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Marcela Morvová Jr.

RNDr. Marcela Morvová Jr., PhD.

  • maternity leave since 2021 - september 2025
  • lecturer and researcher at Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics since September 2015
  • Advanced Team Based Learning lecturer (certificate from New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA) since 2018 

Secondments: 

  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Tennessee, USA)
  • Crosscare Ltd. (Dublin, Ireland)
  • University of California San Diego (San Diego, USA)

Schools and courses:

  • Training School on Multimodal Optical Imaging (September 2019, Trnava, Slovakia), certificate
  • XXI. International School of Pure and Applied Biophysics - Time Resolved Methods in Biophysics (January 2017, Venice, Italy), certificate
  • Workshop on Light-Based Technologies (September 2015, Trnava, Slovakia), certificate
  • School of Biophotonics (May 2014, UPJS, Košice, Slovakia), certificate
  • Summer school of HPLC (June 2013, STU, Bratislava, Slovakia), certificate

Awards:

  • 2017 Best Poster Award in Applied Natural Sciences  - „Young scientists – Future of Science“, diploma
  • 2014 Interactive conference for young scientics (Preveda), diploma
  • 2012 Interactive conference for young scientics (Preveda), diploma

Methods:

  • UV/VIS Absorption Spectroscopy
  • ATPase activity measurements
  • Lowry method for Protein Quantitation
  • Thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) assay - method to detect lipid oxidation - malondialdehyde
  • Fluorescence Spectroscopy
  • membrane fluidity measurements
  • transmembrane potential measurements
  • High Performance Liquid Chromatography

Publication Web of Science Core Collection metrics: (as of March 11, 2026)

  • H-Index: 7
  • Publications: 17
  • Sum of Times Cited (without self-citations): 96
  • Citing Articles (without self-citations): 88

 

 

Projects

Current projects:

2025 - 2029 APVV-24-0167: Crossroads of Adaptation and Resistance: Exploring Endoplamic Reticulum Stress Responses in Cancer and Microbial Systems (Principal investigator: doc. Ing. Petra Olejníková, PhD., Slovak University of Technology)

2026 - 2029 VEGA 1/0307/26 Zvýšenie účinnosti azolových antifungálnych látok cieleným zásahom do lipidového metabolizmu patogénnych húb (Principal investigator: doc. Ing. Petra Olejníková, PhD., Slovak University of Technology)

Past projects:

KEGA 041UK-4/2020: Odborná príprava klinického a biomedicínskeho fyzika - implementácia nových technológií biomedicíny a metód aktívneho učenia (Principal investigator: doc. RNDr. Iveta Waczulíková, PhD., Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics Comenius University)

NAWA International Academic Partnership Programme: EUROPARTNER: Strengthening and spreading international partnership activities of the Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection for interdisciplinary research and innovation of the University of Lodz

SK-BY-RD-19-0019: Analysis of Interaction between Amphiphilic Dendrons and Biological Systems (Principal investigator: doc. RNDr. Iveta Waczulíková, PhD., Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics Comenius University)

VEGA 01/0136/18: Diagnostický potenciál monitorovania fluorescenčných charakteristík telových tekutín a analýzy extracelulárnych mikrovezikúl u nádorových ochorení urogenitálneho systému (Principal investigator: RNDr. Milan Zvarík, PhD., Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics Comenius University)

VEGA 01/0697/18: Možnosti hľadania nových špecifických miest zásahu pre antifunglne aktívne zlúčeniny (Principal investigator: doc. Ing. Petra Olejníková, PhD., Slovak University of Technology)

APVV-15-0119: Study of endogenous compensatory mechanisms effective against energy deficiency in pathologycally loaded myocardium: Innovative approaches in experimental cardioprotection (Principal investigator: Ing. Miroslav Ferko, PhD., Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute for Heart Research).

APVV-15-0063: Molecular bases of depressive disorders in children and adolescents, effect of omega-3 fatty acids and oxidative stress (Principal investigator: Prof. Ing. Zdeňka Ďuračková, PhD., Medical Faculty Comenius University).

