Demko, Viktor

Postdoc

E-mail: viktor.demko@umb.no

Phone: +47-6496-6058 (office), +47-96740783 (cell)

Current position: Postdoctoral fellow at IPM, UMB

Current research: Was the DEK1 protein key to the development of differentiated multicellular land plants? (NFR-FRIBIO 2010-2014).

Degrees:

M.Sc. in Plant Physiology at Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, 2005.

PhD. in Plant Physiology at Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, 2009.
 
Professional background: Research assistant, Department of Plant Physiology, Comenius University in Bratislava (2009-).

Research experience: Retrograde signaling-related gene expression in mosses and conifers, ultrastructural analysis, protein and hormone immunolocalization in plant tissues, gene targeting in Physcomitrella patens.

Selected publications:

  • Demko V., Pavlovič A., Valková D., Slováková Ľ., Grimm B., Hudák J. (2009). A novel insight into the regulation of light-independent chlorophyll biosynthesis in Larix decidua and Picea abies seedlings. Planta 230: 165-176.
  • Pavlovič A., Demko V., Durchan M., Hudák J. (2009). Feeding with aminolevulinic acid increased chlorophyll content in Norway spruce (Picea abies) in the dark. Photosynthetica 47: 631-634.
  • Demko V., Pavlovič A., Hudák J. (2010) Gabaculine alters plastid development and differentially affects abundance of plastid-encoded DPOR and nuclear-encoded GluTR and FLU-like proteins in spruce cotyledons. Journal of Plant Physiology 167: 693-700.
  • Pavlovič A., Demko V., Hudák J. (2010). Trap closure and prey retention in Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula Ellis.) temporarily reduces photosynthesis and stimulates respiration. Annals of Botany 105: 37-44.