RSS feed uniba.sk https://uniba.sk/ Najnovšie novinky sk RSS feed uniba.sk https://uniba.sk/fileadmin/tt_news_article.gif https://uniba.sk/ Najnovšie novinky TYPO3 - get.content.right http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 31 Dec 2026 00:00:00 +0100 Ukrainian physician at CU: I Am More Useful When I'm Working in My Field https://uniba.sk/ Physician Iryna Voronkina is one of thousands of Ukrainians who had to flee their homes due to the... Bratislava Offered Help The decision to leave was made in May 2022, after the atrocities in Bucha, occupied for a month by Russian troops, came to light. “When I heard what they had done to the children, to girls, I was in shock. I stopped thinking about myself and my career altogether. My husband and I had only one thought: how to save our daughter. She was 15 at the time and had just spent two years studying online during the pandemic. We wanted her to have a normal life, to be able to grow, to attend school and dance lessons, which she had loved since childhood, and not to live in fear.” Because of all this, Iryna Voronkina began looking for ways to leave. Several European universities and research institutes were offering support to Ukrainian scientists. She sent out applications to various countries. She had a lot to offer – her experience working in hospitals and labs, her skills in research and grant-writing, team management, and in teaching students. A positive response came from the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Comenius University. “Professor Helena Bujdáková, Head of the Department of Microbiology and Virology, called me and said she had a position for a year and that I could come with my daughter. So, in August 2022, we came to Slovakia.” Engaged in Both Teaching and Research Dr Voronkina had only visited Bratislava once before, in 2019, during a trip from Prague. “I liked the city; the trams were similar to those back home, and the atmosphere was pleasant. I remember thinking it would be a nice place to live.” During the first few months, the support of Professor Bujdáková and others at the faculty was invaluable. They were housed at the Družba dormitory, first in the student section known as the Swedish Houses, and this year in the professors’ residence. “In retrospect, I realise that I was in a state of shock during those early months. Sometimes I would enter a shop and have no idea what I was supposed to do - everything just blurred into a field of colours. It took about six months for my brain to start functioning normally again,” she explains. After two months at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, she got the chance to move to the Faculty of Medicine, where, as a physician, she felt more “at home.” Since November 2022, she has been a team member at the Institute of Microbiology, led by Professor Adriana Liptáková. The faculty received funding for her position through a grant from the Recovery Plan under a scheme supporting excellent researchers affected by the war in Ukraine. She is also part of a research team that received an APVV grant last year. Their project studies vaccine efficacy in patients with chronic recurrent infections, using advanced methods to analyse immune system responses. She started learning Slovak immediately upon arrival, following online courses provided by the Faculty of Medicine for three months, and then taking in-person lessons at the Centre for Continuing Education of Comenius University. Today, she communicates fluently. She says her biggest language breakthrough came when she began teaching courses last academic year. “I have no idea how the students survived it,” she laughs. “Honestly, my Slovak was a disaster. I spent hours preparing for each exercise and lecture, searching for terminology, translating examples from clinical practice. But all the students passed their exams.” This is now her third semester of teaching, and she feels much more confident. Diploma Recognition A major milestone for Iryna Voronkina was the recognition of her medical degree and PhD, which required a great deal of time, effort, and bureaucracy. She had to submit many documents from her home university – some of which took up to a year to obtain – and pass final state exams at the Faculty of Medicine. “I wasn’t prepared for how difficult it would be. After all, I graduated 20 years ago, and have since specialised in clinical microbiology. Suddenly I had to sit exams in gynaecology or surgery, and in Slovak,” she says. She passed on the first try, thanks also to the support of colleagues at both the Faculty of Natural Sciences and the Faculty of Medicine. She and other Ukrainian doctors in similar situations helped each other along the way. Her next goal is to complete specialisation studies in microbiology and earn board certification. She is also working hard to improve her English, as the faculty would like her to teach in the English-language programme. The Same, Yet Different She adapted to the university work environment quickly. In Bratislava, medical and lab procedures are very similar to those in Ukraine. However, she says science works much better in Slovakia. “Every year, we have opportunities to apply for various calls and secure grants that allow us to purchase modern research equipment, publish in prestigious journals, and attend major and interesting conferences. These opportunities are motivating: they provide inspiration and financial support to continue scientific work. In Ukraine, unfortunately, scientists have recently only been receiving base salaries - and even those are low. That’s one of the main reasons why young people are leaving science, and why Ukrainian research is losing its global competitiveness. I know my colleagues have brilliant ideas, but they simply can’t realise them due to lack of resources.” She is grateful to be working in her field and using her skills. “Of course, I could do manual labour, but I believe I’m more useful by working in my profession. I can do more good this way.” Mentally at Home Every Day Like many foreign workers and students, Iryna Voronkina deals with issues such as appointments at the immigration office and paperwork for herself and her daughter. She’s happy that her daughter Liza has adapted very well in Slovakia. Liza attends grammar school, is part of a dance club, and has made new friends. Still, Ukraine is constantly on her mind. Every morning, she checks her phone to see where in Ukraine attacks have occurred and what’s happening in Kharkiv. “I can’t start the day without making sure everyone back home is safe. It’s been three years. It’s mentally exhausting, but I have no choice.” Her husband had to stay behind. He’s not allowed to leave the country and is caring for his mother, whose rural home was destroyed as early as May 2022. For three years, he has only seen his wife and daughter through a screen. “I’m afraid to go back alone without my daughter, and I’m afraid to take her with me. It’s dangerous. Just before Easter this year, the Russians bombed a children’s centre - the former Pioneer House - where my daughter used to go for dance training.” Her parents are still in Kharkiv. She hopes they will be able to visit Bratislava for Christmas if all goes well.
