RNDr. Róbert Seliga, PhD.

Current positions:

Laboratory manager of Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences

Education:

2000 – 2005: MSc. study in Biochemistry – P. J. Safarik University in Kosice
2007 – 2013: Ph.D. study in Pharmacology – P. J. Safarik University in Kosice

Research interests:

DNA-ligand interactions
New potential antitumor agents screening
In vitro diagnostics of influenza viruses

Education:

2007 - 2013: PhD. study in The Depatrment of Pharmacology, Medical Faculty of Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice
2005 - 2007: PhD. study (unfinished) in The Institute of Animal Physiology of the Slovak Academy of Science
2000 - 2005: MSc. study in Biochemistry, The Faculty of Natural Sciences of Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice

Exams taken:

2013 “PhD.“ – Doctoral dissertation exam in Pharmacology, The Medical Faculty of Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice
2009 “RNDr.“ – Doctoral rigorous exam in Biochemistry, The Faculty of Natural Sciences of Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice
2005 “MSc.“ – Masters exam in Biochemistry, The Faculty of Natural Sciences of Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice
2003 “Bsc.“ – Bachelor exam in Chemistry, The Faculty of Natural Sciences of Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice

Employment history:

2018 - present: Laboratory manager of Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Technological and Innovation Park of P. J. Safarik University in Kosice

2012 - 2018: Regional authority of public health in Kosice, Department of medical microbiology, Deputy head – Division of bacteriology, bioterrorism and molecular biology (diagnostics of influenza viruses)

Practical laboratory skills:

UV-VIS absorption spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy (DNA-ligand interactions study)
Molecular biology methods (isolation of DNA and RNA, ELFO)
Cultivation and working with bacterial cultures and human cancer lines (MTT assay)
PCR (real time, RT-PCR)

Pedagogical activities:

2010 - 2011 Practicum of pharmacology – dentistry medicine
2008 - 2010 Practicum of pharmacology – bachelors
2005 - 2007 Practicum of biochemistry nucleid acids II

Language:

Slovak, English – intermediate

Hobby:

automobilism, audio-video, music, science and research

Time-resolved imaging of oxygen consumption in cancer cells during photo-dynamic therapy, Slovak Grant Agency – VEGA 1/0156/18 (2018-2020). Co-investigator.

Huntosova V., Horvath D., Seliga R., Wagnieres G.: Influence of Oxidative Stress on Time-Resolved Oxygen Detection by [Ru(Phen)3]2+ In Vivo and In Vitro. Molecules, 26:485 (2021) Q2 IF3.267
Moskvin M., Huntosova V., Herynek V., Matous P., Michalcova A., Lobaz V., Zasonska B., Slouf M., Seliga R., Horak D.: In vitro cellular activity of maghemite/cerium oxide magnetic nanoparticles with antioxidant properties. Colloids and Surface B: Biointerfaces, 204:111824 (2021) Q1 IF4.389
Datta S., Huntosova V., Jutkova A., Seliga R., Kronek J., Tomkova A., Lenkavska L., Macajova M., Bilcik B., Kundekova B., Cavarga I., Pavlova E., Sloufl M., Miskovsky P., Jancura D.: Influence of hydrophobic side-chain length in amphiphilic gradient copoly(2-oxazoline)s on the therapeutics loading, stability, cellular uptake and pharmacokinetics of nano-formulation with curcumin. 14, 2576 (2020) Q1 IF6.525
Huntošova V., Seliga R., Horváth D.: Time-resolved measurements of tissue oxygenation and oxidative stress level in cancer cells. In Genetic toxicology and cancer prevention : Bilateral Czech and Slovak Workshop – Bratislava : Cancer Research Institute, Biomedical Research Center of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, (2019), p. 62-67. ISBN 978-80-972247-4-5
Seliga R., Pilatova M., Sarissky M., Viglasky V., Walko M., Mojzis J., Novel naphthalimide polyamine derivatives as potential antitumor agents, Molecular Biology Reports 40, 2013, 4129–4137.
Pilatova M., Ivanova L., Kutschy P., Varinska L., Saxunova L., Repovska M., Sarissky M., Seliga R., Mirossay L., Mojzis J., In vitro toxicity of camalexin derivatives in human cancer and non-cancer cells, Toxicology in Vitro 27, 2013, 939–944.