RNDr. Pavla Sojková, Ph.D.
Maiden:Bartošová
Job Position: Research Scientist - Laboratory of Fish Protistology
Phone:
+420 38777 5450
E-mail:
bartosova@paru.cas.cz
Web:
www.researchgate.net/profile/Pavla-Sojkova-bartosova
Room:
109
My research focus is uncovering the species diversity, phylogenetic relationships, and evolutionary trajectories of parasites, mainly myxozoans. I apply the phylogenetic and molecular biology methods to address questions in evolutionary and functional biology using parasites as model organisms. My recent projects also focus on the characterization of parasite proteases and protease inhibitors as molecules crucial for host-parasite interactions and the assessment of their relevance as therapeutic targets. Besides myxozoans, I am involved in studies of other animal and human parasites/pathogens, such as apicomplexans, ticks, and flukes.
Year of birth: 1981
Nationality: Slovak
Unique researcher ID: ORCID 0000-0003-2370-6981
Education and Scientific Career
since 2024 Workgroup leader under the Laboratory of Fish Protistology, Institute of Parasitology, BCAS
since 2014 Research Scientist, Laboratory of Fish Protistology, Institute of Parasitology, BCAS
2017-2018 (two short-term stays) Visiting Researcher at the Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, USA
2011-2013 (three short-term stays) Visiting Researcher at the Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy
2011-2013 Postdoctoral researcher, Laboratory of Fish Protistology, BCAS
October 2010 PhD in Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia (USB), České Budějovice, Czech Republic
2010 Research Assistant, Laboratory of Vector Immunology, BCAS
2005-2010 Research Assistant, Laboratory of Fish Protistology, BCAS
2009 Visiting PhD student at the University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
March 2009 RNDr in Zoology at the Faculty of Science, USB
2003-2005 Study of Biology (BSc) and Zoology (MSc) with Diploma thesis at the Faculty of Science, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Career breaks
2014-2015 (14 months) Maternity leave
Funding as a PI
- 2024-2027 Czech Science Foundation, lead agency grant in collaboration with FWF (Austrian PI: A. Holzer). Food or foe: Interaction of myxozoans with red blood cells; project reference 24-13238L.
- 2021-2023 Czech Science Foundation, standard grant. Myxozoan cystatins and fish host cathepsins: Revealing potential crosstalk during infection; project reference 21-16565S.
- 2017-2021 Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic. Inhibitors of cysteine proteases crucial for myxozoan pathogenicity and their interaction with the fish host; project reference LTAUSA17201.
- 2011-2013 Czech Science Foundation, postdoctoral grant. Biology and phylogeny of sphaerosporid myxosporeans from economically important fish: application of molecular tools; project reference P506/11/P724.
Personal fellowships and awards
- 2017 Student fellowship of the Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic; Molecular analysis of the ITS sequences in populations of Chloromyxum cyprini Fujita, 1927 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) in cyprinids.
- 2016 Otto Wichterle Award of the Czech Academy of Sciences for excellent young researchers.
