MVDr. Kateřina Jirků, Ph.D.
Maiden:Pomajbíková
Job Position: Head of Laboratory - Laboratory of parasitic therapy
Phone:
+420-38-777-5470
E-mail:
pomajbikova@paru.cas.cz
Room:
126
Brief Profile
Kateřina graduated in veterinary medicine at the Veterinary and Pharmaceutical University in Brno, where she also completed her PhD studies. She began her scientific career in the third year of university, focusing on parasites of primates, including humans. She has participated in several field trips to Central and East Africa, where she worked with wild chimpanzees and gorillas. Further she also participated in the establishment of a diagnostic parasitological laboratory at a chimpanzee rehabilitation center in Kenya and as a volunteer in rabies vaccination in an endemic area in Northern Kenya. In addition, she was intensely interested in veterinary and human parasitology. After completing her doctoral studies, she founded a laboratory at the Institute of Parasitology of the Biological Center of the Czech Academy of Sciences (Oct 2013). This laboratory focuses mainly on research into the role of commensal protists and helminths in gut inflammatory diseases and in human health in general. In 2015, she received a prestigious scientific grant from the international grant agency "Human Frontier Science Organization" in the "Young Investigators" category together with her Canadian colleague Laura W. Parfrey (University of British Columbia, Vancouver). In the following years, she established cooperation with other prestigious institutions, such as Duke University (North Carolina, USA) or the Staten Serum Institute (Copenhagen, Denmark). In 2018, she was awarded the "Otto Wichterle" prize by the Czech Academy of Sciences for outstanding young scientists. Since 2017, she has been closely collaborating with the Department of Medical Biology of the University of South Bohemia on scientific projects and also guarantees the educational course "Fundamentals of Functional Anatomy". It also supervises students in bachelor, master and doctoral programs.
(Research ID: G-9858-2014)
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PhD studies - Department of Pathology and Parasitology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno (UVPS), 10/2008 - 6/2013, Ph.D.
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graduate studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UVPS, 9/2001 - 6/2008, DVM.
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10/2013 - present: head of laboratory (Laboratory of Parasitic Therapy), Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences (BC CAS)
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1/2018 - present: position of a lecturer / researcher (part-time), Department of Medical Biology, South Bohemian University
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10/2013 - 9/2018 - according to dispositions researcher and / or junior researcher, Deparment of Pathology and Parasitology, UVPS
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2018 - 'Otto Wichterle' award of the Czech Academy of Sciences for outstanding young scientists
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diversity of gut protist in Western human populations
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role of eukaryotic symbionts (helminth, protist) in human health and disease
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active components from eukaryotic symbionts with anti-inflammatory effect
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host immune response to colonisation of eukaryotic symbionts
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gut parasites of primates with focus on protists
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parasites of domestic and wild-life animals
Basics of functional anatomy
Department of medical biology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia
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Billy V.,
Lhotská Z.,
Jirků M.,
Kadlecová O., Frgelecová L., Wegener Parfrey L., Jirků-Pomajbíková K. (2021) Blastocystis Colonization Alters the Gut Microbiome and, in Some Cases, Promotes Faster Recovery From Induced Colitis Frontiers in Microbiology
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: 641483. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.641483 |
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Jirků M.,
Lhotská Z., Frgelecová L.,
Kadlecová O.,
Petrželková K. J., Morien E., Jirků-Pomajbíková K. (2021) Helminth Interactions with Bacteria in the Host Gut Are Essential for Its Immunomodulatory Effect Microorganisms
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: 226. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9020226 |
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Stensvold C., Jirků-Pomajbíková K., Wegener Parfrey L., Jokelainen P., Berg R.P.K.D., Marving E., Petersen R.F., Andersen L.O., Angen Ø., Nielsen H.V. (2021) Parasitic intestinal protists of zoonotic relevance detected in pigs by metabarcoding and real-time PCR Microorganisms
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: 1189. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9061189 |
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Venkatakrishnan A., Sarafian J.T., Jirků-Pomajbíková K., Parker W. (2021) Socio-medical studies of individuals self-treating with helminths provide insight into clinical trial design for assessing helminth therapy Parasitology International
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: 102488. DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2021.102488 |
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You C.,
Jirků M., Corcoran D.L., Parker W., Jirků-Pomajbíková K. (2021) Altered gut ecosystems plus the microbiota’s potential for rapid evolution: a recipe for inevitable change with unknown consequences Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
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: 5969-5977. DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2021.10.033 |
