Mgr. Martina Bancířová, Dr.

Martina Bancířová (PhD, MSc)

Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry

Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry

Hněvotínská 3

775 15 Olomouc, Czech Republic

E-mail:  martina.bancirova@upol.cz

Tel: +420 585 63 2304

 

Research Topics:

  • Focus on reactive oxygen species, their production, detection and possibilities of protection against them
  • Reactive oxygen species (ROS), Chemiluminescence, Photodynamic effect, Paramecium caudatum, Antioxidant, Micellar catalysis, Microdialysis, Lipidomic analysis

 

Position:

2012 –

Researcher – Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, UP Olomouc

2003 – 2011

Researcher – Department of Physical Chemistry, UP Olomouc

2002 – 2003

Researcher – Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, UP Olomouc

1996 – 2001

Researcher – Center of Molecular Biology and Medicine, UP Olomouc

1992 – 1993

Researcher – Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, UP Olomouc

 

Education and postgraduate training:

1993 – 1997

Ph.D in Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, UP Olomouc

1987 – 1992

M.S. in Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, UP Olomouc

 

Membership:

2006 – present

Czech Chemical Society

1998 – present            

International Society for Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence

 

Teaching activites:

2014 – present

Calculations in Medical Chemistry (Faculty of Medicine, Palacký University Olomouc)

2012 – present

Enzyme, antioxidants and free radicals (Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc)

2012 – present

Biochemistry (Faculty of Medicine, Palacký University Olomouc)

2012 – present

Medical chemistry (Faculty of Medicine, Palacký University Olomouc)

 

Research Fellowships:

Since 2005

Teacher Mobility Erasmus, Bologna, Italy – 2 weeks every year

April – June 2000

University of Bologna, Faculty of Pharmacy, Italy

February – June 1999

University of Bologna, Faculty of Pharmacy, Italy

February 1997

University of Bologna, Faculty of Pharmacy, Italy

 

Grant Projects:

10 Research/Educational Grants/Projects, 1 as a principal investigator, 9 as a participant

 

Publications:

  • 74 original papers
  • 1 review

 

  • 5 most important:

2014

Valentova, K; Vrba, J; Bancirova, M; et al.: Isoquercitrin: Pharmacology, toxicology, and metabolism, FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY, 68, 267-282, 2014

2013

Bancirova, M: The tea protection against the reactive oxygen species produced via the photodynamic effect induced by daylight, FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL, 53, 2, 786-792, 2013

2011

Bancirova, M: Sodium azide as a specific quencher of singlet oxygen during chemiluminescent detection by luminol and Cypridina luciferin analogues

LUMINESCENCE, 26, 6, 685-688, 2011

2010

Bancirova, M: Comparison of the antioxidant capacity and the antimicrobial activity of black and green tea, FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL, 43, 5, 1379-1382, 2010

2009

Kvitek, L; Vanickova, M; Panacek, A; et al.: Initial Study on the Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles (NPs) against Paramecium caudatum, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 113, 11,  4296-4300,  2009

 

Recent Active and Invited Presentations:

  • Summary: 21

2014

18th International Symposium on Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence – ISBC, Uppsala, Sweden

2014

66. sjezd chemických společností, Ostrava

2011

63. zjazd chemikov Vysoké Tatry, Slovac Republic

2010

XIVth International Symposium on Luminescence Spectrometry – ISLS, Prague

Summer School on Pharmaceutical Analysis (SSPA), Rimini, Italy

 

Recent Awards:

2014

Dean of Faculty of Medicine at UP Olomouc – Price for Meaningful Scientific Publication

2010

Dean of Faculty of Science at UP Olomouc – Price for Meaningful Scientific Publication

2009

Dean of Faculty of Science at UP Olomouc – Price for Meaningful Scientific Publication