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      Curriculum Vitae

AREAS OF RESEARCH

Natural antimicrobials, Secondary metabolites, Genome-mining, Biomedical applications of bacterial metabolism products, Cold-adaptation mechanisms of bacteria, Taxonomy of bacteria, Phylogenomics


POSITION(S) AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

1/2022 - present Postdoctoral researcher (Maria-Curie Sklodowska Action Programme)

    • Department of Microbial Ecology/ Centre for Microbiology and environmental Systems Science/ University of Vienna/ Austria

10/2014 – 12/2021 Researcher

    • Czech Collection of Microorganisms/ Department of Experimental Biology/ Faculty of Science/ Masaryk University/ Czech Republic

07/2019 – 12/2021 Researcher

    • Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology/ Central European Institute of Technology - CEITEC/Czech Republic

10/2015 – 06/2019 Biology Teacher

  • Gabra education s.r.o./Czech Republic

EDUCATION

07/2014 – 04/2019 PhD.

  • Department of Experimental Biology/Faculty of Science/ Masaryk University/Czech Republic

12/2017 – 12/2017 RNDr.

  • Department of Experimental Biology/Faculty of Science/ Masaryk University/Czech Republic

07/2012 – 06/2014 MSc.

  • Department of Experimental Biology/Faculty of Science/ Masaryk University/Czech Republic

06/2009 – 06/2012 BSc.

  • Department of Experimental Biology/Faculty of Science/ Masaryk University/Czech Republic

FELLOWSHIPS, FUNDINGS AND AWARDS

01/2022-present MSCA Individual Fellowship funded by MSCA Programme as an integral part of Horizon 2020

  • Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science/Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science/University of Vienna/Vienna/Austria

01/2018-06/2018 Research Internship

  • College of Sciences and Mathematics/ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Auburn/ USA

11/2015-4/2017 Internships (five weeklong visits) 

  • Institute of Bacteriology, Mycology and Hygiene/ University of Veterinary Medicine/Vienna/Austria

07/2015-07/2015 Internship

  • Faculty of Sciences/ Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University/ Belgium

07/2014-07/2014 Internship

  • Department of Microbiology/ Labor INVITRO - Veterinary Diagnostic and Hygiene Laboratory in Vienna/ Austria

06/2012-07/2012 Internship

  • Department of Bacteriology, Veterinary Research Institute in Brno/ Czech Republic


2023 Young Blood Award

  • awarded by the weekly Euro●, Prague, Czech Republic

2022 Creative Hero Award Czech Republic

  • awarded by The Netherlands-Czech Chamber of Commerce, Prague, Czech Republic

2022 Falling Walls Lab Czech Republic winner 

  • awarded by the Falling Walls Lab National Committee. Prague, Czech Republic

2020 The Young Microbiologist Award 

  • awarded by the Czechoslovak Society for Microbiology. Prague, Czech Republic

2019 The Dean's Award for excellent research and creative activities 

  • awarded by the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University. Brno, Czech Republic

01/2018-06/2018 FEMS Research Grant

  • by the Federation of European Microbiological Societies/ Netherland

01/2014-12/2016 PhD. Talent Scholarship Award

  • awarded by South Moravian Centre for international mobility, Z.S.P.O./Czech Republic

2014 Academic Honours Scholarship

  • by the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University/Czech Republic

2013-2017 Scholarships (n=5) 

  • by the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University/Czech Republic

2012 Scholarship

  • by the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University/Czech Republic


SUPERVISION OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AND INTERNS

9/2016-present 

  • Bachelor thesis (3, finished supervision; 2, ongoing consultation)
  • Master thesis (3, ongoing supervision; 1, ongoing consultation; 3, opponent)
  • PhD thesis (1, opponent)

7/2016-present 

  • Foreign internship supervision (2, finished supervision)


TEACHING ACTIVITIES

2022-present 

  • CORE042-Data cycle in microbiology lecture/ Cybersecurity and Data Management Division/Institute of Computer Science/Masaryk University/ Czech Republic

