If you are interested in PhD study at Section of Animal Physiology and Immunology, see the list of both internal and external supervisors and do not hesitate to directly contact the supervisor whose research topic is of your interest. Mutual agreement about the PhD project is needed before submitting the application for study.
Prof. Vitezslav Bryja – Cellular Communication
Section of Animal Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Science, MUNI
Mechanisms and components of Wnt signalling pathway, Wnt signalling in the pathogenesis of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and ovarian cancer, extracellular vesicles, proteomics in cell biology; more info
Assoc. Prof. Marcela Buchtova – Molecular and Comparative Morphogenesis
Laboratory of Molecular Morphogenesis, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics CAS, v. v. i.
Molecular and cellular processes during embryonal and postnatal development, intercellular interactions involved in changes in cell proliferation and their differentiation in tissues during development, mechanisms involved in lip cleft formation, palate and other defects in the craniofacial region, mechanisms of limb development, including related disorders; more info
Assoc. Prof. Pavel Hyrsl – Comparative Immunology, Pathogen-Host Interaction
Section of Animal Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Science, MUNI
Innate immunity of insects and its molecular nature, the role of eicosanoids in insect immune reactions, entomopathogenic nematodes and their effect on host immune responses, bacteria of the genus Photorhabdus and the effect of their products on the immune system, immunology of fish and birds; more info
Dr. Jiri Pachernik & Dr. Jirina Medalova – Stem Cells and Cell Biotechnology
Section of Animal Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Science, MUNI
Myocardial stem cell biology and neural stem cells, pluripotent stem cells and cardiomyogenesis, regulation of cardiomyocyte phenotype, 3D myocardial bioprint, neural stem cells and neurogenesis, analysis of biocompatibility of artificial materials for biomedicine; more info
Assoc. Prof. Martin Vacha – Neuroethology
Section of Animal Physiology and Immunology, Faculty of Science, MUNI
Circadian rhythm of animals and magnetic fields, magnetoreception of animals, signal role Cry and effects of magnetic fields, insect behavioral neurobiology; more info
RNDr. Milan Číž, Ph.D. – Nonspecific Immunity
Department of Biophysics of Immune System, Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Myeloid cell functional properties and their epigenetic regulation, antioxidant properties of body fluids, drugs, natural substancies and food supplements; oxidative stress regulation, role of extracellular vesicles in immune cell communication, myeloperoxidase as an immune response modulator; more info
Assoc. Prof. Mgr. Lukáš Kubala, Ph.D. – Mechanism of Immune Response
Department of Biophysics of Immune System, Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Immune regulation mechanims – role of adenylyl-cyclase, hyaluronan, TLR etc., immunotoxicology; mycotoxins as immunomodulators, microfluid vascular models, thrombolysis – testing and design of new thrombolytic drugs, organic bioelectronics; more info
Mgr. Karel Souček, Ph.D. – Cancer Cell Plasticity and Heterogeneity
Department of Cytokinetics, Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Trop-2 biology and its role in cancer cell dissemination and plasticity, profiling of surface protein expression in tumor subpopulation, identification of phenotype in metastasis initiating cells (MICs), chemoresistance mechanism and role of TLR; more info
Prof. RNDr. Jan Vondráček, Ph.D. – Cellular and Molecular Toxicology
Department of Cytokinetics, Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Biology of Ah receptor and its role in regulation of intercellular communication and metabolism, toxic substances as carcinogens and as endogenous disruptors, lipid metabolism and lipid signaling, epigenetic regulation of biotransformation enzymes, cell death mechanism and chemoresistance of tumor cells; more info