RNDr. Ivan Fiala, Ph.D.
Job Position: Head of Laboratory - Laboratory of Fish Protistology , Editor - Folia Parasitologica
Phone:
+420 38777 5424
E-mail:
fiala@paru.cas.cz
Room:
109
RNDr. Ivan Fiala, Ph.D. (*10. 2. 1977, Hodonín, Czech Republic)
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1536-9778
Present position
Head of the Laboratory of Fish Protistology, senior research scientist of the Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre CAS, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
Lecturer at the Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Education
1998 – BSc. at the Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
2000 – MSc. at the Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
2006 – Ph.D. at the Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Experience
Parasitology: Conducted thorough examination of fish for protozoan parasites and myxosporeans using light and electron microscopy.
Bioinformatics: Performed large number of phylogenetic reconstructions, molecular clock analysis, topology testing, etc. Successfully assembled and annotated genomes and transcriptomes of myxozoans and performed metabarcoding eDNA analysis.
Molecular parasitology: DNA/RNA extraction, PCR, cloning, sequencing, in-situ hybridisation, southern blotting.
Specialized workshop training
Workshop on Molecular Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, ME, USA, 2008
Awards
Otto Wichterle award of the AS CR for young excellent scientists (2012)
Oral presentations at international conferences (last five years)
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Fiala I., Lisnerová M., Žánová V., Koláčná K. Environmental DNA-based monitoring of aquatic parasites: a case study of Myxozoa and Microsporidia. 21th International conference on Diseases of Fish and Shellfish (EAFP), Aberdeen, UK, (2021).
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Lisnerová M., Holzer A.S., Fiala I. Environmental DNA metabarcoding assay for detection of freshwater myxozoan communities. 20 th International conference on Diseases of Fish and Shellfish (EAFP), held virtually (2021).
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Fiala I., Lisnerová M., Baiko D., Blabolil P., Lövy A., Holzer A.S. Hidden diversity of Paramyxidium (Myxozoa) species in European eel (Anguilla anguilla). 19th International conference on Diseases of Fish and Shellfish, Porto, Portugal (2019).
Research visits and field trips
• 2014 – J.L. Fryer Salmon Disease Laboratory, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA.
• 2007 – Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Bologna, Italy
• 2004 – Universidad Nacional de la Amazonia Peruana, Iquitos, Peru (field trip)
• 2004 – El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Chetumal, Mexico (field trip)
• 2003 and 2004 – University of Stirling, UK
• 2002 – Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
Professional responsibilities
- Head of the Laboratory of fish protistology (since 2022),
-Associate Editor for Protists & Molecular Phylogenetics, Folia Parasitologica (since 2012)
- Expert advisor for genetically modified organisms (GMO) at BC AS CR (since 2011)
- Principal organizer of local protozoological conference – 36th Jirovec Protozoological Days, 2006
Research support (as principal investigator)
• Complex characterisation of myxozoan mitochondria: Genome, proteome and ultrastructure approach (Czech Science Foundation, Standard Project), (2021-2023)
• Large scale fish and water environment screening to assess the biodiversity of the Myxozoa: A metagenomic approach (Czech Science Foundation, Standard Project), (2016-2018); evaluated as excellent
• Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial genome of Myxozoa and Polypodium hydriforme (Czech Science Foundation, Post-doctoral Project), (2009-2011); evaluated as excellent
• Phylogenetic relationships within Myxosporea inferred from combined analysis of ribosomal and protein gene sequences: evolution of important fish parasites (Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic), (2007-2009); evaluated as excellent
• The phylogeny of Myxozoa inferred from LSU rDNA data (Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Czech Republic), (2004)
Membership in professional organisations
Czech Society of Parasitology, Section of Protozoology, Czech Republic: Member (2000-present).
European Association of Fish Pathologists: Member (2004-present).
Tree of Life Web Project, Contributor (Fiala, Ivan. 2008. Myxozoa. Version 10 July 2000).
Teaching
Lecturer of the course Biology of Parasitic Protists; Marine Parasitology and co-lecturer of practical course Field Parasitology and Current Trends in Parasitology at Uni. of South Bohemia, Faculty of Sciences;
Supervision of 11 undergraduate students and 4 PhD students, all of them successfully defended at Uni. of South Bohemia, Faculty of Sciences. Currently supervisor of four master students.
Publishing
Ivan Fiala is the author and co-author of 69 scientific papers that have been cited 1863 times, his h-index is 23. He published an article on the phylogeny of Myxozoa in the International Journal for Parasitology in 2006, which has been cited more than 400 times.
Biology of Parasitic Protists
Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia
Marine Parasitology
Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia
Description:
Field course in Vevang, Norway
