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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) | Read more | |
2023 - 2027 | FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence | (2023-2025, elected vice-chair) | Read more |
2023 | L'Oreal For Women in Science Award | Read more | |
2023 - 2027 | EMBO Installation Grant | Read more | |
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
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Dr Fenckova from FSC USB has joined the prestigious multidisciplinary international network of FKNE scientists
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The Faculty of Science of the University of South Bohemia has received a prestigious international EMBO grant (in Czech)
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