Curriculum vitae
Education
2006/2010
Ph.D. degree in Agricultural and Forestry Phytopathology and Plant Protection
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Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic (Faculty of Agrobiology, Natural and Food resources; Department of Plant Protection)
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Ph.D. thesis “Characterization and diagnostics of Apricot latent virus” ; supervised by Prof. Doc. Ing. Pavel Ryšánek, CSc.
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Key specialisation: General Phytopathology, Agricultural Phytopathology, Plant viruses of stone fruit trees, Diagnostic tools for plant virus detection and determination
May/July 2008
Research fellowship at Universitá Degli Studi Di Bari, Italy (Facolta di Agraria; Dipartimento di Protezione delle Piante é Microbilologia Applicata)
April/September 2007
Research fellowship at Universitá Degli Studi Di Bari, Italy (Facolta di Agraria; Dipartimento di Protezione delle Piante é Microbilologia Applicata)
2001/2006
Master´s degree with honours in Horticultural Engineering and Horticultural Sciences
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Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic (Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Sources; Department of Plant Protection)
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Master thesis “Diagnostics of selected cherry and apricot viruses” supervised by Prof. Doc. Ing. Pavel Ryšánek, CSc.
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Key specialisation: Dendrology, Flower management, Protection of Horticultural Plants, Agricultural and Environmental Economy
1994/2001
School-leaving examination
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Archbishop Grammar School, Prague 2, Czech Republic
Work experience
From 2012
Full-time job at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic (Faculty of Agrobiology, Natural and Food resources; Department of Plant Protection)
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job description: Assistant profesor
2008/2012
Full-time job at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic (Faculty of Agrobiology, Natural and Food resources; Department of Plant Protection)
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job description: research technician
May/July 2011
Research fellowship at the Institute of Plant Virology, UOS di Bari, c/o DPPMA (Italy)
2006/2008
Part-time job at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic (Faculty of Agrobiology, Natural and Food resources; Department of Plant Protection)
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job description: research technician
2005/2009
Project co-cordinator (No. NAZV QG60123) with the title “Research into diagnostic methods with regard to important, regulated and quarantine phytopathogens, for fruit trees certification with a focus on molecular methods“; subsection: “Detection of selected viruses and viroids of stone fruit trees by molecular methods (ApLV, CVA, PLMVd)“.
2009
Project co-coordinator (IGA) with the title „Molecular characterization of Apricot latent virus (ApLV).“
2008/2009
Project co-coordinator (FRVŠ No. 1320/2008) with the title “Molecular diagnostics of Cydia pomonella granulovirus and the use of baculoviruses in biological control of insect pests”.
Research experience
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Plant viruses, viroids, phytoplasmas, bacteria and fungi characterization.
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Plant virus, viroid, phytoplasmas, bacteria and fungi diagnosis by biological, serological and nucleic acid based assays
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virus transmission to woody or herbaceous hosts
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ELISA analysis
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western blot analysis
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isolation of RNA/mRNA/dsRNA/genomic DNA/plamid DNA/proteins
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PCR and RT-PCR methods
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electrophoresis separation of DNA/RNA/proteins
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non-radioactive hybridisation assay; RNA/DNA probe synthesis
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DNA cloning, data analysis using bio-informatical tools (Bioedit, etc.)
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expression of recombinant viral proteins in bacteria
Languages
Czech: native
English: active (advance)
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June 2010 Cambridge Certificate of Advance English (CAE)
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April 2008 Cambridge First Certificate English (FCE)
Italian: active (upper-intermediate)
German: passive (pre-intermediate)
Other interests and activities
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Travelling, sport (climbing, swimming, jogging, biking, hiking,), reading, natural science in general.