MUDr. Iryna Voronkina, PhD., is a clinical microbiologist. She graduated in medicine from Kharkiv State Medical University and worked at the I. I. Mechnikov Institute of Microbiology and Immunology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine. She came to Slovakia in 2022 and first worked at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Comenius University. Since November 2022, she has been employed at the Institute of Microbiology of CU's Faculty of Medicine in Bratislava, teaching microbiology to 2nd- and 3rd-year general medicine students. Her research focuses on verifying and expanding the therapeutic potential of individually prepared autovaccines in carriers of multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacterial strains and in patients with chronic recurrent infections (CRI), by monitoring specific bacterial and immune markers.
We Need People Like Her More Than Ever How do the two women responsible for Iryna Voronkina’s successful integration view her arrival and work? “Dr Iryna Voronkina is the kind of person every boss would want on their team. She was able to integrate into our workplace immediately. She is an investigator on KEGA, VEGA, and APVV grants, is involved in teaching, and is enrolled in a specialisation study programme. She is extremely positive - nothing is an obstacle, everything is a challenge. You could see this when she was fighting to have her degree recognised, or dealing with bureaucracy. Our institute has previously welcomed people driven from their homes by war: we have colleagues from Afghanistan and Serbia. They enrich us. We need people like her more than ever. What saddens me is that she can’t be with her family. Her story makes us realise how often we fret about trivialities and how little we appreciate what we have.” Prof. Adriana Liptáková, Head of the Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University “At our faculty, we were running a major European project, CEMBO, under the TWINING scheme. When the war broke out, we posted on the European portal that we could help researchers in need through this project. Dr Voronkina was the first to respond, and we invited her to Bratislava. That same week, another Ukrainian researcher contacted us - Dr Larysa Bugyna, a researcher in natural sciences, whose expertise also made her a great fit for our team. I got in touch with Professor Liptáková at the Faculty of Medicine, knowing they were short-staffed, and told her I had a physician–microbiologist. We wrote a project under the Recovery Plan’s scheme to support researchers threatened by the conflict in Ukraine, and it was successful. Iryna moved to the Faculty of Medicine, and Larysa has since become an excellent addition to our team. Thanks to one call, two of our institutions gained skilled professionals and helped two women - two mothers - in need. I see the presence of foreign colleagues as a benefit. Our people learn to tolerate different customs and cultures. It’s very enriching.” Prof. Helena Bujdáková, Head of the Department of Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University Text by Barbora Tancerová]]> [RUK][SP] Naša Univerzita [RUK] Titulka - úzke novinky nasa.univerzita@uniba.sk Thu, 15 May 2025 10:10:00 +0200 The Graduation Ceremony of Graduates of the Faculty of Pharmacy http://www.fpharm.uniba.sk/en/education/the-graduation-ceremony-of-graduates-of-the-faculty-of-pharmacy/ The graduation ceremony of pharmacists will take place on June 25, 2025 in the Hall of the Comenius... [FaF] Titulka - široké novinky [FaF] Kalendár Mon, 12 May 2025 12:06:00 +0200 Nuclear Seminar - Mgr. Martin Venhart, DrSc. (14.5.2025) https://uniba.sk/ Wednesday 14.5.2025 at 13:00, Lecture room F1/364 Mgr. Martin Venhart, DrSc. (Institute of Physics of Slovak Academy of Sciences):
Odd-Au isotopes: tool for understanding the nuclear deformation Abstract:
Atomic nuclei with odd number of nucleons offer a unique possibility to establish deformation of parameters, both axial and triaxial. Very specific system are odd-Au isotopes, that have many coexisting structures with different deformations at low excitation energies. In the talk, historical context of odd-Au studies will be presented, together with widely occurring electric monopole transitions, isomeric transitions and systematics of excited states associated with various nucleonic structures. At the Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, extensive datasets for odd-Au isotopes have been collected over past 15 years. This includes in-beam spectroscopy, alpha and beta decay spectroscopy, isomeric spectroscopy and lifetime measurements. The most import results will be summarized. ]]> [FMFI] Prednášky a semináre [FMFI] Kalendár Jaroslav.Stanicek@fmph.uniba.sk Wed, 07 May 2025 11:31:00 +0200 Seminar of Plasma Physics - Zdenka Kozáková (12.5.2025) https://uniba.sk/ Monday 12.5.2025 at 14:00 hod., Lecture room F2/51 doc. Ing. Zdenka Kozáková, PhD. (Institute of Physical and Applied Chemistry, Faculty of CHemistry, University of Technology, Brno):
Preparation, characterisation and utilisation of plasma activated water (PAW) in bio-applications]]> [FMFI] Prednášky a semináre [FMFI] Kalendár Anna.Zahoranova@fmph.uniba.sk Wed, 07 May 2025 11:09:00 +0200 Hackathon with ÚVO: Students Experienced Public Procurement in Practice https://uniba.sk/ 29 April 2025, Comenius University, Faculty of Law Student Hackathon, giving students the opportunity to face real-life challenges. Divided into three teams, they worked on two types of assignments:
  1. setting the conditions of a procurement procedure from the perspective of contracting authority,
  2. identifying errors in model contracts in the role of an inspector.
Additional assignments included proposing new financial limits for below-threshold contracts and suggesting innovative methods for reviewing the Office’s decisions. The students demonstrated a solid understanding of public procurement and brought fresh, unbiased insights to the process. The Office considers promoting young professionals’ interest in this field a key priority and plans to organise similar activities in the future.

