RNDr. Imrich Géci, PhD.

	Email:	imrich.geci@upjs.sk
	Homepage:	https://www.upjs.sk/LF/zamestnanec/imrich.geci
	Faculty:	LF UPJŠ - Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice Faculty of Medicine
	Department:	ULBF - Department of Medical and Clinical Biophysics
	Office:	MB4O17
	Phone:	+421 55 234 3398
	ORCID ID:	0000-0003-0059-9693

RNDr. Imrich Géci, PhD is an assistant professor and deputy head for education at the Department of Medical and Clinical Biophysics at the UPJŠ Medical Faculty in Košice, Slovakia. At the same time, he is the guarantor of the subjects Medical Biophysics (study field Dental medicine) and Biophysics (study field Physiotherapy) and the supervisor of diploma theses and ERASMUS projects. The main areas of his current scientific research are the study and biophysical characterization of nucleic acids and proteins in the treatment and diagnosis of cancer, using 2D nano-HPLC, molecular modeling, bioinformatics tools and mass spectrometry. In 2010-2015, he was the project manager of successfully implemented two Centers of Excellence (ITMS 26220120067, ITMS 26220220143) and head of research activities in three research projects (ITMS 26220120058, ITMS 26220220104, ITMS 26220220163) funded by the EU Structural Funds (ERDF). He received the national grant from the Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Slovak Republic and SAS. He is the author of 51 publications, of which 24 original scientific papers in domestic and foreign professional journals, which have been cited more than 285 times in the WoS / SCOPUS citation indexes.

Higher education and further qualification growth

Second degree of higher education:

Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Science, 2001, Field of study: Chemistry, Programme: Organic Chemistry

Third degree of higher education:

Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Science, 2008, Field of study: Chemistry, Programme: Organic Chemistry

Research /art/ teacher profile

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Selected publications
I. Géci; M. I. Fatthalla; M. Heintz; P. T. Jørgensen; E. B. Pedersen. Hoogsteen triplexes stabilized through ethynyl linked pyrene-indole synthesized by high temperature Sonogashira coupling. In: Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry,20, 45 (2022), s. 8873-8884.
I. Géci; P. Bober; E. Filová; E. Amler; J. Sabo. The Role of ARHGAP1 in Rho GTPase Inactivation during Metastasizing of Breast Cancer Cell Line MCF-7 after Treatment with Doxorubicin. In. International journal of molecular sciences : open access journal, 24, 14 (2023), 11352, s. [1-16].
Selected projects
Research Centre for Applied Biomedical Diagnostics, ITMS 26220220143.
Integration StrategyIntegratívna in Development of Personalized Medicine in Selected Malignant Cancer Diseases and its Impact on the Quality of Life. ITMS2014+:313011V446, OPVaI-VA/DP/2018/1.2.1-08
Innovation Strategy in Diagnostics and Therapy of Breast Cancer Based on the Changes of Leukocyte Proteome. APVV-19-0493, 07/2020-06/2024.
International mobilities and visits
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, ICGEB Italy, Area Sciene park, Trieste, Italy, 2010, Course: Bioinformatics, Computer Methods in Molecular Biology
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, ICGEB Italy, Area Sciene park, Trieste, Italy, 2011, Advanced Bioinformatics: Computational Systems Biology
University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, 2014, Course: Advanced proteomics
Organisational activities
Deputy head for education - Department of Medical and Clinical Biophysics, Faculty of medicine. Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, from 2018
Guarantor of the subject Medical Biophysics, Dental Medicine - Department of Medical and Clinical Biophysics
Guarantor of the subject Biophysics, Physiotherapy - Department of Medical and Clinical Biophysics

Additional information

Awards

Marie Curie Early Stage Research Training Fellowship, 2004-2006.

Projects

1. Cooperating on project of young researchworkers with name: Regioselective synthesis of 3-substituted 1,3-thiazolidin-4-ones as potential biological active compounds containing acridine sceleton.

2. Cooperating on project VEGA 1/9245/02: Synthesis and biological activity of new polycyclic derivatives of acridine - analogues of natural compounds.

3. Centre of excellence for electromagnetic fields in medicine CEEPM, ITMS 26220120067, Structural funds of EU - European Regional Development Fund, Operational Programme Research and Development, years of realization: 09/2010 - 11/2014, project cost: 4 005 440,00 EUR, position: project manager

4. Research Centre of Applied Biomedical Diagnostics, ITMS 26220220143, Structural funds of EU - European Regional Development Fund, Operational Programme Research and Development, years of realization: 02/2011 - 11/2015, project cost: 2 090 365,00 EUR, position: assistant of project manager

5. A centre of excellence for researching factors affecting health, with a focus on groups of marginalised and immunocompromised persons, ITMS 26220120058, Structural funds of EU - European Regional Development Fund, Operational Programme Research and Development, years of realization: 08/2010 - 07/2014, project cost: 3 400 237,62 EUR, position: manager of activity 2.E. Modernisation of infrastructure for determination of molecular expression in biological samples

6. Probiotics and bioactive compounds of natural origin for health population of Slovakia, ITMS 26220220104, Structural funds of EU - European Regional Development Fund, Operational Programme Research and Development, years of realization: 2011 – 02/2015, project cost: 873 715,00 EUR, position: manager of activity 2.C. Proteomic analysis of probiotic microorganisms

7. Research Centre of innovative therapeutic approaches in molecular medicine, ITMS 26220220163, Structural funds of EU - European Regional Development Fund, Operational Programme Research and Development, years of realization: 07/2012 - 12/2014, project cost: 1 999 315,75 EUR, position: investigator of activity 2.1 Research of innovative siRNA technology for use in the treatment of specific haemato-oncological diseases

8. Qualitative and quantitative protein analysis in the samples of patients via utilization of 2D nano-HPLC and mass spectrometry, Research Grant Agency by The Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic, no. 1/1109/11, years of realization: 01/2011 – 12/2014, project cost: 39 098,00 EUR, position: principal investigator

Other

Postdoc - Research Specialist, University of Southern Denmark, funded by TINA-Holding A-PS, Vejle, Odense, Denmark. Synthesis of intercalators and their subsequent incorporation into the structure of DNA triplex and quadruplex, in cooperation with Quantibact A / S, Hvidovre, Denmark, and several partners at the international level.

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Taught courses and supervised study programmes