UCM
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
 doc. Ing. Miroslav Glasa, DrSc.
Email:
 miroslav.glasa@ucm.sk
Homepage:
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Fakulta/Univerzita:
FPV UCM - Faculty of Natural Sciences
Pracovisko:
UBB - Ústav biológie a biotechnológie

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Glasa
I.2 - Name
Miroslav
I.3 - Degrees
Assoc. prof. Ing., DrSc.
I.4 - Year of birth
1972
I.5 - Name of the workplace
UCM FNS, Department of biology
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Nám. J. Herdu 2, 917 01 Trnava
I.7 - Position
associate professor
I.8 - E-mail address
miroslav.glasa@ucm.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/32350
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Biology
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-8495-7971

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Slovak Agricultural University
II.b - Year
1995
II.c - Study field and programme
horticulture, 41-42-9
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Slovak Agricultural University
II.b - Year
1999
II.c - Study field and programme
horticulture, 41-42-9
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
University of SS. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Faculty of Natural Sciences
II.b - Year
2023
II.c - Study field and programme
Molecular biology
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Slovak Academy of Sciences
II.b - Year
2018
II.c - Study field and programme
virology, 010621

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
associate professor University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 2020 -
senior scientist Biomedical Research Centre, Institute of Virology, Bratislava 1997 -

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

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
General Virology Applied biology I. Biology
Special Virology Applied Biology I. Biology
Selected chapters in Virology Applied Biology II. 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.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.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
3
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
2
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
3
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
10
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
4
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
Selected chapters from virology Applied biology II. 3. Biology
Special Virology Applied biology II. 3. Biology

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
119
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
44
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
119
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
44
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
1757 WoS (without autocitations)
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
650
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
2068
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
650
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

Glasa, M., Palkovics, L., Komínek, P., Labonne, G., Pittnerová, S., Kúdela, O., Candresse, T., Šubr, Z. (2004): Geographically and temporally distant natural recombinant isolates of Plum pox virus (PPV) are genetically very similar and form a unique PPV subgroup. Journal of General Virology, 85 (9), 2671-2681

García JA, Glasa M, Cambra M, Candresse T (2014): Plum pox virus and Sharka: a model potyvirus and a major disease. Molecular Plant Pathology, 15:226-241

Glasa, M., Malinowski, T., Predajňa, L., Pupola, N., Dekena, D., Michalczuk, L., Candresse, T. (2011): Sequence variability, recombination analysis, and specific detection of the W strain of Plum pox virus. Phytopathology, 101 (8), 980-985.

Glasa, M., Paunovic, S., Jevremovic, D., Myrta, A., Pittnerová, S., Candresse, T. (2005): Analysis of recombinant Plum pox virus (PPV) isolates from Serbia confirms genetic homogeneity and supports a regional origin for the PPV-Rec subgroup. Archives of Virology, 150 (10), 2051-2060

Glasa M, Predajňa L, Komínek P, Nagyová A, Candresse T Olmos A (2014): Molecular characterization of divergent grapevine Pinot gris virus isolates and their detection in Slovak and Czech grapevines. Archives of Virology 159: 2103–2107

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

Hančinský R, Mihálik D, Mrkvová M, Candresse T, Glasa M (2020): Plant viruses infecting Solanaceae family members in the cultivated and wild environments: a review. Plants 9 (5), 667, doi: 10.3390/plants9050667

Hajizadeh M, Gibbs A, Amirnia F, Glasa M (2019): The global phylogeny of Plum pox virus is emerging. Journal of General Virology 100 (10), 1457-1468, doi:10.1099/jgv.0.001308

Glasa M, Hančinský R, Šoltys K, Predajňa L, Tomašechová J, Hauptvogel P, Mrkvová M, Mihálik D, Candresse T (2021): Molecular Characterization of Potato Virus Y (PVY) Using High-Throughput Sequencing: Constraints on Full Genome Reconstructions Imposed by Mixed Infection Involving Recombinant PVY Strains. Plants 10, 753. doi: 10.3390/plants10040753

