Home

Personal Data:

1. Born on January 25, 1970 in Slovakia; married (Sapan)
   

Current Position:

1. Assistant Professor
   

2. Comenius University in Bratislava
   

3. Faculty of Natural Sciences
   

4. Department of Biochemistry
   

5. Mlynska dolina CH-1, Ilkovicova 6
   

6. 842 15 Bratislava 4
   

7. Slovak Republic
   

8. 
   

9. Phone:     +421-2-60296-398
   

10. E-mail:     kissova@fns.uniba.sk
    

Academic Degrees:

1. 2001 - PhD in Biochemistry (supervisor: Prof. Jordan Kolarov, thesis title: Yeast mitochondrial mutants as a tool for the investigation of the role of  mitochondria in the apoptotic process  in S. cerevisiae)
   

2. 1995 - Master in Pedagogic Studies (supervisor: Dr. Beata Brestenska, thesis title: Teaching Biochemistry  in an undergraduate curriculum)
   

3. 1993 - MSc degree in Biochemistry (supervisor: Prof. Štefan Kužela, thesis title: Isolation and  characterization of the  mitochondrial ATP dependent  protease from S. cerevisiae)
   

Previous Positions:

1. since 1997  Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
   

2. 1994-1997  PhD training, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
   

3. 1993-1994  PhD training, Institute of Molecular Biology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
   

Scientific Visits and Sabbaticals:

1. •Université Victor Segalen, Bordeaux 2, France (October 2008, January 2006)  - Assistant Professor
   

2. •Institute of Biochemistry and Cellular Genetics, CNRS, UMR5095, Bordeaux, France (June 2007 - July 2007, November 2006 - February 2007, June 2006, October 2005 - November 2005, June 2002 - August 2005) - Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Associate (with Dr. Stephen Manon & Dr. Nadine Camougrand)
   

Fellowships:

1. •Centre National de la  Recherche Scientifique (CNRS),  France (November 2006 - February 2007, June 2007 - July 2007)
   

2. •EGIDE/ Ministére de l’Education Nationale, France (June 2006, October 2005 - November 2005)
   

3. •Foundation for Medical Research, France (September 2003 - August 2005) 
   

4. •Association for Cancer Research, France (June 2002 - July 2003)
   

Research Interests:

1. •regulation and mechanism of selective degradation of mitochondria in yeast
   

2. •role and involvement of mitochondria in aging and programmed cell death processes in yeast
   

3. •biogenesis of organelles in non-conventional yeast species
   

Publications