Degree of qualification: PhD.

Specialization: 4.2.8 Anthropology

Position: assistant professor

E-mail: michaela.zigova@unipo.sk
Office number: 216/b
Consultations: Wed: 9:00 - 10:00 / by appointment via e-mail

Scientific pedagogy characteristic

TEACHED SUBJECTS:

• History of biology
• Model organisms
• Molecular biology
• General botany
• Selected chapters from plant anatomy, morphology and ecotoxicology

SCIENTIFIC FOCUS:

Genetic causes of Human Disorders, Sequencing variants, DNA Polymorphisms, Study of Mutations, Cardiovascular diseases, Molecular biology, Population Genetics, Biostatistics, Ethnic divergences, Anthropology

Specialization: Genetic causes of selected civilisation disorders (cardiomyopathy, coronary heart disease, atrial fibrillation, osteoporosis, infertility), detection of DNA variants, population genetics, antropology characteristics of Slovak population

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

Mgr. (2012)

Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, University of Prešov in Prešov, specialisation: Biology

PhD. (2016)

Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, University of Prešov in Prešov, specialisation: Anthropology

RNDr. (2017)

Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, University of Prešov in Prešov, specialisation: Biology

PUBLICATIONS: https://www.pulib.sk/web/kniznica/epc/autor/Zigov%C3%A1+Michaela+%281988%29

The most significant research outputs:

• "Preliminary results of ethnic divergence of G1181C (rs2073618) and C290T (rs9525641) OPG gene polymorphisms in groups of postmenopausal Slovak women. Mydlárová Blaščáková, M., Mydlár, J., Petrejčíková, E., ...Bernasovská, J., Tomková, S.European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciencesthis link is disabled, 2021, 25(5), pp. 2182–2192"

• "Association between vitamin d receptor gene polymorphisms (Fok i, cdx-2) and bone mineral density in slovak postmenopausal women. Boroňová, I., Bernasovská, J., Mačeková, S., ...Grejtáková, D., Klamárová, T. Anthropologischer Anzeigerthis link is disabled, 2020, 77(3), pp. 195–203"

• "Finding the candidate sequence variants for diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in East Slovak patients. Zigova, M., Bernasovska, J., Boronova, I., Mydlarova Blascakova, M., Kmec, J.Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysisthis link is disabled, 2018, 32(3), e22303"

• "Analysis of selected genes associated with cardiomyopathy by next-generation sequencing. Szabadosova, V., Boronova, I., Ferenc, P., ...Kmec, J.,

Bernasovsky, I. Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysisthis link is disabled, 2018, 32(2), e22254"

• "Analysis of SCN5A Gene Variants in East Slovak Patients with Cardiomyopathy. Priganc, M., Zigová, M., Boroňová, I., ...Kmec, J., Bernasovský, I. Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysisthis link is disabled, 2017, 31(2), e22037"

PARTICIPATION IN PROJECTS:

KEGA 032PU-4/2021 Innovation of the educational process - implementation of new knowledge of virology and NGS technology in the teaching of biological subjects

Pfizer grant ID 56862787: Genetic predisposition of atrial fibrillation in patients with cardiomyopathy in relation to therapy (principal investigator)

GaPU 38/2017: Finding the candidate sequence variants for diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in East Slovak patients (principal investigator)

GaPU 31/2018: Interactions of single nucleotide variants and their role in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases (principal investigator)

GaPU 36/2019: Paternal line I as a potential cardiovascular risk factor in the Slovak population (principal investigator)

APVV 0644-12: Applications of "Next generation sequencing" technology to molecular / genetic analyzes of cardiomyopathies in the Slovak population with a focus on the Roma ethnic group (co-researcher)

VEGA 1/0461/19 Association of molecular genetic and biochemical markers in relation to the assessment of bone mineral density in Roma and non-Roma postmenopausal women (co-researcher)

001PU-2-1/2018 Development of research and technical infrastructure of the University of Prešov, II. Stage (co-researcher)

003PU-2-3/2016 Development of research and technical infrastructure of the University of Prešov (co-researcher)

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Member of the Slovak Cardiology Society

Member of the European Society of Cardiology

ŠVOČ committee, Department of Biology

AWARDS:

Rector's Award for a Scientific Monograph in the Group of Scientific Fields of Life Sciences and Ecology for 2019

Rector's Prize for Scientific Output of Employees under 40 for Scientific Work in Foreign Carnets in the Group of Scientific Fields - Life Sciences and Ecology in 2018

Rector's Award for Scientific Monograph in the Group of Scientific Fields - Life Sciences and Ecology for 2017

TRAINING COURSES:

Basic course of statistics in the program system Statistica

Practical applications of the Luminex device (training course)

Educational program to acquire the pedagogical competence of university teachers