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prof. RNDr. Miroslava Rabajdová, PhD.   SK

Email:
miroslava.rabajdova@upjs.sk
Homepage:
https://www.upjs.sk/LF/zamestnanec/miroslava.rabajdova
Faculty:
LF UPJŠ - Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice Faculty of Medicine
Department:
ULCHBKB - Department of Medical and Clinical Biochemistry
Office:
MB5O26
Phone:
+421 55 234 3377
ORCID ID:
0000-0001-9562-5756
doc. RNDr. Miroslava Rabajdová., PhD. works as an associate professor at the Department of Medical and Clinical Biochemistry, UPJŠ in Košice, Faculty of Medicine. After completing his university studies at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Bratislava in the study program Laboratory Investigation Methods in Healthcare (2009) and successfully defending his rigorous thesis, he received the title of RNDr. The title of PhD. was awarded to him after successfully defending his dissertation in the study program Clinical Biochemistry at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Prague in 2013. He completed a study stay at the Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology, at the Institute of Biochemistry and Experimental Oncology, at the 1st Faculty of Medicine of the University of Prague in Prague (2012) and in 2015. Faculty of Medicine. In 2016, he received the title - Young Oncologist of Slovakia in the category under 35 years of age. He habilitated in the study program Laboratory Investigation Methods in Healthcare at the Technical University of Trnava (2018). She has seen more than 20 successfully defended diploma theses (more Final theses), 6 successfully defended dissertations (2 as consultant) and she is currently the supervisor of 5 doctoral students, three of whom have passed the minimum exam (for details see the Doctoral Students section). She is the author or co-author of more than 68 original scientific papers registered in the CC, WoS or Scopus databases, textbooks, monographs and university scripts. Her works have been cited more than 580 times (Scopus/WoS, HI 13). She has participated in the solution of VEGA, EPA, FEBS, APVV projects as a principal investigator and co-investigator. A complete overview is on the workplace website in the Research section. The principal investigator has received several awards at both the domestic and international levels. In 2021, he received the "Innovation of Slovakia 2021" award in the biomedical project "MicroRNA test of the success of the in vitro fertilization (IVF) process and diagnostics of a quality embryo for the IVF process". Her scientific and research activities were awarded by the European Society for Laboratory Medicine - EFLM Bursary for Young Students - 22nd IFCC-EFLM (2017). In 2016, at the Young Oncologists of Slovakia competition, he won 1st place in the category of scientific and research worker under 35 years of age. Since 2024, she has been a member of the Scientific Council of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic, as well as a member of the Government Council for Science, Technology and Innovation of the Slovak Republic. In January 2025, she was appointed as a national expert in the "Health" program committee, within the EU Framework Program for Research and Innovation for 2021-2027 "Horizon Europe". Information is also publicly available on the website of the Institute of Medical and Clinical Biochemistry, UPJŠ Faculty of Medicine, in the Events and Awards section.

Higher education and further qualification growth
First degree of higher education:
P. J. Šafárik University, Faculty of Medicine, 2007, Laboratory examination methods in healthcare
Second degree of higher education:
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine, 2009, Laboratory examination methods in healthcare
Third degree of higher education:
Department of Medical and Clinical Biochemistry, UPJŠ in Košice, Faculty of Medicine, 2012, field of study: General Medicine, study program: Clinical Biochemistry
Associate professor:
Faculty of Health Care and Social Work Trnava University in Trnava, 2018, field of study: Healthcare Sciences, study program: Laboratory examination methods in helthcare
Professor:
Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice. Faculty of Medicine, 2025, General Medicine, Clinical Biochemistry

Research /art/ teacher profile

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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
Study programme: Bioanalytical Diagnostics in Medicine, study field: Chemistry, II. degree
Study programme: Bioanalytical Diagnostics in Medicine (eng. study programme), study field: Chemistry, II. degree
Profile courses
Laboratory Technology and Processing of Biological Material - Laboratory examination methods in healthcare, I. degree
Examination methods in clinical biochemistry - Clinical Biochemistry, III. degree
Investigative methods in biochemistry and clinical biochemistry - Laboratory examination methods in healthcare, I. degree
Medical Biochemistry 2 - General Medicine, joined I. and. II. degree
Investigation Methods in Molecular Diagnostics - Laboratory examination methods in healthcare, I. degree
Selected publications

