Assoc. prof. Zuzana Kostecká, DVM, PhD

Last update: 23. 10. 2023

I. BASIC INFORMATION
I.1 Surname Kostecká
I.2 Name Zuzana
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 Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biophysics
I.6 Address of the workplace Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovak Republic
I.7 Position associate professor
I.8 E-mail address zuzana.kostecka@uvlf.sk
I.9 Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/6058
I.10 Name of the study field in which a person works at the university pharmacy
I.11 ORCID iD 3 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9932-0498
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 1991 general veterinary medicine
II.3 Third degree of higher education University of Veterinary Medicine in Košice 2003 veterinary physiology
II.4 Associate professor Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Medicine 2010 clinical biochemistry
II.5 Professor
II.6 Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. CURRENT AND PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
III.a Occupation-position III.b Institution III.c Duration
Associate Professor University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice 2010 up to now
Special Assistant University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice 2000 2010
Researcher University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice 1996 1999
PhD. study University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice 1991 2003

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
upport for students with special needs A2, A3 Access Centre, Technical University of Košice 2015
Managerial skills NOVA training, s. r. o. 2013
Work with computer and Windows III NOVA training, s. r. o. 2013
English B1, B2 NOVA training, s. r. o. 2012

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
Reproductive endocrinologyveterinary obstetrics and gynecology full time english languagethirdveterinary medicine
Reproductive endocrinologyveterinary obstetrics and gynecology full time slovak languagethirdveterinary medicine
Reproductive endocrinologyveterinary obstetrics and gynecology external english languagethirdveterinary medicine
Reproductive endocrinologyveterinary obstetrics and gynecology external slovak languagethirdveterinary 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 3 0
V.4.2 Number of defended theses 2 12 0

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
Biochemistryanimal science full time english languagefirstveterinary medicine
Clinical biochemistry and haematology full time english languagefirstveterinary medicine
Clinical biochemistry and haematologyveterinary nurse full time slovak languagefirstveterinary medicine
Clinical biochemistry and haematologyveterinary nurse external slovak languagefirstveterinary medicine
Basic of biochemistryman-animal relationship and its use in canistherapy and hipotherapy full time slovak languagefirstveterinary medicine
Bacis of biochemistryman-animal relationship and its use in canistherapy and hipotherapy external slovak languagefirstveterinary medicine
Biochemistrypharmacy (join study programme) full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndpharmacy
Clinical and pathological biochemistrypharmacy (join study programme) full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndpharmacy
Biochemistryfood hygiene full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Pathological biochemistryfood hygiene full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Clinical biochemistryfood hygiene full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Biochemistrygeneral veterinary medicine full time english languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Pathological biochemistrygeneral veterinary medicine full time english languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Xenobiochemistrygeneral veterinary medicine full time english languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Chemistry and biochemistrygeneral veterinary medicine full time english languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Clinical biochemistrygeneral veterinary medicine full time english languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Biochemistrygeneral veterinary medicine full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Pathological biochemistrygeneral veterinary medicine full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Clinical biochemistrygeneral veterinary medicine full time slovak languagecombined 1st and 2ndveterinary medicine
Biochemistryveterinary surgery, orthopedics and radiology full time slovak languagethirdveterinary medicine
Biochemistryveterinary surgery, orthopedics and radiology external slovak languagethirdveterinary medicine
Veterinary biochemistryveterinary morphology and physiology full time english languagethirdveterinary medicine
Veterinary biochemistryveterinary morphology and physiology full time slovak languagethirdveterinary medicine
Veterinary biochemistryveterinary morphology and physiology external english languagethirdveterinary medicine
Veterinary biochemistryveterinary morphology and physiology external slovak languagethirdveterinary medicine
Clinical biochemistryveterinary obstetrics and gynecology full time english languagethirdveterinary medicine
Clinical biochemistryveterinary obstetrics and gynecology full time slovak languagethirdveterinary medicine
Clinical biochemistryveterinary obstetrics and gynecology external english languagethirdveterinary medicine
Clinical biochemistryveterinary obstetrics and gynecology external slovak languagethirdveterinary medicine
Veterinary biochemistrynutrition of animals and dietetics full time english languagethirdveterinary medicine
Veterinary biochemistrynutrition of animals and dietetics full time slovak languagethirdveterinary medicine
Veterinary biochemistrynutrition of animals and dietetics external english languagethirdveterinary medicine
Veterinárna biochémianutrition of animals and dietetics 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 234 40
VI.1.2 Number of the research/artictic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases 24 6
VI.1.3 Number of citations corresponding to the research/artictic/other outputs 179 112
VI.1.4 Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases 156 105
VI.1.5 Number of invited lectures at the international, national level 1 1

