Personal Data
Born on January 25, 1970 in Slovakia; married (Sapan)
Current Position
Assistant Professor
Comenius University in Bratislava
Faculty of Natural Sciences
Department of Biochemistry
Mlynska dolina CH-1, Ilkovicova 6
842 15 Bratislava 4
Slovak Republic
Phone: +421-2-60296-398
E-mail: kissova@fns.uniba.sk
Academic Degrees
- 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)
- 1995 - Master in Pedagogic Studies (supervisor: Dr. Beata Brestenska, thesis title: Teaching Biochemistry in an undergraduate curriculum)
- 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
- since 1997 Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
- 1994-1997 PhD training, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
- 1993-1994 PhD training, Institute of Molecular Biology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
Scientific Visits and Sabbaticals
- Université Victor Segalen, Bordeaux 2, France (October 2008, January 2006) - Assistant Professor
- 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
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France (November 2006 - February 2007, June 2007 - July 2007)
- EGIDE/ Ministére de l’Education Nationale, France (June 2006, October 2005 - November 2005)
- Foundation for Medical Research, France (September 2003 - August 2005)
- Association for Cancer Research, France (June 2002 - July 2003)
Research Interests
- regulation and mechanism of selective degradation of mitochondria in yeast
- role and involvement of mitochondria in aging and programmed cell death processes in yeast
- biogenesis of organelles in non-conventional yeast species