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Academic mobility

Academic mobility

What is so great about leaving for research or postdoctoral stay, and what would probably annoy you? What is it like to move with your family, and what should you focus on when choosing the right place for you? Join us and find out about academic mobility during and after PhD.
The seminar is organized in cooperation with the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice.

The seminar is open to all students. We believe it will be most beneficial for PhD students in life sciences. However, even motivated undergraduate students or students from social sciences and humanities may benefit from attending. 

This seminar is co-organized in cooperation with the University of South Bohemia and with the support of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Program

14:00
Opening word

14:10 - 15:30
Short talks (Chrudinová, Moons, Miláček, Mottl)

15:30- 15:40
Break


16:20 - 18:00
Snack and refreshments, coffee, networking, and informal discussions

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USB celebrates success with MSc. Vedrana Šlipogor, Ph.D. at the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

We are thrilled to announce that MSc. Vedrana Šlipogor, Ph.D., from the FSC Department of Zoology, has been selected to participate in the prestigious 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Physiology/Medicine on 25–30 June 2023. This remarkable achievement highlights the exceptional talent and dedication of Dr. Šlipogor in her field of expertise.

MSc. Vedrana Šlipogor, Ph.D., is a USB postdoctoral fellow of Dr. Martina Konečná, with research interests centred around evolutionary questions in behavioural ecology, ethology and comparative cognition, and particularly animal personality and its links with learning in primates (common marmosets) and subterranean rodents (naked mole-rats). Dr. Šlipogor conducted her undergraduate studies in Molecular Biology at the University of Zagreb, Croatia, interned in France and Austria, spent two field seasons in Brazil, and completed her doctoral dissertation in Biology and first postdoctoral post at the University of Vienna, before moving to the Czech Republic for her postdoctoral fellowship at USB, where she is involved in research, student supervision and teaching. For her research, Dr. Šlipogor was awarded several very competitive fellowships and grants, including L'ORÉAL-UNESCO Austria Fellowship ‘For Women in Science’.

The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, established in 1951, serve as a globally renowned platform for fostering exchange between Nobel Laureates and young scientists. These meetings have become a symbol of scientific inspiration, nurturing the next generation of researchers, and building enduring networks of young scientists from around the world.

The success of Dr. Šlipogor´s application to participate in this event is a testament to her outstanding contributions and potential as a rising star in the field of Physiology/Medicine. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity will allow her to engage with 30–40 Nobel Laureates and join the esteemed gathering of 600 young scientists from across the globe. The Lindau Meetings provide a unique environment where knowledge is shared, perspectives are broadened, and collaborations are forged.

The University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice takes great pride in Dr. Šlipogor's achievement, as it not only showcases her individual excellence but also reflects the University's commitment to fostering a culture of research and innovation. Her participation in this prestigious event will undoubtedly enhance USB’s reputation as a hub of scientific talent and excellence.

We extend our warmest congratulations to MSc. Vedrana Šlipogor, Ph.D., for this exceptional achievement. We are confident that her participation in the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting will be an invaluable experience, offering her unique opportunities for personal and professional growth. We eagerly anticipate the insights and inspiration she will bring back to USB and its scientific community.

For more information about the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting and its participants see this link

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Tuition fees

Tuition fees

There are no tuition fees**, only application
fee 700 CZK *** (approx. 30 EUR)

 

 

** Studies in foreign language are normally subject to tuition fees of 3000 EUR, however these do not apply to the Functional Genetics and Bioinformatics due to its funding through National Recovery Plan for Higher Education.
*** The application fee of CZK 700 can be paid by credit card through the JCU payment gateway or by bank transfer to account number 104725778/0300; variable symbol - 6020106, specific symbol - electronic application number generated by the electronic application system. 

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Research projects

Research project supervision

The programme supports independent scientific work through an experimentally oriented diploma thesis. The research project is worth 33 ECTS credits (out of 120 total) and its focus falls mainly in areas of interest of researchers associated under the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics. However, research projects under supervision of external mentors are also possible. For more options, check research done at closely cooperating institutes of the Biology Center of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Centre of Algal Biotechnology of the Institute of Microbiology CAS.