2020-present 

  • Lector of Accredited Programs by MYES and Microbiome Lectures at the Fitness Institute, s.r.o./Czech Republic

2016-present 

  • Bachelor thesis course EMB1, EMB2 /Department of Experimental Biology/ Masaryk University/ Czech Republic

2014-2020 

  • Teaching assistance – Taxonomy of Prokaryotes – practical course/ Department of Experimental Biology/ Masaryk University/ Czech Republic


ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

9/2017-9/2017 

  • Main member of the organising committee of the XXXVI Annual Meeting of the European Culture Collections' Organisation (ECCO 2017), 13-15.09.2017/ 98 participants/ Czech Republic


RESEARCH EXPEDITIONS ATTENDED

  • 1/2019-3/2019 James Ross Island/Antarctica, Project: Isolation of antimicrobials producing bacteria from Antarctic soils


MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

  • 2022-present Member, Austria Polar Research Institute (APRI)/Austria
  • 2018-present Member, American Society for Microbiology (ASM)/USA
  • 2015-present Member, Czech Antarctic Research Programme (CARP)/Czech Republic
  • 2014-present Member, European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious (ESCMID)/Switzerland
  • 2012-present Member, Czechoslovak Society for Microbiology (CSSM)/Czech Republic
  • 2012-present Member, Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS)/UK
  • 2012-present Member, International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS)/ France

PUBLICATIONS

  • First-authored publications: 8 (Combined Impact Factor 36.045)
  • Co-authored publications: 26 (Combined Impact Factor 87.25)
  • Book/monograph/chapter: 1
  • Editor of conference compilation: 1
  • Oral conference contributions: 4
  • Poster conference contributions: 11

Selected publications: 

  • LaFrentz B.R.*, Králová S.*, Burbick C.R., Alexander T.L., Phillips C.W., Griffin M.J, Waldbieser G.C., García J.C., de Alexandre Sebastião F., Soto E., Loch T.P., Liles M.R., Snekvik K.R. The fish pathogen Flavobacterium columnare represents four distinct species: Flavobacterium columnare, Flavobacterium covae sp. nov., Flavobacterium davisii sp. nov. and Flavobacterium oreochromis sp. nov., and emended description of Flavobacterium columnare. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 2021. 45(2):126293. * These authors contributed equally to this work.
  • Králová S., Davidova-Gerzova L., Valcek A., Bezdicek M., Rychlik I, Rezacova V., Cizek A. Paraphocaeicola brunensis gen. nov., sp. nov., carrying two variants of nimB resistance gene from Bacteroides fragilis, and Caecibacteroides pullorum gen. nov., sp. nov., two novel genera isolated from chicken caeca. Microbiol. Spectr. 2022. 23;10(1):e0195421. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01954-21.
  • Králová S., Busse H.-J., Bezdíček M., Sandoval-Powers M., Nykrýnová M., Staňková E., Krskek D., Sedláček I. Flavobacterium flabelliforme sp. nov. and Flavobacterium geliluteum sp. nov., Two Multidrug-Resistant Psychrotrophic Species Isolated From Antarctica. Front. Microbiol. 2021. 12:729977.
  • Sandoval-Powers M., Králová S., Nguyen G-S., Fawwal DV., Degnes K., Lewin AS., Klinkenberg G., Wentzel A., Liles MR. Streptomyces poriferorum sp. nov., a novel marine sponge-derived Actinobacteria species expressing anti-MRSA activity. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 2021. 44(5):126244.
  • Králová S., Sandoval-Powers M., Fawwal DV., Degnes KF., Lewin AS., Klinkenberg G., Nguyen G-S., Liles M., Wentzel A. Streptomyces tardus sp. nov., a slow-growing actinobacterium producing candicidin, isolated from sediments of the Trondheim fjord. Front. Microbiol. 2021. 12:2131.
  • Králová S., Busse H.-J., Švec P., Mašlaňová I., Staňková E., Barták M., Sedláček I. Flavobacterium circumlabens sp. nov. and Flavobacterium cupreum sp. nov., two psychrotrophic species isolated from Antarctic environmental samples. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 2019. 42(3):291-301.