PhD Alumni

	Iuliia Baglaeva (2024) The effect of physiological load and obesity on excitation-contraction coupling of cardiomyocytes; Supervisor: Alexandra Zahradníková Jr. Present position:
	Bogdan Iaparov (2024) Structure-function relationships of dyadic complexes in cardiac myocytes during diastole; Supervisor: Alexandra Zahradníková Present position:
	Simona Kureková (DMCR, 2020) Use of confocal microscopy to evaluate morphological and functional changes of heart cells in Wolfram syndrome; Supervisor: Michal Cagalinec Present position: Research Fellow, Department of Biophysics and Electrophysiology, Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics CBs SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia
	Katarína Macková (DMCR, 2018) Calcium signaling of cardiomyocytes in early postnatal developmental stages; Supervisor: Alexandra Zahradníková; Supervisor-specialist: Alexandra Zahradníková jr. Present position: Postdoctoral Scientist, Eurac Research, Bolzano, Italy; Previous positions: Research Fellow, Department of Biophysics and Electrophysiology, Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics CBs SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia
	Zuzana Nichtova (LCM, 2015) Variability of plasma membrane microdomains of cardiac myocytes induced by isoprenaline; Supervisor: Tatiana Stankovicova; Supervisor-specialist: Marta Novotova Present position: Head of Cardiovascular Unit, Czech Centre for Phenogenomics, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic; Previous positions: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pathology, Anatomy & Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA
	Matej Hotka (LEF, 2015) Variability of the impedance of sarcolemma in cardiac myocytes; Supervisor: Ivan Zahradnik Present position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurophysiology and Neuropharmacology, Centre of Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University Vienna, Austria
	Andrea Faltinova (LMB, 2015) Biophysical mechanisms of regulation of diastolic activity of the ryanodine receptor; Supervisor: Alexandra Zahradnikova Present position: Regional Public Health Authority Bratislava; Slovak representative for EDQM (European Directorate for The Quality of Medicines & Health Care) and PEMSAC (The Platform of European Market Surveillance Authorities for Cosmetics)
	Radoslav Janicek (LMB, 2013) Calcium signaling in cardiac myocytes; Supervisor: Alexandra Zahradnikova Present position: Post-doctoral Student, Department of Physiology , University of Bern, Bühlplatz 5, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland; Previous position: Post-doctoral Student, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
	Miloslav Karhánek (external, 2012) Study of molecular interactions, ion currents and surface effects of nanochannels; Supervisor: Alexandra Zahradníková Present position: Head of Laboratory, Bioinformatics Laboratóry, Biomedical Research Center SAS; Previous position: Stanford University – Spectrum, Senior Software Architect (2009-2016)
	Barbora Tencerova (LMB, 2012) Regulation of activity of ryanodine receptors; Supervisor: Alexandra Zahradnikova Present position: Senior QMS Manager at Lifecare AS, Bergen, Norway; Previous position: Department Engineer at Ocean TuniCell AS, Bergen, Norway; Researcher, Sars International Center for Marine Molecular Biology, Bergen, Norway; Postdoctoral Fellow, Universitetet i Bergen (UiB), Bergen, Hordaland, Norway
	Alexandra Zahradnikova, jr. (LCM, 2009) Local calcium release during excitation-contraction coupling; Supervisor: Marta Novotova Present position: Research Fellow, Department of Cellular Cardiology, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Biomedical Research Center, SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia
	Lucia Tylkova-Skvarkova (LCM, 2009) Cellular adaptation of slow skeletal muscle fibres in mice with blocked expression of the gene for cytosolic and mitochondrial creatine kinase; Supervisor: Marta Novotova Present position: Researcher, Institute of Virology, Biomedical Research Center, SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia
	Julius Parulek (LEF, 2008) Problem-solving environment for stereology-based implicit modeling of muscle cells; Supervisor-specialist: Ivan Zahradnik Present position: Principal Analyst IT, Equinor, Bergen (2018-); Previous position: Senior Software Engineer, CodeLab Bergen (2017-2018); Adjunct Associate Professor a Post-doctoral Student, Department of Informatics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway (2008-2018)
	Eva Polakova (LMB, 2008) Excitation-contraction coupling in cardiac myocytes; Supervisor: Alexandra Zahradnikova Present position: Engineer, Google; Previous position: Scientific Programmer, NEBION AG, Zurich, Switzerland; Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; Postdoctoral Fellow, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA
	Pavel Novak (LEF, 2006) Measurement of passive electrical parameters of cardiac myocytes; Supervisor: Ivan Zahradnik Present position: Research Engineer, Optos, Edinburgh, Scotland (2021-); Previous position: ICAPPIC LIMITED, Director of Software Development, London, England (2019-2021); Lecturer, Centre for Biomedical Engineering and Materials, School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary, University of London (2013-2018); Postdoctoral Research Associate, Imperial College London (2007-2013)
	Zuzana Kubalova (LMB, 2005) Ion channels in excitation-contraction coupling; Supervisor: Alexandra Zahradnikova Present position: CEO, ABC Monitoring, s.r.o., Modra, Slovakia; Senior Clinical Research Associate, sanofi-aventis (2010-); Previous position: Clinical Research Associate, Lead Clinical Research Associate, Novartis (2007-2010); Research Associate, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA (2004-2006), International Visiting Scholar, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center,Lubbock, TX, USA (2002-2004)
	Michaela Pavlovicova (LCM, 2003) Stereological analysis of the relationships between organelles of muscle cells and their adaptation to creatine kinase deficit; Supervisor: Marta Novotova Present position: nature conservation -CITES
	Miroslav Dura (LMB, 2003) Molecular mechanisms of ryanodine receptor gating; Supervisor: Alexandra Zahradnikova Present position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Unit for Cellular Biophysics and Translational Cardiology, University Medical Center Goettingen, Germany(2010-); Previous position: Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA (2002-2010)
	Igor Minarovic (LMB, 1999) Interaction of antidepressants with cardiac L-type calcium channels; Supervisors: Ivan Zahradnik, Alexandra Zahradnikova Present position: Chairman of the Board of Directors, Co-Founder, Cooperative of Pharmacies, Zilina, Slovakia; PharmINFO – partner
	Jana Pavelkova (LEF, 1998) Analysis of calcium currents of contracting cardiomyocytes using mathematical modelling; Supervisor: Ivan Zahradnik Present position: Research Fellow, Department of Cellular Cardiology, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Biomedical Research Center, SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia
	Katarina Stroffekova (LEF, 1997) The relationships between gating charge and calcium concentration in skeletal muscle; Supervisor: Ivan Zahradnik Present position: Associate Professor, Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Safarik University, Kosice, Slovakia; Previous position: Assistant Professor, Utah State University, UT, USA (2004-2009); Postdoctoral Fellow, Colorado State University, USA (1998-2003)