]]> [PraF] Titulka - úzke novinky - z uniba.sk [PraF] EN Titulka - úzke novinky Mon, 12 May 2025 11:20:00 +0200 April 2025 at the International Office http://www.fm.uniba.sk/en/about-faculty/akcie-organizovane-na-fm/erasmus-program-is-also-for-teachers-and-staff-exchanges/ At the Faculty of Management Comenius University at the end of April, we welcomed colleagues from... Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Romania at the West University of Timișoara, in Paris at ECE University, Germany at the Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences, and also at the Iriarte University College in Tenerife, Spain. In addition to teaching mobilities, we also sent PhD students for short-term internships, as well as students together with academic staff to Blended Intensive Programmes (BIP). A larger group recently returned from a BIP held in Prague, accompanied by our colleague Holienko. Our international activities didn’t stop in Europe – the Dean of the Faculty of Management, Comenius University, along with the Vice-Dean for International Relations, successfully represented us at education fairs in India. We bring you short reports from some of our colleagues, which we hope will serve as motivation for your own Erasmus journeys. Follow our updates and don’t hesitate to get involved – mobility is not just for students, but also for staff and teachers!

Teaching in Tenerife – the biscuits brand Horalky

Thanks to the Erasmus+ STA mobility I had the opportunity in the first half of April to visit Iriarte University College in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain. It is a smaller private university with a student population equal to our faculty. The school was initially profiled for tourism, but now offers a wide range of courses of a classical business school. Due to the attractiveness of the destination, most of the students are foreign exchange students. During my stay at the university, I had the rare opportunity to get to know the students and faculty. During lectures and tutorials, I introduced the topic of consumer behaviour to the students in the Marketing course. Using the example of the Slovak biscuit brand Horalky, I discussed with the students the possibility of expanding this brand to the local market. Students proposed evaluation criteria to compare Slovak biscuit Horalky with potential competitors on the local market. After tasting the product, the students proposed concrete recommendations for its adaptation when entering a new market. It was an interesting opportunity to meet people and get to know the unique places of this diverse island.

