Prof. Čížková Daša, DVM, DrSc.
Research/art/teacher profile
Date of last update: 27.08.2026
I. Basic information
| I.1 Surname |
Čížková |
|---|---|
| I.2 Given name |
Daša |
| I.3 Degrees |
Prof. , DVM, DrSc. |
| I.4 Year of birth |
1964 |
| I.5 Name of the workplace |
University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Small Animal Clinic |
| I.6 Address of the workplace |
Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice, Slovak Republic |
| I.7 Position |
professor |
| I.8 E-mail address | dasa.cizkova@uvlf.sk |
| I.9 University staff register / partner university profile | https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/6154 |
| I.10 Study field in which the person works |
Veterinary Medicine |
| I.11 ORCID iD | 0000-0002-2504-3993 |
II. Higher education and further qualification growth
| Institution | Year | Study field and programme | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second degree higher education | Veterinary College in Košice | 1987 | general veterinary medicine |
| Third degree higher education | Slovak Academy of Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine | 1998 | general biology |
| Habilitation procedure | University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice | 2017 | veterinary morphology and physiology |
| Inaugural procedure | University of Veterinery Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice | 2022 | immunology |
| Doctor of Sciences (DrSc.) | Slovak Academy of Science, Institute of Neuroimmunology in Bratislava | 2011 | neuroscience |
III. Current and previous employment
| Occupation | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|
Small Animal Clinic, UVN; Head of the Laboratory of Experimental and Clinical Regenerative Medicine | University of Veterinary medicine and Pharmacy | 2025 – 2026 |
Head of Centre of experimental and clinical regenerative medicine | University of Veterinary medicine and Pharmacy | 2020 – 2024 |
Associated professor department anatomy, histology and physiology | University of Veterinary medicine and Pharmacy | 2017 – 2019 |
head researcher | Institute of Neurobiology, SAS | 1999 – 2016 |
IV. Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills
| Activity | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|
Basics of professional communication | UVMP, PU | 2025 |
Fundamentals of higher education pedagogy | UVMP, PU | 2025 |
WEB of Science Ref Manager library skills | UVIK v Košiciach | 2017 |
managerial skills | University of Veterinary medicine and Pharmacy in Košicie | 2017 |
V. Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university
Academic year: 2026/2027
V.1. Overview of taught profile courses
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V.2. Responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of study programmes
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V.3. Responsibility for the development and quality of habilitation and inauguration fields
| Procedure field | Study field |
|---|---|
Microbiology and Immunology (Habilitation proceedings) | Biology |
Microbiology and Immunology (Inauguration proceedings) | Biology |
V.4. Overview of supervised theses
| Bachelor | Master | Doctoral | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Currently supervised theses | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Defended theses | 0 | 12 | 14 |
V.5. Overview of other taught courses
| Course | Study programme | Degree | Study field |
|---|---|---|---|
Basics of regenerative medicine | Pharmacy (joint study programme with UPJŠ) – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Pharmacy |
Basics of regenerative medicine | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Basics of regenerative medicine | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, English language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Basics of regenerative medicine | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
Basics of regenerative medicine | General Veterinary Medicine – full-time study, Slovak language | I. + II. | Veterinary Medicine |
VI. Overview of research/artistic/other outputs
The last six completed calendar years: 2020–2025. The current year is excluded.
