Shubhada Bopegamage, MD, PhD
Head, Entervirus Laboratory
Virology Department
Slovak Medical University
Limbova 12, 83303 Bratislava
Slovak Republic
Mob: + 421 – 90 – 724 6365
E-mail: shubhada.bopegamage@szu.sk; s.bopegamage@gmail.com
RE: RECOOP Visegrad Scholarship – Bratislava, Entervirus Laboratory
Assoc. Prof. Shubhada Bopegamage, has been co-ordinating research at the Enterovirus Laboratory and is a
recognised guide at the Virology/Microbiology Department, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic,
since the year 2005. The Enterovirus laboratory of the Medical Faculty of SMU has laboratories which carry out
basic Virological work, diagnostic methods, and animal house at BCL2, BCL2+ level. The laboratory is accredited
and applies accredited methodology, and is actively involved in research on pathogenesis of enteroviral infected.
The staff has basic degrees in MSc/PhD in Microbiology/Virology, and Assoc. Prof. In Public Health. The staff is
involved in teaching/guiding, students at the Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD level, and co-ordination of International
course for all NRC working with enteroviruses from the Slovak Republic with participation of the staff from the
Czech Republic under the Twinning program. Human enteroviruses (HEV), which include coxsackieviruses, echo
and polioviruses are commonly occurring human pathogens, which are spread by the oral route of infection. These
viruses cause acute and chronic infections. Though surveillance of enteroviruses has become a mandatory
instrument for the control of eradication of poliovirus, globally the other human enteroviruses and their disease
manifestations have been relatively not taken into notice and maybe considered as challenges after polio eradication
for which we are still unprepared due to lack of networking and knowledge. The methodology applied for these
viruses, maybe applied in most diagnostic or research purposes Virological laboratories.
Potential Applicants RECOOP Intra-Visegrad Scholarships:
University Hospital in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
University of Debrecen, Hungary (Prof. Konya’s lab?)
The Intra-Visegrad Scholarships scheme is suitable for scholars coming from one of the Visegrad Group (V4)
countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland or Slovakia) who plan to study in any V4 country other than that of
their citizenship (at any accredited public or private university or institute of the respective national academies of
sciences)
Successful applicants within this scheme will receive scholarships of €2,300/semester and the corresponding host
universities/institutes receive €1,500/semester/scholar.
RECOOP Matching Fund €1,000/semester/scholar
Potential Applicants RECOOP In-Coming Scholarship
In-Coming Scholarship - Scholarships for Eastern Partnership
Scholarships for EaP are an extension of the existing In-Coming scheme of the Visegrad Scholarship Program
financing individual mobility of EaP scholars (citizens of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova or
Ukraine) to pursue study or research stays at accredited public or private colleges or universities in the V4 countries.
Successful applicants within this scheme will receive scholarships of €2,300/semester and the corresponding host
universities/institutes receive €1,500/semester/scholar. Scholars who will have to travel to the host institution
more than 1,500 km are also eligible for one-time Travel Grant.
RECOOP Matching Fund €1,000/semester/scholar