Graduated students

FORMER POSTDOCS

Miroslav Oborník
Came from University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice
1996–1997; phylogeny of parasiti protists
moved on to University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
habilitation at University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice
started his lab at the Institute of Parasitology, České Budějovice (until 2010)
does research on phylogeny of various eukaryotes

Ivica Kráľová-Hromadová
Came from University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia
1997; phylogeny of trypanosomes and helminths
moved to Institute of Cellular Pathology, Brussels, Belgium
works at the Institute of Parasitology, Košice, Slovakia
maternity leave + does research on helminths there (until 2010)

Nuraly Avliyakulov
Came from Institute of Protein Research, Puschino, Russia
1997; kinetoplast DNA in bodonids
moved to Molecular Biology Institute, Los Angeles, USA
works at University of California, Los Angeles, USA
does research in proteomics (until 2010)

Dorothy Lys Guilbride
Came from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
2001; evolution of kinetoplast DNA
moved to University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
works on transcription in trypanosomes (until 2008)

Sergei Podlipaev 
Came from University of Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2002–2003; phylogeny of insect trypanosomatids
moved to Institute of Zoology, Saint Petersburg, Russia
deceased in 2004 (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
 

FORMER PHD STUDENTS

Alena Zíková 
1997–2006; RNA editing in trypanosomes
worked at Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, USA
started her lab at the Institute of Parasitology, České Budějovice (until 2010)
does research on trypanosomes

Jan Šlapeta (co-supervisor)
1998–2003; phylogeny and life cycles of coccidia
PhD at Veterinary and Pharmaceutical University, Brno, CR
moved to University of New York, Albany, USA, University of Paris,
France and recently at University of Sydney, Australia
does research on parasitic organisms (until 2010)

Jan Votýpka (co-supervisor)
1999–2004; life cycles and vectors of trypanosomes
PhD at Charles University, Prague, CR
habilitation at Charles University, Prague, CR (2010)
does research on trypanosomes and coccidians (until 2010)

Eva Vondrušková-Horáková
2000–2005; RNA editing and processing in trypanosomes
moved to University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
maternity leave + does research on leishmania (until 2010)
back in our lab since 2011

Silvie Foldynová–Trantírková
2001–2006; RNA editing processing in trypanosomes
moved to University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
does research on NMR spectroscopy (until 2012)

Eva Zemanová-Chocholová
2001–2006; evolution of Leishmania
worked at University of Liege, Liege, Belgium
moved to Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, České Budějovice (until 2010)
does research in plant molecular biology

De–Hua Lai (co–supervisor)
2003–2007; evolution of kinetoplast in trypanosomes
PhD at Sun-Yat Sen University, Guangzhou, China
moved to Institute of Parasitology, České Budějovice (until 2010)
does research on the mitochondrion of trypanosomes (until 2010)

Hassan Hashimi
2005–2009; RNA editing and processing in trypanosomes
Master thesis at Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
works at the Institute of Parasitology, České Budějovice (until 2010)
does research on the mitochondrion of trypanosomes

Shaojun Long
2005–2009; Fe-S cluster assembly in trypanosomes
Master thesis at Sun-Yat Sen University, Guangzhou, China
moved to University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (until 2010)
does research on Fe-S cluster assembly in plants
moved to University of Washington, St. Louis, USA (until present)
does research on molecular biology of malaria

Zdeněk Paris
2006–2010; tRNA import and respiratory complexes in trypanosomes
Master thesis at University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice
moved to Ohio State University, Columbus, USA (until 2014)
does research on tRNA modifications and tRNA import in trypanosomes
founded his lab at the Institute of Parasitology (2014)

Zdeněk Verner
2006–2011; mitochondrial metabolism in trypanosomes
Master thesis at University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice
moved to Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia (until 2014)  
moved to Charles University, Prague, CR (until present)
does research on metabolism in kinetoplastid flagellates

Luděk Kořený (co-supervisor)
2007–2011; heme metabolism in protists
Master thesis at University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice
moved to University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (until 2013)
moved to Dundee University, Dundee, Scotland (until 2015)
moved to University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (until 2017)
does research on molecular biology of Toxoplasma

Piya Changmai
2009–2013; Fe-S cluster synthesis in trypanosomes
Master thesis at University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice
will move to University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic (until present)
does research on human evolution

Lucie Novotná–Ridlon
2009–2014; mitochondrial translation in trypanosomes
Master thesis at University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice
moved to Salk Institute, La Jolla, USA (since 2013)
does research on spatio-temporal organization of plasma membrane

Somsuvro Basu
2010–2014; cytosolic Fe-S cluster assembly in trypanosomes
Master thesis at Visvabharati University, Santiniketan, India
moved to Philipps Universitat, Marburg, Germany (since 2014)
does research on Fe-S cluster assembly in humans

Lucie Kafková 
2010–2012
moved to Oxford University, Unitek Kingdom

Zhenqiu Huang
2011–2015; dynamics and function of proteins involved in RNA editing
Master thesis at Sun-Yat Sen University, Guanzghou, China
moved to Arizona State University, Tempe, USA (since 2016)
does research on telomerases 

