Maiden:Kodádková
Job Position: Postdoc
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Laboratory of Fish Protistology
Phone:
+420 38777 5471
E-mail:
lovy@paru.cas.cz
Web:
www.researchgate.net/profile/Alena-Loevy-Kodadkova-2
Room:
109
My research focuses on the evolution, phylogeny and developmental biology of myxozoans, highly reduced cnidarian parasites. I use molecular biology and phylogenetic methods to investigate their unique adaptations and evolutionary trajectories. Currently, I am focusing on the characterisation and functional analysis of the Notch signalling pathway in myxozoans and its role in their development.
Maiden name: Alena Kodádková
Unique researcher ID: ORCID 0000-0003-1050-0837
Professional career and education
2017 – present: postdoctoral researcher in the Fish protistology lab (Head Ivan Fiala), Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
2015 February–2016 August: 18–month postdoctoral stay in the Cnidarians Developmental Biology and Molecular Ecology lab (Head Tamar Lotan), Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel, Project: developmental and evolutionary biology of the moon jellyfish Aurelia aurita senses
2012 September–November, visiting student at the Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town, South Africa, Project: population study of Ceratomyxa cottoidi from Clinus cottoides
2011 July–August Polar ecology course on the Svalbard Archipelago, project: myxosporeans in Arctic fishes
2009–2014: Ph.D. in Parasitology, Ph.D. Thesis “Myxosporean phylogeny and evolution of myxospore morphotypes”, University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science, Czech Republic
2007–2009: MSc. in Parasitology, Thesis “The role of CD4+ and CD8+ T-lymphocytes in the immune response to the gastric cryptosporidiosis”, University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science, Czech Republic
2007–2005: BSc. In Biology, Thesis: “Occurrence of cryptosporidia in exotic mammals kept in zoological gardens“, University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science, Czech Republic
Career breaks
2016 August –2017 September (13 months); maternity leave
2018 August –2019 December (16 months); maternity leave
2022 July –2023 December (17 months); maternity leave with
Research support
2020–2023 June: Junior GAČR (Czech Science Foundation, www.gacr.cz) – Project: Disentangling the Notch signalling pathway in Myxozoa (19-25536Y)
Fellowship awarded
2015–2016: Postdoctoral Fellowship (1 year), Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel
Wisniewska M.,
Kyslík J.,
Alama Bermejo G., Lövy A.,
Kolísko M.,
Holzer A.,
Kosakyan A. (2025) Comparative transcriptomics reveal stage-dependent parasitic adaptations in the myxozoan Sphaerospora molnari BMC Genomics
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: 103.
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-025-11265-x
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Lisnerová M.,
Bartošová-Sojková P., Lövy A., Blabolil P.,
Fiala I. (2024) Evidence of striking morphological similarity and tissue tropism of phylogenetically distant myxozoan genera: Myxidium and Paramyxidium in the kidney of the European eel Folia Parasitologica
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: 13.
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2024.013
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Lisnerová M.,
Bartošová-Sojková P., Lövy A., Blabolil P.,
Fiala I. (2024) Evidence of striking morphological similarity and tissue tropism of phylogenetically distant myxozoan genera: Myxidium and Paramyxidium in the kidney of the European eel. Folia Parazitologica
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: 013.
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2024.013
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Kyslík J.,
Vancová M.,
Bartošová-Sojková P., Lövy A.,
Holzer A.,
Fiala I. (2022) Expressional profiling and cellular localization of myxozoan minicollagens demonstrate their involvement in polar capsule formation during sporogenesis International Journal for Parasitology
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: 667-675.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2022.07.002
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Liu Y., Lövy A., Gu Z.,
Fiala I. (2019) Phylogeny of Myxobolidae (Myxozoa) and the evolution of myxospore appendages in the Myxobolus clade International Journal for Parasitology
49
: 523–530.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2019.02.009
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Bartošová-Sojková P., Lövy A., Reed C.,
Lisnerová M., Tomková T.,
Holzer A.,
Fiala I. (2018) Life in a rock pool: Radiation and population genetics of myxozoan parasites in hosts inhabiting restricted spaces PLOS ONE
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: e0194042.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194042
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Holzer A.,
Bartošová-Sojková P.,
Born-Torrijos A., Lövy A.,
Hartigan A.,
Fiala I. (2018) The joint evolution of the Myxozoa and their alternate hosts: A cnidarian recipe for success and vast biodiversity. Molecular Ecology
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: 1651–1666.