Irawan, S.A, Ali, C., Glasa, M., Cigdem, U.S., Filiu, E.: Molecular analysis of prune dwarf virus reveals divergence within non-Turkish and Turkish viral populations. Journal of Plant Pathology, (2023), 105, 3, 943 - 954. DOI: 10.1007/s42161-023-01412-2

Mrkvová M, Hančinský R, Predajňa L, Alaxin P, Achs A, Tomašechová J, Šoltys K, Mihálik D, Olmos A, Ruiz-García AB, Glasa M (2022): High-throughput sequencing discloses the cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) diversity in Slovakia and reveals new hosts of CMV from the Papaveraceae family. Plants, 11 (13), art. no. 1665. doi: 10.3390/plants11131665

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

García JA, Glasa M, Cambra M, Candresse T (2014): Plum pox virus and Sharka: a model potyvirus and a major disease. Molecular Plant Pathology, 15:226-241, doi 10.1111/mpp.12083 (4.485 – IF2013) 181 citácií WoS

Corell-Sierra, J., Corrêa, R.L., Gómez, G.G., Elena, S.F., Oliveros, J.C., Rodamilans, B., Martínez-García, P.J., Martínez-Gómez, P., Rubio, M. Almond Grafting for Plum Pox Virus Resistance Triggers Significant Transcriptomic and Epigenetic Shifts in Peaches (2025) International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 26 (1), art. no. 248, . DOI: 10.3390/ijms26010248

García, J.A., Rodamilans, B., Martínez-Turiño, S., Valli, A.A., Simón-Mateo, C., Cambra, M. Plum pox virus: An overview of the potyvirus behind sharka, a harmful stone fruit disease (2025) Annals of Applied Biology, 186 (1), pp. 49-75. DOI: 10.1111/aab.12958

Pinczés, D., Sáray, R., Nemes, K., Palkovics, L., Salánki, K. Viral coat proteins decrease the gene silencing activity of cognate and heterologous viral suppressors (2024) Scientific Reports, 14 (1), art. no. 31008, . DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-81998-4

Bertinelli, G., Tizzani, L., Luigi, M., Monticelli, S., Ilardi, V. Development and Validation of One-Step Reverse Transcription-Droplet Digital PCR for Plum Pox Virus Detection and Quantification from Plant Purified RNA and Crude Extract (2024) Plants, 13 (23), art. no. 3276, . Cited 1 time. DOI: 10.3390/plants13233276

Rubio, M., Martínez-García, P.J., Martínez-Gómez, P., Dicenta, F. Plum pox virus (sharka) resistance in peach by grafting ‘Garrigues’ almond as interstock (2024) Scientia Horticulturae, 338, art. no. 113749, . DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2024.113749

Glasa, M., Palkovics, L., Komínek, P., Labonne, G., Pittnerová, S., Kúdela, O., Candresse, T., Šubr, Z. (2004): Geographically and temporally distant natural recombinant isolates of Plum pox virus (PPV) are genetically very similar and form a unique PPV subgroup. Journal of General Virology, 85 (9), 2671-2681.(3.036 - IF2003) 161 citácií WoS

García, J.A., Rodamilans, B., Martínez-Turiño, S., Valli, A.A., Simón-Mateo, C., Cambra, M. Plum pox virus: An overview of the potyvirus behind sharka, a harmful stone fruit disease (2025) Annals of Applied Biology, 186 (1), pp. 49-75. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-DOI: 10.1111/aab.12958 SOURCE: Scopus

Pedrelli, A., Panattoni, A., Cotrozzi, L. The sharka disease on stone fruits in Italy: a review, with a focus on Tuscany (2024) European Journal of Plant Pathology, 169 (2), pp. 287-300. Cited 1 time. DOI: 10.1007/s10658-024-02827-y

Salava, J., Brožová, J. Evaluation of susceptibility to Plum pox virus and 'Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum' in Japanese plum and pluot cultivars (2024) Horticultural Science, 51 (3), pp. 238-243. DOI: 10.17221/170/2023-HORTSCI