Senior researchers affiliated with the Department

prof. Alexander W. Bruce, Ph.D.
is interested in molecular mechanisms that underpin mammalian preimplantation embryo development; specifically the derivation of the first three cell lineages (trophectoderm, primitive endoderm & epiblast) that arise by the time of embryo uterine implantation.

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prof. RNDr. Josef Komenda, CSc., DSc. 
uses a model cyanobacterium Synechocystis to study mechanisms and regulation of the assembly of membrane pigment-protein complexes and their quality control. He particularly focuses on the role of structural subunits and auxiliary protein factors in the process of Photosystem II assembly.


prof. RNDr. Julius Lukeš, CSc.
is interested in functional analysis of mitochondrial proteins of the kinetoplastid Trypanosoma brucei to establish their functions in RNA editing and regulation of stability of mitochondrial transcripts and respiration. He is also interested in the evolution and biodiversity of parasitic kinetoplastid flagellates.


prof. Ing. Miroslav Oborník, Ph.D.
is interested in photosynthetic organelles of unicellular photoautotrophic eukaryotes and complex plastids of apicomplexan parasites that evolved through secondary endosymbiogenesis. He is mainly involved in the search for nuclear-encoded plastid targeted proteins, their in silico localization and phylogeny.


prof. RNDr. Ivo Šauman, Ph.D.
his research revolves around the ways in which organisms synchronize their biorhythms with environmental oscillations. The long-term goal of his research is to learn more about the cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating circadian rhythms.


doc. Mgr. Tomáš Doležal, Ph.D.
is interested in metabolic regulation of energy distribution into different organs during Drosophila melanogaster  immune response. He analyzes tissue-specific gene expression, signaling and metabolites throughout the infection and tests the impacts of various genetic manipulations on systemic physiology.

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prof. Ing. Roman Sobotka, Ph.D.
studies various aspects of oxygenic photosynthesis in cyanobacteria. A long term interest is the mechanistic insight on the biogenesis and photoprotection of photosynthetic apparatus and the chlorophyll biosynthesis pathway. A favorite organism is the model cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803. The laboratory utilizes a broad spectrum of methods, from genetics and biochemistry, various Omics techniques, in silico calculations to structural methods.


doc. Mgr. Hassan Hashimi, Ph.D.
investigates the evolution of mitochondria, the oldest extant endosymbiont in eukaryotes. He is particularly interested in cristae, the morphological character of mitochondria that literally give the organelle the room to breathe. He works with protists with weird cristae and mitochondria: Trypanosoma brucei and ciliates.

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RNDr. Drahomíra Faktorová, Ph.D.
is interested mainly in diplonemids, unicellular marine flagellates that were recently found to be one of the most abundant and diverse marine protists. Using diplonemids as a model we investigate functions of the most abundant eukaryotic proteins through a variety of molecular biology techniques and assays.   


RNDr. Alena Krejčí, Ph.D.
focuses on both basic and applied research of honey bee resistance to diseases. She investigates how bee thermoregulation, nutrition and apiary management practice influence the development of viral infections and other diseases.

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RNDr. Petr Nguyen, Ph.D.
combines cytogenetic and genomic approaches to study the role of genome organization and its changes in evolution. He is interested in evolutionary drivers of sex chromosome turnover and a role of neo-sex chromosomes in speciation.


Mgr. Adam Bajgar, Ph.D.
investigates functional versatility of Drosophila macrophages in the context of diverse physiological processes such as regulation of metabolism during infections, metamorphosis and development. His team has recently established several tools for manipulation of macrophages in non-model insect species.

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RNDr. Radmila Čapková Frydrychová, Ph.D.
is interested in cell senescence caused by shortening of nucleoprotein structures at chromosome ends, the telomeres. She investigates the role of telomerase, an enzyme that adds short repetitive DNA sequences to the chromosome ends, in the regulation of aging in social insects.