Short-term PhD Internship in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Ivan Skaloš

“Within the framework of the Erasmus+ mobility program for doctoral students, I had the valuable opportunity to spend two weeks at the Faculty of Economics, University of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina — a higher education institution distinguished by its welcoming, family-like atmosphere and situated in a remarkably beautiful region of the country. This experience enabled me to engage in meaningful academic exchange with both students and faculty members outside the European Union, within a national context still navigating complex internal challenges rooted in its difficult historical legacy. From the perspectives of teaching, academic leadership, and personal growth, this stay proved immensely enriching. It allowed me not only to broaden my professional horizons but also to deepen my understanding of the cultural, social, and economic dynamics in a region marked by resilience and transformation.”

STA West University of Timisoara, Romania

Our colleague doc. Copuš from the Department of Management took part in an international teaching week at the West University of Timisoara, Romania, at the beginning of April, together with participants from 20 other countries. As part of his teaching activities, he contributed to the course Intercultural Management. The participants also enjoyed a rich program filled with both academic and social events. As someone beautifully put it during the week: “After a week abroad, a teacher always comes back changed – even if just a little, but always better.

India - Puna and Mumbai

The Faculty of Management, Comenius University, was represented at student fairs in Pune and Mumbai, India, by Dean Prof. Peter Štarchoň and Vice Dean for International Relations, Lucia Vilčeková. The aim of the visit was to present the faculty’s English study programs, explore opportunities for academic cooperation, and engage with prospective students from the region.]]> [FM] Titulka - úzke novinky Tue, 06 May 2025 14:14:00 +0200 Mindfulness: A Practical Approach to Finding Peace in a Chaotic World https://uniba.sk/ The second session of the workshop and lecture for Slovak and international students of Comenius... The workshop was held in the premises of our building and the Faculty of Pharmacy, with the participation of our students as well. It was led by Denis Deriglazov, MSc, from the Institute of Applied Psychology at the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava.
The event was organized by the International Relations Office of the Rectorate of Comenius University as part of the internationalization and integration project aimed at supporting cooperation and mutual understanding between Slovak and international students.


]]> [FM] Titulka - úzke novinky Mon, 05 May 2025 13:38:00 +0200 Doctoral colloquium - Vladimír Macko (5.5.2025) https://uniba.sk/ Monday 5.5.2025, at 13:10 hod. v miestnosti I/9 Vladimír Macko:
Advances in Neural Network Pruning and Quantization: Theory, Practice, and Sparse Computation Abstract:
As neural networks grow in depth and parameter count, the development of efficient compression techniques has become a central research focus in machine learning. Among these, pruning and quantization have emerged as prominent strategies to reduce model complexity and computational cost while preserving predictive accuracy. However, significant open questions remain regarding the theoretical foundations, algorithmic trade-offs, and practical implementation challenges of these methods. This talk surveys recent progress in neural network pruning and quantization from an academic perspective, with emphasis on algorithmic innovations, formal guarantees, and empirical performance across diverse model architectures and tasks. We further examine the computational implications of sparsity induced by pruning, particularly in the context of inference-time acceleration. In addition, we present recent work on developing custom GPU kernels for sparse matrix multiplication, highlighting how low-level optimization can align with high-level model compression objectives. Through a combination of theoretical insights and experimental evaluation, we aim to shed light on the current state and future directions of efficient neural network research. More information ]]> [FMFI] Prednášky a semináre [FMFI] Kalendár Damas.Gruska@fmph.uniba.sk Fri, 02 May 2025 16:18:00 +0200 TDM Conference 2025: Connecting Analytics, Clinical Practice, and Innovation in the Heart of Bratislava https://uniba.sk/ On April 11–12, 2025, the 2nd Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) Conference including the XI. Spring... [FaF] Titulka - úzke novinky Wed, 30 Apr 2025 14:42:00 +0200 CU Hosts International Student Psychology Days 2025 https://uniba.sk/ The Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences at Comenius University Bratislava successfully hosted... more than 30 students from 17 universities took part in the international round, presenting on a broad spectrum of timely and original psychological topics. Presentations explored areas such as psychobiography and the interpretation of memes, the impact of video games on empathy, birth order and academic performance, relationship phenomena such as ghosting and breadcrumbing or the credibility of voices generated by artificial intelligence. The event also featured a competitive element, with expert reviewers evaluating student presentations. First place was awarded to Marharyta Golub from the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, while second place went to Ema Henyigová from the Faculty of Arts - both representing Comenius University Bratislava. The International Student Psychology Days continue to be an important initiative in supporting academic excellence and fostering cross-border collaboration between Slovak and Czech institutions and students in the field of psychology.]]> [RUK] Titulka - široké novinky [RUK][SP] Aktuality pr@uniba.sk Wed, 30 Apr 2025 10:44:00 +0200