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Topic thesis offer

Department of Medical Biology

Topic thesis offer

Diversity of tick-borne encephalitis virus in natural endemic areas of South Bohemia

Type of thesis: Bachelor or Master - the extent of the thesis can be modified

Supervisor: Václav Hönig (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) – Laboratory of Arbovirology, Institute of Parasitology BC CAS

Tick-borne encephalitis virus causes severe infection of the central nervous system of human. The virus circulates in nature between its natural hosts (especially rodents) and its vectors – ticks. Individual strains of tick-borne encephalitis virus can differ significantly in a number of characteristics, including pathogenicity to humans. The goal of the Bachelor or Master thesis is to uncover the diversity of tick-borne encephalitis virus strains in areas of its endemic occurrence, characterize their biological features, and compare them to strains that infect human patients. The topic combines field work (tick sampling) with work in the laboratory. The student will gain experience with widely used methods in molecular biology (sample processing, RNA extraction, reverse transcription, qPCR, sequencing including NGS, etc.), virology (working with infectious material – BSL2, virus isolation using tissue culture, plaque assays, etc.), and basic statistical and phylogenetic methods.

Ticks and tick-borne pathogens in urban habitats

Type of thesis: Bachelor or Master - the extent of the thesis can be modified

Supervisor: Václav Hönig (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) – Laboratory of Arbovirology, Institute of Parasitology BC CAS

Ticks are vectors of numerous pathogens of human and animals. Their occurrence is not limited to typical forest habitats; on the contrary, stable tick populations are also found in urban areas, as are the tick-borne pathogens. Due to high human activity, these areas pose a significant public health risk. The goal of the Bachelor or Master thesis is to reveal the diversity of viral and bacterial pathogens in ticks found in urban green spaces. In addition, the composition of the host fauna will be characterized by detecting the host DNA in remnants of digested blood, and the host species will be correlated with the presence of pathogens. The topic combines field work (tick sampling) with work in the laboratory. The student will gain experience with widely used methods in molecular biology (sample processing, RNA extraction, reverse transcription, qPCR, sequencing, etc.), virology (working with infectious material – BSL2, virus isolation by tissue culture, plaque assays, etc.), and basic statistical and phylogenetic methods.

Research

Department of Botany

Department of Botany contains several working groups, the main of them are

Archaeobotany and palaeoecology

Archaeobotany is a scientific discipline closely related to environmental archaeology. It deals with analysing plant macroremains (mainly plant seeds), and microremains (pollen, phytoliths, starch) and interpreting plant remains within archaeological situations. Typical examples are domesticated plants, based on which social and economic relations in prehistoric and historical societies are reconstructed. The Laboratory of Archaeobotany and Paleoecology (LAPE) conducts research in the Czech Republic, southern Europe and Africa. Other areas of interest are archaeozoology, dealing with animal remains at archaeological sites, and paleoecology, integrating the relationships of human societies with nature in the past.

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Bryology

Bryology is a discipline dealing with all aspects of bryophyte biology. Despite their inconspicuousness, bryophytes are the second largest group of higher plants, and are represented in our country by almost 900 species. The bryology group at the Department of Botany is part of the Systematics of Higher Plants, but we also work on ecological topics and are methodologically close to groups that need microscopic methods for their work.

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Restoratrion ecology

We deal with the ecological restoration of various disturbed ecosystems, especially post-mining sites (various quarries, sand pits, extracted peat bogs, spoil heaps, tailings, etc.), but also the restoration of meadows, abandoned fields, forests or wetlands.

We focus in particular on the use of spontaneous succession, which relies only on natural processes. More recently, our research has also focused on assisted succession, e.g. using large herbivores or regional seed mixtures to restore degraded habitats. We combine botanical results with findings from other disciplines, e.g. entomology. The research results are published in leading international journals. The broader goal is to properly popularise the field, to promote it to the professional public and practitioners, and to positively influence national policy and the development of departmental laws and guidelines.

Restoration ecology combines ecological theory and practical applications aimed at restoring disturbed, degraded, or even destroyed ecosystems. It is a relatively young scientific discipline with great prospects, which allows for an active link between science and practice. The České Budějovice restoration group belongs to the leading European teams in this field and the only one in the Czech Republic.

The working group is an informal body at the Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice connecting people dealing with the topic of restoration ecology. It brings together staff and students of the Department of Botany and people from other departments and institutions (Universities, Institutes of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, NGOs, and other public and private institutions).