Mgr. Hana Sehadová, Ph.D.
is interested in insect neuroanatomy, histology, and microscopy. She studies how living organisms perceive oscillations in external environmental stimuli such as light and temperature that precisely synchronize their internal biological clocks on a daily basis.

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Mgr. David Doležel, Ph.D.
uses various model and non-model insects to explore important questions of chronobiology and insect physiology. He combines reverse genetics approaches (RNAi, genome editing), omic approaches (genomics, transcriptomics, peptidomics), in vitro techniques (tissue cultures, yeast two-hybrid assay), microsurgical interventions and behavioral experiments.


Mgr. Michaela Fencková, Ph.D.
focuses on genetic and molecular control of neural development and cognition in health and disease. Using Drosophila as a model, she studies genes that are important for cognitive function and investigates how a single genetic defect can result in dramatic and severe neurodevelopmental disorders, such as intellectual disability or autism.


Mgr. Martin Kolísko, Ph.D.
employs comparative genomics and transcriptomics to understand the evolution of parasitism. Specifically, he seeks to understand the evolutionary mechanisms of the transition from a free-living organism to a parasitic mode of life and, conversely, from a parasitic mode of life back to a free-living mode of life.


RNDr. Petr Kopáček, CSc.
focuses on molecular descriptions of proteins that are key for the successful blood-feeding of ticks (mainly Ixodes ricinus) and the red poultry mite (Dermanyssus gallinae), or play a role in the acquisition & transmission of tick-borne pathogens.


Ing. Petr Novák, Ph.D.
is interested in repetitive DNA sequences and their impact on genome organization and evolution and development of novel bioinformatics approaches for de novo identification and characterization of repetitive elements from genomic shotgun sequencing data obtained by next-generation technologies.


doc. RNDr. Alena Panicucci Zíková, Ph.D.
is interested in medically important parasitic African trypanosomes. She focuses particularly on signals and molecular mechanisms driving metabolic remodeling and ultrastructural changes of mitochondria associated with complex parasitic life cycles involving mammalian hosts and insect vectors. 

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prof. RNDr. Michal Žurovec, CSc.
focuses on insect cell growth regulators. He particularly studies adenosine signalling and regulation of energetic homeostasis in insect cells. Besides that, he is interested in targeted mutagenesis and characterisation of silk proteins.


 Mgr. Iva Mozgová, Ph.D.
is interested in epigenetic mechanisms underlying plant responses to environmental conditions. Her research focuses on the histone-modifying Polycomb repressive complexes (PRCs), the evolutionarily conserved protein complexes, that control seed-to-seedling transition in flowering plants


RNDr. Zdeněk Paris, Ph.D.
investigates various aspects of RNA biology of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei and related flagellates with a long term goal of identifying unique mechanisms of their RNA metabolism. He is mainly interested in processes such as tRNA modifications, nuclear tRNA export and role of the only intron containing tRNA in trypanosomes.


Mgr. Lenka Gahurová, Ph.D.
uses various sequencing and imaging approaches to study evolutionary history and molecular (especially epigenetic) mechanisms of long-term female fertility at the levels of oocytes, ovarian niche, and successful embryonic development in short-lived and long-lived non-model rodents.

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Mgr. Aleš Horák, Ph.D.
deals with various aspects of evolutionary biology of protists and characterization of diversity, ecological role and metabolic potential of those unicellular eukaryotes; that represent majority of Earth’s biodiversity but cannot be kept in permanent cultures, using the power of the next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics.


prof. RNDr. Marek Jindra, CSc.
is interested in the receptor of juvenile hormone (JH), which regulates multiple aspects of insect development, reproduction, and physiology. His goal is to harness the juvenile hormone receptor to study the molecular action of JH in insect biology and identify novel compounds for safe and selective pest control.


