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Prenatal Hypoxia
How circadian timing of acute prenatal hypoxia influences maternal physiology, placental function and long-term cardiovascular vulnerability in offspring.
ProgrammingSex differences
Chronobiology · Cardiovascular physiology · Developmental programming
Exploring how time shapes physiology.
I investigate how circadian and ultradian timing shapes cardiovascular function, with an emphasis on prenatal programming and environmental modulation of physiological rhythms.
Department of Animal Physiology and EthologyComenius University Bratislava
Research focusBiological rhythms
Academic profileResearch · Teaching · Tools
Research
From environmental signals to cardiovascular outcomes
Our work connects long-term physiological monitoring with molecular evidence to understand how timing becomes biology.
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Artificial Light at Night
How disrupted circadian integrity modifies sleep-related physiology, autonomic regulation and blood pressure dynamics.
ALANCircadian rhythms
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Telemetry & Molecular Integration
Long-term telemetry in freely moving animals combined with transcriptomic and protein-level validation.
BP · HR · EEGRNA-seqWestern blotProteomics
Emerging direction
My current work explores ultradian and multiscale spectral fingerprints in long-term physiological recordings.
Continuous physiology
Telemetry in freely moving animals
Long-term, remote recordings preserve natural movement and reveal physiological dynamics across day and night.
Blood pressure BP
Heart rate HR
Brain activity EEG
Cardiac signal ECG
Heart rate variability HRV
Temperature & activity
Available signals depend on the experimental configuration.
Selected telemetry research
Telemetric data collection should be standard in modern experimental cardiovascular research↗ Influences of phase delay shifts of light and food restriction on blood pressure and heart rate in telemetry monitored rats↗ The long-term effects of phase advance shifts of photoperiod on cardiovascular parameters as measured by radiotelemetry in rats↗
Animal + implant
Receiver
Continuous data
InterpretationCurrent research project · VEGA 1/0327/24
Effects of prenatal ergothioneine administration on the heart, blood vessels and kidneys of offspring exposed to hypoxia during intrauterine development
Current research project · APVV-25-0256
Circadian timing of prenatal hypoxia in developmental programming of cardiovascular vulnerability
International mentoring
Learning through real research
The laboratory hosts visiting students through ERASMUS+ and related mobility programmes, focusing on experimental physiology, telemetry data analysis, chronobiology and molecular techniques.
PortugalUSAUzbekistan
- 2025
- Hosting since
- 3
- Students
- 3
- Countries
Publications
Scientific publications
Research impact
Citations per year
* 2026 is a partial year
Tools & software
Turning rhythmic data into insight
I develop and maintain Cosinor.Online, a browser-based tool for analysing time-distributed data using the classic cosinor model.
Y(t) = MESOR + Amplitude × cos(2πt / Period + φ)
- Cosinor fit with confidence intervals
- Polar plot and periodogram visualisations
- Multiple group and condition comparison
Teaching & supervision
Supporting the next generation of scientists
Teaching across bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programmes with an emphasis on physiology, experimental design and scientific practice.
Bachelor’s level
Building foundations
- Cell Biology
- Animal and Human Physiology
- Human Functional Morphology
- Bachelor Thesis & Seminar
Master’s level
Connecting systems
- Integrative Physiology
- Cardiovascular Physiology
- Evaluation of Biological Experiments
- Master Thesis & Diploma Practice
Doctoral level
Advancing expertise
- Cell Signalling
- Animal Physiology
- Individual scientific supervision
- 13 + 1 ongoing
- BSc theses
- 8 + 1 ongoing
- MSc theses
- 1
- PhD thesis completed
Contact
Let’s discuss research, collaboration or student mobility.
I welcome enquiries about chronobiological research, experimental physiology, telemetry data analysis and international student internships.
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Comenius University BratislavaFaculty of Natural Sciences
Department of Animal Physiology and Ethology
Department of Animal Physiology and Ethology
