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Mgr. Michaela Fencková, Ph.D.

head of the Laboratory of Neurogenetics

Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia
Branišovská 31, 37005 České Budějovice
building B, ground floor, door number 194b
 
Email: fenckm00@prf.jcu.cz
Tel. +420 387772227


Mgr. Michaela Fencková, Ph.D.

Current possitions

since 2022
Group leader
since 2021
Assistant Professor

Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czechia 

Previous possitions

2017 – 2021
Postdoctoral fellow

Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Centre, The Netherlands

2016 – 2017
Postdoctoral fellow

School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, UK

2011 – 2016
Postdoctoral fellow

Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Centre, The Netherlands

Education

2012
PhD, Molecular and Developmental Biology and Genetics

Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Czechia. The role of adenosine in Drosophila stress response”  supervisor: Tomáš Doležal

2016 – 2017
MSc., Experimental Biology

Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Czechia

2003
BSc., Biology

Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Czechia

Awards, grants and memberships

2024 - 2026
Member of Committee for Higher Education and Training (CHET) of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)
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2023 - 2027
FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence

(2023-2025, elected vice-chair)

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2023
L'Oreal For Women in Science Award
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2023 - 2027
EMBO Installation Grant
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2023 - 2025
ERC-CZ grant

“Opening novel avenues in research of neurodevelopmental disorders”

2023 - 2025
Czech Science Foundation grant

“Drosophila habituation to close the gap in genetic diagnostics of neurodevelopmental disorders”

News and media

Michaela Fencková became a member of the prestigious multidisciplinary international network of scientists FKNE

Dr Fenckova from FSC USB has joined the prestigious multidisciplinary international network of FKNE scientists

Michaela Fencková has won the L´Oreal Women in Science Award for her work on fruit flies

Article in MF DNES (in Czech)

The Faculty of Science of the University of South Bohemia has received a prestigious international EMBO grant (in Czech)

Understanding the power of habits

EMBO Installation Grants: 11 winners announced

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