Education:
Ph.D.: (Graduate) Research: 2018 – 2022, Czech Advanced and Technology Institute, Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic
M.Sc.: 2016 – 2018, Department of Molecular Biology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Research interests:
Researcher with experience in recombinant protein production in bacteria. Expertise in biochemical and molecular biological techniques. The present work includes the expression and purification of selected haloalkane dehalogenases by ribosome display technique.
Education and study
2018 – 2022 Ph.D. study program in Biochemistry at the Faculty of Science, Palacky University in Olomouc. Thesis: “Production of recombinant proteins for veterinary use”
Supervisor: prof. RNDr. Ivo Frébort, CSc., Ph.D.
2016 – 2018 Master study program in Biology at the Faculty of Science, Comenius University in Bratislava. Diploma thesis: “Study of initiation replication proteins in Acetic acid bacteria”;
Supervisor: doc. RNDr. Jozef Grones, CSc.
2013 – 2016 Bachelor study program in Biology at the Faculty of Science, Comenius University in Bratislava.
Bachelor thesis: “DnaA protein as a regulator of replication and transcription of DNA”;
Supervisor: Mgr. Juraj Bugala, Ph.D.
International research stays
Univerzity of Pavol Jozef Šafárik in Košice (1st April – 30th June, 2022)
Center of Interdisciplinary Biosciences (Centrum Interdisciplinárnych Biovied), Advisor of Internship: doc. RNDr. Erik Sedlák, DrSc.
Teaching activities o Practicals in Laboratory methods KBC/LABT (1 course), Microbiology KBC/ (1 course)
Publications
Díaz C., Celer V., Frébort I. (2021) The main DNA viruses significantly affecting pig J. Vet. Res. 65, 15-25
Díaz C., Salát J., Kolařová D.B., Celer V., Frébort I. (2022) The immunogenicity and safety of a potential vaccine candidate against African swine fever virus based on the recombinant antigen originating from the virus p22 protein. Vet. Res.
Conferences
Díaz C., Šváčová S., Buchel F., Cimová V., Bugala J. Poster : Purification of DnaA protein under denaturing conditions (Slovak translation: Purifikácia DnaA proteínu za denaturačných podmienok). Student Science Conference 2017, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
Díaz C., Bugala J., Grones J. Poster: Binding of the subunits of IHF protein to the origin of replication (Slovak translation: Väzba podjednotiek IHF proteínu na počiatok replikácie). Student Science Conference 2018, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
Díaz C., Frébort I. Poster: Production of recombinant protein for veterinary use in plants. Plant Biotechnology: Green for Good V., June 10 – 13, 2019, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Díaz C., Frébort I. Poster: Production of recombinant protein for veterinary use in plants. The 14th Asian Congress on Biotechnology, July 1 – 4, 2019, Taipei, Taiwan.
Díaz C., Frébort I. Poster: Examination of immunogenic properties of recombinant antigens based on p22 protein from African swine fever virus. Green for Good VI global challenges, September 12-15, 2022, Olomouc, Czech Republic.