2026
May
- Filip Weisz spent two weeks in Professor Svärd’s laboratory at Uppsala University, Sweden, where he gained experience in Nanopore read analysis. The stay took place from 11 to 22 May 2026 and was supported by Erasmus+.
- Our research group was awarded a bilateral mobility grant with colleagues from the Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany. The first kick-off meeting took place on 7–8 May 2026 at our institute.
- Aneta Perglerová actively participated in the 27th Student Research Conference organised by the First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, held on 5 May 2026.
March
- Aneta Perglerová published her first scientific article in the International Journal for Parasitology: "Treatment-refractory giardiasis is predominantly an imported infection from South Asia associated with Giardia sub-assemblage BIII: a five-year study from the Czech Republic". See our publications (link).
2025
December
- Filip Weisz was awarded by travel grant from ERASMUS+ for year 2026 (Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden )
November
- Filip Weisz and Eva Nohýnková are co-authors of the article in Nature Communications. See our publications (link).
July
- Eva Nohýnková was invited to the iDNES TV program, where she recorded a podcast titled “The amoeba Naegleria ‘dissolves’ the brain in five days, warns parasitologist.” link
June
- Aneta Perglerová participated in the 7-week course for advanced doctoral students and postdocs at the University of Chicago, Woods Hole, USA: "Biology of Parasitism: Modern Approaches" (12.6.–30.7.2025) and obtained a financial contribution from the Czech foundation Neuron.
May
- Aneta Perglerová actively participated in the EMBL Advanced Practical Course in Heidelberg, Germany: "Analysis and integration of transcriptome and proteome data" (3.5.–9.5.2025).
April
- Our research group has started subsidiary economic activity.
- Aneta Perglerová has been awarded GAUK (2025–2027): Uncovering metronidazole resistance mechanisms in the parasitic protist Giardia intestinalis: Comparative proteomics and reverse genetics.
- Pavla Tůmová was awarded the "Purkyňova cena" by the Czech journal Živa (28.4.2025) for the best publication of 2024: "Česká stopa ve výzkumu lamblií, pozoruhodných střevních parazitů" link.
- Active participation at the conference ESCMID Global (Congress of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases), Vienna, Austria (11.4.–15.4.2025):
Pavla Tůmová: Chair of the section "Intestinal parasites uncovered: epidemiology and treatment success" and invited lecture "Nitroimidazole refractory Giardia intestinalis infection"
March
- Vlasta Korenková participated in the EMBL Advanced Practical Course in Heidelberg, Germany: "Quantitative proteomics: strategies and tools to probe biology" (9.3.–14.3.2025).
February
- Active participation at the International Giardia & Cryptosporidium Conference in Melbourne, Australia (23.2.–26.2.2025):
- Filip Weisz: co-Chair of the section "Genomics, Epidemiology and Host-Pathogen Interactions" and oral presentation: "Comparative genomics of Giardia intestinalis assemblage B"
- Aneta Perglerová: co-Chair of the section "Treatment, Infection Management and Drug Resistance" and oral presentation: "Molecular epidemiology of Giardia intestinalis: Insights into metronidazole treatment failure in the Czech Republic"
- Vlasta Korenková: oral presentation "Comprehensive analysis of flavohemoprotein copy number variation in Giardia intestinalis: exploring links to metronidazole resistance"
