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Two student receive the Student Personality of Slovakia award

Mon, 23 Jan 2023 10:24:00 +0100

[Translate to English:] Podujatie sa organizuje pod záštitou prezidentky SR Zuzany Čaputovej a pod odbornou garanciou Slovenskej rektorskej konferencie a Slovenskej akadémie vied. Hlavným organizátorom projektu je JCI-Slovensko (Junior Chamber International-Slovakia).Cenu si prevzali laureáti v 13 kategóriách v Pálfiho paláci 19. decembra 2022. Laureátom v kategórii farmácia sa stal Daniel Krchňák, DiS. z Farmaceutickej fakulty Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave.

Viac na stránke: https://vedanadosah.cvtisr.sk/ine/pozname-laureatov-studentskej-osobnosti-slovenska-za-akademicky-rok-2021-2022/

Kariéra v inštitúciách EÚ

Tue, 10 Jan 2023 17:01:00 +0100

Odbor všeobecných, inštitucionálnych a personálnych záležitostí EU na Ministerstve zahraničných vecí a európskych záležitostí SR sa aktuálne v rámci svojej agendy intenzívne venuje zvýšeniu zastúpenia slovenských občanov v inštitúciách a orgánoch EÚ. Jedným zo spôsobov naplnenia našej agendy je propagácia pracovných miest a stáží v rámci inštitúcií EÚ pre absolventov a študentov vysokých škôl. Európsky úrad pre výber pracovníkov (EPSO) EPSO je úrad zodpovedný za naplnenie personálnej potreby inštitúcii EÚ výberom vhodných uchádzačov na pozície zamestnancov a stážistov. Študenti majú veľký výber možností, keďže mnoho inštitúcii a orgánov EÚ ponúkajú možnosti stáže. Zároveň sú stáže v rámci EÚ dostupné v širokej škále oblastí. Väčšina stáží zvyčajne trvá 5/6 mesiacov (niektoré môžu byť dlhšie/kratšie). Počas výkonu stáže môžu študenti získať praktické skúsenosti a kontakty, ktoré im môžu byť nápomocné pri neskoršom hľadaní pracovného miesta. Dôležitá informácia je, že mnohé z týchto stáží sú platené (odplata býva rôzna v závislosti od ponuky orgánu/inštitúcie). Webová stránka EPSO je zároveň pravidelne aktualizovaná o nové pozície. Úrad EPSO zaviedol nedávno novinku a záujemcovia sa môžu prihlásiť k odoberaniu notifikácii o nových výberových konaniach na e-mail. Zároveň, dávame do pozornosti aj sociálne siete agentúry EPSO, na ktorých bývajú ponuky stáží taktiež uverejňované.

We received the HR Excellence in Research label

pr@uniba.sk — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 10:01:00 +0100

The label represents confirmation that the working environment at the university is attractive for young researchers and potential international applicants. By obtaining the label our university became one of the attractive employers in the European research area. Comenius University began the process of qualifying for the label in 2021 when it signed up to two fundamental documents in which the European Commission defines the standards for the employment of researchers in research institutions. They are the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers. By adopting the principles outlined in these documents, Comenius University undertook to implement a Human Resources Strategy for Researchers. The initiative received support from the Ministry of Education through the ‘HRS4RUK’ development project. European Commission reserves the right to take away the label and consequently the university needs to monitor and evaluate its HR management system continuously. More information.

Two student receive the Student Personality of Slovakia award

pr@uniba.sk — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 10:18:00 +0100

Daniel Krchňák, DIS., from the Faculty of Pharmacy won in the pharmacy category while Eliška Mintálová from the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport received the award in the sport category. Matej Gazda, a student of the Technical University in Košice, became the absolute winner and the TOP Student Personality of Slovakia for the year 2021/2022. The award ceremony took place on 19 December 2022 in the Pálffy Palace. The event is organized under the auspices of the President of the Slovak Republic Zuzana Čaputová and under the professional guarantee of the Slovak Rector's Conference and the Slovak Academy of Sciences. Members of the jury which evaluated the nominations were exclusively appointed by the guarantors of the project.