DOI: 10.1111/mec.14558
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Lövy A., Smirnov M., Brekhman V., Ofek T. , Lotan T. (2018) Morphological and molecular characterization of a novel myxosporean parasite Myxobolus bejeranoi n. sp. (Cnidaria: Myxosporea) from hybrid tilapia in Israel Parasitology Research
117
: 491–499.
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-017-5725-2
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Patra S.,
Hartigan A., Morris D., Kodádková A.,
Holzer A. (2017) Description and experimental transmission of Tetracapsuloides vermiformis n. sp. (Cnidaria: Myxozoa) and guidelines for describing malacosporean species including reinstatement of Buddenbrockia bryozoides n. comb. (syn. Tetracapsula bryozoides). Parasitology
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: 497-511.
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182016001931
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Alama Bermejo G.,
Jirků M., Kodádková A.,
Pecková H.,
Fiala I.,
Holzer A. (2016) Species complexes and phylogenetic lineages of Hoferellus (Myxozoa, Cnidaria) including revision of the genus: A problematic case for taxonomy Parasites & Vectors
9
: 13.
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-1265-8
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Bartošová-Sojková P., Kodádková A.,
Pecková H.,
Kuchta R., Reed C. (2015) Morphology and phylogeny of two new species of Sphaeromyxa Thélohan, 1892 (Cnidaria: Myxozoa) from marine fish (Clinidae and Trachichthyidae) Parasitology
142
: 660-674.
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182014001723
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Fiala I., Hlavničková M., Kodádková A., Freeman M.,
Bartošová-Sojková P., Atkinson S. (2015) Evolutionary origin of Ceratonova shasta and phylogeny of the marine myxosporean lineage Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
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: 75-89.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.03.004
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Kodádková A.,
Bartošová-Sojková P.,
Holzer A.,
Fiala I. (2015) Bipteria vetusta n. sp. – an old parasite in an old host: tracing the origin of myxosporean parasitism in vertebrates International Journal for Parasitology
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: 269-276.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.12.004
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Bartošová-Sojková P., Hrabcová M.,
Pecková H.,
Patra S., Kodádková A., Jurajda P.,
Tyml T.,
Holzer A. (2014) Hidden diversity and evolutionary trends in malacosporean parasites (Cnidaria: Myxozoa) identified using molecular phylogenetics International journal for parasitology
44
: 565-577.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.04.005
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Kodádková A.,
Dyková I.,
Tyml T.,
Ditrich O.,
Fiala I. (2014) Myxozoa in high Arctic: Survey on the central part of Svalbard archipelago International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
3
: 41-56.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2014.02.001
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Dyková I., Kodádková A., De Buron I.,
Fiala I., Roumillat W. (2013) Sinuolinea infections in the urinary system of Cynoscion species (Sciaenidae) and the search for the phylogenetic position of the type species of Sinuolinea Davis, 1917 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
2
: 10-17.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2012.11.004
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Jirků M.,
Bartošová P., Kodádková A., Mutschmann F. (2011) Another Chloromyxid Lineage: Molecular Phylogeny and Redescription of Chloromyxum careni from the Asian Horned frog Megophrys nasuta. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
58
: 50–59.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2010.00521.x
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Kváč M., Kodádková A.,
Sak B.,
Květoňová D.,
Jalovecká M., Rost M.,
Salát J. (2011) Activated CD8+ T cells contribute to clearance of gastric Cryptosporidium muris infections. Parasite Immunology
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: 210–216.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2010.01271.x
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Kodádková A.,
Kváč M.,
Ditrich O.,
Sak B., Xiao L. (2010) Cryptosporidium muris in a reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata). Journal of Parasitology
96
: 211–212.
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2212.1
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