RNDr. Pavla Sojková, Ph.D.

Born

1981, Ilava, Slovac Republic

Present position

Education

Working experience

2005-May 2010: Research assistant at the Department of Protistology, Laboratory of Fish Protistology, Biology Centre AS CR, Institute of Parasitology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

June-December 2010: Research assistant at the Department of Molecular Ecology of Parasites, Laboratory of Vector Immunology, Biology Centre AS CR, Institute of Parasitology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

January 2011-November 2013: Postdoctoral research scientist at the Section of Organismal and Evolutionary Parasitology, Laboratory of Fish Protistology, Biology Centre AS CR, Institute of Parasitology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Since December 2013: Research scientist in the Laboratory of Fish Protistology, Biology Centre AS CR, Institute of Parasitology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

 Publications

2005

Bartošová P., Tirjaková E. 2005. Selected ecological characteristics of ciliate communities (Protozoa, Ciliophora) in decaying wood mass in the Malé Karpaty Mountains. Ekológia (Bratislava) 24, Suppl. 2: 37–50.

2008

Bartošová P., Tirjaková E. 2008. Diversity and ecology of ciliates (Alveolata: Ciliophora) living in the bark and decaying wood mass in Slovakia. Acta Protozoologica 47: 173-187.

2009

Bartošová P., Fiala I., Hypša V. 2009. Concatenated SSU and LSU rDNA data confirm the main evolutionary trends within myxosporeans (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) and provide effective tool for their molecular phylogenetics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53: 81-93. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.05.018.

2010

Fiala I., Bartošová P. 2010. History of myxozoan character evolution on the basis of rDNA and EF-2. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 228. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-228.

2011

Bartošová P., Fiala I. 2011. Molecular evidence for the existence of cryptic species assemblages of several myxosporeans (Myxozoa). Parasitology Research 108: 573–583. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-2100-y.

Bartošová P., Freeman M.A., Yokoyama H., Caffara M., Fiala I. 2011. Phylogenetic position of Sphaerospora testicularis and Latyspora scomberomori n. gen. n. sp. (Myxozoa) within the marine urinary clade. Parasitology 138: 381–393. DOI: 10.1017/S0031182010001381.

Jirků M., Bartošová P., Kodádková A., Mutschmann F. 2011. Another Chloromyxid Lineage: Molecular Phylogeny and Redescription of Chloromyxum careni from the Asian Horned frog Megophrys nasuta. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 58: 50–59. DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2010.00521.x. (+ cover page).

2012

Sojka D., Franta Z., Frantová H., Bartošová P., Horn M., Váchová J., O'Donoghue A.J., Eroy-Reveles A.A., Craik C.S., Knudsen G.M., Caffrey C.R., McKerrow J.H., Mares M., Kopácek P. 2012. Characterization of the gut-associated cathepsin D hemoglobinase from the tick Ixodes ricinus (IrCD1).Journal of Biological Chemistry 287: 21152–21163. DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.347922.

2013

Holzer A.S., Bartošová P., Pecková H., Tyml T., Atkinson S.D., Bartholomew J., Sipos D., Eszterbauer E., Dyková I. 2013. “Who’s who” in renal sphaerosporids (Bivalvulidae: Myxozoa) from common carp, Prussian carp and goldfish – Molecular identification of cryptic species, blood stages and new members of Sphaerospora sensu stricto.Parasitology 140:46-60. DOI: 10.1017/S0031182012001175.

Eszterbauer E., Sipos D., Forró B., Bartošová P., Holzer A.S. 2013. Molecular characterization of Sphaerospora molnari (Myxozoa), the agent of gill sphaerosporosis in common carp (Cyprinus carpio carpio). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 104: 59-67. DOI: 10.3354/dao02584.

Bartošová P., Fiala I., Jirků M., Cinková M., Caffara M., Fioravanti M.L., Atkinson S.D., Bartholomew J.L., Holzer A.S. 2013. Sphaerospora sensu stricto: taxonomy, diversity and evolution of a unique lineage of myxosporeans (Myxozoa). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68: 93-105. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.02.026.

Karlsbakk E., Bårdsgjære Einen A.C., Bartošová P. 2013. Sphaeromyxa artedielli sp. n. (Myxozoa: Sphaeromyxidae), a parasite of sculpins (Cottidae) in northern Norway. Folia Parasitologica 60: 425-432.

