Mgr. Kristýna Pospíšková, PhD.

Education:

• 2004-2007: Bc. degree in Biochemistry (Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc)
• 2007-2009: Mgr. degree in Biochemistry (Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc)
• 2009-2013: PhD. degree in Biochemistry (Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc)
• Topic of PhD. thesis: Study of enzymes and cells immobilized on magnetic carriers and their applications. (supervisor: Prof. Ivo Šafařík, PhD., DSc.)

Career:

• 2010-2013: Department of Biochemistry (Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc)
• since 2013: Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials (Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc)

Research stays:

• June + December 2011 (6 weeks): Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Academy   of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
• June 2012 (1 month): Institute of Experimental Physics SAS (Department of Biophysics, Department of Magnetism), Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice, Slovak Republic
• February – March 2013 (2 months): Department of Sciences of Life and Environment, University of Cagliari (Monserrato), Italy
• September 2014 (1 month): Department of Industrial Management and Technology, University of Piraeus, Greece

Research interests:

• preparation of magnetic materials and magnetic modification of non-magnetic materials for bio- a environmental applications:
• various methods for magnetic modification of non-magnetic materials (biomaterials, inorganic materials or synthetic polymers) with interesting and beneficial properties
• study of properties and characterization of magnetic (bio)composite materials
• application of magnetic materials (carriers for immobilization of enzymes and cells, adsorbents of xenobiotics, magnetic modification of enzymes and cells, biosensors, isolation of biologically active compounds,…)
• preparation and study of magnetic biochar as perspective material for environmental applications (reactive biochar with nZVI; magnetically modified biochar)
• review papers dealing with preparation and application of magnetically responsive materials

Publication activities

(to date 18.9.2015)

• Sum of publications: 25
• Sum of citations (without self-citations): 77
• h-index: 5

Publikace

25/ Spanò D.,  Pospiskova K., Safarik I., Pintus F.,  Pisano M.B.,  Floris G., Medda R.: Chitinase III in Euphorbia characias latex: Purification and
characterization. Protein Expr. Purif., accepted.

24/ Baldikova E., Politi D., Maderova Z., Pospiskova K., Sidiras D., Safarikova M., Safarik I.: Utilization of magnetically responsive cereal by-product for organic dyes removal. J. Sci. Food Agric., accepted.

23/ Baldíková E., Pospíšková K., Maděrová Z., Šafaříková M., Šafařík I.: Příprava magnetických kompozitních materiálů: experimenty pro studenty středních škol. Chem. Listy, accepted.

22/ Safarik I., Prochazkova G., Pospiskova K., Branyik T.: Magnetically modified microalgae and their applications. Crit. Rev. Biotechnol., accepted.

21/ Safarik I., Pospiskova K., Baldikova E., Maderova Z., Safarikova M.: Magnetic modification of cells. In:  Applications of NanoBioMaterials,  Volume II: Engineering of NanoBioMaterials (Grumezescu,A., ed.), Elsevier, accepted.

20/ Melnikova L.,  Safarik I., Pospiskova K., Koralewski M.,  Mitroova Z., Kopcansky P. Magnetoferitín a jeho potencionálne bioaplikácie. Chem. Listy, accepted.

19/ Safarik I., Maderova Z., Horska K., Baldikova E., Pospiskova K., Safarikova M., 2015. Spent rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) tea biomass as an adsorbent for organic dyes removal. Bioremediat. J., 19, 183-187.

18/ Pospiskova K., Safarik I., 2015. Magnetically responsive enzyme powders. J. Magn. Magn. Mater., 380, 197-200.

17/ Safarik I., Pospiskova K., Maderova Z., Baldikova E., Horska K., Safarikova M., 2015. Microwave-synthesized magnetic chitosan microparticles for the immobilization of yeast cells. Yeast, 32, 239-243.

16/ Safarik I., Maderova Z., Pospiskova K., Baldikova E., Horska K., Safarikova M., 2015. Magnetically responsive yeast cells: Methods of preparation and applications. Yeast, 32, 227-237.

15/ Pospiskova K., Safarik I., 2015. Low-temperature magnetic modification of sensitive biological materials. Mater. Lett., 142, 184-188.

14/ Safarik I., Maderova Z., Pospiskova K., Horska K., Safarikova M., 2014. Magnetic decoration and labeling of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. In: Cell Surface Engineering: Fabrication of Functional Nanoshells (Fakhrullin,R.F., Choi,I., Lvov,Y.M.,  Eds.), (RSC Smart Materials No. 9), RSC, pp. 185-215.

13/ Safarik I., Pospiskova K., Horska K., Maderova Z., Safarikova M., 2014. Magnetically responsive (nano)biocomposites. In: Intracellular Delivery (Vol. 2) (Prokop,A.,   Iwasaki,Y., Harada,A., Eds.), Springer, pp. 17-34.

12/ Safarik I., Horska K., Pospiskova K., Filip J., Safarikova M., 2014. Mechanochemical synthesis of magnetically responsive materials from non-magnetic precursors. Mater. Lett., 126, 202-206.

11/ Melnikova L., Popiskova K., Mitroova Z., Kopcansky P., Safarik I., 2014. Peroxidase-like activity of magnetoferritin. Microchim. Acta, 181 (3-4), 295-301.

10/ Pospiskova K., Safarik I., 2013. Low-cost, easy-to-prepare magnetic chitosan microparticles for enzymes immobilization. Carbohydr. Polym., 96, 545-548.

9/ Pospiskova K., Prochazkova G., Safarik I., 2013. One-step magnetic modification of yeast cells by microwave-synthesized iron oxide microparticles. Lett. Appl. Microbiol., 56, 456-461.

8/ Pospiskova K., Safarik I., Sebela M., Kuncova G., 2013. Magnetic particles-based biosensor for biogenic amines using an optical oxygen sensor as a transducer. Microchim. Acta, 180, 311-318.

7/ Safarik I., Horska K., Pospiskova K., Maderova Z., Safarikova M., 2013. Microwave assisted synthesis of magnetically responsive composite materials. IEEE Trans. Magn., 49, 213-218.

6/ Pospiskova K., Safarik I., 2013. Magnetically modified spent grain as a low-cost, biocompatible and smart carrier for enzyme immobilisation. J. Sci. Food Agric., 93, 1598-1602.

5/ Safarik I., Horska K., Pospiskova K., Safarikova M., 2012. One-step preparation of magnetically responsive materials from non-magnetic powders. Powder Technol., 229, 285-289.

4/ Safarik I., Horska K., Pospiskova K., Safarikova M., 2012. Magnetic techniques for the detection and determination of xenobiotics and cells in water. Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 404, 1257-1273.

3/ Safarik I., Horska K., Pospiskova K., Safarikova M., 2012. Magnetically responsive activated carbons for bio- and environmental applications. Int. Rev. Chem. Eng., 4, 346-352.

2/ Safarik I., Pospiskova K., Horska K., Safarikova M., 2012. Potential of magnetically responsive (nano)biocomposites. Soft Matter, 8, 5407-5413.

1/ Zajoncová L., Pospíšková K., 2009. Membrány pro amperometrické biosenzory. Chem. Listy, 103, 291-301.