Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
RNDr. Marcel Zámocký, 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

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Zamocky
I.2 - Name
Marcel
I.3 - Degrees
RNDr., PhD., DrSc.
I.4 - Year of birth
1965
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Laboratory of Bioinorganic chemistry, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova 6, 84215 Bratislava, Slovakia
I.7 - Position
Lecturer in Biological Inorganic Chemistry
I.8 - E-mail address
marcel.zamocky@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://uniba.sk/nc/ludia/zamocky2
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Bioinorganic chemistry
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-2443-2823

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University
II.b - Year
1983-1986
II.c - Study field and programme
General biochemistry
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University Bratislava
II.b - Year
1988
II.c - Study field and programme
General Biochemistry
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
University Vienna
II.b - Year
1995
II.c - Study field and programme
Biochemistry and molecular cell biology
II.4 - Associate professor
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Slovak Academy of Sciences
II.b - Year
2015
II.c - Study field and programme
Microbiology

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Research group leader Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Molecular Biology 2013-
Lecturer Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Inorganic Chemistry 2023-
Principal investigator University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Vienna, Austria 2007-2022
University Vienna Principal investigator 2018-2021
researcher Research Centre Applied Biocatalysis, Graz Austria 2005-2007

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
Bioinorganic chemistry Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava 2023

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
Bioinorganic chemistry Bachelor of 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.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)
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)
9
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
Bioinorganic chemistry Biological chemistry bachelor

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
116
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
113
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
29
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
5323
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2060
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
3366
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
1512
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
4
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Savelli, B., Li, Q., Webber, M., Jemmat, A.M., Robitaille, A., Zamocky, M., Mathé, C., Dunand, C., RedoxiBase: A database for ROS homeostasis regulated proteins. Redox Biology (2019) 26, 101247, citations WOS/Scopus 60/64. Online bioinformatic database focused mainly on all antioxidant enzymes based on sequencing of various genomes. Prediction of structures and active centers possible. Mostly metalloproteins.

2

Gomes, M.P., Akiyama Kitamura, R.S., Marques, R.Z., Barbato, M.L., Zámocký, M., The Role of H2O2-Scavenging Enzymes (Ascorbate Peroxidase and Catalase) in the Tolerance of Lemna minor to Antibiotics: Implications for Phytoremediation. Antioxidants-Basel (2022) 11, 151, citations according to WOS/Scopus 25/24.


3

Zámocký, M., Kamlárová, A., Maresch, D., Chovanová, K., Harichová, J., Furtmüller, P.G., Hybrid Heme Peroxidases from Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae Involved in Defence against Oxidative Stress. Antoxidants - Basel (2020) 9, 655, citations 8. Biophysical and biochemical investigations of a typical representative of novel subfamily of hybrid B heme peroxidases from a phytopathogenic fungus.

4

Zamocky, M., Furtmüller, P.G., Obinger, C., Evolution of catalases from bacteria to humans, published in Antioxidants and Redox Signaling (2008) 10, 1527-1547, citations WOS/Scopus: 311/353. Reconstruction of the molecular evolution of tree antioxidant enzyme families of catalases.

5

Zámocký, M., Hofbauer, S., Schaffner, I., Gasselhuber, B., Nicolussi, A., Soudi, M., Pirker, K.F., Furtmüller, P.G., Obinger, C., Independent evolution of four heme peroxidase superfamilies. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics (2015) 574, 108-119, citations WOS/Scopus 150/163.

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

Zámocký, M., Ferianc, P., Discovering the deep evolutionary roots of serum amyloid A protein family, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (2023) 252, 126537. Robust phylogenomic analysis of a medically important protein family. Citated 1-times according to WOS/Scopus.

2

Poljovka, A., Musil, M., Bednář, D., Chovanová, K., Bauerová-Hlinková, V., Bellová, J., Kohútová, L., Baráth, P., Zámocký, M., Comparison of Fungal Thermophilic and Mesophilic Catalase-Peroxidases for Their Antioxidative Properties, Antioxidants - Basel (2023) 12, 1382. Biophysical and biochemical investigation and characterization of unique bifunctional heme enzymes.

3

Gomes, M.P., Akiyama Kitamura, R.S., Marques, R.Z., Barbato, M.L., Zámocký, M., The Role of H2O2-Scavenging Enzymes (Ascorbate Peroxidase and Catalase) in the Tolerance of Lemna minor to Antibiotics: Implications for Phytoremediation. Antioxidants-Basel (2022) 11, 151, 25 citations.

4

Zámocký, M., Kamlárová, A., Maresch, D., Chovanová, K., Harichová, J., Furtmüller, P.G., Hybrid Heme Peroxidases from Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae Involved in Defence against Oxidative Stress. Antoxidants - Basel (2020) 9, 655, citations 8. Biophysical and biochemical investigations of a typical representative of novel subfamily of hybrid B heme peroxidases from a phytopathogenic fungus.

5

Jardim-Messeder, D., Zámocký, M., Sachetto-Martins, G., Margis-Pinheiro, M., Chloroplastic ascorbate peroxidases targeted to stroma or thylakoid membrane: The chicken or egg dilemma, FEBS Letters (2022), 596, 2989-3004, intracellular localization of plant antioxidant enzymes.

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

Evolution of catalases from bacteria to humans. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling (2008) 10, 1527-1547, citations WOS/Scopus 311/333.

2

Regulation of catalase expression in healthy and cancerous cells. Free Radical Biology and Medicine (2015) 87, 84-97, citations 159/171

3

The peroxidase-cyclooxygenase superfamily: reconstructed evolution of critical enzymes of the innate immune system. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics (2008) 72, 589-605, citations 133/134.

4

Molecular evolution of hydrogen peroxide degrading enzymes. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics (2012) 525, 131-144, citations 113/113.

5

Independent evolution of four heme peroxidase superfamilies. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics (2015) 574, 108-119, citations 150/163.

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

Hybrid heme peroxidases of fungi from primeval forest with application in environmental biotechnologies, APVV-20-0284, 2021-2025, principal investigator for the whole project.

2

Molecular Evolution of Heme Peroxidases from Cephalochordata, FWF Austria P 31707, 2018-2021, principal investigator & project leader at University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna, Austria.

3

Dešifrovanie ancestrálnych sekvencií hémových kataláz pre rekonštrukciu ich evolúcie najmä v patogénoch a výber jedinečných kandidátov pre syntetickú biológiu, VEGA 2/0012/22, 2022-2025, zodpovedný riešiteľ za celý projekt

4

Hybridné, lignolytické a verzatilné hémové peroxidázy z askomycétnych a bazidiomycétnych húb , VEGA 2/0061/18, 2018-2021, 45240€, zodpovedný riešiteľ za celý projekt

5

Strom a krajina – vplyv drevín na diverzitu pôdnych mikroorganizmov v poľnohospodárskej krajine, APVV-20-0257, 2021-2025, 210000€, zodpovedný riešiteľ za UMB SAV, v.v.i

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
Group leader, principal investigator Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Molecular Biology 2013-
Lecturer Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava 2023-

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)
Technical University of Vienna Getreidemarkt Wien, Austria 2018 visiting scientist

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

Expert annotator in Redoxibase - international sequence database on oxidoreductases https://peroxibase.toulouse.inra.fr 18,270 enzymes from 2651 organisms.

Date of last update
2024-06-05