Projects

International Projects

Multilateral

DANOMICS – Danube meets omics 
Program:APVV – Danube region
Principal investigator:Ing. Škultéty Ľudovít, DrSc.
Duration:1.1.2017 – 31.12.2018
Q fever biomarker discovery using innovative immunoproteomic and metabolomic approaches
Program:International Visegrad Fund  – standard
Principal investigator ans coordinator:Ing. Škultéty Ľudovít, DrSc.
Duration:1.9.2016 – 31.8.2017

Bilateral

RICKDET – Detection and Characterization of Rickettsiae and Similar Microorganisms 
Program:Bilateral – other
Principal investigator:RNDr. Zuzana Sekeyová, PhD.
Duration:1.1.2018 – 31.12.2019

List of projects funded from other competitive sources

Structural characterisation and anotation of gene cluster of C. burnetii lipoplysaccharide
Program:National Research Platform for Zoonoses
Co-applicant and partner:Ing. Škultéty Ľudovít, DrSc.
Duration:1.9.2015 – 31.12.2016

National Projects

List of projects of the Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV)

Host cell interaction with Coxiella burnetii: identification and utilization of novel therapeutic and diagnostic targets
Program:APVV
Principal investigator:Ing. Škultéty Ľudovít, DrSc.
Duration:1.7.2020 – 30.6.2024
Preparation of erythropoietin a therapeutic hormone affecting the production of red blood cells by expression in eukaryotic cell system and its further purification, selected among the outstanding
Program:APVV
Principal investigator:Ing. Škultéty Ľudovít, DrSc.
Duration:1.7.2015 – 30.6.2019
The role of neuropeptides and receptors in regulation of pathogen transfer from ticks to their hosts
Program:APVV
Co-applicant and partner:Mgr. Eva Špitalská, PhD.
Duration:1.7.2015 – 30.6.2019
Ecology of host specificity in vector-borne parasites
Program:APVV
Co-applicant and partner:Mgr. Eva Špitalská, PhD.
Duration:1.7.2017 – 30.6.2021
Research of biomarkers for diagnosis of rickettsiae, Coxiella burnetii and related organisms by state-ofart immunoproteomic and molecular biologic methods
Program:APVV
Principal investigator:RNDr. Zuzana Sekeyová, PhD.
Duration:1.10.2013 – 30.9.2017
RICTRANSPROT – Investigation of the host – parasite, cell – Rickettsia relationship, monitored by transcriptomic and proteome studies
Program:APVV
Principal investigator:RNDr. Zuzana Sekeyová, PhD.
Duration:1.7.2020 – 30.6.2024
Role of microenvironment and B-cell immunity in the spontaneous regression of MM patients undergoing high dose therapy and autologous stem cell transplantation
Program:APVV
Principal investigator:MUDr. Ján Lakota, PhD.
Duration:1.10.2013 – 30.6.2017
MMSR – Disclosure of the molecular mechanism of spontaneous tumor regression followed by the development of novel prognostic tool
Program:APVV
Principal investigator:Mgr. Lenka Minichová, PhD.
Duration:1.7.2019 – 30.6.2023

List of projects of the Scientific Grant Agency of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Education (VEGA)

Diversity of vector-borne pathogenic and non-pathogenic microorganisms and potential therapy of zoonotic diseases caused by them
Program:VEGA
Principal investigator:Mgr. Eva Špitalská, PhD.
Duration:1.1.2021 – 31.12.2024
Development of a lateral flow assay for the diagnosis of zoonotic disease: Q fever
Program:VEGA
Principal investigator:MSc. Gabriela Flores-Ramírez, PhD.
Duration:1.1.2021 – 31.12.2024
RICKCOXDIAG – Rickettsiae and Coxiella burnetii, bacterial triggers of the “mysterious“ diseases
Program:VEGA
Principal investigator:RNDr. Zuzana Sekeyová, PhD.
Duration:1.1.2019 – 31.12.2022
New insight into the phase variation phenomenon of Coxiella burnetii
Program:VEGA
Principal investigator:Ing. Škultéty Ľudovít, DrSc.
Duration:1.1.2019 – 31.12.2022
Development of monoclonal antibodies of Rickettsiae and their employment in diagnosis assay
Program:VEGA
Principal investigator:Mgr. Marco Quevedo Diaz, PhD.
Duration:1.1.2019 – 31.12.2022
Discovery of clinically relevant proteins and their application in more reliable diagnostics of Q fever
Program:VEGA
Principal investigator:MSc. Gabriela Flores-Ramírez, PhD.
Duration:1.1.2018 – 31.12.2020
Pathogens and endosymbionts as components of the natural environment of the bloodsucking ectoparasites
Program:VEGA
Principal investigator:Mgr. Eva Špitalská, PhD.
Duration:1.1.2017 – 31.12.2020
The effect of selected natural compounds of plant origin (essential oils) on Rickettsiae and ticks
Program:VEGA
Principal investigator:Mgr. Katarína Štefanidesová, PhD.
Duration:1.1.2016 – 31.12.2019
Development of Rickettsia antibodies detection system using an enzyme immunological assay
Program:VEGA
Principal investigator:Mgr. Marco Quevedo Diaz, PhD.
Duration:1.1.2016 – 31.12.2018
Proteomic analyses of the interaction of host with pathogenic bacterium Coxiella burnetii
Program:VEGA
Principal investigator:Ing. Škultéty Ľudovít, DrSc.
Duration:1.1.2015 – 31.12.2018
Evaluation of the protein expression of Coxiella burnetii in response to antibiotic resistance
Program:VEGA
Principal investigator:MSc. Gabriela Flores-Ramírez, PhD.
Duration:1.1.2015 – 31.12.2017
Polyphasic analysis of molecular data obtained by examining of the Rickettsiae, Coxiella burnetii and similar microorganisms
Program:VEGA
Principal investigator:RNDr. Zuzana Sekeyová, PhD.
Duration:1.1.2015 – 31.12.2017
The role of birds and mammals in the circulation of vector-borne bacteria and blood parasites in urban and sylvatic foci
Program:VEGA
Principal investigator:Mgr. Eva Špitalska, PhD.
Duration:1.1.2013 – 31.12.2016