2009). Identification and comparative analysis of telomerase RNAs from Candida species reveal conservation of functional elements. RNA 15(4): 546-559. [*corresponding author]

Tomáška, Ľ., Nosek, J., Kramara, J., Griffith, J.D. (2009). Telomeric circles: universal players in telomere maintenance? Nature Structural and Molecular Biology 16(10): 1010-1016. [Nature Index journal]

Kucejová, B., Kucej, M., Petrezsélyová, S., Abelovská, L., Tomáška, Ľ.* (2005). A screen for nigericin-resistant yeast mutants revealed genes controlling mitochondrial volume and mitochondrial cation homeostasis. Genetics 171(2): 517-526. [*corresponding author]

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

Frankovský, J., Vozáriková, V., Nosek, J., Tomáška, Ľ.* (2021). Mitochondrial protein phosphorylation in yeast revisited. Mitochondrion 57: 148-162. [*corresponding author]

Tomáška, Ľ., Cesare, A.J., AlTurki, T.M., Griffith, J.D. (2020). Twenty years of t-loops: a case study for the importance of collaboration in molecular biology. DNA Repair 94: 102901.

Brejová, B., Vozáriková, V., Agarský, I., Derková, H., Fedor, M., Harmanová, D., Kis, L., Korman, A., Pašen, M., Brázdovič, F., Vinař, T., Nosek, J., Tomáška, Ľ.* (2023). y-mtPTM: Yeast mitochondrial post-translational modification database. Genetics 224: iyad087. [*corresponding author]

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

Gunišová, S., Elboher, E., Nosek, J., Gorkovoy, V., Brown, Y., Lucier, J.-F., Laterreur, N., Wellinger, R.J., Tzfati, Y., Tomáška, Ľ. (2009). Identification and comparative analysis of telomerase RNAs from Candida species reveal conservation of functional elements. RNA 15(4): 546-559.

Cited in: Tang, W., Kannan, R., Blanchette, M., Baumann, P. (2012). Telomerase RNA biogenesis involves sequential binding by Sm and Lsm complexes. Nature 484(7393): 260-264.

Tomáška, Ľ., Willcox, S., Slezáková, J., Nosek, J., and Griffith, J.D. (2004). Taz1 binding to a fission yeast model telomere: formation of telomeric loops and higher order structures. Journal of Biological Chemistry 279: 50764-50772.

Cited in: Dreesen, O., Li, B., and Cross, G.A.M. (2007). Telomere structure and function in trypanosomes: a proposal. Nature Reviews in Microbiology 5(1): 70-75

Kucejová, B., Kucej, M., Petrezsélyová, S., Abelovská, L., Tomáška, Ľ. (2005). A screen for nigericin-resistant yeast mutants revealed genes controlling mitochondrial volume and mitochondrial cation homeostasis. Genetics 171: 517-526.

Cited in: Chen, X.J., Butow, R.A. (2005). The organization and inheritance of the mitochondrial genome. Nature Reviews Genetics 6: 815-825.

Kramara, J., Willcox, S., Gunišová, S., Kinský, S., Nosek, J., Griffith, J.D., Tomáška, Ľ. (2010). Tay1 protein: A novel yeast telomere-binding factor from Yarrowia lipolytica. Journal of Biological Chemistry 285(49): 38078-38092.

Cited in: Hu, Y., Tareen, A., Sheu, Y.-Y., Ireland, W.T., Speck, C., Li, H., Joshua-Tor, L., Kinney, J.B., Stillman, B. (2020). Evolution of DNA replication origin specification and gene silencing. Nature Communications 11(1): 5175.

Tomáška, Ľ., Nosek, J., Kar, A., Willcox, S., Griffith, J.D. (2019). A new view of the t-loop junction: implications for self-primed telomere extension, expansion of disease-related nucleotide repeat blocks, and telomere evolution. Frontiers in Genetics 10: 792.