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Functional plant ecology

This group is generally interested in the mechanisms underlying the origins and maintenance of plant biodiversity, particularly in species rich semi-natural grasslands, and the contribution of this diversity to the provision of multiple ecosystem functions. The members of the group teach several courses at our university, both for Czech and international students. Since 2011, Šuspa (Jan Lepš) organizes each autumn in an odd year (e.g. 2021, 2023) Quantitative Ecology Module and together with Petr Blažek, they are behind the two years English Master program in Ecology (taught in English). Our research is motivated by the need to improve and deepen the knowledge of biodiversity distribution through space and time and the mechanisms behind these patterns. Over the past several years evidence has accumulated that clearly demonstrates how viewing plant assemblages through the lens of functional traits of species can yield important new insights into the way by which species assemble into communities and coexist in time. Moreover, functional traits directly reflect the way by which plant species interact with other trophic levels (with cascade effects on herbivory and decomposing organisms) and affect an important array of ecosystem functions (productivity, invasion control, nutrient cycling, pollination, etc), with direct consequences for the multiple ecosystem services provided by species-rich ecosystems.

We focus our research specifically on the mechanisms of species establishment (gap dynamics, influence of reproductive and clonal traits), species interactions (competition, facilitation, hemiparasitism), local adaptation (phenotypic plasticity and heritable epigenetic) by studying a variety of plants traits, both above and below ground. We combine extensive field experiments, including long-term research sites, with experiments in greenhouses and growth chambers to assess how changes in functional traits affect species coexistence and a variety of ecosystem functions.

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Mycology

Fungi are an extremely species-rich group of organisms that play an irreplaceable role in nature, especially as decomposers, symbionts (mycorrhizal fungi, lichens) and parasites. About 150,000 species of fungi and lichens are currently known for science, the actual estimate is 2.2-3.8 million. Most of the species have not yet been described and for most of the described species we know little about their ecology and distribution. Every living organism interacts with fungi in some way, and organisms of macroscopic size contain entire fungal communities. Therefore, any change in valuable habitats brings with it a change in the fungal communities associated with them, and rare species of fungi and lichens may disappear.

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Phycology

Algology or also phycology is focused on the study of cyanobacteria and algae in all their habitats - from hot to cold deserts, from Třeboň ponds to tropical forests. In our laboratory, we mainly focus on the phylogeny and ecology of Cyanobacteria and Euglenophyta, but we also work with stoneworts (Charophyceae; in cooperation with nature conservation authorities) or diatoms (Bacillariophyceae; especially in cooperation with forensic research with the Criminalistics Institute). We combine field work in waters and on rocks with work at optical or electron microscopes and in the molecular laboratory.

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Taxonomy of vascular plants

What determines the morphological and genetic variation of plants, as well as their distribution? We study evolutionary processes (e.g. hybridization, polyploidy, origin of species), plant reproduction, and the traces of historical events (such as alternation of ice ages and interglacials). We try to link the individual approaches. We also focus on threatened species and nature conservation. We work in the field across Europe, as well as in the molecular lab.

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Research projects and publications

Running projects

Publications

Department of Botany

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Publications

Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics

Publication database 2023-2024 (as of August)

Selection of publications of scientific groups of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics

(students and Ph.D. candidates of the department in bold)

2024 (as of July)

Fluks M, Collier R, Walewska A, Bruce AW, Ajduk A. (2024) How great thou ART: biomechanical properties of oocytes and embryos as indicators of quality in assisted reproductive technologies. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2024.1342905

Kazek M, Chodáková L, Lehr K, Strych L, Nedbalová P, McMullen E, Bajgar A, Opekar S, Šimek P, Moos M, Doležal T. (2024) Glucose and trehalose metabolism through the cyclic pentose phosphate pathway shapes pathogen resistance and host protection in Drosophila. PLoS Biology. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002299

Lukeš J., Čepička I., Kolísko M. (2024) Evolution: No end in sight for novel incredible (heterotrophic) protists. Current Biology. https://doi.org.10.1016/j.cub.2023.10.065

Krejčová G, Danielová A, Sehadová H, Dyčka F, Kubásek J, Moos M, Bajgar A. (2024) Macrophages play a nutritive role in post-metamorphic maturation in Drosophila. Development. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.202492

Mora P, Hospodářská M, Chung Voleníková A, Koutecký P, Štundlová J, Dalíková M, Walters JR, Nguyen P. (2024) Sex-biased gene content is associated with sex chromosome turnover in Danaini butterflies. Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17256

