prof. Ing. Miroslav Oborník, Ph.D.
Job Position: Director , Head of Laboratory - Laboratory of Evolutionary Protistology
Phone:
+420 387775464
E-mail:
obornik@paru.cas.cz
Room:
236
Research interests
Evolution of protists and related algae.
Education and employment
- 1985-1991: Student Ing. (MSc) , Faculty of Agriculture Ceské Budejovice, Agricultural University - Prague, specialization "Genetic Engineering and Plant Breeding"
- 1991: Fellowship , Faculty of Agriculture Ceské Budejovice, Agricultural University - Prague, Dept. of Plant Production, Division of Plant Protection
- 1991-1995: PhD student , Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia, Dept. of Plant Production, Division of Plant Protection
- 10/1995 - 12/1996: Civil service
- 1998 - 2000: Assistant Professor , Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia, Dept. of Plant Production, Division of Plant Protection
- 1998 - : Research scientist , Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Division of Molecular Parasitology
- 2000 - : Research scientist, head of the laboratory , Institute of Parasitology (IP), Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, and University of South Bohemia (USB), Faculty of Biological Sciences - Laboratory of Molecular Taxonomy (joint laboratory of IP and USB)
- 2005-2008 Assistent Professor in Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice
- 2008- present: Senior Research Scientist, Biology Centre ASCR, Institute of Parasitology
- 2008- present - Associate Professor in Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice
Foreign programs
- May - August 1993: Wageningen Agricultural University, Dept. of Entomology, The Netherlands(Dr. R. Stouthamer)
- December 1994 - September 1995: Wageningen Agricultural University, Dept. of Entomology, The Netherlands(Dr. R. Stouthamer)
- April - May 1997: University of Horticulture and Food Industry, Budapest, Hungary
- November 2002 - November 2003: University of British Columbia, Department of Botany, Vancouver, Canada(Dr. B.R. Green)
Research priorities
Complex plastid is also present in apicomplexan parasites, however, it is not photosynthetic in this case. The size of the apicomplexan plastid genome is extremely small (35 kb) thus offering a limited number of genes for phylogenetic analysis. Moreover, the sequences of apicoplast genes are highly AT rich and rapidly evolving. Although it is evident that the apicoplast and its genome is plastid-derived, our detailed phylogenetic analysis of amino acid and nucleotide sequences of selected apicoplast ribosomal protein genes rpl2 , rpl14 and rps12 show their possible mitochondrial origin. Based on our results, a hypothesis is proposed that apicoplasts might contain both plastid and mitochondrial genes, thus constituting a hybrid assembly.
MO is also involved in phylogenetic projets concerning molecular phylogeny of protozoa, e.g. microsporidia, apicomplexan parasites and kinteoplastids.
Hobby
- Playing the guitar (music group - Smutný Karel )
Introduction to Bioinformatics
Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia
Introduction to Bioinformatics exercises
Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia
Molecular Taxonomy
Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia
