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doc. RNDr. Lukáš Smolko, PhD.   SK

Email:
lukas.smolko@upjs.sk
Homepage:
https://www.upjs.sk/LF/zamestnanec/lukas.smolko
Faculty:
LF UPJŠ - Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice Faculty of Medicine
Department:
ULCHBKB - Department of Medical and Clinical Biochemistry
Office:
MA5L07
Phone:
+421 55 234 3262
ORCID ID:
0000-0001-9463-6779
RNDr. Lukáš Smolko, PhD. is working in a position of assistant professor at the Department of Medical and Clinical Biochemistry of Faculty of Medicine UPJS in Košice since 2017. After successful graduation in study programme Inorganic Chemistry in 2012 he began his doctoral studies in the study programme Inorganic Chemistry, during which he completed a study stay in research group focused on bioinorganic chemistry (prof. Dr. Dirk Steinborn) at Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg in 2014. He successfully completed his doctoral studies and defended his PhD. thesis in 2016. His research activities are focused on study of structure of biologically active metal complexes with aromatic ligands as well as analysis of their interaction with nucleic acids and proteins. Since 2012 he has taken part in research projects VEGA and APVV and a co-author of 19 original research papers published in CC journals which have been cited over 140-times (Scopus, HI = 7).

Higher education and further qualification growth
First degree of higher education:
Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Science, 2010, Chemistry
Second degree of higher education:
Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Science, 2012, study field: Chemistry, study program: Inorganic chemistry
Third degree of higher education:
Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Science, 2016, study field: Chemistry, study program: Inorganic chemistry
Associate professor:
Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Medicine, 2024, field of habilitation proceeding: clinical biochemistry

Research /art/ teacher profile

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Profile courses
Medical Chemistry - General medicine / Dental medicine, I.+II. degree
Medical Biochemistry 1, 2 - General medicine, I.+II. degree
Analytical Chemistry - Laboratory examination methods in healthcare, I. degree
Selected publications

Rabajdová M., Špaková I., Klepcová Z., Smolko L., Abrahamovská M., Urdzík P., Mareková M. Zinc(II) niflumato complex effects on MMP activity and gene expression in human endometrial cell lines. In Sci. Rep. 11 (2021) 19086. IF: 4.8 (Q1) Cited: 5 times

Klepcová Z., Špaková I., Madreiter-Sokolowski C.T., Graier W., Kalinová K., Samoľová E., Smolková R., Smolko L., Rabajdová M. Investigation of novel Mn(I) fenamato complexes with neocuproine and their effects on endometrial cell lines. In New J. Chem., 47 (2023) 13088-13097. IF: 3.3 (Q2) Cited: 3 times

Smolková R., Smolko L., Samoľová E., Morgan I., Rennert R., Kaluđerović G. N. Novel Zn(II), Co(II) and Cu(II) diflunisalato complexes with neocuproine and their exceptional antiproliferative activity against cancer cell lines. In Dalton Trans. 53 (2024) 17595-17607. IF: 3.3 (Q1) Cited: 0 times

Špaková I., Smolko L., Sabolová G., Badovská Z., Kalinová K., Madreiter-Sokolowski C., Graier W., Mareková M., Vašková J., Rabajdová M. Selective targeting of genes regulated by zinc finger proteins in endometriosis and endometrioid adenocarcinoma by zinc niflumato complex with neocuproine. 15 (2025) 10126. IF: 4.3 (Q1) Cited: 0 times

Eğlence-Bakır S., Erdemir E., Şahin M., Špaková I., Smolková R., Smolko L. New palladium (II) complexes of thiosemicarbazones: Synthesis, DNA and HSA binding and cytotoxicity activity studies. In Inorg. Chem. Comm. 179 (2025) 114783. IF: 5.4 (Q1) Cited: 1 times

Selected projects

VEGA 1/0057/18: Analýza neurofilament a miRNA vo vzťahu k diagnostike, fenotypu, aktivite a responzivite na liečbu sclerosis multiplex - co-investigator

VEGA 1/0873/18 Biomarkery vývoja kompetencie ľudských embryí a receptivity endometria u žien s opakovaným implantačným zlyhaním - co-investigator

APVV-22-0357 Neinvazívna diagnostika na báze ncRNA - co-investigator

APVV-14-0078 Nové materiály na báze koordinačných zlúčenín - co-investigator

DAAD PPP Metal(II) complexes with NSAIDs (SR/SRN) - principal investigator for UPJŠ in Košice

International mobilities and visits
University of Applied Sciences Merseburg, Merseburg, Germany, 3 weeks (2021), DAAD PPP
Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria, 1 week (2019), ERASMUS+
Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Science, Prague, Czechia, 1 week (2019), ERASMUS+
Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1 week (2023), ERASMUS+
University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria Monserrato (Cagliari), Italy, 2 weeks (2024), Visiting professor scheme UNICA
University of Turku, Turku, Finland, 1 week (2025), ERASMUS+

Additional information

Projects
https://www.upjs.sk/en/faculty-of-medicine/department/medical-and-clinical-biochemistry/research/
International collaboration
Institute of Physics of Academy of Science of Czech Republic (Czechia), University of Applied Sciences Merseburg (Germany), Leibniz Institute for Plant Biochemistry in Halle(Saale) (Germany)

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