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)
Studied at the Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, Institute of Natural Sciences (2001 - 2003)
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: Ing. Dalibor Titěra, CSc.
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: Doc. Ing. Luděk Stádník, Ph.D.; External Thesis supervisor: prof. Felipe Martínez-Pastor, Ph.D. (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 visits: 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)
Languages: English - Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC B2); Czech; Russian