Svobodová K., Krištůfek V., Kubásek J., Krejčí A. (2024) Alcohol extract of the gypsy mushroom (Cortinarius caperatus) inhibits the development of Deformed wing virus infection in western honey bee (Apis mellifera). Journal of Insect Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2023.104583

McMullen E, Strych L, Chodakova L, Krebs A, Dolezal T. (2024) JAK/STAT mediated insulin resistance in muscles is essential for effective immune response. Cell Communication and Signaling. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12964-024-01575-0

Bartošová-Sojková P., Butenko A., Richtová J., Fiala I., Oborník M., Lukeš J. (2024) Inside the host: understanding the evolutionary trajectories of intracellular parasitism. Annual Review of Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-micro-041222-025305

Rouhová L, Podlahová Š, Kmeť P, Žurovec M, Sehadová H, Šauman I. (2024) A comprehensive gene expression analysis of the unique three-layered cocoon of the cecropia moth, Hyalophora cecropia. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2024.104152

2023

Krejčová G, Morgantini C, Zemanová H, Lauschke VM, Kovářová J, Kubásek J, Nedbalová P, Kamps-Hughes N, Moos M, Aouadi M, Doležal T and Bajgar A. (2023) Macrophage-derived insulin antagonist ImpL2 induces lipoprotein mobilization uponbacterial infection. The EMBO Journal. e114086|2023. doi.10.15252/embj.2023114086

Smykal V, Chodakova L, Hejnikova M, Briedikova K, Wu BCH, Vaneckova H, Chen P, Janovska A, Kyjakova P, Vacha M, Dolezel D. (2023) Steroid receptor coactivator TAIMAN is a new modulator of insect circadian clock. PLOS Genetics 19(9): e1010924. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1010924

Gahurova L, Tomankova J, Cerna P, Bora P, Kubickova M, Virnicchi G, Kovacovicova K, Potesil D, Hruska P, Zdrahal Z, Anger M, Susor A, Bruce AW. (2023) Spatial positioning of preimplantation mouse embryo cells is regulated by mTORC1 and m7G-cap-dependent translation at the 8- to 16-cell transition. Open Biology. doi.org/10.1098/rsob.230081

Svobodová K, Maitre A, Obregón D, Wu-Chuang A, Thaduri S, Locke B, de Miranda JR, Mateos-Hernández L, Bruce Krejčí A, Cabezas-Cruz A. (2023) Gut microbiota assembly of Gotland varroa-surviving honey bees excludes major viral pathogens. Microbiological Research. 274:127418. doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2023.127418

Jayakodi M, Golicz AA, Kreplak J, Fechete LI, ..., Koblížková A, Neumann P, Novák P, Avila Robledillo L, Macas J, et al. (2023) The giant diploid faba genome unlocks variation in a global protein crop Nature 615 (7953): 652–659. doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05791-5

Macas J, Avila Robledillo L, Kreplak J, Novák P, Koblížková A, Vrbová I, Burstin J, Neumann P. (2023) Assembly of the 81.6 Mb centromere of pea chromosome 6 elucidates the structure and evolution of metapolycentric chromosomes. PLoS Genetics 19(2): e1010633. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1010633

Zeiner A, Colina F, Citterico M, Wrzaczek M. (2023) CYSTEINE-RICH RECEPTOR-LIKE PROTEIN KINASES: their evolution, structure, and roles in stress response and development. Journal of Experimental Botany on-line first: doi:10.1093/jxb/erad236

Bruce Krejčí A, Votýpková K, Lukeš J, Votýpka J. (2023) Varroa destructor Trends in Parasitology 39: 487-488. doi:10.1016/j.pt.2023.03.009

Ho Chan T, Picard-Sánchez M, Majstorović J, Rebl A, Koczan D, Dycka F, Holzer A, Korytář T. (2023) Red blood cells in proliferative kidney disease-rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) infected by Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae harbor IgM(+) red blood cells Frontiers in Immunology 14: 1041325. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2023.1041325

Kachale A, Pavliková Z, Nenarokova A, Roithová A, Durante I, Miletínová P, Záhonová K, Nenarokov S, Votýpka J, Horáková E, Ross RL, Yurchenko V, Beznosková P, Paris Z, Valášek LS, Lukeš J. (2023) Short tRNA anticodon stem and mutant eRF1 allow stop codon reassignment. Nature 613: 751–758. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05584-2

