Address
- Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 04001 Košice, Slovakia
- blanarova( at )saske.sk
Phone
- +421-55-63 314 12
ORCID: 0000-0002-9457-865X
Web of Science Researcher ID: P-9913-2018
Scopus Author ID: 56312940900
Scientific interests
- ecology and epidemiology of ticks and tick borne pathogens
- molecular differential diagnostics of vector-borne pathogens of medical and veterinary importance
- the role of small mammals and their ectoparasites in circulation of zoonotic pathogens
- tick-host-pathogen interactions
| Work experience | ||
| 2014-present | research worker; Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia | |
| 2010-2014 | Ph.D. student; Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia | |
| Education and training | ||
| 2012 | RNDr. degree (Doctor of Natural Sciences) awarded by the Faculty of Science, University of P. J. Šafárik (UPJŠ), Košice, Slovakia | |
| 2010-2014 | Ph.D. study at the Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia; Degree Ph.D. University of veterinary medicine and pharmacy, Slovakia Thesis topic: Genetic variability tick-borne pathognes associated with rodents as reservoir hosts |
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| 2008-2010 | university study at the Faculty of Science, UPJŠ, Košice, Slovakia; Degree Mgr. (equivalent of MSc.) University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik in Košice, Slovakia, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Biological and Ecological Sciences; specialization – Biology/Zoology |
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| 2004-2007 | Bachelor of Science (Bc., B.Sc. equivalent) University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik in Košice, Slovakia, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Biological and Ecological Sciences; specialization – Biology | |
| 2000-2004 | high school; Gymnázium L. Stockela, Jiráskova 12, Bardejov, Slovakia | |
| Working stays abroad | ||
| November 2014 June 2012 |
Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, České Budějovice, Czech Republic | |
| September 2011- June 2014 (4 times per year) |
Institute of Zoology, Bratislava, Slovakia | |
| Memberships | ||
| October 2010 - present | Member of the Slovak Society of Parasitology | |
| Prizes and awards | ||
| 2015 | Conference “Pre Veda“, awarded for presentation: Ticks as vectors of pathogens in two recreation areas in Bulgaria (first author) | |
| 2014 | Slovak Society of Parasitology, Košice, 1-st place awarded for CC publication: Distinct Anaplasma phagoytophilum genotypes associated with Ixodes trianguliceps ticks and rodents in Central Europe (first author) | |
| June 2013 | Slovak academy of Agricultural sciences, Nitra, 2-nd place awarded for CC publication: Ixodes ricinus abundance and its infection with the tick-borne pathogens in urban and suburban areas of Eastern Slovakia (first author) | |
| June 2012 | International Student Medical conference, Košice, Section: Microbiology and Infectiology, 3-rd place awarded for poster: Rodents as reservoir hosts of tick-borne pathogens (Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Neoehrlichia mikurensis) (first author) | |