VI.1. Overview of research/artistic/other outputs and citations
| Total | Over the last six years | |
|---|---|---|
| VI.1.1 Number of research/artistic/other outputs | 357 | 88 |
| VI.1.2 Number of outputs registered in Web of Science or Scopus | 133 | 31 |
| VI.1.3 Number of citations corresponding to research/artistic/other outputs | 2421 | 987 |
| VI.1.4 Number of citations registered in Web of Science or Scopus | 2398 | 981 |
| VI.1.5 Number of invited lectures at international and national level | 0 | 0 |
VI.2. The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
| 1. | ČÍŽKOVÁ, Dáša - ČÍŽEK, Milan - NAGYOVÁ, Miriam - SLOVINSKÁ, Lucia - NOVOTNÁ, Ivana - JERGOVÁ, Stanislava - RADOŇÁK, Jozef - HLUČILOVÁ-JUHASOVÁ, Jana - VANICKÝ, Ivo. Enrichment of rat oligodendrocyte progenitor cells by magnetic cell sorting. In: Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 2009. ISSN 0165-0270, Vol. 184, no. 1 (2009), p. 88–94. (2009: 2.295 - IF, 141 - H-index, 2.503 - IF 5y, 1.248 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.861 - ABDC). |
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| 2. | ČÍŽKOVÁ, Dáša - NAGYOVÁ, Miriam - SLOVINSKÁ, Lucia - NOVOTNÁ, Ivana - RADOŇÁK, Jozef - ČÍŽEK, Milan - MECHÍROVÁ, Eva - TOMORI, Zoltán - HLUČILOVÁ-JUHASOVÁ, Jana - MOTLÍK, Jan - ŠULLA, Igor - VANICKÝ, Ivo. Response of Ependymal Progenitors to Spinal Cord Injury or Enhanced Physical Activity in Adult Rat. In: Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology. 2009. ISSN 0272-4340, Vol. 29, no. 6-7 (2009), p. 999-1013. (2009: 2.107 - IF, 87 - H-index, 2.706 - IF 5y, 1.247 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.832 - ABDC). |
| 3. | ČÍŽKOVÁ, Dáša - KAKINOHANA, Osamu - KUCHÁROVÁ, Karolína - MARSALA, Silvia - JOHE, Karl - HAZEL, Thomas - HEFFERAN, Michael P. - MARŠALA, Martin. Functional recovery in rats with ischemic paraplegia after spinal grafting of human spinal stem cells. In: Neuroscience. 2007. ISSN 0306-4522, Vol. 147, č. 2(2007), s. 546-560. (2007: 3.352 - IF, 213 - H-index, 3.563 - IF 5y, 1.916 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q, 1.145 - ABDC). |
| 4. | ČÍŽKOVÁ, Dáša - CARMEL, Jason B. - YAMAMOTO, Kenji - KAKINOHANA, Osamu - SUN, Dongming - HART, Ronald P. - MARŠALA, Martin. Characterization of spinal HSP72 induction and development of ischemic tolerance after spinal ischemia in rats. In: Experimental Neurology. 2004. ISSN 0014-4886, Vol. 185, č. 1(2004), s. 97-108. (2004: 3.369 - IF, 178 - H-index, 1.775 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q). |
| 5. | ČÍŽKOVÁ, Dáša - LE MARREC-CROQ, Françoise - FRANCK, Julien - SLOVINSKÁ, Lucia - GRULOVÁ, Ivana - DEVAUX, Stephanie - LEFEBVRE, Christophe - FOURNIER, Isabelle - SALZET, Michel. Alterations of protein composition along the rostro-caudal axis after spinal cord injury: proteomic, in vitro and in vivo analyses. In: Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 2014. ISSN 1662-5102, Vol. 8, č.(2014), Article Number 105. (2014: 4.289 - IF, 76 - H-index, 4.289 - IF 5y, 2.078 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q, 1.35 - ABDC). |
VI.3. The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
| 1. | ČÍŽKOVÁ, Dáša - MURGOCI, Adriana - Natalia - CUBINKOVÁ, Veronika - HUMENÍK, Filip - MOJŽIŠOVÁ, Zuzana - MALOVESKÁ, Marcela - ČÍŽEK, Milan - FOURNIER, Isabelle - SALZET, Michel. Spinal cord injury: Animal models, imaging tools and the treatment strategies. In: Neurochemical Research. 2020. ISSN 0364-3190, Vol. 45, no. 1 (2020), p. 134-143. (2020: 3.996 - IF, 116 - H-index, 3.858 - IF 5y, 1.102 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q, 0.757 - ABDC). |
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| 2. | VIKARTOVSKÁ, Zuzana - FARBÁKOVÁ, Jana - SMOLEK, Tomáš - HANES, Jozef - ŽILKA, Norbert - HORŇÁKOVÁ, Ľubica - HUMENÍK, Filip - MALOVESKÁ, Marcela - HUDÁKOVÁ, Nikola - ČÍŽKOVÁ, Dáša. Novel diagnostic tools for identifying cognitive impairment in dogs: behavior, biomarkers, and pathology. In: Frontiers in veterinary science. 2021. ISSN 2297-1769, Vol. 7, no. (2021), art. no. 551895, p. [1-13]. (2021: 3.471 - IF, 44 - H-index, 3.821 - IF 5y, 0.719 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q, 0.648 - ABDC). |