GREAT SUCCESS OF THE BRATISLAVA LAW REVIEW

Fri, 23 Dec 2022 14:29:00 +0100

The international scientific journal Bratislava Law Review, which is published by the the Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Law was included in the Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index and the Scopus database. The journal is available HERE.

Medicine is no game

nasa.univerzita@uniba.sk — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 10:12:00 +0100

Leonidas already studied Classics at the Thessaloniki university before coming to the Faculty of Medicine. Why did he choose medicine? Leonidas loves the numerous opportunities that this field offers. His mother is a laryngologist. „In my family, everyone is a doctor, so I was kind of pushed to be a doctor too. I also chose medicine, because it is like an open file. It gives you a lot of opportunities for the future. I am sure, that through medicine, you can find something that you like.” Also medicine guarantees a secure employment. „Healthcare is always needed, and particularly so now, in a pandemic. Work in healthcare is top of the list among jobseekers at the moment,“ he explains. Bratislava's strength is its location He has been in Slovakia for 3 years now. He lives in a flat because he likes to live comfortably. The faculty offered him an opportunity to stay at a dormitory, but he just loves the space of an apartment. Leonidas likes Bratislava a lot. The size of the city suits him well, because he lived in a smaller town in Greece, too. The thing he appreciates most about Bratislava is its location. „I think that the location is ideal – we are in the centre of Europe, we can travel to various countries, we can meet a lot of different people from different cultures. Bratislava has good transportation, even if it is a large city. In my hometown in Greece, we did not have trams, but Bratislava has them. I also like the fact that Bratislava has a lot of shopping malls. I think it's a lovely city and my favourite part is the old town. It's a great city to have a good time, to study and to hang out with friends.“ Only the best students become future doctors The rumours that medicine study is hard are true. Students have three exams per subject, and those exams are truly difficult. As usual, they have to accumulate a number of credits per semester. In this way professors select the best students and then decide which of them are going to become doctors in the future. „Only the best students become future doctors. It is true that many students fail the more difficult subjects. Most of them fail because medicine is not what they really wanted to do,“ says Leonidas. Young med students, of course, need to accumulate a lot of practical experience during their study. The fourth year curriculum includes a lot of clinical practice. Students visit hospitals and hospital departments in Bratislava nearly every day. Leonidas did clinical practice in the hospitals of Kramáre, Ružinov, Mickiewiczova and the hospital of the Merciful Brothers. „We visited different departments - in Kramáre, for example, we did practice in paediatric surgery and in the department of geriatric medicine. Working with different patients means that we learn a lot of new stuff. As you acquire clinical experience, you build new knowledge and obtain tips from the doctors, who show you the correct surgery procedures. Essentially, we are learning what the daily life of a doctor looks like. Every year we have different subjects with the corresponding clinical exercises. Right now, we do neurology, and so we will practice in a neurology clinic,“ explains Leonidas. He thinks that in comparison to Greece Slovak hospitals are equipped sufficiently. „I think my favourite location is the Kramáre hospital, because it is very spacious and well-equipped. The paediatric surgery department is particularly modern and has a lot of equipment. I like its interior design which I think is very attractive for children. I think the doctors there are real professionals,“ he adds. The problem is, even according to other doctors, that there are no „dynamic“ hospitals in Bratislava and sometimes it is hard to cover every specialization. „For example, if a neurosurgeon is needed, they need to be called from another hospital. This is very timeconsuming for the patient. It's a downside. But for the students and their practice though, the current system is more than sufficient.“ Leonidas really likes how well the faculty is equipped. The classrooms and their equipment are very modern and, at least according to him, technologically sufficient. He also likes the renovated building of his faculty and its location in the city. Complete routine with the patients „Another thing I like about working in practice is that you have to build a routine. You are learning how to use your stethoscope to listen to different sounds in the lungs or the heart, and you can feel the patient, which is really important. You need to build rapport with the patient, you need to know how to behave, how to communicate a bad diagnosis to your patient. I think there is a complete routine with your doctor and also with your patient.“ Have the doctors been helpful during his practice? According to Leonidas, it depends on the doctor's personality. He worked with some young doctors, who were really friendly and wanted to teach their students a lot of useful stuff. „On the other hand there were also doctors who were older and stricter. They told us that medicine was no game. You had to concentrate a lot. Then there were also doctors who were not only extremely strict, but wanted to show off a bit. However, this is probably the reality in any hospital in the world, not just in Bratislava,“ Leonidas thinks. He has no particularly bad memories related to his practice though. He remembers some moments when the doctors were asking students questions about topics the students had not had the opportunity to study yet. „I am sure that they were doing it just to push us to study harder. But not everyone is tactful and some of the doctors can get a little bit rude. I know that's because medicine can be hectic. It changes your nature over the years. So I can kind of excuse it.“ Med student turned Youtuber Leonidas hopes that after school he can become an internal medicine doctor. He can also imagine his future in the field of laryngology. Does he want to stay in Bratislava? He really likes Bratislava and finds it very beautiful. But his dream country is the Netherlands, so he is trying to learn Dutch. „I think that the health care system in the Netherlands is among the top ten in Europe, and I prefer the quality of life there,“ clarifies Leonidas. He speaks German very well, is now learning Dutch and speaks some basic Slovak. „In Slovak, I understand medical terms and I know how to order something, but it's a really hard language for me. I had some private lessons with a Slovak tutor and that helped me a lot to learn the basics.“ Despite the fact that he studies and does practice at the same time, he spends a lot of his free time on Youtube. He really likes vlogging. His Youtube channel is called leoskats and has 310 followers, but some videos have thousands views. „I created my YouTube channel for fun. I just wanted to help people who want to study abroad as international students. In preparation for the exams, I looked for videos or vlogs made by students here. The reason I created it, was because I couldn't find anything like that on Bratislava. Making vlogs about university-related stuff is one of my favorite things to do for YouTube. For example, I vlog about how students can prepare for studying here, what to expect and how hard it will be. Furthermore, I want to show the city of Bratislava to students, so they can see how amazing it is to live and study in this city in the heart of Europe for six years,” explains Leonidas. Through his videos he shows his viewers life at a university, daily routines of students and the student life in general. His most popular videos are those about tours to Comenius University, in which he informs about the academic structure and about the program. His videos are not just for fun, but they also have educational value. He uses Youtube to explain medical concepts to his viewers. „Many students from Slovakia and even from other European countries texted me that they would like to study at the Faculty of Medicine. In this way I think I am helping many people. The downside is that Youtube can be very time-consuming. It gets really hard to balance student life, practical exercises and Youtube. But I still like it a lot,“ thinks Leonidas. Radka Rosenbergová

