UCM
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
 prof. RNDr. Juraj Krajčovič, CSc.
Email:
 juraj.krajcovic@ucm.sk
Homepage:
 http:\\
Fakulta/Univerzita:
FPV UCM - Faculty of Natural Sciences
Pracovisko:
UBB - Ústav biológie a biotechnológie

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Krajčovič
I.2 - Name
Juraj
I.3 - Degrees
professor, RNDr., CSc.
I.4 - Year of birth
1955
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, J. Herdu 2, 917 01 Trnava, Slovakia
I.7 - Position
professor
I.8 - E-mail address
juraj.krajcovic@ucm.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/4310
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
3. Biology
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0003-0161-8323

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
II.b - Year
1978
II.c - Study field and programme
Biology
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
II.b - Year
1978
II.c - Study field and programme
Biology - Anthropology
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
II.b - Year
1987
II.c - Study field and programme
General Biology
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
II.b - Year
1999
II.c - Study field and programme
Genetics
II.5 - Professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
II.b - Year
2004
II.c - Study field and programme
Molecular Biology
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
PhD. student, assistant professor, researcher Institute of Molecular and Subcellular Biology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia 1979-1998
Director of the Institute, senior researcher, associate professor, professor Institute of Cell Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia 1998-2011
professor Department of Genetics Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia 2011-2016
professor, since 01 09 2019 till 31 06 2022 head of the department Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia 2015 - present

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
Several long or short term stays at those universities and long-term cooperation mostly from 1990 till now University of Vienna, Austria; Ludwig Maximilan University in Munich, Germany; University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, International Institute of Cellular and Molecular Pathology (ICP) Brussels, Belgium; University of Nebrasca Lincoln NE, later University of Memphis, TN, USA from 1990 till now

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Genetics Applied biology I Biology
Evolutionary biology Applied biology I Biology
Selected chapters from molecular biology Applied biology II Biology
Molecular biology for PhD students Molecular biology III Biology
V.2 - 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
V.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Applied biology II Biology
Molecular biology III Biology
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.3.a - Name of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure V.3.b - Study field to which it is assigned
Molecular biology Biology
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
2
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
3
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
3
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
27
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
31
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
13
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Genetics Biotechnology I Biotechnology
Evolutionary biology Biotechnology I Biotechnology
Genetics Environmental protection and restoration I Ecological and Environmental Sciences
Introduction to biology Environmental protection and restoration I Ecological and Environmental Sciences
Basics of genetics Chemistry I Chemistry

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
160
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
70
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
97
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
50
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
2331
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
680
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
1569
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
597
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
38
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
24
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

Ebringer, L., Ferenčík, M., Krajčovič, J.: Beneficial health effects of milk and fermented dairy products – Review. Folia Microbiologica 53, 5: 378-394 (2008) (150 citations)

Krajčovič, J., Ebringer, L., Polónyi, J. : Quinolones and coumarins eliminate chloroplasts from Euglena gracilis. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 33, 11: 1883-1889 (1989) (42 citations)

Tucci, S., Vacula, R., Krajčovič, J., Proksch, P., Martin, W.: Variability of wax ester fermentation in natural and bleached Euglena gracilis strains in response to oxygen and the elongase inhibitor Flufenacet. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 57, 1: 63-69 (2010) (53 citations)

Vesteg, M., Vacula, R., Steiner, J.M., Mateášiková, B., Löffelhardt, W., Brejová, B., Krajčovič, J.: A possible role for short introns in the acquisition of stroma-targeting peptides in the flagellate Euglena gracilis. DNA Research. 17, 4: 223-231 (2010) (23 citations)

Krajčovič, J., Vesteg, M., Schwartzbach, S.D.: Euglenoid flagellates: A multifaceted biotechnology platform. Journal of Biotechnology. 202: 135–145 (2015) (43 citations)

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years

Vešelényiová, D., Hutárová, L., Lukáčová A., Schneiderová, M., Vesteg, M., Krajčovič, J.: Calpains in cyanobacteria and the origin of calpains. Scientifc Reports 12:13872 (2022) doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18228-2