Cited in: Mazzucco, G., Huda, A., Galli, M., Piccini, D., Giannattasio, M., Pessina, F., Doksani, Y. (2020). Telomere damage induces internal loops that generate telomeric circles. Nature Communications 11(1): 5297

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

APVV-19-0068 - Exploring yest biodiversity for uncovering novel mechanisms of telomere maintenance of eukaryotic chromosomes. Slovak Research and Development Agency. [07/2020-06/2024; principal investigator]

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; principal investigator]

1R01ES031635-01 - R-loops at the telomere as a toxic source of genomic instability. National Institutes of Health, USA [05/2020-01/2025; principal investigator for the Slovak part of the project; principal investigator of the project: prof. Jack D. Griffith, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA]

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

VEGA 1/0031/24 - Mitochondria as signalling centers of eukaryotic cells . Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic. [01/2024-12/2027; principal 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
Editorial Board member	Current Genetics (Springer-Verlag)	2005-present
Senior Editor	FEMS Yeast Research (Oxford Academic)	2012-present
Committee Member	International Conferences on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology	2003-present
Scientific Board Member	Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava	2007-present
Scientific Board Member	Institute of Molecular Biology, Slovak Academy of Sciences	2018-present
Member of the study field committee (genetics)	Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia	2017-present
Member of the study field committee (genomics and proteomics)	Masaryk University, Brno, Czech republic	2019-present
Member of the society	Genetic Society of America	2004-present
Member of the society	Gregor Mendel Genetic Society	1998-present (member of the Board since 2015)
Member of the society	Slovak learned society	2021-present (since 2022 member of the Board of the society)

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)
Cornell University	Ithaca, New York, USA	1990-1993	visiting scientist
Institut Curie	Paris-Orsay, France	1994 (02-03), 1995 (08-09)	visiting scientist
Leiden University	Leiden, The Netherlands	2001 (09-10)	visiting scientist
University of North Carolina	Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA	1999 (09-12), 2000 (06-08), 2002 (07-08), 2003 (07-08), 2004 (07-08), 2006 (07-08), 2007 (07), 2009 (07-08), 2010 (07-08), 2014 (08)	visiting scientist

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

Researcher ID: I-3071-2014

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.sk/citations?user=Un79e18AAAAJ&hl=sk

Personal web page containing other information: http://www.biocenter.sk/lt.html

Selected peer-reviewed international publications on university education:

Tomáška, Ľ. (2022). Let’s bring games into the classroom. EMBO Reports 23(11): e55730.
Juríková, K., Sepšiová, R., Džugasová, V., Tomáška, Ľ., Ševčovičová, A. (2022). Implementing CRISPR-Cas9 yeast practicals into biology curricula. The CRISPR Journal 5(2): 181-186.
Brzáčová, Z., Peťková, M., Veljačiková, K., Zajíčková, T., Tomáška, Ľ. (2021). Reconstruction of human genome evolution in yeast: An educational primer for use with "Systematic humanization of the yeast cytoskeleton discerns functionally replaceable from divergent human genes". Genetics 219(2): iyab118.
Ferenc, J., Červenák, F., Birčák, E., Juríková, K., Goffová, I., Gorilák, P., Huraiová, B., Plavá, J., Demecsová, L., Ďuríková, N., Galisová, V., Gazdarica, M., Puškár, M., Nagy, T., Nagyová, S., Mentelová, L., Slaninová, M., Ševčovicová, A., Tomáška, Ľ. (2018). Intentionally flawed manuscripts as means for teaching students to critically evaluate scientific papers. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Education 46(1): 22-30.
Tomáška, Ľ., Nosek, J. (2018). Ten simple rules for writing a cover letter to accompany a job application for an academic position. PloS Computational Biology 14(5): e1006132.
Tomáška, Ľ. (2011). Training biology's new romantics. The challenge of educating young biologists to keep up with the pace of modern molecular biology. EMBO Reports 12(5): 398-400.
Tomáška, Ľ. (2007). Teaching how to prepare a manuscript by means of re-writing published scientific papers. Genetics 175: 17-20.
Tomáška, Ľ. (2007). Teaching undergraduates to write scientific papers. ASMBM Today 7(5): 20-21.
Tomáška, Ľ. (2000). Increasing student involvement in lectures by error-prone talks. Biochemistry & Mol. Biol. Education 28(5): 242-243.

Educational grant project (principal investigator):

UNESCO-ROSTE (875.847.5) TalNet: Workshop for boosting a systematic search of talents for life sciences in Eastern Europe. [2005]
KEGA (3/3021/05) TalNet: Network for a systematic search of talents for biomedical sciences [2005-2007]
APVV-LPP (LPP-0063-07). Motivation of high-school students for life sciences using combination of selective and non-selective popularization activities [2008-2010]

ESET Science Award in the category "Outstanding Academic in Slovakia" (2022)

Date of last update

2025-03-18

Name and surname:	prof. RNDr. Ľubomír Tomáška, DrSc.
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