2025
September
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
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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- 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"
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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).
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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"
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