Lihanová D., Lukáčová A., Beck T., Jedlička A., Vešelényiová D., Krajčovič J., Vesteg M. Versatile biotechnological applications of Euglena gracilis (2023) World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 39 (5), art. no. 133, Cited 5 times. DOI: 10.1007/s11274-023-03585-5

Michelini S., Ricci M., Amato B., Gentileschi S., Veselenyiova D., Kenanoglu S., Fiorentino A., Kurti D., Baglivo M., Manara E., Basha S.H., Priya S., Krajcovic J., Dundar M., Belgrado J.P., Dautaj A., Bertelli M. CDH5, a Possible New Candidate Gene for Genetic Testing of Lymphedema (2022) Lymphatic Research and Biology, 20 (5), pp. 496 - 506, Cited 5 times. DOI: 10.1089/lrb.2020.0089

Vesteg, M., Hadariová, L., Horváth, A., Estrano, C.E., Schwartzbach, S.D., Krajčovič, J.: Comparative molecular cell biology of phototrophic euglenids and parasitic trypanosomatids sheds light on the ancestor of Euglenozoa. Biological Reviews, Camb Phil Soc 94: 1701-1721 (2019) (Citations 10)

Füssy, Z., Záhonová, K., Tomčala A., Krajčovič, J., Yurchenko, V., Oborník, M., Eliáš, M.: The cryptic plastid of Euglena longa defines a new type of nonphotosynthetic plastid organelle. mSphere 5, 5:e00675-20 (2020) (Citations 8)

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

Krajčovič, J., Ebringer, L., Polónyi, J. : Quinolones and coumarins eliminate chloroplasts from Euglena gracilis. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 33, 11: 1883-1889 (1989) (40 citations);

The most significant citation: Fichera, ME; Roos, DS: A plastid organelle as a drug target in apicomplexan parasites, NATURE 390:6658, 407-409, 1997; DOI10.1038/371321997

Tucci, S., Vacula, R., Krajčovič, J., Proksch, P., Martin, W.: Variability of wax ester fermentation in natural and bleached Euglena gracilis strains in response to oxygen and the elongase inhibitor Flufenacet. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 57, 1: 63-69 (2010) (47 citations);

The most significant citation: Bourke, MF; Marriott, PJ; Glud, RN; Hasler-Sheetal, H; Kamalanathan, M; Beardall, J; Greening, C; Cook, PLM: Metabolism in anoxic permeable sediments is dominated by eukaryotic dark fermentation, NATURE GEOSCIENCE, 10:1, 30-35, 2017; DOI10.1038/NGEO2843

Krajčovič, J., Vesteg, M., Schwartzbach, S.D.: Euglenoid flagellates: A multifaceted biotechnology platform. Journal of Biotechnology. 202: 135–145 (2015) (43 citations);

The most significant citation: Tsang, ACH; Lam, AT; Riedel-Kruse, IH: Polygonal motion and adaptable phototaxis via flagellar beat switching in the microswimmer Euglena gracilis, NATURE PHYSICS 14:12, 2018; DOI10.1038/s41567-018-0277-7

Hadariová, L., Vesteg, M., Hampl, V., Krajčovič, J.: Reductive evolution of chloroplasts in non-photosynthetic plants, algae and protists. Current Genetics 64: 365-387 (2018) (Citations 32);

The most significant citation: Dorrell, R; Azuma, T; Nomura, M; Audren de Kerdrel, G; Paoli, L; Yang; S; Bowler, C; Ishii, KI; Miyashita, H; Gile, GH; Kamikawa, R: (2019) Principles of plastid reductive evolution illuminated by nonphotosynthetic chrysophytes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 116:14, 6914-6923, 2019; DOI10.1073/pnas.1819976116