KEGA 037UK-4/2016: Monitoring and development of scientific abilities of university stuents of medical and biomedical study programms (Principal investigator: doc. PaedDr. Viera Haverlíková, PhD., Medical Faculty Comenius University).

VEGA 02/0133/15: Bioenergetické aspekty ochrany myokardu pomocou remote ischemického preconditioningu. Úloha srdcových mitochondrií (Principal investigator: Ing. Miroslav Ferko, PhD., Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute for Heart Research). 

Comenius University Grant: UK/361/2014: Štúdium vybraných bumkových aktivít zmenených chronickým ochorením obličiek (Principal investigator)

Comenius University Grant: UK/297/2013: Sledovanie aktivity vápnikovej ATPázy u pacientov v skorších štádiách chronického ochorenia obličiek pred a po liečbe cholekalciferom (Principal investigator)

Comenius University Grant: UK/159/2012: Sledovanie autofluorescencie moču a vybraných enzýmov v krvi pacientov s chronickým ochorením obličiek (Principal investigator)

Publication (registered in Web of Science)

 
2025

Impact of ERG6 Gene Deletion on Membrane Composition and Properties in the Pathogenic Yeast Candida glabrata

Jacko, J., Morvová, M. Jr, Hervay, N.T., Eliáš, D., Gbelská, Y., Waczulíková, I., Gásková, D., Balázová, M., Šikurová, L.

In: Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, Volume 83, Issue 2, pp. 1909–1918, doi: 10.1007/s12013-024-01599-w

  •  Citations: 4 (as of March 11, 2026)
 2024

The kynurenine and serotonin pathway, neopterin and biopterin in depressed children and adolescents: an impact of omega-3 fatty acids, and association with markers related to depressive disorder. A randomized, blinded, prospective study

Ilavska, L., Morvova Jr, M., Paduchova, Z., Muchova, J., Garaiova, I., Durackova, Z., Sikurova, L., Trebaticka, J.

In: Frontiers in Psychiatry, Volume 15, doi. 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1347178

2023

Catechin potentiates the antifungal effect of miconazole in Candida glabrata

Toth-Hervay, N., Elias, D., Habova, M., Jacko, J., Morvova Jr., M., Gbelska, Y.

In: Folia Microbiologica (2023) Article in press

2022

In Vitro Interactions of Amphiphilic Phosphorous Dendrons with Liposomes and Exosomes—Implications for Blood Viscosity Changes

Veliskova, M., Zvarik, M., Suty, S., Jacko, J., Mydla, P., Cechova, K., Dzubinska, D., Morvova Jr., M., Ionov, M., Terehova, M., Majoral, J.-P., Bryszewska, M., Waczulikova, I.

In: Pharmaceutics, Volume 14, Issue 8, August 2022, Article number 1596

Erg6p is essential for antifungal drug resistance, plasma membrane properties and cell wall integrity in Candida glabrata

Elias, D., Toth-Hervay, N., Jacko, J., Morvova Jr., M., Valachovic, M., Gbelska, Y.

In: FEMS Yeast Research, Volume 22, Issue 1, 2022, Article number foac045

2021

The effect of ERG6 gene deletion on membrane fluidity in Candida glabrata

Jacko, J., Morvova Jr., M., Elias, D., Toth-Hervay, N., Gbelska, Y., Sikurova, L.

In: European Biophysics Journal with Biophysics Letters , Volume 50, Issue Supplementum 1, Jul 2021, Pages: 169-169

2020

UPC2 gene deletion modifies sterol homeostasis and susceptibility to metabolic inhibitors in Kluyveromyces lactis

Toth Hervay, N., Bencova, A., Valachovic, M., Morvová Jr., M., Gbelska, Y.
In: Yeast, Volume 37, Issue 12, December 2020, Pages: 647-657

  • Cited (1):
    [o1] 2021 - Mbuyane, L. L. - Bauer, F. F. - Divol, B. - The metabolism of lipids in yeasts and applications in oenology. - In: Food Research International, Vol. 141,2021 ; Art. No. 110142 ; SCI ; SCOPUS