ŠPAKOVÁ, I., GRAIER, W.F., RABAJDOVÁ, M., NAGYOVÁ, V., MAREKOVÁ, M., Hypoxia factors suppression effect on the energy metabolism of a malignant melanoma cell SK-MEL-30, European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences, 2020, 24(9), pp. 4909–4920, IF 3,024, Q1

SPAKOVA, I., ZELKO, A., RABAJDOVA, M., ...VAN DIJK, J.P., REIJNEVELD, S.A., MicroRNA molecules as predictive biomarkers of adaptive responses to strength training and physical inactivity in haemodialysis patients, Scientific Reports, 2020, 10(1), 15597, IF 4,9, Q1

Artimovič, P., Badovská, Z., Toporcerová, S., Špaková, I., Smolko, L., Sabolová, G., Kriváková, E., & Rabajdová, M. (2024). Oxidative Stress and the Nrf2/PPARγ Axis in the Endometrium: Insights into Female Fertility. Cells13(13), 1081. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells13131081

Artimovič, P., Špaková, I., Macejková, E., Pribulová, T., Rabajdová, M., Mareková, M., & Zavacká, M. (2024). The ability of microRNAs to regulate the immune response in ischemia/reperfusion inflammatory pathways. Genes and Immunity25(4), 277–296. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41435-024-00283-6

Sabolová, G., Špaková, I., Artimovič, P., Bohuš, P., Rabajdová, M., & Mareková, M. (2024). The pivotal role of the key angiogenic factors in the development of endometrioid pathologies of the uterus and ovary. Cancers16(16), 2772. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16162772

More information: Research | UPJS, Publikácie | UPJŠ (upjs.sk) or in international databases e.g. Web of Science, Scopus

Selected projects

APVV-22-0357: Non-invasive Diagnostics Based on ncRNA – Principal Investigator

VEGA 1/0540/20: Analysis of biomarkers of the origin and progression of CNS demyelinating diseases - Co-solver

VEGA 1/0620/19: Application of Novel Molecular and Biochemical Methods in the Diagnosis of Non-Receptive Endometrium in the In Vitro Fertilization Process – Principal Investigator

VVGS 2023-2612: Establishment of a 3D In Vitro Model for the Study of Endometrial Receptivity to Trophoblast Spheroids – Principal Investigator

International mobilities and visits
Charles University, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Experimental Oncology, U nemocnice 5, Prague, Czech Republic, 01/2012 – 05/2012, research stay
SAS, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Laboratory of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Genetics Section, Vlárska 7, Bratislava, 831 01, 09/2012 – 10/2012, research stay
CEITEC, Central European Institute of Science and Technology, Masaryk University in Brno, Solid Tumor Laboratory, U kamenice 5, Brno, Czech Republic, 2015 - 2020, scientific research
University of Oxford, Sir Wiliam Dunn school of Pathology, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RE, England, 01/2014 – 02/2015, postdoctoral study stay
Organisational activities
Member of Academic Senate - P.J. Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Medicine, 2019-2023
Member of the Doctoral Programme Board for the Clinical Biochemistry Study Programme - P.J. Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Medicine, since 2019
Member of the Board of Study Program (BSP) Clinical Biochemistry - P.J. Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Medicine, since 2021

Additional information

Awards

2021: Innovation of Slovakia 2021 - winner in the category "the biomedical project": MicroRNA test of success of the in vitro fertilization (IVF) process and diagnostics of a quality embryo for the IVF process. The project VEGA 1/0620/19 was key to innovation.
2017: Was awarded research activity by the European Society for Laboratory Medicine - EFLM Bursary for Young Students - 22rd IFCC-EFLM (2017) as the only one from Slovakia among young scientists from all over Europe. The award was presented during an introductory lecture at the EFLM European Congress, which took place in Athens in May 2017.
2016: Competition of young oncologists of Slovakia - won 1st place in the category of researcher under 35 years of age.
More informations: Professional events and Awards, Awards for Scientific Research
Projects
International collaboration
- Research group of solid tumors I, prof. dr. Ondrej Slabý, PhD, Masaryk University in Brno, CEITEC Brno - Austria, Graz, Medical University of Graz, Gottfried Schatz Research Center for Cell Signalling, Metabolism and Aging, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Other
Interesting links
https://www.biomai.sk

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