| 3. | BUJŇÁKOVÁ, Dobroslava - ČUVALOVÁ, Anna - ČÍŽEK, Milan - HUMENÍK, Filip - SALZET, Michel - ČÍŽKOVÁ, Dáša. Canine bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell conditioned media affect bacterial growth, biofilm-associated Staphylococcus aureus and AHL-dependent quorum sensing. In: Microorganisms. 2020. ISSN 2076-2607, Vol. 8, no. 10 (2020), art. no. 1478, p. [1-14]. (2020: 4.128 - IF, 17 - H-index, 0.858 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q, 0.885 - ABDC). |
| 4. | HUDÁKOVÁ, Nikola - MUDROŇOVÁ, Dagmar - MARCINČÁKOVÁ, Dana - SLOVINSKÁ, Lucia - MAJEROVÁ, Petra - MALOVESKÁ, Marcela - PETROUŠKOVÁ, Patrícia - HUMENÍK, Filip - ČÍŽKOVÁ, Dáša. The role of primed and non-primed MSC-derived conditioned media in neuroregeneration. In: Frontiers in molecular neuroscience. 2023. ISSN 1662-5099, Vol. 16, no. (2023), art. no. 1241432, p. [1-15]. (2023: 3.5 - IF, 4.4 - IF 5y, 1.223 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q, 1.21 - ABDC). |
| 5. | ČÍŽKOVÁ, Dáša - ČÍŽEK, Milan - MALOVESKÁ, Marcela - KMEŤOVÁ, Marta - KMEŤ, Vladimír - BUJŇÁKOVÁ, Dobroslava. Cell-free Lactobacillus casei 21L10 modulates nitric oxide release and cell proliferation/cell death in lipopolysaccharide-challenged HT-29 cells. In: Inflammation. 2021. ISSN 0360-3997, Vol. 44, no. 6 (2021), p. 2419-2428. (2021: 4.657 - IF, 65 - H-index, 4.361 - IF 5y, 0.825 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q, 0.667 - ABDC). |
VI.4. The most significant citations corresponding to research/artistic/other outputs
| 1. | ČÍŽKOVÁ, Dáša - MURGOCI, Adriana - Natalia - CUBINKOVÁ, Veronika - HUMENÍK, Filip - MOJŽIŠOVÁ, Zuzana - MALOVESKÁ, Marcela - ČÍŽEK, Milan - FOURNIER, Isabelle - SALZET, Michel. Spinal cord injury: Animal models, imaging tools and the treatment strategies. In: Neurochemical Research. 2020. ISSN 0364-3190, Vol. 45, no. 1 (2020), p. 134-143. (2020: 3.996 - IF, 116 - H-index, 3.858 - IF 5y, 1.102 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q2 - JCR Best Q, 0.757 - ABDC). [1] HASHEMIZADEH, Shiva - HOSEINDOOST, Saereh - PESTEI, Khalil - HADJIGHASSEM, Mahmoudreza. A Simple and Cost-Effective Weight Drop Model to Induce Contusive Spinal Cord Injury: Functional and Histological Outcomes. In ARCHIVES OF NEUROSCIENCE. ISSN 2322-3944, 2022, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. Dostupné na: https://doi.org/10.5812/ans.118775. |
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| 2. | SYKOVÁ, Eva - ČÍŽKOVÁ, Dáša - KUBINOVÁ, Šárka. Mesenchymal stem cells in treatment of spinal cord injury and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. In: Frontiers in cell and developmental biology. 2021. ISSN 2296-634X, Vol. 9, no. (2021), art. no. 695900, p. [1-17]. (2021: 6.081 - IF, 67 - H-index, 6.576 - IF 5y, 1.44 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q1 - JCR Best Q, 1.281 - ABDC). [1] PANG, Qi-Ming - CHEN, Si-Yu - FU, Sheng-Ping - ZHOU, Hui - ZHANG, Qian - AO, Jun - LUO, Xiao-Ping - ZHANG, Tao. Regulatory Role of Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Secondary Inflammation in Spinal Cord Injury. In JOURNAL OF INFLAMMATION RESEARCH, 2022, vol. 15, no., pp. 573-593. Dostupné na: https://doi.org/10.2147/JIR.S349572. |
| 3. | ČÍŽKOVÁ, Dáša - ROSOCHA, Ján - VANICKÝ, Ivo - JERGOVÁ, Stanislava - ČÍŽEK, Milan. Transplants of human mesenchymal stem cells improve functional recovery after spinal cord injury in the rat. In: Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology. 2006. ISSN 0272-4340, Roč. 26, č. 7-8 (2006), s. 1165-1178. (2006: 2.219 - IF, 87 - H-index, 1.168 - SJR, Q1 - SJR Best Q, Q3 - JCR Best Q). [1] SAREMI, Jamileh - MAHMOODI, Narges - RASOULI, Mehdi - RANJBAR, Faezeh Esmaeili - MAZAHERI, Elham Lak - AKBARI, Marziyeh - HASANZADEH, Elham - AZAMI, Mahmoud. Advanced approaches to regenerate spinal cord injury: The development of cell and tissue engineering therapy and combinational treatments. In BIOMEDICINE & PHARMACOTHERAPY. ISSN 0753-3322, 2022, vol. 146, no., pp. Dostupné na: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2021.112529. |
