Main research interest

Microalgae cultivation, determination of their physiological status by chlorophyll fluorescence methods; experience during master and PhD study in analyzing microbial communities by cultivation-dependent and cultivation independent methods, identification of bacteria and characterization of their biodegradation properties, isolation of nucleic acids, hybridization methods, preparation of metagenomic and 16S rRNA gene libraries.

Scientific expertise

Saturation pulse analysis of fluorescence quenching to record rapid light-response curves, fast fluorescence induction kinetics (OJIP test), oxygen production/respiration (POE), molecular biology techniques - nucleic acid isolation, PCR, 16S rRNA identification, molecular cloning.

Description of the academic carrier

2018–present Postdoc, Laboratory of Algal Biotechnology, Centre Algatech, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Science, Třeboň, Czech Republic

2016–2017 Research Scientist, Biological Center CAS, Institute of Soil Biology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic (Employee on the SOWA Project, research program: Soil biota along redox gradient and the role of this gradient in invertebrate microbial interactions and GAČR project: Tetracycline resistome in soil: Insight into networking of bacterial invaders residents and environment)

Education

• 2012–2016 Doctoral studies, Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences Study programme: Molecular Biology
• 2010–2012 Master's degree, Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Science Study programme: Molecular Biology
• 2007–2010 Bachelor's degree, Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Science Study programme: Biology

Most important research projects

• 2019–2020 National Center of Competence – Biorefining as circulatory technologies (NCC – BIOCIRTECH, Reg No TN01000048) – participant 
• 2015–2019 National Programme of Sustainability I (Grant No.: LO1416), Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic – participant
• 2016–2020 EU Horizon 2020 (No 727874) – Sustainable Algae Biorefinery for Agriculture and Aquaculture – participant
• 2017–2019 INTERREG V-A Austria – Czech Republic, Algenetics (TC15) – participant
• 2017–2019 INTERREG V-A BAVARIA – CZECH REPUBLIC (No 41) – participant

The most importnat poster presentations (approx. 20 in total)

• Grivalský T., Ranglová K., Manoel JCA., Lakatos G., Saurav K., Masojídek J., Cultivation and Characterisation of Selected Microalgae Strains: From Laboratory to Pilot Scale Cultivation, The 2nd Nordic Algae Symposium 2019 – NAS19, Oslo, Norway 
• Grivalský T., Ranglová K., Lakatos G., Manoel JCA, Masojídek J., Rapid screening techniques to estimate microalgae cultivation regimes, EABA AlgaEurope 2018, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
• Grivalský T., Rýchly J., Pangallo D., Chemiluminescence measurements of biopolymer degradation by bacteria, Biotransformations 2016, Warsaw, Poland
• Grivalský T., Puškárová A., Bučková M., Kraková L., Pangallo D., Hydrolytic properties of thermophilic bacteria isolated from water-related samples, XVI International biodeterioration and biodegradation symposium, 2014, Lodz, Poland
• Grivalský T., Šaková N., Puškárová A., Bučková M., Kraková L., Pangallo D., Typization and Identification Methods and Determination of Hydrolytic Properties of Bacteria from Extreme Environment. Interactive Conference of Young Scientists. 2014, Bratislava, Slovakia.

Key current international cooperation

• Prof. Gabriel F. Acién (Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Almería, Spain)
• Dr. Juliane Richter (Fachhochschule Oberösterreich · Bioenergy, Wels, Austria)
• Dr. Domenico Pangallo (Laboratory of Environmental and Food Microbiology, Institute of Molecular Biology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia)

Teaching and tutoring

• 2012–2015 Teaching Molecular biology methods during doctoral studies at Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences in Bratislava, Slovakia

Prices and awards

• 2016 A member of the group awarded as the best research team of the Slovak Academy of Sciences of the year 2016.
• 2015 Award for overal contribution and popularization at the Interactive Conference of Young Scientists – PREVEDA 2015.
• 2014 Best poster award in section "Cellular Metabolism, Physiology, Molecular Biology and Genetics" at the Interactive Conference of Young Scientists – PREVEDA 2014.
• 2013 Best poster award in section "Cellular Metabolism, Physiology, Molecular Biology and Genetics" at the Interactive Conference of Young Scientists – PREVEDA 2013.

Non-scientific skills and other activities

I am generally interested in science, sports and music.

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