VI.2. The most significant research/artistic/other outputs 5
1. KOSTECKÁ, Zuzana - BLAHOVEC, Ján. Insulin-like growth factor binding proteins and their functions (minireview). In: Endocrine Regulations. 1999. ISSN 0013-7200, Roč. 33, č. 2 (1999), s. 90-94.
2. BLAHOVEC, Ján - KOSTECKÁ, Zuzana - LACROIX, Marie Christine - CABANIÉ, Lucien - GODEAU, François - MEŠTER, Ján - CAVAILLE, Francoise. Mitogenic activity of high molecular weight forms of insulin-like growth factor-II in amniotic fluid. In: Journal of Endocrinology. 2001. ISSN 0022-0795, Vol. 169, č. 3 (2001), s. 563-572.
(2001: 2.834 - IF, 138 - H-index, 1.031 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q)
3. KOSTECKÁ, Zuzana - BLAHOVEC, Ján. Animal insulin-like growth factor binding proteins and their biological functions. In: Veterinární medicína. 2002. ISSN 0375-8427, Roč. 47, č. 2-3 (2002), s. 75-84.
4. HEINOVÁ, Dagmar - KOSTECKÁ, Zuzana - CSANK, Tomáš. Separation of turkey lactate dehydrogenase isoenzymes using isoelectric focusing technique : [Separácia izoenzýmov laktátdehydrogenázy moriek izoelektrickou fokusáciou] In: Electrophoresis. 2016. ISSN 0173-0835, Vol. 37, č. 2(2016), s. 335-338.
(2016: 2.744 - IF, 156 - H-index, 2.487 - IF 5y, 0.848 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q)
5. KONVIČNÁ, Jana - VARGOVÁ, Mária - PAULÍKOVÁ, Iveta - KOVÁČ, Gabriel - KOSTECKÁ, Zuzana. Oxidative stress and antioxidant status in dairy cows during prepartal and postpartal periods : [Oxidačný stres a antioxidačný stav u dojníc počas prepartálneho a postpartálneho obdobia] In: Acta veterinaria Brno. 2015. ISSN 0001-7213, Vol. 84, č. 2 (2015), s. 133-140.
(2015: 0.442 - IF, 36 - H-index, 0.459 - IF 5y, 0.318 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - 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. HEINOVÁ, Dagmar - KOSTECKÁ, Zuzana - CSANK, Tomáš. Separation of turkey lactate dehydrogenase isoenzymes using isoelectric focusing technique : [Separácia izoenzýmov laktátdehydrogenázy moriek izoelektrickou fokusáciou] In: Electrophoresis. 2016. ISSN 0173-0835, Vol. 37, č. 2(2016), s. 335-338.
(2016: 2.744 - IF, 156 - H-index, 2.487 - IF 5y, 0.848 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q)
2. VALKO-ROKYTOVSKÁ, Marcela - BRUCHATÁ, Katarína - ŠIMKOVÁ, Jana - MILKOVIČOVÁ, Mária - KOSTECKÁ, Zuzana. Current trends in the treatment of malignant melanoma : [Súčasné trendy v liečbe malígneho melanómu] In: Neoplasma. 2016. ISSN 0028-2685, Vol. 63, č. 3(2016), s. 333-341.
(2016: 1.871 - IF, 47 - H-index, 1.772 - IF 5y, 0.714 - SJR, Q3 - SJR Best Q, Q4 - JCR Best Q)
3. HEINOVÁ, Dagmar - KOSTECKÁ, Zuzana - NAGY, Oskar. Lactate Dehydrogenase of Bird and Mammalian Origin. In: COLLINS, Margaret et al. Dehydrogenases : Biochemistry, Functions and Role in Disease. 1. vyd. New York : Nova Science Publisher, 2017. ISBN 978-1-53610-550-6, s. 1-22, [1,1AH]
4. VALKO-ROKYTOVSKÁ, Marcela - OČENÁŠ, Peter - SALAYOVÁ, Aneta - TITKOVÁ, Radka - KOSTECKÁ, Zuzana. Specific urinary metabolites in canine mammary gland tumors. In: Journal of Veterinary Science. 2020. ISSN 1229-845X, Vol. 21, no. 2 (2020), art. no. 23, p. [1-10]
(2020: 1.672 - IF, 47 - H-index, 1.904 - IF 5y, 0.547 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q)
5. VALKO-ROKYTOVSKÁ, Marcela - OČENÁŠ, Peter - SALAYOVÁ, Aneta - KOSTECKÁ, Zuzana. Breast cancer: targeting of steroid hormones in cancerogenesis and diagnostics. In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2021. ISSN 1422-0067, Vol. 22, no. 1 (2021), art. no. 5878, p. [1-15]
(2021: 6.208 - IF, 195 - H-index, 6.628 - IF 5y, 1.176 - 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. KOSTECKÁ, Zuzana - BLAHOVEC, Ján. Insulin-like growth factor binding proteins and their functions (minireview). In: Endocrine Regulations. 1999. ISSN 0013-7200, Roč. 33, č. 2 (1999), s. 90-94.
[1] IIJIMA, M. - HASHIMOTO, T. - MATSUDA, Y. - NAGAI, T. - YAMANO, Y. - ICHI, T. - OSAKI, T. - KAWABATA, S. Comprehensive sequence analysis of horseshoe crab cuticular proteins and their involvement in transglutaminase-dependent cross-linking. In FEBS JOURNAL. ISSN 1742-464X, SEP 2005, vol. 272, no. 18, p. 4774-4786.
2. KOSTECKÁ, Zuzana - BLAHOVEC, Ján. Insulin-like growth factor binding proteins and their functions (minireview). In: Endocrine Regulations. 1999. ISSN 0013-7200, Roč. 33, č. 2 (1999), s. 90-94.
