Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. Katarína Procházková, 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
Procházková
I.2 - Name
Katarína
I.3 - Degrees
Mgr. PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1983
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
research fellow
I.8 - E-mail address
katarina.prochazkova@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/5808
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Biology
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0003-4147-6577

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 Bratislav, Faculty of Natural Science
II.b - Year
2004
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 Bratislav, Faculty of Natural Science
II.b - Year
2006
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 Bratislav, Faculty of Natural Science
II.b - Year
2010
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
Research fellow Comenius University in Bratislav, Faculty of Natural Science 2011-present

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
Summer school in bioinformatics Faculty of mathematics physics and informatics 2011

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 I. Biology
Bachelor Thesis in Genetics Biology I. Biology
Advanced laboratory practicals in genetics 1 Genetics II. Biology
Pre-diploma practice Genetics II. Biology
Diploma thesis (1) & (2) Genetics II. 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.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)
2
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
2
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
10
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
4
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
Principles of work with scientific literature Biology I. Biology
Elective practice in genetics Biology I. Biology
Methods in Molecular and Cellular Biology Biochemistry I. Chemistry
Diploma thesis practicals (1) & (2) Genetics II. Biology
Selected topics from genetics Genetics II. 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
30
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
6
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
11
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
4
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
89
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
16
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
89
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
16
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Novel subfamily of mitochondrial HMG box-containing proteins: functional analysis of Gcf1p from Candida albicans. Visacka K, Gerhold JM, Petrovicova J, Kinsky S, Jõers P, Nosek J, Sedman J, Tomaska L. Microbiology (Reading). 2009 Apr;155(Pt 4):1226-1240.

2

Synergism of the two Myb domains of Tay1 protein results in high affinity binding to telomeres. Visacka K, Hofr C, Willcox S, Necasova I, Pavlouskova J, Sepsiova R, Wimmerova M, Simonicova L, Nosek J, Fajkus J, Griffith JD, Tomaska L. J Biol Chem. 2012 Sep 14;287(38):32206-15.

3

Replication intermediates of the linear mitochondrial DNA of Candida parapsilosis suggest a common recombination based mechanism for yeast mitochondria. Gerhold JM, Sedman T, Visacka K, Slezakova J, Tomaska L, Nosek J, Sedman J. J Biol Chem. 2014 Aug 15;289(33):22659-22670.

4

Mitochondrial nucleoids from the yeast Candida parapsilosis: expansion of the repertoire of proteins associated with mitochondrial DNA. Miyakawa I, Okamuro A, Kinsky S, Visacka K, Tomaska L, Nosek J. Microbiology (Reading). 2009 May;155(Pt 5):1558-1568.

5

Mitochondrial HMG-Box Containing Proteins: From Biochemical Properties to the Roles in Human Diseases. Vozáriková V, Kunová N, Bauer JA, Frankovský J, Kotrasová V, Procházková K, Džugasová V, Kutejová E, Pevala V, Nosek J, Tomáška Ľ. Biomolecules. 2020 Aug 16;10(8):1193.

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

Mitochondrial HMG-Box Containing Proteins: From Biochemical Properties to the Roles in Human Diseases. Vozáriková V, Kunová N, Bauer JA, Frankovský J, Kotrasová V, Procházková K, Džugasová V, Kutejová E, Pevala V, Nosek J, Tomáška Ľ. Biomolecules. 2020 Aug 16;10(8):1193.

2

Commentary: Single-stranded telomere-binding protein employs a dual rheostat for binding affinity and specificity that drives function. Tomáška Ĺ, Nosek J, Sepšiová R, Červenák F, Juríková K, Procházková K, Neboháčová M, Willcox S, Griffith JD. Front Genet. 2019 Jan 15;9:742.

3

Role of folding kinetics of secondary structures in telomeric G-overhangs in the regulation of telomere maintenance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Jurikova K, Gajarsky M, Hajikazemi M, Nosek J, Prochazkova K, Paeschke K, Trantirek L, Tomaska L. J Biol Chem. 2020 Jul 3;295(27):8958-8971.

4

The yeast mitochondrial succinylome: Implications for regulation of mitochondrial nucleoids Frankovsky J, Keresztesová B, Bellová J, Kunová N, Čanigová N, Hanakova K, Bauer JA, Ondrovičová G, Lukáčová V, Siváková B, Zdrahal Z, Pevala V, Procházková K, Nosek J, Baráth P, Kutejova E, Tomaska L. Journal of Biological Chemistrythis link is disabled, 2021, 297(4), 101155

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

Mitochondrial nucleoids from the yeast Candida parapsilosis: expansion of the repertoire of proteins associated with mitochondrial DNA. Miyakawa I, Okamuro A, Kinsky S, Visacka K, Tomaska L, Nosek J. Microbiology (Reading). 2009 May;155(Pt 5):1558-1568. Cited in: Chakraborty, A. - Lyonnais, S. - Battistini, F. - Hospital, A. - Medici, G. - Prohens, R. - Orozco, M. - Vilardell, J. - Sola, M.: Nucleic Acids Research, Vol. 45, No. 2, 2017, s. 951-967

2

Novel subfamily of mitochondrial HMG box-containing proteins: functional analysis of Gcf1p from Candida albicans. Visacka K, Gerhold JM, Petrovicova J, Kinsky S, Jõers P, Nosek J, Sedman J, Tomaska L. Microbiology (Reading). 2009 Apr;155(Pt 4):1226-1240. Cited in: Hamaji, T. - Kawai-Toyooka, H. - Toyoda, A. - Minakuchi, Y. - Suzuki, M. - Fujiyama, A. - Nozaki, H. - Smith, D.R.: Genome Biology and Evolution, Vol. 9, No. 4, 2017, s. 993-999.

3

Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model for the study of extranuclear functions of mammalian telomerase. Simonicova L, Dudekova H, Ferenc J, Prochazkova K, Nebohacova M, Dusinsky R, Nosek J, Tomaska L. Curr Genet. 2015 Nov;61(4):517-27.

4

Synergism of the two Myb domains of Tay1 protein results in high affinity binding to telomeres. Visacka K, Hofr C, Willcox S, Necasova I, Pavlouskova J, Sepsiova R, Wimmerova M, Simonicova L, Nosek J, Fajkus J, Griffith JD, Tomaska L. J Biol Chem. 2012 Sep 14;287(38):32206-15. Cited in: Peska, V. - Garcia, S.: Frontiers in Plant Science, Vol. 11, February, 2020, Art. No. 117.

5

Replication intermediates of the linear mitochondrial DNA of Candida parapsilosis suggest a common recombination based mechanism for yeast mitochondria. Gerhold JM, Sedman T, Visacka K, Slezakova J, Tomaska L, Nosek J, Sedman J. J Biol Chem. 2014 Aug 15;289(33):22659-22670. Cited in: Ramachandran, A. - Nandakumar, D. - Deshpande, A.P. - Lucas, T.P. - R-Bhojappa, R. - Tang, G.-Q. - Raney, K. - Yin, Y.W. - Patel, S.S.: Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 291, No. 32, 2016, s. 16828-16839.

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

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

2

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; participating investigator]

3

APVV-18-0239 Non-conventional applications of emerging sequencing technologies in comparative and functional genomics (2019-2023,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

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)
Institute of Molecular and Cell biology, University of Tartu, Estonia Riia 23, 23b-134, 51010, Tartu, Estonia 2007 (03-06); 2009 (03-04, 10-12); 2010 (02-04) visiting scientist
Chromatin Molecular Complexes, Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, CZ-62500, Czech Republic Kamenice 753/5, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic 2013 (03) visiting scientist

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2024-09-13