Füssy, Z., Záhonová, K., Tomčala, A., Krajčovič, J., Yurchenko, V., Oborník, M., Eliáš, M.: The cryptic plastid of Euglena longa defines a new type of nonphotosynthetic plastid organelle. mSphere 5, 5:e00675-20 (2020) (Citations 8);

The most significant citation: Uthanumallian, K; Iha, C; Repetti, SI; Chan, CX; Bhattacharya, D; Duchene, S; Verbruggen, H.: Tightly constrained genome reduction and relaxation of purifying selection during secondary plastid endosymbiosis, Molecular biology and evolution 9:1 msab295, 2022; DOI10.1093/molbev/msab295 

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years

project 313011ASN4: "Addressing societal threats due to the COVID19 pandemy" (2014-2020)

Principal investigator: VEGA 1/0535/17, project title: "Genetic equipment of euglenoid flagellates for intercellular communication, sugar metabolism and potential multicellularity", research period: 2017-2020

Principal investigator: VEGA 1/0694/21, project title: "Influence of intra- and extracellular factors on the metabolism and motility of euglenoid flagellates", research period: 2021-2024

INTERREG V-A Slovak Republic - Czech Republic 304011P506, "Research and finding a suitable varietal composition of spring barley of the required malting quality for areas more often affected by drought for malt and beer producers." (019-2021)

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Person responsible for SP Applied Biology (Mgr.), Molecular Biology (PhD.) Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia 2016 - present
Person responsible for OHIK Molecular biology Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia 2017 - present
membership in editorial boards of scientific journals: Folia Microbiologica (1994-) Czechoslovak Microbiological Society 1994 - present
membership in editorial boards of scientific journals: The EuroBiotech Journal (2016-) European Biotechnology Thematic Network Association (EBTNA) 2016 - present
membership in editorial boards of scientific journals: Nova Biotechnologica et Chimica (2016-) Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia 2016 - present
Elected member of the EBTNA Executive Committee European Biotechnology Thematic Network Association (EBTNA) 2011-2020
Honorary Member of the EBTNA Executive Committee European Biotechnology Thematic Network Association (EBTNA) 2019 - present

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
University of Vienna Vienna, Austria in the years 1990-2012 university partnership, long-term cooperation till now several shortterm stays: e.g. bilateral university cooperation; Austria - Slovakia Action; ERASMUS, long-term cooperation; prof. Wolfgang Löffelhardt, Dr. Jürgen Steiner
International Institute of Cellular and Molecular Pathology (ICP) Brussels, Belgium 1991-1993 scholarship awarded by ICP
University of Neuchâtel Neuchâtel, Switzerland 1994-1995 (7 months) Scientific Research; National Science Found of Switzerland
University of Nebrasca, later University of Memphis Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, later Mephis, TN, USA 8 months; joint project in the years 2000-2004, long-term cooperation till now NSF joint project USA / Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic - in the years 2000-2004 - continuous cooperation so far
Ludwig Maximilan University Munich, Germany in the years 2002-2009 repeated several-month stays several short stays: e.g. DAAD, German research grants
Universities in: Perugia, Udine, Cambridge, Valencia, Warsaw, Halle, Kayseri, Zagreb, Prague, Brno, České Budejovice Perugia, Udine, Cambridge, Valencia, Warsaw, Halle, Kayseri, Zagreb, Prague, Brno, České Budejovice from 1990 till now usually weekly stays several short-term stays, especially within the frame of ERASMUS and bilateral university cooperation

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

Elected member of the Main Committee of the Czechoslovak Biological Society (2006 - present), since 2015, Vice-Chairman of the Main Committee of the Society;

Member of the VEGA grant agency, commission no. 4 (2011-2021)

Member of the Scientific Board of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia (2015-)

Member of the Scientific Board of the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia (2018-2022)

Rector's Award of the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava for contribution and development in the pedagogical and scientific research area at the Faculty of Natural Sciences (2019)

J Sambucus J. plaque for significant achievements also at the international level and positive promotion of the university awarded by the rector of UCM in Trnava (23.09.2024)

Date of last update
2025-01-20