The Absence of PDR16 Gene Restricts the Overexpression of CaSNQ2 Gene in the Presence of Fluconazole in Candida albicans

Bencova, A., Goffa, E., Morvová Jr., M., Valachovic, M., Griač, P., Toth Hervay, N., Gbelska, Y.
In: Mycopathologia, Volume: 185, Issue: 3, Pages: 455-465

  • Cited (1):
    [o1] 2021 - Bhattacharya, S. - Oliveira, N.K. - Savitt, A.G. - Silva, V.K.A. - Krausert, R.B. - Ghebrehiwet, B. - Fries, B.C. - Low Glucose Mediated Fluconazole Tolerance in Cryptococcus neoformans. - In: Journal of Fungi, Vol. 7, Issue: 6, Art. No. 489 ; WOS
2019

Pyrolysis of Olive Mill Waste with On-line and Ex-post Analysis

Morvová, M., Onderka, M., Morvová, M., Jr., Morva, I., Chudoba, V.
In: Waste and Biomass Valorization, Volume: 10, Issue: 3, Pages: 511-520

  • Cited (5):
    [o1] 2021 - Bouhia, Y. - Lyamlouli, K. - El Fels, L. - Youssef, Z. - Ouhdouch, Y. - Hafidi, M. : Effect of Microbial Inoculation on Lipid and Phenols Removal During the Co-composting of Olive Mill Solid Sludge with Green Waste in Bioreactor. - In: Waste and Biomass Valorization, Vol. 12, No. 3, 2021 ; s. 1417-1429 ; SCI ; SCOPUS
    [o1] 2021 - Bufalo, G. - Di Nezza, F. - Perna, M. - Salvestrini, S. - Ambrosone, L. : The Diffusion Role in Adsorption of Hexavalent Chromium on Solid Olive Mill Waste. - In: Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, No. 7, 2021 ; Art. No. 3096 ; SCI ; SCOPUS
    [o1] 2021 - Moudache, M. - Silva, F. - Nerin, C. - Zaidi, F. : Olive cake and leaf extracts as valuable sources of antioxidant and antimicrobial compounds: a comparative study. - In: Waste and Biomass Valorization, Vol. 12, No. 3, 2021 ; s. 1431-1445 ; SCI ; SCOPUS
    [o1] 2020 - Tzathas, Κ. - Chrysagi, E. - Lyberatos, G. - Vlyssides, A. - Vlysidis, A. : Pretreatment of Olive Mill Wastes for the Extraction of Residual Oil and High Added Value Compounds. - In: Waste and Biomass Valorization, Vol. 11, No. 8, 2020 ; s. 4025-4034 ; SCI ; SCOPUS
    [o1] 2020 - Assemany, P. - de Paula Marques, I. - Calijuri, M. L. - Reis, A. : Complementarity of Substrates in Anaerobic Digestion of Wastewater Grown Algal Biomass. - In: Waste and Biomass Valorization, Vol. 11, No. 11, 2020 ; s. 5759-5770 ; SCI ; SCOPUS
    [o3] 2019 - Vasileiadou, A. - Zoras, S. - Dimoudi, A. - Iordanidis, A. - Evagelopoulos, V. : Co-combustion of Lignite and Solid Wastes from Olive Oil Industry. - In: Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of the Geological Society of Greece : Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece, Sp. Pub. 7 . - Atény : Geological Society of Greece, 201 ; Art. No. GSG2019-101 
2018

Erg6 gene is essential for stress adaptation in Kluyveromyces lactis

Konecna, A., Hervay, N.T., Bencova, A., Morvova, M., Jr., Sikurova, L., Jancikova, I., Gaskova, D., Gbelska, Y.
In: FEMS Microbiology Letters, Volume: 365, Issue: 23, Pages: 1-8

  • Cited (1):
    [o1] 2020 - Castillo-Castaneda, A. - Canas-Duarte, S.J. - Guevara-Suarez, M. - Guarro, J. - Restrepo, S. - Ramírez, A.M.C. - In: Microbiology, Vol. 166‏, No. 10, 2020 ; s. 936-946 ; SCOPUS

