PhD Staff:
Name:  Principal Research Interests: 
Karol BABOR  Alpha-glucans - detailed structure, chemical and enzymic modifications 
Peter BIELY  Biochemistry of carbohydrates; enzymology; biodegradation of plant polysaccharides 
Ladislav BILISICS  Biochemistry of plant cell elongation; metabolism of plant oligo- and polysaccharides 
Emilia BREIEROVA  Microbiology; yeast storage; glycoproteins of the yeasts 
Peter CAPEK  Plant polysaccharides - isolation and structural characterization 
Jana DRGONOVA  Biosynthesis of yeast cell walls 
Anna EBRINGEROVA  Plant polysaccharides - isolation, modification and structural analysis 
Vladimir FARKAS  Biosynthesis of plant and fungal cell walls; plant and fungal glucanases; physiology of fungi 
Jan GAJDOS  Conformational analysis of saccharides; molecular mechanics and quantum chemical calculations; solvent effect 
Peter GEMEINER  Enzyme engineering; immobilized biosystems; biorecognition technology; calorimetric biosensors; polysaccharides; protein purification and modification 
Jan HIRSCH  Oligosaccharides - synthesis and structural characterization 
Milos HRICOVINI  NMR spectroscopy of carbohydrates- structure and dynamics in solution; protein - carbohydrate interactions 
Zdena HROMADKOVA  Polysaccharides - modification, structural analysis and rheological properties 
Dusan JONIAK  Organic synthesis; lignin - saccharide model compounds 
Marta KACURAKOVA  FT-IR spectroscopy of carbohydrates and biopolymers 
Daniela KAKONIOVA  Plant physiology; tissue and callus cultures; plant protoplasts; morphogenesis; oligosaccharins 
Alzbeta KARDOSOVA  Polysaccharides - isolation, fractionation, structure determination 
Jaroslav KLAUDINY  Molecular biology; genetic engineering; characterization of biologically active and nutritional proteins of honeybees 
Grigorij KOGAN  Complex carbohydrates; structure-biological functions relationship 
Nadezda KOLAROVA  Biochemistry; glycosidases; glycosyl transferases 
Miroslav KOOS  Organic synthesis; mono- and oligosaccharides; five- and six-membered heterocyclic compounds; natural products; glycoconjugates 
Bozena KOSIKOVA  Lignin-carbohydrate complexes; modification and utilization of lignin wood component 
Vladimir KOVACIK  Mass spectrometry of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates 
Jan KOZAK  Organic synthesis; mono- and oligosaccharides 
Jozef KONIGSTEIN  Physical organic chemistry; saccharide conversions - reactivity and reaction mechanism 
Marta KUBACKOVA  Non-cellulosic plant polysaccharides; biologically active oligosaccharides 
Erika LATTOVA  Carbohydrate chemistry; ozonolysis of sugar nitronates; synthesis of mono- and oligosaccharides, thiosugars, xylodextrins and their sulfates 
Kazimir LINEK  Organic synthesis; glycosidase inhibitors 
Desana LISKOVA  Plants physiology - plant cell, tissue and organ cultures; growth and morphogenesis; bioactive polysaccharides and oligosaccharides - oligosaccharins
Eva MACHOVA  Microbial polysaccharides - physico-chemical characterization 
Anna MALOVIKOVA  Acidic plant polysaccharides - physico-chemical properties and interactions 
Oskar MARKOVIC  Enzymology; pectic enzymes - structure and function relationship; hydrolases; immobilization 
Maria MATULOVA  NMR spectroscopy of mono-, oligo and polysaccharides; structure of organic compounds 
Danica MISLOVICOVA  Biotechnology; saccharides-lectins specific interactions; affinity chromatography; glycoenzymes immobilization; characterization of glycoconjugates 
Ladislav PETRUS  Carbohydrate chemistry; synthesis of nitro sugars, amino sugars, C-glycosyl compounds; Mo(VI)-catalyzed and similar inverconversions of  sugars; cellulose solvents; homogeneous and heterogeneous derivatization of polysaccharides; La(III)-polyol complexes-based chromatography 
Maria PETRUSOVA  Carbohydrate chemistry; synthesis of mono- and oligosaccharides, nitro sugars, thiosugars, C-glycosyl compounds, neoglycoconjugates; electrosynthesis with trioses and their derivatives 
Alfonz RYBAR  Organic synthesis; polycondenzed nitrogen-containing heterocycles; chiral derivatives from saccharides; asymmetric synthesis 
Jana SCHMITZOVA  Biochemistry and gene engineering of nutritive honeybee’s proteins 
Elena SLAVIKOVA  The yeasts - ecology, isolation, identification, properties 
Bohumil STEINER  Organic synthesis; mono- and oligosaccharides; five-membered heterocycles 
Eva STRATILOVA  Enzymology; pectic enzymes - structure and function relationship; hydrolases; immobilization 
Zdena SULOVA  Metabolism of xyloglucan in plants 
Jozef SANDULA  Biochemistry of microbial polysaccharides; industrial oligo- and polysaccharides and glycoproteins - characterization, biological activity and practical utilization 
Sergej SESTAK  Biosynthesis of yeast cell walls; regulation of cellulase synthesis in Trichoderma 
Ivan SIMKOVIC  Polysaccharides with an ion-exchanging group - preparation and properties 
Jozef SIMUTH  Molecular biology and genetic engineering of honeybee’s nutritive proteins 
Igor TVAROSKA  Conformational analysis of carbohydrates; quantum chemistry; molecular mechanics; NMR; computer simulation of enzymatic reactions 
Renata VADKERTIOVA  The yeasts - ecology, isolation, identification, properties 
Maria VRSANSKA  Enzymic degradation of plant polysaccharides, hemicelluloses; utilization of xylan; xylanases and cellulases - mechanism of action; transglycosylation reactions of endoglycanases