Teber, S., Gürcan, K., Brevet, M., Palmisano, F., Candresse, T., Dallot, S. High genetic diversity suggests a long evolutionary history of plum pox virus-M in Turkey (2023) Plant Pathology, 72 (2), pp. 300-311. Cited 1 time. DOI: 10.1111/ppa.13663

Chirkov, S., Sheveleva, A., Gasanova, T., Kwon, D., Sharko, F., Osipov, G. New Cherry-Adapted Plum Pox Virus Phylogroups Discovered in Russia (2022) Plant Disease, 106 (10), pp. 2591-2600. Cited 3 times.DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-01-22-0006-RE

Maliogka VI, Minafra A, Saldarelli P, Ruiz-García AB, Glasa M, Katis N, Olmos A. (2018): Recent Advances on Detection and Characterization of Fruit Tree Viruses Using High-Throughput Sequencing Technologies. Viruses 10 (8), 436, doi: 10.3390/v10080436 (3.761 - IF2017) 102 citácií WoS

Sánchez-Tovar, M.R., Carvajal-Valenzuela, I.A., Godínez-Mendoza, P.L., Rivera-Bustamante, R.F., Saavedra-Trejo, D.L., Guevara-González, R.G., Torres-Pacheco, I. Protective effects of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in Jalapeño chili pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) in a viral single and mixed infection study model (2025) Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 136, art. no. 102560, .

Chen, H., Xuan, Z., Yang, L., Zhang, S., Cao, M. 56417324500;57210124868;59421960700;57196487623;34978126600; Managing virus diseases in citrus: Leveraging high-throughput sequencing for versatile applications (2025) Horticultural Plant Journal, 11 (1), pp. 57-68. DOI: 10.1016/j.hpj.2024.07.003

Desiderio, F., Galbács, Z.N., Demian, E., Fákó, V., Czako, D., Varga, T., Barath, D., Jaksa-Czotter, N., Koloniuk, I., Varallyay, E. Sweet and sour cherry trees growing at new cultivar testing orchard and certified stock collection in Hungary are highly infected with CVA and PrVF (2024) Scientia Horticulturae, 338, art. no. 113820, .DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2024.113820

Jain, K., Kumar, J., Ranjan, T., Kumar, R.R., Kumar, A., Ansar, M., Kumar, M., Shamim, M., Rajani, K., Kumar, V., Singh, B., Sahni, S., Prasad, B.D. Recent advances in development of diagnostic kits for early detection of viral diseases in crop plants (2024) New Advances in Crop Disease Management, pp. 127-144.

Thapa, P., Diksha, D., Sharma, S.K., Khan, Z.A., Gupta, N., Shimray, M.Y., Prajapati, M.R., Holkar, S.K., Naik, S., Saha, S., Baranwal, V.K. Understanding the dissemination of viruses and viroids identified through virome analysis of major grapevine rootstocks and RPA-based detection of prevalent grapevine virus B (2024) Scientia Horticulturae, 337, art. no. 113538, . Cited 3 times. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2024.113538

Glasa, M., Marie-Jeanne, V., Labonne, G., Šubr, Z., Kúdela, O., Quiot, J.-B. (2002): A natural population of recombinant Plum pox virus is viable and competitive under field conditions. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 108 (9), 843-853. (1.010 - IF2001) 87 citácií WoS

Zagrai, I., Zagrai, L.A. Are D and Rec strains of Plum pox virus similar or different in terms of competitiveness and symptomatology? (2023) Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 51 (4), art. no. 13526, . DOI: 10.15835/NBHA51413526

Zagrai, L.A., Zagrai, I., Guzu, G.M., Rosu-Mares, S.D., Moldovan, C. Assessment of the virus infections occurrence in new established plum and sweet cherry orchards in Transylvania, Romania (2022) Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 50 (2), art. no. 12734, . Cited 3 times. DOI: 10.15835/nbha50212734

