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News from Comenius University Bratislava
Seychellois in Slovakia: We Miss the Beaches, but Martin Is Amazing
Jessenius Medical Faculty in Martin is known for its large number of international students. In recent years, it has also become home to students from a totally different part of the world – the tropical paradise of Seychelles.
Pushing the boundaries of wastewater treatment
In 2025, the Young Scientist award went to was presented to Olivier Monfort from the Faculty of Natural Sciences of CU Bratislava. He received the award for new findings on the modification of MXenes to increase their efficiency in degrading persistent pollutants in water and for his significant contribution to elucidating the mechanisms of photocatalytic reactions in wastewater treatment.
Neurosurgeons from the Faculty of Medicine of CU and the University Hospital Bratislava performed Central Europe’s first AI-assisted brain surgery
The outcome is encouraging: postoperative MRI showed no residual tumour, and the patient has already been discharged to home care.
Sofia Karina Trommlerová: Talent has no gender, conditions do
Her research focuses on various aspects of the lives of women and children, both in Europe and globally. At the same time, she seeks answers to how systems can be designed so that talent is not lost from science simply because women choose to become mothers.
Aesculapian snakes in Bratislava: from observations to scientific research
A research team from the Faculty of Natural Sciences of CU has examined how the Aesculapian snake has adapted to urban life. Their Bratislava-focused study was published in the highly regarded international journal BMC Ecology and Evolution.