Ing. Martin Moos, Ph.D.
and his team are developing novel bioanalytical approaches and apply them into metabolite research of insects and other important living organims. Unique analytical platforms developed by the team cover the analysis of a comprehensive set of metabolites, from small molecules derived from organic and amino acids, amines, over nucleosides, nucleotides, lipids, steroids, sugars or their conjugates to peptide sequencing.

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Mgr. Anzhelika Butenko, Ph.D.
studies evolution of gene repertoire in Euglenozoa, a group of unicellular eukaryotes that includes Trypanosoma and Leishmania pathogens. She investigates genetic changes that underlie lifestyle switches and the genes that define ecological success of these organisms. using omics data and cutting-edge bioinformatics methods.

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MSc. Galina Prokopchuk, Ph.D.
is interested in exploring the behavior of microorganisms, with a particular focus on marine diplonemids. Her research focuses on understanding different aspects such as ecology, ultrastructure, movement, predator-prey dynamics and molecular biology of various marine protists. She also investigates the roles of different protist proteins, particularly those whose functions remain unknown.

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RNDr. Martin Volf, Ph.D.
is interested in the evolution of plant-herbivore interactions, particularly from the perspective of plant chemical defences. One of his main topics is exploring how different environmental pressures contribute towards the astonishing diversity of specialized metabolites among plant species.

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RNDr. Pável Matos-Maraví, Ph.D.
is interested in phylogenomics and population genomics of tropical insects (mainly butterflies). His aim is to understand the evolutionary drivers of speciation and biogeographical assemblages. His research team uses ecological and species traits datasets, which are coupled with whole-genome resequencing data and bioinformatics.



  • Alexander W. Bruce

    Laboratory of Early Mammalian Developmental Biology (LEMDB)

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  • Tomáš Doležal

    Laboratory of Integrative Biology in Drosophila

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  • Alena Krejčí

    Laboratory of Bee Biology

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  • Lenka Gahurová

    Mammalian Developmental Epigenetics and Bioinformatics

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  • Adam Bajgar

    Insect Immunometabolism

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  • Anzhelika Butenko

    Molecular Biology of Protist

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  • Galina Prokopchuk

    Molecular Biology of Protists

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  • Hana Sehadová

    Chronobiology, Neuroanatomy, Histology and microscopy

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  • Martin Volf

    Evolutionary Ecology

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  • Alena Panicucci Zíková

    Functional Biology of Protists

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  • Martin Moos

    Analytical Biochemistry and Metabolomics

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How to apply

How to apply

e-application

Part of the e-application is:

  • Curriculum vitae
  • Motivation letter - introduce yourself; explain your motivation and interest in the study programme, and your previous research experience.

  • A proof of English language proficiency * - certificates at CEFR B2 level and higher or an official computer-based TOEFL test score of 180 or higher, or a paper-based TOEFL test score of 500 or higher. The proof is not needed if you passed the final Bachelor's exam in English at the Faculty of Science of the University of South Bohemia with a grade better than or equal to "very good minus" or if you come from a country where English is the main language, that is Australia, anglophone Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America, South Africa.

  • A certified copy of the Bachelor’s degree * needs to be submitted by 13 June 2024. 

     * applicants may request documents to be submitted at a later date by emailing the Department of Student Affairs (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

 

Please also check the General Information for prospective students, for additional information please contact Department of Student Affairs.

Certification of Bachelor's degree

You need to submit a certified hardcopy of your Bachelor's diploma that will be recognized by our Vice-dean for Bachelor and Master Studies. The types of diplomas/certificates and legal requirements differ widely between countries. It is therefore recommended to send the Department of Student Affairs (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) a scan of your documents for pre-checking. The Department will inform you about any further requirements. There are various levels of document authentication and translation to Czech or English may be required in some cases.

International administration - visa

Depending on your nationality and status, you might have to apply for a visa or residence permit to enter and study in the Czech Republic. You should start your visa application as soon as possible as the whole procedure can take several months. Information about visas are available on our website at https://www.jcu.cz/study-at-usb/practical-info/immigration-visa-information

Contact the Department of Student Affairs (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) for assistence.

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