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FORMER POSTDOCS
Miroslav Oborník
Came from the University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice
1996–1997; phylogeny of parasitic protists
Moved to the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Habilitation at the University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice
Started his lab at the Institute of Parasitology, České Budějovice (until 2010)
Does research on the phylogeny of various eukaryotes
Ivica Kráľová-Hromadová
Came from the University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik, Košice, Slovakia
1997; phylogeny of trypanosomes and helminths
Moved to the Institute of Cellular Pathology, Brussels, Belgium
Works at the Institute of Parasitology, Košice, Slovakia
Took maternity leave and continues to do research on helminths (until 2010)
Nuraly Avliyakulov
Came from the Institute of Protein Research, Pushchino, Russia
1997; kinetoplast DNA in bodonids
Moved to the Molecular Biology Institute, Los Angeles, USA
Works at the 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 the University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Works on transcription in trypanosomes (until 2008)
Sergei Podlipaev
Came from the University of Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2002–2003; phylogeny of insect trypanosomatids
Moved to the Institute of Zoology, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Passed away in 2004 (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
FORMER PHD STUDENTS
Alena Zíková
1997–2006; RNA editing in trypanosomes
Worked at the 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-supervised)
1998–2003; phylogeny and life cycles of coccidia
PhD at the University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
Moved to the University at Albany, SUNY, USA; University of Paris, France; and more recently to the University of Sydney, Australia
Does research on parasitic organisms (until 2010)
Jan Votýpka (co-supervised)
1999–2004; life cycles and vectors of trypanosomes
PhD at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Habilitation at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (2010)
Does research on trypanosomes and coccidians (until 2010)
Eva Vondrušková-Horáková
2000–2005; RNA editing and processing in trypanosomes
Moved to the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Took maternity leave and does research on Leishmania (until 2010)
Back in our lab since 2011
Silvie Foldynová-Trantírková
2001–2006; RNA editing and processing in trypanosomes
Moved to the University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Does research on NMR spectroscopy (until 2012)
Eva Zemanová-Chocholová
2001–2006; evolution of Leishmania
Worked at the University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
Moved to the Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, České Budějovice (until 2010)
Does research in plant molecular biology
De-Hua Lai (co-supervised)
2003–2007; evolution of kinetoplasts in trypanosomes
PhD at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Moved to the 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 the Institute of Parasitology, České Budějovice
Works at the Institute of Parasitology, České Budějovice (since 2010)
Also docent (associate professor) at the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia
Does research on the mitochondrion of protists such as trypanosomes
Shaojun Long
2005–2009; Fe-S cluster assembly in trypanosomes
Master thesis at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Moved to the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (until 2010)
Does research on Fe-S cluster assembly in plants
Moved to Washington University in St. Louis, USA (until present)
Does research on the molecular biology of malaria
Zdeněk Paris
2006–2010; tRNA import and respiratory complexes in trypanosomes
Master thesis at the 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 the University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice
Moved to Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia (until 2014)
Moved to Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (until present)
Does research on metabolism in kinetoplastid flagellates
Luděk Kořený (co-supervised)
2007–2011; heme metabolism in protists
Master thesis at the University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice
Moved to the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (until 2013)
Moved to the University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland (until 2015)
Moved again to the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (until 2017)
Does research on the molecular biology of Toxoplasma
Piya Changmai
2009–2013; Fe-S cluster synthesis in trypanosomes
Master thesis at the University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice
Moved to the University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic (present)
Does research on human evolution
Lucie Novotná–Ridlon
2009–2014; mitochondrial translation in trypanosomes
Master thesis at the University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice
Moved to the Salk Institute, La Jolla, USA (since 2013)
Does research on the spatio-temporal organization of the plasma membrane
