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Michal Cifra

Michal Cifra, Ph.D.

Michal Cifra
Position: Team leader
Department: Bioelectrodynamics
Location: Main building of UFE, Praha 8 - Kobylisy

Research interests:

Bioelectromagnetics, microwaves, micro-/nanosensors, proteins, microtubules, cytoskeleton, biological electron excited states, chemiexcitation, biochemiluminescence, ultraweak photon emission, biosignals.


Professional activities:

Membership:

BioEM Society, International Society for Electroporation-Based Technologies and Treatments, IEEE (EMBS, MTT, Photonics), URSI, Optica, Bioelectrochemical Society, Biophysical Society, European Microwave Association, International Society for Bioelectromagnetism, SPIE

International research experience:

2014–2015: visiting professor, James Franck Institute/Dept. of Chemistry – University of Chicago, USA, 8 months

2013: Visiting Researcher, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan, 1 month

2010: Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window Scholarship, UNICAMP – Campinas, Brazil, 1 month

2006–2010: International Institute of Biophysics, Neuss, Germany, 3 months total

2005: Leonardo Da Vinci project Scholarship, RWTH Aachen – Institute of High Frequency Technology & ELCAT, GmbH, 3 months

2004: Socrates/Erasmus Scholarship, RWTH Aachen – Institute of High Frequency Technology, 1 semester


Education:

2009  Ph.D., Radioelectronics, Department of Electromagnetic Field, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czechia 

2006  Ing. (M.Sc.), Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Žilina, Slovakia


Awards and honors:

2022 Justin Teissié Award from the International Society for Electroporation-based Technology and Treatment

2021 Best Paper Award (2nd place) from IEEE Sensors 2021 Conference

2019  Best paper award for 2019 from Institute of Photonics and Electronics, CAS

2019  Senior member of Optica

2016  Otto Wichterle Award from the Czech Academy of Sciences in the field of Mathematics, Physics and Earth Sciences

2015  IEEE, Senior Member

2014  European molecular biology laboratory Advanced Training Centre Corporate Partnership Programme Fellowship

2009  Diploma from Natural Sciences section of 13th International Student Conference of Electrical Engineering – POSTER

2008  URSI Young Scientist Award


Patents:

  • M. Cifra, P. Kůrka, D. Havelka, J. Havlíček. Způsob stanovení komplexní permitivity. Česká republika. Patent, č. 309946, 9.6.2022.

 

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Investigator:

Period: 

1. January 2020 –
31. December 2024

Period: 

1. January 2018 –
31. December 2022

Period: 

1. February 2013 –
31. December 2015

Co-investigator:

Period: 

1. January 2017 –
31. December 2019

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Publications

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Book chapters:

Journal papers:

M. Bereta, M. Teplan, T. Zakar, H. Vuviet, M. Cifra and D.E. Chafai, "Biological autoluminescence enables effective monitoring of yeast cell electroporation", Biotechnology Journal 19 (4), 2300475 (2024) doi:10.1002/biot.202300475
S.K. Pandey and M. Cifra, "Tubulin Vibration Modes Are in the Subterahertz Range, and Their Electromagnetic Absorption Is Affected by Water", Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 15 (32), 8334-8342 (2024) doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c01553
M. Poplová, A. Prasad, E.P.A. van Wijk, P. Pospíšil and M. Cifra, "Biological Auto(chemi)luminescence Imaging of Oxidative Processes in Human Skin", Analytical Chemistry. 95(40), 14853-14860 (2023) doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.3c01566
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