Assoc. prof. Alexandra Valenčáková, DVM, PhD

Last update: 12. 10. 2023

I. BASIC INFORMATION
I.1 Surname Valenčáková
I.2 Name Alexandra
I.3 Titles Assoc. prof. , DVM, PhD
I.4 Year of birth 1967
I.5 Name of the workplace University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Department of Biology and Physiology
I.6 Address of the workplace Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovak Republic
I.7 Position associate professor
I.8 E-mail address alexandravalencakova@uvlf.sk
I.9 Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/6051
I.10 Name of the study field in which a person works at the university veterinary medicine
I.11 ORCID iD 3 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2123-2559
3 Optional item.

II. HIGHER EDUCATION AND FURTHER QUALIFICATION GROWTH
II.a Name of the university or institution II.b Year II.c Study field and programme
II.1 First degree of higher education
II.2 Second degree of higher education Veterinary College in Košice 1990 food hygiene
II.3 Third degree of higher education University of Veterinary Medicine in Košice 2004 infectious and invasive diseases of animals
II.4 Associate professor University of Veterinary Medicine in Košice 2009 animal hygiene and environment
II.5 Professor
II.6 Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. CURRENT AND PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
III.a Occupation-position III.b Institution III.c Duration
University teacher - Assoc. Prof. Department of Biology and Physiology, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy 2020 2022
University teacher - Assoc. Prof. Department of Biology and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy 2009 2020
University teacher - asistent professor Department of Biology and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy 2007 2009
Researcher Departmnet of Biology, University of Veterinary Medicine 2000 2006
Professional laboratory worker Department of Normal Physiology and Pathological Physiology,University of Veterinary Medicine 1995 2000
Researcher Research Institute of Animal Production in Nitra 1992 1993
First degree veterinarian State Veterinary Institute Košice 1991 1992

IV. DEVELOPMENT OF PEDAGOGICAL, PROFESSIONAL, LANGUAGE, DIGITAL AND OTHER SKILLS
IV.a Activity description, course name, other IV.b Name of the institution IV.c Year
Module A2 / B English language University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy 2012
Scientific internship Department of Gene Taxonomy, Institute of Parasitology, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic 2008
Certificate of completion of DNA isolation from clinical samples + molecular analysis (PCR, ELFO) Institute of Postgraduate Education in Health Care Prague, Czech Republic 2007
Scientific qualification level II. A Slovak academy of Sciences 2006

V. OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE TEACHING CAREER AT THE UNIVERSITY
V.1. Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a Name of the profile course V.1.b Study programme V.1.c Degree V.1.d Field of study
Physiologyman-animal relationship and its use in canistherapy and hipotherapy full time slovak languagefirstveterinary medicine
Physiologyman-animal relationship and its use in canistherapy and hipotherapy external slovak languagefirstveterinary medicine

V.2. Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year 4
V.2.a Study programme V.2.b Degree V.2.d Field of study
4 According to Art. 6 para. 4 of the Standards for the Study Programme.

V.3. Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.3.a Name of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure V.3.b Study field to which it is assigned

V.4. Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.a Bachelor's (first degree) V.4.b Diploma (second degree) V.4.c Dissertation (third degree)
V.4.1 Number of currently supervised theses 0 1 2
V.4.2 Number of defended theses 6 22 7

V.5. Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a Name of the course V.5.b Study programme V.5.c Degree V.5.d Field of study
Biology and basics of ecologycynology full time slovak languagefirstveterinary medicine
Basics of laboratory diagnosticsveterinary nurse full time slovak languagefirstveterinary medicine
Basics of laboratory diagnosticsveterinary nurse external slovak languagefirstveterinary medicine
Biology and zoologyman-animal relationship and its use in canistherapy and hipotherapy full time slovak languagefirstveterinary medicine
Physiologyman-animal relationship and its use in canistherapy and hipotherapy external slovak languagefirstveterinary medicine
Biologypharmacy (join study programme) full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndpharmacy
Molecular biologypharmacy (join study programme) full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndpharmacy
Laboratory diagnosisfood hygiene full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Molecular parasitologyparasitic diseases of animals full time english languagethirdveterinary medicine
Molekulárna parazitológiaparasitic diseases of animals full time slovak languagethirdveterinary medicine
Molecular parasitologyparasitic diseases of animals external english languagethirdveterinary medicine
Molekulárna parazitológiaparasitic diseases of animals external slovak languagethirdveterinary medicine