University researchers use a new method of tumour localization

pr@uniba.sk — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 19:09:00 +0100

More than one half of all breast carcinomas may not be palpable during a mammographic screening. The masses found in the breast, however, need to be located precisely, so that they can be removed during surgery along with a small amount of healthy tissue that surrounds them. At present, wires are used to localize the abnormalities. However, this method has its limitations. The wire may break off inside the breast and migrate. A new method has been developed in recent years, during which tiny metal ‘seeds’ are inserted into the tumor and monitored during surgery using radar probes. "These 'seeds’ mean more comfort for the patient and allow the surgeon to have a better overview of the tissues during the surgery. The seeds can remain in the tumours for several months and this benefits the patients who undergo scheduled preoperative chemotherapy," explains Kamil Pohlodek from the 2nd Clinic of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of the Faculty of Medicine and the University Hospital. The SCOUT® method was developed in the U.S. and was approved in 2022 by the Slovak State Institute for Drug Control. The method consists of introducing a small radar reflector 'seed', measuring approximately 12x1.6mm, into the tumour. During the surgery, the seed is tracked using a radar probe. The system uses an acoustic signal to help the operating surgeon pin-point the location of the tumour. "The technology is suitable for early-stage breast cancer. It requires no special surgical tools and the seeds do not produce any artifacts during magnetic resonance imaging." summarises Professor Kamil Pohlodek from Comenius University Bratislava. The method is used by more than 750 centres world-wide and has been applied in 200,000 procedures.

