Projects

Mgr. Martina Garaiová, PhD.

International

Finished
  • Binding properties and function of selected yeast and human lipid transfer proteins
    Program: Mobility
    Duration: 1. 1. 2021 – 31. 12. 2022

National

Current
  • Biotechnological potential of nonconventional yeast in the production of squalene
    Program: VEGA
    Duration: 1. 1. 2022 – 31. 12. 2025
  • Nonconventional yeasts as producers of high value-added lipids
    Program: SRDA
    Duration: 1. 7. 2021 – 30. 6. 2025
  • Defense mechanisms of microbial and animal cells in reducing their sensitivity to plant defensive compounds
    Program: SRDA
    Duration: 1. 7. 2020 – 30. 6. 2024
Finished
  • Punicic acid: production and mechanisms of its action in yeasts
    Program: VEGA
    Duration: 1. 1. 2020 – 31. 12. 2023
  • Sterol quality control in utilisation of external sterols under hypoxic stress in yeast
    Program: VEGA
    Duration: 1. 1. 2020 – 31. 12. 2023
  • The role of lipid droplets in the biotechnology of squalene production in yeast
    Program: VEGA
    Duration: 1. 1. 2016 – 31. 12. 2019
  • Sterol uptake. An adaptation mechanism to hostile conditions in yeast.
    Program: VEGA
    Duration: 1. 1. 2014 – 31. 12. 2016
  • Fatty acid secretion in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
    Program: VEGA
    Duration: 1. 1. 2012 – 31. 12. 2015
  • Neutral lipid homeostasis in yeast: from cell biology to biotechnology
    Program: VEGA
    Duration: 1. 1. 2011 – 31. 12. 2014
  • Lipid transport and turnover: contribution to the understanding of yeast resistance to antifungals and stress
    Program: VEGA
    Duration: 1. 1. 2010 – 31. 12. 2013