Somsuvro Basu
2010–2014; cytosolic Fe-S cluster assembly in trypanosomes
Master thesis at Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, India
Moved to Philipps University, Marburg, Germany (since 2014)
Does research on Fe-S cluster assembly in humans
Zhenqiu Huang
2011–2015; dynamics and function of proteins involved in RNA editing
Master thesis at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 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 the University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice
Moved to Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK (until 2017)
Does research on the ultrastructure of trypanosomes and other eukaryotes
Sameer Dixit
2013–2018
Moved to Columbia University, New York, USA
Eva Dobáková
2013–2015; Euglena and Paratrypanosoma – aspects of their mitochondrial biology
Master thesis at Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Moved to a pharmaceutical company, Bratislava, Slovakia
Tomáš Skalický
2013–2017; bioinformatics of kinetoplastid flagellates
Master thesis at the University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice
Moved to the Central European Institute of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic (since 2017)
Does research on RNA-binding proteins in humans
Iosif Kaurov
2014–2019
Moved to the Museum of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Binnypreet Kaur
2016–2020; mitochondrial genome and transcriptome in diplonemids
Master thesis in India
Maternity leave; currently at the Biology Centre, České Budějovice
Anna Nenarokova
2016–2020; bioinformatics of insect trypanosomatids
Master thesis in Moscow
Moved to the 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
Currently on maternity leave
Vendula Rašková
2019–2023
Moved to the Central European Institute of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
FORMER BACHELOR AND/OR MASTER STUDENTS
Tomáš Vaněček
1994–1995; ribosomal RNAs of trypanosomatids
Moved to the Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Plzeň, Czech Republic
Does research in human pathology and genetics (until 2010)
Pavel Svoboda
1994–1995; ribosomal RNAs of trypanosomatids
Moved to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
Does research on antiviral vaccines (until 2010)
Roman Hobza
1995–1997; structure of kinetoplast DNA in trypanosomes
Moved to Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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 the Institute of Entomology, České Budějovice
PhD in insect physiology
Worked at Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Started his lab at the 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 the Regional Hospital, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
Works in diagnostics there (until 2010)
Martina Broučková
1997–1999; phylogeny of tapeworms
Moved to Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
Does research in human genetics and cancer (until 2006)
Ivana Kodedová-Gažiová
1998–2000; function of topoisomerase II in Bodo
Moved to the Institute of Entomology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
PhD in insect physiology
Moved to the University of Texas, Galveston, USA
Took maternity leave and does research on Drosophila (until 2012)
Iveta Kyselová-Šlapetová
1998–2002; respiratory complexes in trypanosomes
Moved to the University at Albany, SUNY, USA
Moved to the University of Sydney, Australia
Took maternity leave and continues research there (until 2009)
Dagmar Folková
2003–2005; functional analysis of prohibitin
Moved to Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Does research at the Academy Centre, Krč, Prague (until 2008)
Martina Wijová
2003–2005; phylogeny of fish tapeworms
Moved to the Regional Hospital, Frýdek-Místek, Czech Republic
Works in diagnostics there (until 2010)
Petra Houfková
2003–2005; methylation of RNA in trypanosomes
Moved to the Department of Botany, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Doing a PhD in archaeobotany there (until 2012)
Zdeňka Čičová
2004–2009; RNA editing in trypanosomes
Moved to the University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Doing a PhD in cancer research there (until 2012)
Lenka Richterová
2006–2009; mitochondrial translation in trypanosomes
Moved to the University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
Doing a PhD there (topic unspecified) (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 the University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
Doing a PhD there (Marie Curie program) (until 2016)
Lucie Kafková
2007–2012; RNA editing in trypanosomes
Awarded PhD in 2016 from the State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at Oxford University
Currently, programme manager for Malaria at The WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN)
Sabine Kaltenbrunner
2011–2017
Currently at the Faculty of Medicine, Johannes Kepler University, Linz
Alexander Haindrich
2009–2014; Johannes Kepler University, Linz (Bachelor thesis)
2013–2016; CIA machinery in trypanosomes (Master 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
Doing a 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)
Lawrence Rudy Cadena
2019–2022
Moved to Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