Jiří Týč
2011–2015; mitochondrial heat shock and ribosomal proteins in trypanosomes
Master thesis at University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice
moved to Oxford Brooks University, Oxford, U.K. (until 2017)
does research on ultrastructure of trypanosomes and other eukaryotes

Sameer Dixit
2013–2018
moved to Colombia University, New York, USA

Eva Dobáková
2013–2015; Euglena and Paratrypanosoma – various aspects of their mitochondrial biology
Master thesis at Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Moved to pharmaceutical company, Bratislava, Slovakia

Tomáš Skalický
2013–2017; bioinformatics of kinetoplastid flagellates
Master thesis at University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice
moved to Central European Institute of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic (since 2017)
does research on RNA binding proteins in humans

Iosif Kaurov 
2014–2019
moved to Museum of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Czechia

Sabine Kaltenbrunner 
2015–2017
moved to Joannes Kepler University, Faculty of Medicine, Linz Austria

Binnypreet Kaur
2016–2020; mitochondrial genome and transcriptome in diplonemids
Master thesis in India
Maternity leave, currently at Biology Centre, České Budějovice

Anna Nenarokova
2016–2020; bioinformatics on insect trypanosomatids
Master thesis in Moscow
Moved to School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

Ambar Kachale
2018–2023
moved to Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

Shaghayegh Sheikh 
2018–2023 
moved to Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Sweden

Pragya Tripathi 
2018–2023
now maternity leave

Mgr.Lawrence Rudy Cadena 
2019–2022
moved to Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf Germany

Vendula Rašková
2019–2023
moved to Central European Institute of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic

 

FORMER BACHELOR AND/OR MASTER STUDENTS

Tomáš Vaněček 

1994–1995; ribosomal RNAs of trypanosomatids
moved to Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Plzen, CR
does research in human pathology and genetics (until 2010)

Pavel Svoboda 
1994–1995; ribosomal RNAs of trypanosomatids
moved to Centre for Disease Control, Atlanta, USA
does research in anti-viral vaccines (until 2010)

Roman Hobza 
1995–1997; structure of kinetoplast DNA in trypanosomes
moved to Masaryk University, Brno, CR
works at the Institute of Biophysics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno
does research on plant chromosomes (until 2010)

David Doležel 
1995–1997; phylogeny of trypanosomes
moved to Institute of Entomology, České Budějovice
did PhD in insect physiology
worked at Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
started his lab at Institute of Entomology, České Budějovice (until 2010)
does research on circadian clocks in insects

Petr Štolba
1996–1998; structure of kinetoplast DNA in bodonids
moved to Regional Hospital, Ústí nad Labem, CR
does diagnosis there (until 2010)

Martina Broučková
1997–1999; phylogeny of tapeworms
moved to Motol University Hospital, Prague, CR
does research in human genetics and cancer (until 2006)

Ivana Kodedová-Gažiová
1998–2000; function of topoisomerase II in Bodo
moved to Institute of Entomology, České Budějovice, CR
did PhD in insect physiology
moved to University of Texas, Galveston, USA
maternity leave + does research on drosophila (until 2012)

Iveta Kyselová-Šlapetová
1998–2002; respiratory complexes in trypanosomes
moved to University of New York, Albany, USA
moved to University of Sydney, Australia
maternity leave + does research on ? there (until 2009)

Dagmar Folková
2003–2005; functional analysis of prohibitin
moved to Charles University, Prague, CR
does research in the Academy centre, Krč, Prague (until 2008)

Martina Wijová
2003–2005; phylogeny of fish tapeworms
moved to Regional Hospital, Frýdek Místek, CR
does diagnosis there (until 2010)

Petra Houfková
2003–2005; methylation of RNA in trypanosomes
moved to Department of Botany, České Budějovice, CR
does PhD in archeobotany there (until 2012)

Zdeňka Čičová
2004–2009; RNA editing in trypanosomes
moved to University of Munich, Munich, Germany
does PhD in cancer there (until 2012)

Lenka Richterová
2006–2009; mitochondrial translation in trypanosomes
moved to University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
does PhD in ? there (until 2012)

Petr Růžička
2007–2010; horizontal gene transfer in trypanosomes
moved to BioConsult, Prague (from 2010 on)

Julie Kovářová
2009–2012; Fe-S clusters and heme synthesis in trypanosomes
moved to University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
does PhD there (Marie-Curie program) (until 2016)

Lucie Kafková
2007–2012; RNA editing in trypanosomes
moved to State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
does PhD there (until 2016)

Sabine Kaltenbrunner
2009–2014; Johannes Kepler Universitat, Linz
does Master there

Alexander Haindrich
2013–2016; the CIA machinery in trypanosomes (master thesis) 
2009–2014; Johannes Kepler Universitat, Linz (bachelor thesis)
moved for PhD to the University of Bern (Bern, Switzerland)
does research on amino acid transporters in trypanosomes

Vojtěch David
2011–2015 Mitochondrial genome of Perkinsela
moved to Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
does PhD there (until 2019)

Michala Boudová
2014–2016; the role of Erv1 in mitochondrial import (bachelor thesis)
moved to the Paris laboratory, Institute of Parasitology
does research on trypanosome tRNAs (since 2016)

 

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