Muñoz-Gómez SA, Cadena L, Gardiner AT, Leger MM, Sheikh S, Connell LB, Bílý T, Kopejtka K, Beatty T, Koblížek M, Roger A, Slamovits CH, Lukeš J, Hashimi H. (2023) Intracytoplasmic-membrane development in alphaproteobacteria involves the homolog of the mitochondrial crista-developing protein Mic60. Current Biology 33: 1099 - 1111. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.02.059

Obiol A, López-Escardó D, Salomaki E, Wisniewska M, Forn I, Sà E, Vaqué D, Kolísko M, Massana R. (2023) Gene expression dynamics of natural assemblages of heterotrophic flagellates during bacterivory Microbiome 11: 134. doi:10.1186/s40168-023-01571-5

Sheikh S, Pánek T, Gahura O, Týč J, Záhonová K, Lukeš J, Eliáš M, Hashimi H. (2023) A novel group of dynamin-related proteins shared by eukaryotes and giant viruses is able to remodel mitochondria from within the matrix Molecular Biology and Evolution 40: msad134. doi:10.1093/molbev/msad134

Wong J, Panicucci Zíková A, Gahura O. (2023) The ancestral shape of the access proton path of mitochondrial ATP synthases revealed by a split subunit-a. Molecular Biology and Evolution 40: msad146. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msad146

Bajgar A, Krejčová G. (2023) On the origin of macrophage functional versatility. Frontiers in Physiology 14:1128984. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1128984

Dalíková M, Provazníková I, Provazník J, Grof-Tisza P, Pepi A, Nguyen P. (2023) The role of repetitive sequences in repatterning of major ribosomal DNA clusters in Lepidoptera. Genome Biology and Evolution 15: evad090. doi:10.1093/gbe/evad090

Hejníčková M, Dalíková M, Zrzavá M, Marec F, Lorite P, Montiel EE. (2023) Accumulation of retrotransposons contributes to W chromosome differentiation in the willow beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Scientific Reports 13: 534. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-27757-3

Kaniewska M, Chvalová D, Doležel D. (2023) Impact of photoperiod and functional clock on male diapause in cryptochrome and pdf mutants in the linden bug Pyrrhocoris apterus. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. Early View: doi:10.1007/s00359-023-01647-5

Pospíšilová K, Van ’t Hof A, Yoshido A, Kružíková R, Visser S, Zrzavá M, Bobryshava K, Dalíková M, Marec F. (2023) Masculinizer gene controls male sex determination in the codling moth, Cydia pomonella. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 160: 103991. doi:10.1016/j.ibmb.2023.103991

2022

Tumova S, Milacek M, Snajdr I and Jindra M. Unique peptidic agonists of a juvenile hormone receptor with species-specific effects on insect development and reproduction. PNAS 119 (48) e2215541119. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2215541119

Kubásek J, Svobodová K, Půta F, Bruce Krejčí A. Honeybees control the gas permeability of brood and honey cappings. iScience 25(11):105445. doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.105445

Domínguez-Martín MA, Sauer PV, Kirst H, Sutter M, Bína M, Greber BJ, Nogales E, Polívka T, Kerfeld CA. Structures of a phycobilisome in light-harvesting and photoprotected states. Nature 609, 835–845 (2022). doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05156-4

Kotwica-Rolinska J, Chodáková L. Smýkal V, Damulewicz M, Provazník J, Wu C, Hejníková M, Chvalová D, Doležel D. (2022) Loss of Timeless Underlies an Evolutionary Transition within the Circadian Clock. Molecular Biology and Evolution 39: msab346. doi:10.1093/molbev/msab346

Kotwica-Rolinska J, Damulewicz M, Chodáková L, Krištofová L, Doležel D. (2022) Pigment dispersing factor is a circadian clock output and regulates photoperiodic response in the linden bug, Pyrrhocoris apterus. Frontiers in Physiology 13: 884909. doi:10.3389/fphys.2022.884909

Maaroufi H, Pauchová L, Lin YH, Wu C, Rouhová L, Kučerová L, Marques Cota Vieira LM, Renner M, Sehadová H, Hradilová M, Žurovec M. (2022) Mutation in Drosophila concentrative nucleoside transporter 1 alters spermatid maturation and mating behavior. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 10:945572. doi:10.3389/fcell.2022.945572

Rouhová L, Sehadová H, Pauchová L, Hradilová M, Žurovcová M, Šerý M, Rindoš M, Žurovec M. (2022) Using the multi-omics approach to reveal the silk composition in Plectrocnemia conspersa. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences 9:945239. doi:10.3389/fmolb.2022.945239