Gender differences in the fluorescence of human skin in young healthy adults

Morvova, M., Jr., Jeczko, P., Sikurova, L.
In: Skin Research & Technology, Volume: 24, Issue: 4, Pages: 599-605

  • Cited (2):
    [o1] 2019 - Wilson, A. L. - Wilson, K. L. - Bilandzic, M. - Moffitt, L. R. - Makanji, M. - Gorrell, M. D. - Oehler, M. K. - Rainczuk, A. - Stephens, A. N. - Plebanski, M. - Non-invasive fluorescent monitoring of ovarian cancer in an immunocompetent mouse model. - In: Cancers, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2019 ; Art. No. 32 ; SCI ; SCOPUS
    [o1] 2019 - Zhao, J. - Kalia, S. - Zeng, H. - Lui, H. - Site-specific variations in cutaneous autofluorescence revealed by excitation-emission matrix spectroscopy. - In: Photodermatology Photoimmunology & Photomedicine, Vol. 35, No. 6, 2019 ; s. 400-407 ; SCI ; SCOPUS
    [o] 2021 - Guo, L.-X.-M. - Zhang, Y.-X. - Application of skin autofluorescence detection technique to diagnosis of diseases. - In: Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University (Medical Science), Vol. 41, Issue: 2, pp. 251-256, SCI
2017

Sterol Analysis in Kluyveromyces lactis

Gbelska, Y., Hervay, N.T., Morvova, M., Jr., Konecna, A.
In: Bio-protocol, Volume: 7, Issue: 17, Article Number: e2527

Cellular Calcium Balance in Chronic Kidney Disease

Lajdova, I., Spustova, V., Oksa, A., Chorvat, D., Morvova, M., Jr., Sikurova, L., Chorvatova, A.M.
In: Acta Physiologica, Volume:221, Special Issue, Supplement: 713, Pages: 224-226

2015

Deletion of the PDR16 gene influences the plasma membrane properties of the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis

Toth Hervay, N., Goffa, E., Svrbicka, A., Simova, Z., Griac, P., Jancikova, I., Gaskova, D., Morvova, M., Sikurova, L., Gbelska, Y.
In: Canadian Journal of Microbiology, Volume 61, Issue 4, 13 January 2015, Pages 273-279

The Impact of Vitamin D3 Supplementation on Mechanisms of Cell Calcium Signaling in Chronic Kidney Disease

Lajdova, I., Spustova, V., Oksa, A., Kaderjakova, Z., Chorvat, D., Jr., Morvova, M., Jr., Sikurova, L., Chorvatova, A.M.
In: BioMed Research International, Volume 2015, 2015, Article number 807673

  • Cited (5):
    [o1] 2016 - Ramatillah, D. L. - Sulaiman, S. A. S. - Khan, A. H. - Meng, D. D. R. O. L. - Markum : Systematic Reviews: Complication of Disease and Risk of Death on Chronic Kidney Patients Non-Hemodialysis. - In: Indo American Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol. 3, No. 10, 2016 ; s. 1291-1296 ; SCI
    [o1] 2017 - Rodenbeck, S. D. - Zarse, C. A. - McKenney-Drake, M. L. - Bruning, R. S. - Sturek, M. - Chen, N. X. - Moe, S. M. : Intracellular calcium increases in vascular smooth muscle cells with progression of chronic kidney disease in a rat model. - In: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Vol. 32, No. 3, 2017 ; s. 450-458 ; SCI ; SCOPUS
    [o1] 2018 - Tahar, A. - Zerdoumi, F. - Saidani, M. - Griene, L. - Koceir, E. A. : Effects of oral vitamin D3 supplementation in stage 3 chronic kidney disease subjects: Insulin resistance syndrome and hormonal disturb interactions. - In: Annales de Biologie Clinique, Vol. 76, No. 3, 2018 ; s. 313-325 ; SCI ; SCOPUS
    [o1] 2019 - Geng, C. - Shaikh, A. S. - Han, W. - Chen, D. - Guo, Y. - Jiang, P. : Vitamin D and depression: mechanisms, determination and application. - In: Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 28, No. 4, 2019 ; s. 689-694 ; SCI
    [o1] 2021 - Yu, T. - Meng, Y. - Xu, H. - Zhao, C. - Zhang, Y. - Zhao, Y. - Guo, Q. - Ge, J. : Association between maternal serum 25(OH)-Vitamin D3 levels in late pregnancy and profiles of newborn amino acid concentrations. - In: Clinical Laboratory, Vol. 67, No. 1, 2021 ; s. 159-164 ; SCOPUS
    [o3] 2016 - de Jesús Meza Hernández, M. T. - In: Terapia médico nutricia en el paciente en diálisis peritoneal: prevención del síndrome de desgaste proteico energético . - México : Escuela de Salud Pública de México, 2016 ; S. 109
    [o3] 2017 - Ribeiro Junior, A. L. - de Almeida Neto, O. P. - Soares, T. A. M. - Cunha, C. M. - Pedrosa, L. A. K. - e Sousa, N. R. : Suplementacao com vitamina D em pacientes com doenca renal cronica associada a hipovitaminose D (Vitamin D supplementation in patients with chronic kidney disease associated with hypovitaminose D). - In: Arquivos de Ciencias da Saúde, Vol. 24, No. 3, 2017 ; Art. No. 03-07, s. 7
2014

