Projects

Mgr. Lucia Balážová, PhD.

National

Current
  • Elucidating the molecular mechanisms and metabolic regulation of substrate cycles
    Program: SRDA
    Duration: 1. 7. 2023 – 30. 6. 2027
  • Uncovering the surfaceome and cargo of hepatic extracellular vesicles to identify circulating NAFLD biomarker
    Program: SRDA
    Duration: 1. 7. 2023 – 30. 6. 2027
  • Lactate, a metabolic signal and energy source for alternative thermogenesis mechanisms
    Program: VEGA
    Duration: 1. 1. 2023 – 31. 12. 2026
  • The role of GPR180 in regulation of pancreatic beta cell function and pathogenesis of diabetes
    Program: VEGA
    Duration: 1. 1. 2023 – 31. 12. 2026
Finished
  • Infrastructure for extracellular vesicle processing and phenotyping
    Program:
    Duration: 1. 7. 2024 – 30. 6. 2025
  • Investigating the role of GPR180/CTHRC1 signalling in regulation of pancreatic B cell function and pathogenesis of diabetes
    Program: SASPRO
    Duration: 1. 9. 2022 – 31. 8. 2024
  • Effect of flavonoids and mycotoxins on adipose tissue. The influence of metabolic status, inflammation and oxidative stress
    Program: SRDA
    Duration: 1. 7. 2016 – 31. 12. 2020
  • New regulatory effects of nitric oxide and their role in the development of essential hypertension
    Program: SRDA
    Duration: 1. 7. 2016 – 31. 8. 2020
  • The effect of IRAP (insulin-regulated aminopeptidase) aminopeptidase activity inhibition on metabolism of adipose tissue in obesity and insulin resistance
    Program: VEGA
    Duration: 1. 1. 2017 – 31. 12. 2019
  • New approaches in identification of individual RAS components and function of ACE2/Ang-(1-7)/MasR and (pro)renin receptor pathways in development of adipose tissue hypertrophy
    Program: VEGA
    Duration: 1. 1. 2014 – 31. 12. 2016