Štundlová J, Hospodářská M, Lukšíková K, Volenikova A, Pavlica T, Altmanová M, Richter A, Reichard M, Dalíková M, Pelikánová Š, Marta A, Simanovsky SA, Hiřman M, Jankásek M, Dvořák T, Bohlen J, Ráb P., Englert C, Nguyen P, Sember A. (2022) Sex chromosome differentiation via changes in the Y chromosome repeat landscape in African annual killifishes Nothobranchius furzeri and N. kadleci. Chromosome Research 30: 309-33. doi:10.1007/s10577-022-09707-3

Thakkar N, Giesecke A, Bazalová O, Martinek J, Smýkal V, Stanewsky R., Doležel D. (2022) Evolution of casein kinase 1 and functional analysis of new doubletime mutants in Frontiers in Physiology 13: article number: 1062632. doi:10.3389/fphys.2022.1062632

Voleníková A, Nguyen P, Davey P, Sehadová H, Kludkiewicz B, Koutecky P, Walters JR, Roessingh P, Provazníková I, Šerý M, Žurovcová M, Hradilova M, Rouhová L, Žurovec M. (2022) Genome sequence and silkomics of the spindle ermine moth, Yponomeuta cagnagella, representing the early diverging lineage of the ditrysian Lepidoptera. Communications Biology 5: 1281. doi:10.1038/s42003-022-04240-9

Wu C, Šauman I, Maaroufi H, Žaloudíková A, Žurovcová M, Kludkiewicz B, Hradilova M, Žurovec M. (2022) Characterization of silk genes in Ephestia kuehniella and Galleria mellonella revealed duplication of sericin genes and highly divergent sequences encoding fibroin heavy chains. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences 9:1023381. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.1023381

Benz C, Muller N, Kaltenbrunner S, Váchová H , Vancová M, Lukeš J, Varga V, Hashimi H. (2022) Kinetoplastid-specific X2-family kinesins interact with a kinesin-like pleckstrin homology domain protein that localizes to the trypanosomal microtubule quartet Molecular Microbiology 118: 155–174. doi: 10.1111/mmi.14958

Gahura O, Chauhan P, Panicucci Zíková A. (2022) Mechanisms and players of mitoribosomal biogenesis revealed in trypanosomatids Trends in Parasitology 38: 1053-1067. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2022.08.010

Gahura O, Mühleip A, Hierro-Yap C, Panicucci B, Jain M, Hollaus D, Slapničková M., Panicucci Zíková A, Amunts A. (2022) An ancestral interaction module promotes oligomerization in divergent mitochondrial ATP synthases Nature Communications 13:5989. doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33588-z

Hegedüsová E, Maršalová V, Kulkarni S, Paris Z. (2022) Trafficking and/or division: Distinct roles of nucleoporins based on their location within the nuclear pore complex RNA Biology 19: 650–661. doi:10.1080/15476286.2022.2067711

Kaurov I, Heller J, Deisenhammer S, Potěšil D, Zdráhal Z, Hashimi H. (2022) The essential cysteines in the CIPC motif of the thioredoxin-like Trypanosoma brucei MICOS subunit TbMic20 do not form an intramolecular disulfide bridge in vivo Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology 248: 111463. doi:10.1016/j.molbiopara.2022.111463

Selinger M, Věchtová P, Tykalová H, Ošlejšková P, Rumlová M, Štěrba J, Grubhoffer L. (2022) Integrative RNA profiling of TBEV-infected neurons and astrocytes reveals potential pathogenic effectors Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 20: 2759-2777. doi:10.1016/j.csbj.2022.05.052

Hofstatter PG, Thangavel G, Lux T, Neumann P, Vondrak T, Novák P, Zhang M, Costa L, Castellani M, Scott A, Toegelová H, Fuchs J, Mata-Sucre Y, Dias Y, Vanzela A, Huettel B, Almeida CCS, Šimková H, Souza G, Pedrosa-Harand A, Macas J, Mayer K, Houben A, Marques A. (2022) Repeat-based holocentromeres influence genome architecture and karyotype evolution Cell 185: 1-16. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2022.06.045

2021

Bora P , Gahurova L, Hauserova A, Stiborova M, Collier R, Potěšil D, Zdráhal Z and Bruce AW. DDX21 is a p38-MAPK sensitive nucleolar protein necessary for mouse preimplantation embryo development and cell-fate specification. Open Biology 7:210092 (2021). doi/10.1098/rsob.210092

