Find more about the research group I am involved in: https://katedry.czu.cz/en/ksz/small-ruminant-breeding
Born 1980, Almaty city, Kazakhstan Republic
Studied at the Kazakh State Agrarian University, Faculty of Bioresources and Technology (1997 - 2001) (student of prof. Toleukhan Sadykulov), Almaty, Kazakhstan
Studied at the Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, Institute of Natural Sciences (2001 - 2003), Almaty, Kazakhstan
From 1999 to 2005 worked at Ajtkhozhin’s Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Almaty, Kazakhstan (research assistant in the laboratory of prof. Nikolay Belyaev). Topic: the phenomenon of natural suppressor activity of murine bone marrow and its role in murine cancerogenesis
Since 2006 has lived in Prague, Czech Republic
From 2006 to 2021 worked at the Institute of Pathological Physiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague (research assistant/flow cytometrist in the laboratory of prof. Emanuel Nečas). Topic: the biology of murine bone marrow hematopoietic stem cells and their niches
Studied at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, FAFNR (2014 - 2016). Obtained titul: Ing. (Magna Cum Laude). Title of the Thesis: “Methods of storage of honeybee semen: evaluation of honeybee spermatozoa viability with flow cytometry”. Supervisor: Dr. Dalibor Titěra.
Studied at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, FAFNR (2016 - 2021). Obtained titul: Ph.D. Title of the Thesis: "The optimization of frozen storage of ram sperm" (study program: P 4103 Zootechnika). Supervisor: Dr. Luděk Stádník; External Thesis supervisor: prof. Felipe Martínez-Pastor (Universidad de León, Spain).
Current research activity: Flow cytometry, CASA, Small ruminants, Poultry, Spermatozoa viability, Sperm cryopreservation, Livestock biotechnology
Participation in research projects: European Regional Development Fund-Project “Centre for the investigation of synthesis and transformation of nutritional substances in the food chain in interaction with potentially harmful substances of anthropogenic origin: comprehensive assessment of soil contamination risks for the quality of agricultural products” (No. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000845)
Project NAZV „Nové postupy pro záchranu ohrožených populací hospodářských zvířat“ (QK1910156); Project NAZV "Management optimalization of individual reproduction performance in dairy cattle" (QK22010270)
Awards: Rector´s Prize for Ph.D. students with outstanding research and publications results in the academic year 2018-2019 (third prize); Dean's Award for the excellent study results at the Faculty of Agrobiology, Food, and Natural Resources, CULS
Internships: National Cancer Institute, Fort Detrick in Frederick, MD, USA, Laboratory of Dr. Howard A. Young, Topic: cancer immunology (2005); Universitätsklinikum Münster, Germany, Laboratory of prof. Liliana Schaefer, Topic: extracellular matrix biology (2006); Institute of Livestock Development and Animal Health, University of Leon, Spain, Laboratory of prof. Felipe Martínez-Pastor, Topic: ovine spermatozoa flow cytometry and computer-assisted sperm analysis (2018, 2019)
Scientific or educational visits: Institute of Livestock Development and Animal Health, University of Leon, Spain, Laboratory of prof. Felipe Martínez-Pastor (2023); Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain, Laboratory of prof. Rosaura Pérez Pe (2023); Department of Veterinary Medicine, Surgery and Anatomy, University of León, Spain, Laboratory of prof. Mercedes Alvarez (2023); OVIGEN - Center for selection and genetic improvement of sheep and goats in Castilla y León, Spain (2023); Department of Animal Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland, Laboratory of Dr. Anna Dziekońska (2025); Department of Sheep and Goat Breeding, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland, prof. Jan Miciński (2025)
Lectures presented internationally: "Dye-exclusion assays for sperm quality evaluation using flow cytometry: potential risk of false positivity", conference the Winter School "Animal Biotechnology 2024", SUA in Nitra, Slovakia (1.2.2024); "Laboratory diagnostics of conserved semen from small and large ruminants", invited lecture at the Seminar for Staff and Students of the Faculty of Animal Bioengineering at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland (28.5.2025); "Reproductive Biotechnologies in Indigenous Sheep: the Czech Experience", lecture at the Regional Focal Point for Animal Genetic Resources, Regional platform for the support of management, conservation and sustainable use of animal genetic resources, and The Research School, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Ad hoc workshop on small ruminant semen cryopreservation Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden (10.6.2025); "Modern methods of assessing the quality of thawed ram sperm", online, International scientific and practical seminar on lamb production by crossing rams of foreign specialized meat breeds with fat-tailed ewes and on accelerated reproduction of valuable sheep genotypes using modern knowledge of genetics, selection and biotechnology, Almaty, Kazakhstan (18.6.2025)
Organization of conferences: Organizer and member of the organizing committee of the international conference "Animal reproduction, sperm cryopreservation and analysis 2022, 2023"; Organizer and member of the organizing committee of the international conference "Biotechnologies in Small Ruminant Reproduction: An International Experience 2024, 2025"
Languages: English - Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC B2); Czech; Russian