Change of office hours during the Christmas holidays at Study department

Mon, 19 Dec 2022 09:15:00 +0100

Notice: The study department of the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Comenius University is CLOSED during...

Eminent Slovak scientists receive the Doctor of Sciences degree

pr@uniba.sk — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 10:40:00 +0100

Today's ceremony was extraordinary because the degree was presented to a number of notable scientists. The awardees included, among others, the Rector of Comenius University Bratislava and expert on civil law Marek Števček, the chairman of the Slovak Commission for Academic Degrees and botanist Karol Marhold, and the dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Comenius University and entomologist Peter Fedor. The title was awarded to three researchers from Comenius University, thirteen male and two female scientists from the Slovak Academy of Sciences, two scientists from the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava and to one each from the P. J. Šafárik University in Košice, the Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra and the University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice. The new holders of the degree include four women. Unlike other academic degrees, the DrSc. title is awarded by the Slovak Commission for Academic Degrees, rather than by the universities themselves. Candidates are reviewed by the scientific board of their research institution. The Doctor of Sciences academic research degree rewards excellent research qualification as demonstrated by a body of original research work which significantly contributes to knowledge in a discipline of science or furthers practical application in the society, and indicates a fully-formed scientific personality. At Comenius University, the title was awarded to:

RNDr. Peter Griač, DrSc., Slovak Academy of Sciences
prof. RNDr. Zdenko Machala, DrSc., Comenius University in Bratislava
prof. JUDr. Marek Števček, DrSc., Comenius University in Bratislava

At the Slovak Academy of Sciences, the title was awarded to:

RNDr. Štefan Číkoš, DrSc., Slovak Academy of Sciences
MMedSc. Eliyhu Dremencov, DrSc., Slovak Academy of Sciences
prof. RNDr. Peter Fedor, DrSc., Comenius University in Bratislava
RNDr. Peter Gál, DrSc., MBA, P. J. Šafárik University in Košice
Ing. Jozef Hanes, DrSc., Slovak Academy of Sciences
Ing. Richard Hrivnák, DrSc., Slovak Academy of Sciences
RNDr. Ivica Hromadová, DrSc., Slovak Academy of Sciences
Ing. Juraj Majtán, DrSc., Slovak Academy of Sciences
prof. RNDr. Karol Marhold, DrSc., Slovak Academy of Sciences
prof. Ing. Ján Moncoľ, DrSc., Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
PhDr. Ján Steinhubel, DrSc., Slovak Academy of Sciences
Dr. rer. nat. Peter Šiffalovič, DrSc., Slovak Academy of Sciences
Mgr. Adam Tomašových, DrSc., Slovak Academy of Sciences
prof. RNDr. Vladimír Zeleňák, DrSc., P. J. Šafárik University in Košice
Mgr. Andrea Zemánková, DrSc., Slovak Academy of Sciences

At the Slovak University of Technology, the title was awarded to:

prof. RNDr. František Kačík, DrSc., Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
prof. Ing. Ľubomír Švorc, DrSc., Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica

At the University of Pavel Jozef Šafárik in Košice, the title was awarded to:

doc. RNDr. Erik Sedlák, DrSc., P. J. Šafárik University in Košice

At the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, the title was awarded to:

prof. Ing. Marcela Capcarová, DrSc., Slovak university of agriculture in Nitra

At the University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, the title was awarded to:

MVDr. Martina Miterpáková, DrSc., Slovak Academy of Sciences

Seminar of Plasma Physics - Mária Cíbiková (15.12.2022)

Anna.Zahoranova@fmph.uniba.sk — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 11:49:00 +0100

Mgr. Mária Cíbiková:
Characterization of microdischarges generated by pulse electric field