Bora P, Gahurova L, Mašek T, Hauserova A, Potěšil D, Jansova D, Susor A, Zdráhal Z, Ajduk A, Pospíšek M and Bruce AW. p38-MAPK-mediated translation regulation during early blastocyst development is required for primitive endoderm differentiation in mice. Commun. Biol. 4:788 (2021). doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02290-z

Bajgar A, Krejcova G, Dolezal T. Polarization of Macrophages in Insects: Opening Gates for Immuno-Metabolic Research. Front Cell Dev Biol 9: 629238. (2021) doi/10.3389/fcell.2021.629238.

Sember A, Nguyen P, Perez MF, Altmanová M, Ráb P, Cioffi MB. Multiple sex chromosomes in teleost fishes from a cytogenetic perspective: state of the art and future challenges. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. (2021) doi/10.1098/rstb.2020.0098

Ávila Herrera IM, Král J, Pastuchová M, Forman M, Musilová J, Kořínková T, Šťáhlavský F, Zrzavá M, Nguyen P, Just P, Haddad C, Hiřman M, Koubová M, Sadílek D, Huber BA. Evolutionary pattern of karyotypes, sex chromosomes, nucleolus organizer regions, and meiosis in pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): implications for reconstructing karyotype evolution of araneomorph spiders. BMC Evol Biol. (2021) doi/10.1186/s12862-021-01750-8

2020

Virnicchi G, Bora P, Gahurova L, Šušor A and Bruce AW. Wwc2 is a novel cell division regulator during preimplantation mouse embryo lineage formation and oogenesis. Front. Cell. Dev. Biol. 8:857 (2020). doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2020.00857

Del Llano E, Masek T, Gahurova L, Pospisek M, Koncicka M, Jindrova A, Jansova D, Iappan R, Roucova K, Bruce AW, Kubelka M and Susor A. Age-related differences in the translational landscape of mammalian oocytes. Aging Cell e13231 (2020). doi.org/10.1111/acel.13231

Yoshido A, Šíchová J, Pospíšilová K, Nguyen P, Voleníková A, Šafář J, Provazník J, Vila R, Marec F. Evolution of multiple sex chromosomes associated with dynamic genome reshuffling in Leptidea wood white butterflies. Heredity 125: 138–154. (2020) doi.org/10.1038/s41437-020-0325-9

2019

Bora P, Thamodaran V, Šušor A and Bruce AW. p38-mitogen activated kinases mediate a developmental regulatory response to amino acid depletion and associated oxidative stress in mouse blastocyst embryos. Front. Cell. Dev. Biol. 7:276 (2019). doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2019.00276

Krejcova G, Danielova A, Nedbalova P, Kazek M, Strych L, Chawla G, Tennessen JM, Lieskovská J, Jindra M, Dolezal T, Bajgar A. Drosophila macrophages switch to aerobic glycolysis to mount effective antibacterial defense. eLife 14;8. pii: e50414. (2019) doi/10.7554/eLife.50414.

Dolezal T, Krejcova G, Bajgar A, Nedbalova P, Strasser P. Molecular regulations of metabolism during immune response in insects. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 109:31-42. (2019). doi/10.1016/j.ibmb.2019.04.005

Bajgar, A., Salon, I., Krejcova, G., et al. Yeast glucan particles enable intracellular protein delivery in Drosophila without compromising the immune system. Biomaterial Sci. 7 (11) 4708-4719. (2019) doi.org/10.1039/C9BM00539K

Morgantini, C.,..., Krejcova, G, Bajgar, A, Aouadi, M. Liver macrophages regulate systemic metabolism through non- inflammatory factors. Nat. Metab. 1 (4): 445-459 (2019) doi/10.1038/s42255-019-0044-9

Meccariello A., Salvemini M., Primo P., Hall B., Koskinioti P., Dalíková M., et al. Maleness-on-the-Y (MoY) orchestrates male sex determination in major agricultural fruit fly pests. Science 27 : eaax1318. (2019) doi/10.1126/science.aax1318

Carabajal Paladino LZ, Hladová I, Berger M, Bass C, Aratchige NS, López SN, Marec F, Nguyen P. Sex chromosome turnover in moths of the diverse superfamily Gelechioidea. Genome Biol Evol 11:1307–1319. (2019) doi/10.1093/gbe/evz075

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