Research interests

structure, maintenance and evolution of telomeres

molecular biology and genetics of non-conventional yeast species

regulation of cellular ion homeostasis

organellar biogenesis and inheritance

morphogenesis of eukaryotic cells

cell signalling

Recent publications (2019-2022):

Books

1. •Sepšiová, R., Brázdovič, F., Červenák, F., Džugasová, V., Gálová, E., Juríková, K., Kyzek, S., Mentelová, L., Slaninová, M., Ševčovičová, A., Zeiselová, L., & Tomáška, Ľ. (2018). Laboratórne cvičenia z genetiky a molekulárnej biológie. Univerzita Komenského Bratislava, 64 str. ISBN 978-80-223-4555-2.
   

2. •Tomáška, Ľ. (2022). Didaktické minútky: Zápisník amatérskeho učiteľa. Samizdat. Mill Valley Publishing House. [ukážka]
   

Journal Articles

1. •Tomáška, Ľ. (2022). Let‘s bring games into university classrooms. EMBO Reports: e55730 .
   

2. •Juríková, K., Sepšiová, R., Ševčovičová, A., Tomáška, Ľ., Džugasová, V. (2022). Implementing CRISPR-Cas9 yeast practicals into biology curricula. The CRISPR Journal 5(2): 181-186.
   

3. •Cillingová, A., Tóth, R., Mojáková, A., Zeman, I., Vrzoňová, R., Siváková, B., Baráth, P., Neboháčová, M., Klepcová, Z., Brázdovič, F., Lichancová, H., Hodorová, V., Brejová, B., Vinař, T., Mutalová, S., Vozáriková, V., Mutti, G., Tomáška, Ľ., Gácser, A., Gabaldón, T., & Nosek, J. (2022) Transcriptome and proteome profiling reveals complex adaptations of Candida parapsilosis cells assimilating hydroxyaromatic carbon sources. PLoS Genetics 18(3): e1009815.
   

4. •Frankovský, J., Keresztesová, B., Bellová, J., Kunová, N., Čanigová, N., Hanáková, K., Bauer, J.A., Ondrovičová, G., Lukáčová, V., Siváková, B., Zdrahal, Z., Pevala, V., Procházková, K., Nosek, J., Baráth, P., Kutejová, E., & Tomáška, Ľ. (2021) The yeast mitochondrial succinylome: Implications for regulation of mitochondrial nucleoids. Journal of Biological Chemistry 297: 101155.
   

5. •Červenák, F. Sepšiová, R., Nosek, J., & Tomáška, Ľ. (2021). Step by step evolution of yeast telomeres. Genome Biology & Evolution 13(2):evaa268
   

6. •Frankovský, J., Vozáriková, V., Nosek, J., & Tomáška, Ľ. (2021). Mitochondrial protein phosphorylation in yeast revisited. Mitochondrion 57: 148-162.
   

7. •Vrzoňová, R., Toth, R., Siváková, B., Moťovská, A., Gaplovská-Kyselá, K., Baráth, P., Tomáška, Ľ., Gácser, A., Gabaldón, T., Nosek, J.,  & Neboháčová, M. (2021). OCT1 - a yeast mitochondrial thiolase involved in the 3-oxoadipate pathway. FEMS Yeast Research 21(5): foab03.
   

8. •Brzáčová, Z., Peťková, M., Veljačiková, K., Zajíčková, T., & Tomáška, Ľ. (2021). Reconstruction of human genome evolution in yeast: An educational primer for use with “systematic humanization of the yeast cytoskeleton discerns functionally replaceable from divergent human genes“ Genetics 292: iyab118.
   

9. •Tomáška, Ľ., Cesare, A.J., AlTurki, T.M. & Griffith, J.D. (2020) Twenty years of t-loops: A case study for the importance of collaboration in molecular biology. DNA Repair 94: 102901.
   

10. •Vozáriková, V., Kunová, N., Bauer, J.A., Frankovský, J., Kotrasová, V., Procházková, K., Džugasová, V., Kutejová, E., Pevala, V., Nosek, J., & Tomáška, Ľ. (2020) Mitochondrial HMG-box containing proteins: From biochemical properties to the roles in human diseases. Biomolecules 10:1193.
    

11. •Juríková, K., Gajarský, M., Hajikazemi, M., Nosek, J., Procházková, K., Paeschke, K., Trantírek, L., & Tomáška, Ľ. (2020) Role of folding kinetics of secondary structures in telomeric G-overhangs in the regulation of telomere maintenance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Biological Chemistry 295(27): 8958–8971.
    

12. •Tomáška, Ľ. & Nosek, J. (2020) Co-evolution in the Jungle: From Leafcutter Ant Colonies to Chromosomal Ends. Journal of Molecular Evolution 88: 293-318.
    

13. •Benej, M., Danchenko, M., Oveckova, I., Cervenak, F., Tomaska, L., Grossmannova, K., Polcicova, K., Golias, T., & Tomaskova, J. (2019) Quantitative Proteomics Reveal Peroxiredoxin Perturbation Upon Persistent Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Infection in Human Cells. Frontiers in Microbiology 10: 2438.
    

14. •Červenák, F., Juríková, K., Devillers, H., Kaffe, B., Khatib, A., Bonnell, E., Sopkovičová, M., Wellinger, R.J., Nosek, J., Tzfati, Y., Neuvéglise, C.. & Tomáška, Ľ. (2019) Identification of telomerase RNAs in species of the Yarrowia clade provides insights into the co-evolution of telomerase, telomeric repeats and telomere-binding proteins. Scientific Reports 9: article no. 13365.
    

15. •Tomáška, Ľ., Nosek, J., Kar, A., Willcox, S. & Griffith, J.D. (2019) A new view of the t-loop junction: implications for self-primed telomere extension, expansion of disease-related nucleotide repeat blocks, and telomere evolution. Frontiers in Genetics 10: article no. 792.
    

16. •Brejová, B., Lichancová, H., Hodorová, V., Neboháčová, M., Tomáška, Ľ., Vinař, T. &  Nosek, J. (2019) Genome Sequence of an Arthroconidial Yeast, Saprochaete fungicola CBS 625.85. Microbiology Resource Announcements 8(15): e00092-19.
    

17. •Tomáška, Ľ., Nosek, J., Sepšiová, R., Červenák, F., Juríková, K., Procházková, K., Neboháčová, M., Willcox, S. & Griffith, J.D. (2019) Commentary: Single-stranded telomere-binding protein employs a dual rheostat for binding affinity and specificity that drives function. Frontiers in Genetics 9: art.no. 742.
    

18. •Brejová, B., Lichancová, H., Brázdovič, F., Hegedűsová, E., Forgáčová Jakúbková, M., Hodorová, V., Džugasová, V., Baláž, A., Zeiselová, L., Cillingová, A., Neboháčová, M., Raclavský, V., Tomáška, Ľ., Lang, B.F., Vinař, T. & Nosek, J. (2019) Genome sequence of the opportunistic human pathogen Magnusiomyces capitatus. Current Genetics 65: 539-560.