2014

Horn M., Fajtová P., Rojo Arreola L., Ulrychová L., Bartošová-Sojková P., Franta F., Protasio A.V., Opavský D., Vondrášek J., McKerrow J.H., Mareš M., Caffrey C.R., Dvořák J. 2014. Trypsin- and chymotrypsin-like serine proteases in Schistosoma mansoni – ‘The undiscovered country’. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 8: e2766. DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002766.

Jirků M., Bartošová-Sojková P. 2014. Ultrastructure and localization of late-sporogonic developmental stages of Sphaerospora ranae (Myxosporea: Sphaerosporidae) in kidneys of Rana dalmatina (Amphibia: Ranidae). Folia Parasitologica 61: 311–321. DOI: 10.14411/fp.2014.047.

Bartošová-Sojková P., Hrabcová M., Pecková H., Patra S., Kodádková A., Jurajda P., Tyml T., Holzer A.S. 2014. Hidden diversity and evolutionary trends in malacosporean parasites (Cnidaria: Myxozoa) identified using molecular phylogenetics. International Journal for Parasitology 44: 565–577. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.04.005 + cover page.

Goodman K.R., Evenhuis N.L., Bartošová-Sojková P., O’Grady P.M. 2014. Diversification in Hawaiian long-legged flies (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Campsicnemus): Biogeographic isolation and ecological adaptation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 82: 232-241. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.07.015. 

2015

Bartošová-Sojková P., Kodádková A., Pecková H., Kuchta R., Reed C.C. 2015. Morphology and phylogeny of two new species of Sphaeromyxa Thélohan, 1892 (Cnidaria: Myxozoa) from marine fish (Clinidae and Trachichthyidae). Parasitology 142: 660-674. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0031182014001723.

Kodádková A., Bartošová-Sojková P., Holzer A.S., Fiala I. 2015. Bipteria vetusta n. sp. – old parasite in an old host: tracing the origin of myxosporean parasitism in vertebrates. International Journal for Parasitology 45: 269-276. DOI: /10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.12.004 + cover page.

Fiala I., Hlavničková M., Kodádková A., Freeman M.A., Bartošová-Sojková P., Atkinson S.D. 2015. Evolutionary origin of Ceratonova shasta and phylogeny of the marine myxosporean lineage. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 86: 75-79. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.03.004.

Fiala I., Bartošová-Sojková P., Okamura B., Hartikainen H. 2015. Adaptive Radiation and Evolution Within the Myxozoa. Myxozoan Evolution, Ecology and Development, B. Okamura et al. (Eds.): 69-84. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-14753-6_4.

Fiala I., Bartošová-Sojková P., Whipps C.M. 2015. Classification and Phylogenetics of Myxozoa. Myxozoan Evolution, Ecology and Development, B. Okamura et al. (Eds.): 85-110. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-14753-6_5.

Atkinson S.D., Bartošová-Sojková P., Whipps C.M., Bartholomew J.L. 2015. Approaches for characterizing myxozoan species. Myxozoan Evolution, Ecology and Development, B. Okamura et al. (Eds.): 111-123. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-14753-6_6. Forte-Gil D., Holzer A.S., Pecková H., Bartošová-Sojková P., Peñalver J., Dolores E.M., Muñoz P. 2015. Is the cosmopolitan distribution of Cardicola spp. linked to the migration of bluefin tuna? Aquaculture. In press. 

Forte-Gil D., Holzer A.S., Pecková H.,  Bartošová-Sojková P., Peñalver J., Dolores E.M., Muñoz P. 2015. Is the cosmopolitan distribution of Cardicola spp. linked to the migration of bluefin tuna? Aquaculture. In press. 

Bartošová-Sojková P., Oppenheim R.D., Soldati-Favre D., Lukeš J. 2015. Epicellular and extracytoplasmic apicomplexans: parasites “on-the-way-in”. PLoS Pathogens Pearls. In press.

Dogga S.K.,  Bartošová-Sojková P., Lukeš J., Soldati-Favre D. 2015. Phylogeny, morphology, metabolic and invasive capabilities of epicellular fish coccidium Goussia janae. Protist. In press.

Goodman K.R., Evenhuis N.L., Bartošová-Sojková P., O’Grady P.M. Long distance dispersal leads to multiple colonizations and repeated independent radiations in Hawaiian long-legged flies (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Submitted to Journal of Biogeography.

If interested in any publication, do not hesitate to contact me at bartosova@paru.cas.cz.

