PSBC SAS is external institution for doctoral (PhD) study and based on framework agreement with universities participates in the following study programmes:
- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava: botany, plant physiology, genetics, biotechnologies
- Slovak Agriculture University Nitra: agrobiotechnologies
Study programmes are open also for foreign students. Currently we perform also a „cotutelle“ form based on agreement with Charles University, Prague.
Topics of doctoral studies for the academic year 2024/2025
- Diversity and interactions of bionts in lichen thalli of the genus Solenopsora (Leprocaulaceae) (Supervisor: Mgr. Anna Bérešová, PhD.)
- Exploring factors shaping the evolution, diversification, and adaptation of selected Daphne (Thymelaeaceae) members to extreme environments (Supervisors: Mgr. Miroslav Caboň, PhD. & Mgr. Marek Slovák, PhD.)
- Stagnant waters in urban and suburban landscapes as sources of non-native species dispersal and refugia for native biodiversity (Supervisor: Ing. Tomáš Čejka, PhD.)
- Insect DNA fingerprints on plants as a potential tool for modern pollinator biomonitoring (Supervisor: RNDr. Fedor Čiampor, PhD.)
- DNA metabarcoding of the pollinator fauna of selected crops (Supervisor: RNDr. Fedor Čiampor, PhD.)
- Effects of transient drought on biochemistry and physiology of bread wheat (Supervisor: Mgr. Maksym Danchenko, PhD.)
- Uncovering the molecular function of plant calpain DEK1 (Supervisor: doc. Mgr. Viktor Demko, PhD.)
- Novel analytical platform for proteinaceous soybean anti-nutritional factors and allergens (Supervisor: Mgr. Jozef Mravec, PhD.)
- Tracing the effects of whole-genome multiplication on clonal reproduction in plants: from genes to distributional patterns (Supervisor: RNDr. Barbora Šingliarová, PhD.)
- Evolutionary and ecological outcomes of plant invasions: consequences of post-invasion hybridization and polyploidization (Supervisor: RNDr. Barbora Šingliarová, PhD.)
- Mechanisms of adaptation of fast-growing trees to drought and heavy metal stress (Supervisor: doc. RNDr. Marek Vaculík, PhD.)
- Taxonomy, speciation processes, and polyploid evolution in Erysimum (Brassicaceae) (Supervisor: Mgr. Judita Zozomová, PhD.)