VI. OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH/ARTISTIC/OTHER OUTPUTS
VI.1. Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.a Overall VI.1.b Over the last six years
VI.1.1 Number of the research/artictic/other outputs 338 56
VI.1.2 Number of the research/artictic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases 47 15
VI.1.3 Number of citations corresponding to the research/artictic/other outputs 448 218
VI.1.4 Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases 363 210
VI.1.5 Number of invited lectures at the international, national level

VI.2. The most significant research/artistic/other outputs 5
1. VALENČÁKOVÁ, Alexandra - BÁLENT, Pavol - PETROVOVÁ, Eva - NOVOTNÝ, František - LUPTÁKOVÁ, Lenka. Encephalitozoonosis in household pet Nederland Dwarf rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). In: Veterinary parasitology. 2008. ISSN 0304-4017, Roč. 153, č. 3-4 (2008), s. 265-269.
(2008: 2.039 - IF, 117 - H-index, 2.129 - IF 5y, 1.117 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q)
2. VALENČÁKOVÁ, Alexandra - BÁLENT, Pavol - NOVOTNÝ, František - ČISLÁKOVÁ, Lýdia. Application of specific primers in the diagnosis of Encephalitozoon spp.. In: Annals of agricultural and environmental medicine. 2005. ISSN 1232-1966, Roč. 12, č. 2(2005), s. 321-323.
(2005: 1.051 - IF, 51 - H-index, 0.550 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q)
3. MALČEKOVÁ, Beáta - VALENČÁKOVÁ, Alexandra - LUPTÁKOVÁ, Lenka - MOLNÁR, Ladislav - RAVASZOVÁ, Petra - NOVOTNÝ, František. First detection and genotyping of Encephalitozoon cuniculi in a new host species, gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus). In: Parasitology Research. 2011. ISSN 0932-0113, Vol. 108, č. 6(2011), s. 1479-1482.
(2011: 2.149 - IF, 89 - H-index, 2.095 - IF 5y, 1.002 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q)
4. VALENČÁKOVÁ, Alexandra - BÁLENT, Pavol - RAVASZOVÁ, Petra - HORÁK, Aleš - OBORNÍK, Miroslav - HALÁNOVÁ, Monika - MALČEKOVÁ, Beáta - NOVOTNÝ, František - GOLDOVÁ, Mária. Molecular identification and genotyping of Microsporidia in selected hosts : [Molekulová identifikácia a genotypizácia mikrosporídií u vybraných hostiteľov] In: Parasitology Research. 2012. ISSN 0932-0113, Vol. 110, č. 2(2012), s. 689-693.
(2012: 2.852 - IF, 89 - H-index, 2.506 - IF 5y, 1.157 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q)
5. DANIŠOVÁ, Oľga - VALENČÁKOVÁ, Alexandra - STANKO, Michal - LUPTÁKOVÁ, Lenka - HATALOVÁ, Elena - ČANÁDY, Alexander. Rodents as a reservoir of infection caused by multiple zoonotic species/genotypes of C. parvum, C. hominis, C. suis, C. scrofarum, and the first evidence of C. muskrat genotypes I and II of rodents in Europe : [Hlodavce ako rezervoár infekcie spôsobenej mnohými zoonotickými druhmi/genotypmi C. parvum, C. hominis, C. suis, C. scrofarum a prvý dôkaz C. muskrat genotyp I a II u hlodavcov v Európe] In: Acta Tropica. 2017. ISSN 0001-706X, Vol. 172(2017), s. 29-35.
(2017: 2.509 - IF, 95 - H-index, 2.525 - IF 5y, 1.052 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q)
5 Maximum of five most significant outputs, if the RATP form is attached to the application.