Conferences

Bartošová P., Fiala I. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships among myxosporeans based on ribosomal and protein-coding data. Parassitologia 49, Suppl. 25., ISFP VII abstracts: 141.

Fiala I., Bartošová P. 2007. Myxozoan relationships among Metazoa: conflicting phylogenetic signals of ribosomal RNA genes and protein coding genes. Parassitologia 49, Suppl. 25., ISFP VII abstracts: 149.

O’Grady, P.M., Bartošová, P., Magnacca, K.N., Evenhuis, N.L. Comparative phylogenetics of adaptive radiation in Hawaiian flies. Evolution, SSE/SSB/ASN Meetings, June 2009, Moscow, Idaho, USA.

Fiala I., Bartošová P. Tracing of character evolution of Myxozoa. 14th EAFP International Conference on Diseases of Fish and Shelfish, September 2009, Prague, Czech Republic.

Bartošová P., Fiala I., Cinková M., Sipos D., Eszterbauer E., Jirků M., Caffara M., Fioravanti M.L., Holzer A.S. Sphaerospora sensu stricto clade (Myxozoa): taxonomy and phylogeny based on the ribosomal and protein-coding data. 15th EAFP International Conference on Diseases of Fish and Shelfish, September 2011, Split, Croatia.

Fiala I., Hlavničková M., Freeman M.A., Atkinson S.D., Bartošová P. Phylogeny of Ceratomyxa species (Myxozoa) based on the analysis of three genes: Verifying the position of C. shasta. 15th EAFP International Conference on Diseases of Fish and Shelfish, September 2011, Split, Croatia.

Reed C.C., Bartošová P., Fiala I., Dyková I. Preliminary results of a population study on Ceratomyxa cottoidii from South Africa. 8th International Symposium of Fish Parasites, September 2011, Vina del Mar, Chile.

Bartošová P., Loudová M., Pecková H., Patra S., Kodádková A., Holzer A.S. Revealing cryptic diversity of malacosporean parasites (Myxozoa: Cnidaria) using molecular phylogenetics. 16th EAFP International Conference on Diseases of Fish and Shelfish, September 2013, Tampere, Finland.

Fiala I., Kyslík J., Cinková M., Bartošová P. Analysis of mitochondrial genomic data reveals the phylogenetic placement of Myxozoa and Polypodium hydriforme within the medusozoan cnidarians. 16th EAFP International Conference on Diseases of Fish and Shelfish, September 2013, Tampere, Finland.

Kodádková A., Bartošová-Sojková P., Fiala I. Bipteria sp. - old parasite in an old host: tracing the origin of myxosporean parasitism in the vertebrates. 7th International Symposium on Aquatic Animal Health, August/September 2014, Portland, Oregon, USA.

Workshops

Myxozoan workshop at 15th EAFP International Conference on Diseases of Fish and Shelfish, 13. 9. 2011. Split, Croatia.

„2013 Workshop on Molecular Evolution“, 20. – 26. 1. 2013, Český Krumlov, Czech Republic.

Myxozoan workshop at 16th EAFP International Conference on Diseases of Fish and Shelfish, 5. 9. 2013, Tampere, Finland.

„Fish Histopathology, especially in toxicological studies – focus on trout and carp“, 17. – 18. 9. 2013, Vodňany, Czech Republic.

Awarded grants

Molecular analysis of the ITS sequences in populations of Chloromyxum cyprini Fujita, 1927 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) in cyprinids. Grant Agency of the University of South Bohemia (04-GAJU-43, 2007)

Biology and phylogeny of sphaerosporid myxosporeans from economically important fish: application of molecular tools. Czech Science Foundation (P506/11/P724, 2011–2013)

Teaching

Teaching assistant of the practical course “Biology of Protozoan Parasites” (Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia)

Internships

4-month scholar stay in O´Grady lab at the University of California, Berkeley, California, USA focused on the phylogenetic studies of Hawaiian flies from the family Dolichopodidae.

Organizing activities

2005: Co-organizer of the Free Living Amoebae Meeting, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

2006: Co-organizer of the local protozoological conference (Jírovcovy protozoologické dny)

Memberships

Since 2012: Member of the EAFP (European Association of Fish Pathologists)

Popularization of science

Assistant of the popularization movie of the Laboratory of Fish Protistology “How to extinct the myxozoans” (in English); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU4N4xSwKVE