| 4. | SLOVINSKÁ, Lucia - SZEKIOVÁ, Eva - BLAŠKO, Juraj - DEVAUX, Stephanie - SALZET, Michel - ČÍŽKOVÁ, Dáša. Comparison of dynamic behavior and maturation of neural multipotent cells derived from different spinal cord developmental stages: an in vitro study. In: Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis. 2015. ISSN 0065-1400, Vol. 75, č. 1(2015), s. 107-114. (2015: 1.708 - IF, 54 - H-index, 1.879 - IF 5y, 0.765 - SJR, Q2 - SJR Best Q, Q4 - JCR Best Q, 0.506 - ABDC). [1] SANCHEZ-PETIDIER, Marina - GUERRI, Consuelo - MORENO-MANZANO, Victoria. Toll-like receptors 2 and 4 differentially regulate the self-renewal and differentiation of spinal cord neural precursor cells. In STEM CELL RESEARCH & THERAPY, 2022, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. Dostupné na: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13287-022-02798-z. |
| 5. | LUO, Zhigangdavid - ČÍŽKOVÁ, Dáša. The role of nitric oxide in nociception. In: Current Review of Pain. 2000. ISSN 1069-5850, Vol. 4, č. 6(2000), s. 459-466. [1] TZENG, Hung-Ruei - LEE, Ming Tatt - FAN, Pi-Chuan - KNUTSON, Daniel E. - LAI, Tzu-Hsuan - SIEGHART, Werner - COOK, James - CHIOU, Lih-Chu. alpha 6GABA(A) Receptor Positive Modulators Alleviate Migraine-like Grimaces in Mice via Compensating GABAergic Deficits in Trigeminal Ganglia. In NEUROTHERAPEUTICS. ISSN 1933-7213, 2021, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 569-585. |
VI.5. Participation in conducting or leading the most important projects over the last six years
| 1. | Slovak research and development agency APVV-19-0193 – New players in nanotherapy of neurodegenerative diseases: conditioned media (KM) and extracellular vesicles (EV) of somatic stem cells. Project period: 2020–2024. |
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| 2. | Scientific grant agency (Ministry of education, science, research and sport of the Slovak Republic) 1/0376/20 – Stem cell secretome and extracellular vesicles in relation to neuroregeneration and neuroplasticity.. Project period: 2020–2023. |
| 3. | Scientific grant agency (Ministry of education, science, research and sport of the Slovak Republic) 1/0122/24 – Study of paracrine signaling of somatic stem cells affected by a targeted stimulatory microenvironment.. Project period: 2024–2027. |
| 4. | Slovak research and development agency APVV-15-0613 – Study of functional bio-implants and cell therapy for regeneration CNS. Project period: 2016–2020. |
| 5. | Slovak research and development agency APVV-24-0026 – MiRNA profiling in 3D tumoroid models: a powerful platform for targeted mammary cancer therapy in dogs. Project period: 2025–2029. |
VII. Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities
| Position / activity | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|
Member of the committee of the Slovak Immunological Society | Slovak Immunological Society | 2022 – 2025 |
Vice-Chairman of the SSN Committee | Slovak Society for Neuroscience | 2022 – 2026 |
Member of Slovak Alzheimer Associoation | Slovak Alzheimer Associoation | 2021 – 2026 |
Governing council member International Brain Research Organization | International Brain Research Organization/IBRO | 2019 – 2022 |
Governing council member Federation of European Neuroscience Societies | Federation of European Neuroscience Societies | 2015 – 2022 |
President and member of board SSN | Slovak Society for Neuroscience | 2014 – 2022 |
Member of : TRANS EUROPEAN STEM CELL THERAPY CONSORTIUM | TRANS EUROPEAN STEM CELL THERAPY CONSORTIUM | 2014 – 2025 |
VIII. Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study
| Institution | Address | Mobility scheme, employment contract, other | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
University of Lille | Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France | Visiting professor | 2014 – 2015 |
University of California, San Diego, ARL, UCSD, CA, | California, USA | assistant profesor | 2002 – 2004 |
University of California, San Diego, ARL, UCSD, CA, | California, USA | postdoc | 1998 – 2000 |
IX. Other relevant facts
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Introduction, an international co-tutorial of doctoral studies for III. Degree between UVLF in Košice and the University of Lille 1 in France |