VI.3. The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years 6
1. VALENČÁKOVÁ, Alexandra - SUČIK, Monika. Alternatives in molecular diagnostics of encephalitozoon and enterocytozoon infections. In: Journal of fungi. 2020. ISSN 2309-608X, Vol. 6, no. 3 (2020), art. no. 114, p. [1-18]
(2020: 5.816 - IF, 28 - H-index, 6.499 - IF 5y, 1.702 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q)
2. VALENČÁKOVÁ, Alexandra - DANIŠOVÁ, Oľga. Molecular characterization of new genotypes Enterocytozoon bieneusi in Slovakia. In: Acta Tropica. 2019. ISSN 0001-706X, Vol. 191, no. (2019), p. 217-220.
(2019: 2.555 - IF, 95 - H-index, 2.496 - IF 5y, 0.991 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q)
3. DANIŠOVÁ, Oľga - VALENČÁKOVÁ, Alexandra. First detection of Blastocystis sp. in pigs in Slovakia and in Europe. In: Parasitology International. 2021. ISSN 1383-5769, Vol. 81, no. (2021), art. no. 102235, p. [1-4]
(2021: 2.106 - IF, 63 - H-index, 2.304 - IF 5y, 0.564 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q)
4. VALENČÁKOVÁ, Alexandra - LUPTÁKOVÁ, Lenka. Molekulová biológia pre farmaceutov. Rec. Ľudmila Tkáčiková, Beáta Holečková. 1. vyd. Košice : UVLF, 2020. ISBN 978-80-8077-681-7, 186 s. [10,20AH]
5. SUČIK, Monika - VALENČÁKOVÁ, Alexandra. Comparison of chemical and biological methods of filtering Cryptosporidia from water. In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022. ISSN 1660-4601, Vol. 19, no. 19 (2022), art. no. 12675, p. [1-11]
(2021: 4.614 - IF, 138 - H-index, 4.798 - IF 5y, 0.814 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q)
6 Maximum of five most significant outputs over the last six years, if the RATP form is attached to the application.

VI.4. The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs 7
1. VALENČÁKOVÁ, Alexandra - DANIŠOVÁ, Oľga. Molecular characterization of new genotypes Enterocytozoon bieneusi in Slovakia. In: Acta Tropica. 2019. ISSN 0001-706X, Vol. 191, no. (2019), p. 217-220.
(2019: 2.555 - IF, 95 - H-index, 2.496 - IF 5y, 0.991 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q)
[1] BAO, Jialing - MO, Biying - AN, Guozhen - LUO, Jian - PONCZ, Mortimer - PAN, Guoqing - LI, Tian - ZHOU, Zeyang. Von Willebrand Factor Facilitates Intravascular Dissemination of Microsporidia Encephalitozoon hellem. In FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY. ISSN 2235-2988, 2021, vol. 11, no., pp.
2. DANIŠOVÁ, Oľga - VALENČÁKOVÁ, Alexandra - STANKO, Michal - LUPTÁKOVÁ, Lenka - HATALOVÁ, Elena - ČANÁDY, Alexander. Rodents as a reservoir of infection caused by multiple zoonotic species/genotypes of C. parvum, C. hominis, C. suis, C. scrofarum, and the first evidence of C. muskrat genotypes I and II of rodents in Europe : [Hlodavce ako rezervoár infekcie spôsobenej mnohými zoonotickými druhmi/genotypmi C. parvum, C. hominis, C. suis, C. scrofarum a prvý dôkaz C. muskrat genotyp I a II u hlodavcov v Európe] In: Acta Tropica. 2017. ISSN 0001-706X, Vol. 172(2017), s. 29-35.
(2017: 2.509 - IF, 95 - H-index, 2.525 - IF 5y, 1.052 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q)
[1] NI, Hong-Bo - SUN, Yu-Zhe - QIN, Si-Yuan - WANG, Yan-Chun - ZHAO, Quan - SUN, Zheng-Yao - ZHANG, Miao - YANG, Ding - FENG, Zhi-Hui - GUAN, Zheng-Hao - QIU, Hong-Yu - WANG, Hao-Xian - XUE, Nian-Yu - SUN, He-Ting. Molecular Detection of Cryptosporidium spp. and Enterocytozoon bieneusi Infection in Wild Rodents From Six Provinces in China. In FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY. ISSN 2235-2988, 2021, vol. 11, no., pp. Dostupné na: https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2021.783508.
3. DANIŠOVÁ, Oľga - VALENČÁKOVÁ, Alexandra - STANKO, Michal - LUPTÁKOVÁ, Lenka - HATALOVÁ, Elena - ČANÁDY, Alexander. Rodents as a reservoir of infection caused by multiple zoonotic species/genotypes of C. parvum, C. hominis, C. suis, C. scrofarum, and the first evidence of C. muskrat genotypes I and II of rodents in Europe : [Hlodavce ako rezervoár infekcie spôsobenej mnohými zoonotickými druhmi/genotypmi C. parvum, C. hominis, C. suis, C. scrofarum a prvý dôkaz C. muskrat genotyp I a II u hlodavcov v Európe] In: Acta Tropica. 2017. ISSN 0001-706X, Vol. 172(2017), s. 29-35.
(2017: 2.509 - IF, 95 - H-index, 2.525 - IF 5y, 1.052 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q)
[1] FENG, Yaoyu - XIAO, Lihua. Molecular Epidemiology of Cryptosporidiosis in China. In FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY. ISSN 1664-302X, 2017, vol. 8, no., pp.
4. DANIŠOVÁ, Oľga - HALÁNOVÁ, Monika - VALENČÁKOVÁ, Alexandra - LUPTÁKOVÁ, Lenka. Sensitivity, specificity and comparison of three commercially available immunological tests in the diagnosis of Cryptosporidium species in animals : [Citlivosť, špecifickosť a porovnanie troch komerčne dostupných imunologických testov pri diagnostike Cryptosporidium species u zvierat] In: Brazilian Journal of Microbiology. 2018. ISSN 1517-8382, Vol. 49, č. 1(2018), s. 177-183.
(2018: 2.857 - IF, 56 - H-index, 2.340 - IF 5y, 0.737 - SJR, Q3 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q)
[1] LUKA, George S. - NOWAK, Ephraim - TOYATA, Quin Robert - TASNIM, Nishat - NAJJARAN, Homayoun - HOORFAR, Mina. Portable on-chip colorimetric biosensing platform integrated with a smartphone for label/PCR-free detection of Cryptosporidium RNA. In SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. ISSN 2045-2322, 2021, vol. 11, no. 1, pp.
5. VALENČÁKOVÁ, Alexandra - SUČIK, Monika. Alternatives in molecular diagnostics of encephalitozoon and enterocytozoon infections. In: Journal of fungi. 2020. ISSN 2309-608X, Vol. 6, no. 3 (2020), art. no. 114, p. [1-18]
(2020: 5.816 - IF, 28 - H-index, 6.499 - IF 5y, 1.702 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q)
[1] TANIDA, Konstantin - HAHN, Andreas - EBERHARDT, Kirsten Alexandra - TANNICH, Egbert - LANDT, Olfert - KANN, Simone - FELDT, Torsten - SARFO, Fred Stephen - DI CRISTANZIANO, Veronica - FRICKMANN, Hagen - LODERSTAEDT, Ulrike. Comparative Assessment of In-House Real-Time PCRs Targeting Enteric Disease-Associated Microsporidia in Human Stool Samples. In PATHOGENS, 2021, vol. 10, no. 6, pp.
7 Maximum of five most significant citations, if the RATP form is attached to the application.