The effect of vitamin D3 supplementation on intracellular calcium and plasma membrane calcium ATPase activity in early stages of chronic kidney disease

Morvová, M., Jr., Lajdová, I., Spustová, V., Zvarík, M.,  Šikurová, L.
In: Physiological Research, Volume 63, 2014, Pages S593-S599

  • Cited (1):
    [o1] 2017 - Stafford, N. - Wilson, C. - Oceandy, D. - Neyses, L. - Cartwright, E. - The plasma membrane calcium ATPases and their role as major new players in human disease. - In: Physiological Reviews, Vol. 97, No. 3, 2017 ; s. 1089-1125 ; SCI ; SCOPUS
    [o3] 2017 - Lopes Ribeiro Junior, A. - Pereira de Almeida Neto, O. - Martins Soares, T. A. - Martins Cunha, C. - Aparecida Kauchakje Pedrosa, L. : Suplementacao com vitamina D em pacientes com doenca renal cronica associada a hipovitaminose D. - In: Archives of Health Sciences,Vol. 24, No. 3, 2017 ; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17696/2318-3691.24.3.2017.754
2012

Effects of chronic kidney disease on blood cells membrane properties

Kaderjakova, Z., Lajdova, I., Horvathova, M., Morvova, M., Sikurova, L.
In: Bioelectrochemistry, Volume 87, October 2012, Pages 226-229

  • Cited (2):
    [o1] 2016 - Xu, H. - Arnlov, J. - Sandhagen, B. - Riserus, U. - Lindholm, B. - Lind, L. - Carrero, J. J. - Lipophilic index, kidney function, and kidney function decline. - In: Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, Vol. 26, No. 12, 2016 ; s. 1096-1103 ; SCI ; SCOPUS
    [o1] 2018 - Aizawa, K. - Kawasaki, R. - Tashiro, Y. - Shimonaka, Y. - Hirata, M. - Epoetin beta pegol for treatment of anemia ameliorates deterioration of erythrocyte quality associated with chronic kidney disease. - In: BMC Nephrology, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2018 ; Art. No. 19 ; SCOPUS
    [o3] 2013 - Ashton Acton, Q. - In: Leukocytes - Advances in Research and Applications . - Atlanta : Scholarly Editions, 2013 ; S. 222
    [o3] 2016 - Rojas-Maya S. - Sarias-Cueto, L. A. - Perez-Diaz, I. - Osorio-Landa, H. K. - Garcia-Martinez, B. - Fagundo-Sierra, R. - Rivera-Moscoso, R. - Carrillo-Maravilla, E. - Laguna-Barcenas, S. C. : Prevalence of dacrocystosis in patients with chronic diseases: Splenomegaly is not mandatory for teardrop cells genesis. - In: Journal of Bone Marrow Research, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2016 ; s. 4

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