Zhou, J., Xing, F., Wang, H., Li, S. Occurrence, Distribution, and Genomic Characteristics of Plum Pox Virus Isolates from Common Apricot (Prunus armeniaca) and Japanese Apricot (Prunus mume) in China (2021) Plant Disease, 105 (11), pp. 3474-3480. Cited 3 times. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-09-20-1936-RE

Gürcan, K., Teber, S., Akbulut, M., Çağlayan, K. Genetic diversity and a long evolutionary history of plum pox virus strain rec in Turkey(2021) European Journal of Plant Pathology, 161 (2), pp. 453-461. Cited 6 times. DOI: 10.1007/s10658-021-02336-2

Kil, E.-J., Ho, P.T., Fadhila, C., Lal, A., Vo, T.T.B., Kim, M., Lee, S. Plum pox virus: diagnosis and spread inhibition by weed control (2021) Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, 128 (4), pp. 1091-1099.

Šubr, Z., Pittnerová, S., Glasa, M. (2004): A simplified RT-PCR-based detection of recombinant plum pox virus isolates. Acta Virologica, 48 (3), 173-176. 79 citácií WoS

Nacheva, L., Milusheva, S., Marinova, P., Dimitrova, N., Benova, E. Cold Atmospheric Plasma (CAP) Treatment of In Vitro Cultivated Plum Plantlets—A Possible Way to Improve Growth and Inactivate Plum Pox Virus (PPV) (2024) Processes, 12 (7), art. no. 1387, . DOI: 10.3390/pr12071387

PM 7/32 (2) Plum pox virus (2023) EPPO Bulletin, 53 (3), pp. 518-539. Cited 2 times. DOI: 10.1111/epp.12948

Pedrelli, A., Ricci, G.P., Panattoni, A., Nali, C., Cotrozzi, L. Physiological and Biochemical Responses Induced by Plum Pox Virus and Plum Bark Necrosis Steam Pitting Associated Virus in Tuscany Autochthonous Plum cv. Coscia di Monaca(2023) Plants, 12 (18), art. no. 3264, . Cited 2 times.DOI: 10.3390/plants12183264

Pedrelli, A., Panattoni, A., Cotrozzi, L. First molecular characterization of plum pox virus strains in stone fruits of Tuscany (Central Italy) (2023) Journal of Plant Pathology, 105 (3), pp. 1045-1053. Cited 5 times. DOI: 10.1007/s42161-023-01430-0

Zagrai, I., Zagrai, L.A. Are D and Rec strains of Plum pox virus similar or different in terms of competitiveness and symptomatology? (2023) Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 51 (4), art. no. 13526, . DOI: 10.15835/NBHA51413526

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

APVV-18-0005 Analysis of factors influencing crop response to potyvirus infection at molecular and cellular level. 1.7.2019 / 30.6.2023 responsible project investigator

VEGA 2/0030/20 Analysis of the complexity and intraspecific diversity of the virome of agricultural and wild plant species from different agroecological contexts. 1.1.2020 / 31.12.2023 responsible project investigator

VEGA 2/0036/16 Molecular epidemiology of fruit tree and grapevine viruses across the agroecological interface. 1.1.2016 / 31.12.2019 responsible project investigator

H2020 The European Virus Archive Global (EVA-GLOBAL, No. 871029), 2020-2024 investigator

APVV-22-0067 Viroids - unique subviral plant pathogens, their diversity and host interactions, 1.7.2023 - 31.6.2027, responsible project investigator

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
Member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Science of UCM Trnava Faculty of Natural Sciences, UCM in Trnava 2020 - until now
Member of the Scientific Council of FZKI SPU Nitra Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering 2022-until now
Member of the Scientific Council of BMC SAV Bratislava Biomedical Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences Bratislava 2009-until now

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)
Research Institute of Plant Production Prague Research team Interaction of plant viruses with hosts and vectors, Drnovská 507/73 161 06 Praha 6 - Ruzyně 3.6.-.9.6.2022 scientific internship

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

Associate Editor of scientific journal Journal of Plant Pathology

(Web of Science), https://www.springer.com/journal/42161

2017 -

Date of last update
2025-02-26