VI.5. Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years 8
1. APVV APVV-15-0134 "Genetic diversity of selected medically important emerging and reemerging pathogens with zoonotic potential", Duration: 2016 - 2019
2. VEGA 1/0113/20 "Molecular characteristics of selected zoonotic species and genotypes of intestinal pathogens in the environment in Slovakia", Duration: 2020 - 2022
3. VEGA 1/0063/13 "DNA analysis and genotypic spectrum of medically important agents of opportunistic parasitosis.", Duration: 2013 - 2015
4. APVV APVV-21-0185 "Influence of polluted environment on the incidence of bee nosematosis", Duration: 2022 - 2026
5. VEGA 1/0161/23 "Diversity and molecular analysis of Nosema spp. in bee colonies in Slovakia in connection with the occurrence of pesticide residues in environment", Duration: 2023 - 2026
8 Maximum of five most significant projects, if the RATP form is attached to the application. In addition to the name and brief characteristics of the project, the type of participation is indicated (in Slovak and in English), if possible, a hyperlink to the project and its outputs and citations are stated as well.

VII. OVERVIEW OF ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE RELATED TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH/ARTISTIC/OTHER ACTIVITIES 9
VII.a Activity, position VII.b Name of the institution, board VII.c Duration
Member of the trade union commission for doctoral studies 7.1.5. Epidemiology LF UPJŠ Košice 2016 2022
Member of the SAS Parasitological Society SaS 2010 2022
9 E.g. academic positions, memberships in editorial boards and in scientific and professional societies.

VIII. OVERVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL MOBILITIES AND VISITS ORIENTED ON EDUCATION AND RESEARCH/ARTISTIC/ OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THE GIVEN FIELD OF STUDY
VIII.a Name of the institution VIII.b Address of the institution VIII.c Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)

IX. OTHER RELEVANT FACTS 10
IX.a If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artictic/other activities are mentioned
10 Maximum of 1800 characters, if the RATP form is attached to the application.
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