[1] KASPRZAK, A. - ADAMEK, A. The insulin-like growth factor (IGF) signaling axis and hepatitis C virus-associated carcinogenesis (Review). In International Journal of Oncology, 2012, 41, 6, pp. 1919-1931.
3. KONVIČNÁ, Jana - VARGOVÁ, Mária - PAULÍKOVÁ, Iveta - KOVÁČ, Gabriel - KOSTECKÁ, Zuzana. Oxidative stress and antioxidant status in dairy cows during prepartal and postpartal periods : [Oxidačný stres a antioxidačný stav u dojníc počas prepartálneho a postpartálneho obdobia] In: Acta veterinaria Brno. 2015. ISSN 0001-7213, Vol. 84, č. 2 (2015), s. 133-140.
(2015: 0.442 - IF, 36 - H-index, 0.459 - IF 5y, 0.318 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q)
[1] AYEMELE, Aurele Gnetegha - TILAHUN, Mekonnen - SUN, Lingling - ELSAADAWY, Samy Abdelaziz - GUO, Zitai - ZHAO, Gaojuan - XU, Jianchu - BU, Dengpan. Oxidative Stress in Dairy Cows: Insights into the Mechanistic Mode of Actions and Mitigating Strategies. In ANTIOXIDANTS, 2021, vol. 10, no. 12, pp. Dostupné na: https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox10121918.
4. VALKO-ROKYTOVSKÁ, Marcela - BRUCHATÁ, Katarína - ŠIMKOVÁ, Jana - MILKOVIČOVÁ, Mária - KOSTECKÁ, Zuzana. Current trends in the treatment of malignant melanoma : [Súčasné trendy v liečbe malígneho melanómu] In: Neoplasma. 2016. ISSN 0028-2685, Vol. 63, č. 3(2016), s. 333-341.
(2016: 1.871 - IF, 47 - H-index, 1.772 - IF 5y, 0.714 - SJR, Q3 - SJR Best Q, Q4 - JCR Best Q)
[1] SHEN, Congcong - HUA, Hui - GU, Lixiong - CAO, Shuanglin - CAI, Hengji - YAO, Xiaodong - CHEN, Xiaodong. Overexpression of RACK1 Predicts Poor Prognosis in Melanoma. In JOURNAL OF CANCER. ISSN 1837-9664, 2020, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 795-803.
5. VALKO-ROKYTOVSKÁ, Marcela - BRUCHATÁ, Katarína - ŠIMKOVÁ, Jana - MILKOVIČOVÁ, Mária - KOSTECKÁ, Zuzana. Current trends in the treatment of malignant melanoma : [Súčasné trendy v liečbe malígneho melanómu] In: Neoplasma. 2016. ISSN 0028-2685, Vol. 63, č. 3(2016), s. 333-341.
(2016: 1.871 - IF, 47 - H-index, 1.772 - IF 5y, 0.714 - SJR, Q3 - SJR Best Q, Q4 - JCR Best Q)
[1] ALLISON, Katrina E. - COOMBER, Brenda L. - BRIDLE, Byram W. Metabolic reprogramming in the tumour microenvironment: a hallmark shared by cancer cells and T lymphocytes. In IMMUNOLOGY. ISSN 0019-2805, 2017, vol. 152, no. 2, pp. 175-184.
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. VEGA 1/0600/14 "Digestive proteinases and membrane-bound exopeptidases in larvae of housefly (Musca domestica) and common green bottle fly (Lucila sericata) used in larvotherapy", Duration: 2014 - 2017
2. KEGA 015UVLF-4/2022 "Innovation of Clinical and Pathological Biochemistry in study programme Pharmacy", Duration: 2022 - 2024
3. VEGA 1/0098/11 "Study of peptidases and proteins of fly larvae Musca domestica and Lucilia sericata using in larvotherapy", Duration: 2011 - 2012
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
Coordinator for students with special needs University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice 2015 up to now
Member (secretary) of Academic Senate University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice 2006 up to now
Member Slovak Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 1992 up to now
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)
University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest Budapest, Hungary 2001 2001 Workshop in Clinical Endocrinology ENDO (1 week)
Paris, France 1994 1994 TEMPUS mobility (3 months)
Paris, France 1993 1993 Study visit (3 weeks)

IX. OTHER RELEVANT FACTS 10
IX.a If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artictic/other activities are mentioned
In 2021, nominated by the University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice for the ESET Science Award in the category of outstanding personality in higher education as a winner in the student survey The best teacher of UVMP in Košice. In 2022, nominated by the University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice for the award of St. Gorazd by Minister of Education as a winner in the student survey The best teacher of UVMP in Košice.
10 Maximum of 1800 characters, if the RATP form is attached to the application.
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