The tradition of medicinal plant research was initiated by Professor Hončariv in 1978. The projects during the years 1978 and 1991 were aimed at research of medicinal plants as candidates for pharmaceutical industry. The earned knowledge and experience resulted later in numerous scientific projects and have become one of the pillars of the recent biomedical topic of the top team.
The team leaders gained grants for 5 projects from the Slovak Research and Development Agency including Centre of Excellence, 4 projects of the same Agency aimed at development of human resources for doctoral students, postdocs and excellent supervisors, 7 bilateral projects with Czech Republic, Bulgaria and China, 22 projects of the Scientific Grant Agency, 3 developmental projects aimed at renewal of research infrastructure, 4 projects from EU structural funds and one project with pharmaceutical company Imuna Šarišské Michaľany.
International projects:
SCIEX, BMBF, COST – 2
International collaboration:
- Technical University of Dortmund, Germany, prof. M. Spiteller. Dr. S. Kusari
- Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany, prof. L. Beerhues
- Technical University of Copenhagen, Denmark, prof. Ch. Janfelt
- Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland, prof. M. Jaskolski
- Shaanxi Normal University, Xi´an, China, prof. Z. Wang
- University La Sapienza in Rome, Italy, prof. G. Pasqua
- Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany, Dr. L. Altschmied
- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Prof. M. Stobiecki, Dr. Ł. Marczak
- Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Dr. F. Gregory
- Institute of Biophysics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic, prof. J. Hofmanová, prof. A. Kozubík
- University of Tennessee, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pathobiology, Knoxville, TN, USA Dr. M. Cekanova
- University of Naples Federico II, Department of Biologia e Patologia Cellulare e Molecolare, Naples, Italy, prof. G. Palumbo
International networking
We were co-founders of the transcontinental consortium HYPEXPLOR which enables us to collaborate on a wide interdisciplinary platform (EČ)
International Association for Plant Biotechnology (EČ – national correspondent for the Slovak Republic)
International Institute for Refrigeration (EČ – vice-president of the group of experts C1 for cryobiology and cryomedicine