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Jirků M.,
Kuchta R., Gricaj E.,
Modrý D., Jirků-Pomajbíková K. (2020) Canine thelaziosis in the Czech Republic: the northernmost autochthonous occurrence of Thelazia callipaeda Railliet et Henry, 1910 in Europe Folia Parasitologica
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: 010. DOI: 10.14411/fp.2020.010 |
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Lhotská Z.,
Jirků M.,
Hložková O.,
Brožová K.,
Jirsová D., Stensvold C.,
Kolísko M., Jirků-Pomajbíková K. (2020) A Study on the Prevalence and Subtype Diversity of the Intestinal Protist Blastocystis sp. in a Gut-Healthy Human Population in the Czech Republic Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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: 544335. DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.544335 |
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Petrželková K. J., Smejkalová P., Céza V., Pafčo B., Shutt-Phillips K., Todd A., Jirků-Pomajbíková K., Benavides J.,
Modrý D., Čepička I. (2020) Sympatric western lowland gorillas, central chimpanzees and humans are infected with different trichomonads Parasitology
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: 225-230. DOI: 10.1017/S0031182019001343 |
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Řežábková L.,
Brabec J.,
Jirků M., Dellerba M.,
Kuchta R.,
Modrý D., Parker W., Jirků-Pomajbíková K. (2019) Genetic diversity of the potentially therapeutic tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea). Parasitology International
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: 121–125. DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2019.04.009 |
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Sobotková K., Parker W., Levá ,
Růžková J.,
Lukeš J., Jirků-Pomajbíková K. (2019) Helminth Therapy – From the Parasite Perspective Trends in Parasitology
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: 501–515. DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2019.04.009 Documents to download: Sobotkova et.al._2019_Trends in Parasitology (pdf) |
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Jirků-Pomajbíková K.,
Jirků M., Levá , Sobotková K., Morien E., Parfrey L. (2018) The bening helminth Hymenolepis diminuta ameliorates chemically induced colitis in a rat model system Parasitology
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: 1324–1335. DOI: 10.1017/S0031182018000896 |
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Pafčo B., Tehlárová Z., Jirků-Pomajbíková K., Todd A., Hasegawa H.,
Petrželková K. J.,
Modrý D. (2018) Gastrointestinal protists and helminths of habituated agilemangabeys (Cercocebus agilis) at Bai Hokou, Central AfricanRepublic American Journal of Primatology
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: e22736. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22736 |
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Růžková J. ,
Květoňová D.,
Jirků M.,
Lhotská Z., Stensvold C., Wegner Parfrey L., Jirků-Pomajbíková K. (2018) Evaluating rodent experimental models for studies of Blastocystis ST1 Experimental Parasitology
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: 55–61. DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2018.06.009 |
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Červená B., Vallo P., Pafčo B., Jirků-Pomajbíková K.,
Jirků M.,
Petrželková K. J., Todd A., Turkalo A.K.,
Modrý D. (2017) Host specificity and basic ecology of Mammomonogamus (Nematoda, Syngamidae) from lowland gorillas and forest elephants in Central African Republic Parasitology
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: 1016-1025. DOI: 10.1017/S0031182017000221 |
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Jirků-Pomajbíková K., Stensvold C. (2017) Balantioides coli (formerly Balantidium coli). In: S.S. Long, C.G.Prober and M. Fisher (Eds.), Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infection Diseases Elsevier, MO
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Wegner Parfrey L.,
Jirků M.,
Šíma R.,
Jalovecká M.,
Sak B., Grigore K., Jirků-Pomajbíková K. (2017) A bening helminth alters the host immune system and the gut microbiota in a rat model system PloS ONE
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: e0182205. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182205 |
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Jirků-Pomajbíková K., Čepička I., Kalousová B.,
Jirků M., Stewart F., Levecke B.,
Modrý D., Piel A.,
Petrželková K. J. (2016) Molecular identification of Entamoeba species in savanna woodland chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) Parasitology
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: 741-748. DOI: 10.1017/S0031182016000263 |
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Grim J., Jirků-Pomajbíková K., Ponce-Gordo F. (2015) Light microscopic morphometrics, ultrastructure, and molecularphylogeny of the putative pycnotrichid Ciliate, Buxtonella sulcata European Journal of Protistology
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: 425-436. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2015.06.003 |
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Jirků M.,
Votýpka J., Petrželková K., Jirků-Pomajbíková K., Kriegová E., Vodička R., Lankester F., Leendertz S., Witting R., Boesch C.,
Modrý D., Ayala F., Leendertz F.,
Lukeš J. (2015) Wild chimpanzees are infected by Trypanosoma brucei International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
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: 277-282. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2015.05.001 Documents to download: Jirku-IJPPAW-2015 (pdf) |
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Lukeš J., Stensvold C., Jirků-Pomajbíková K., Wegener Parfrey L. (2015) Are human intestinal eukaryotes beneficial, or commensals? PLoS Pathogens
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: e1005039. DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005039 Documents to download: Lukes_et_al_PLOSPathogens (pdf) |
