Mgr. Dagmar Čížková Ph.D.

Position full-time researcher
Direction molecular biology and genetics

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Research interests

  • evolutionary and population ecology of vertebrates (population genetic structure, immunogenetics, speciation).

Running Projects

Interplay between genetics, ecology and symbionts in two adaptive radiations of New Guinean rodents (2023–2025)

Finished projects

Mechanismy evoluce gastrointestinální mikrobioty na příkladu myšovitých hlodavců (2019–2021)

Education

  • 2000-2006: undergraduate study – Masaryk University Brno, Faculty of Science, Molecular biology and genetics.
  • 2006-2015: Ph.D. study – Masaryk University Brno, Faculty of Science, General and Molecular Genetics. Ph.D. thesis: Role of MHC genes in mate choice in the hybrid zone of house mouse, (supervisor J.Bryja).

Employment

  • 2007-present: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, The Czech Academy of Sciences, External Research Facility Studenec.

Particpation in Project

Next-generation technologies in evolutionary genetics

Publications

2024

Čížková D, Schmiedová L, Kváč M, Sak B, Macholán M, Piálek J, Kreisinger J (2024). The effect of host admixture on wild house mouse gut microbiota is weak when accounting for spatial autocorrelation.. Molecular Ecology, 33: e17192.

2023

Dianat M, Voet I, Ortiz D, Goüy de Bellocq J, Cuypers LN, Kryštufek B, Bureš M, Čížková D, Bryjová A, Bryja J, Nicolas V, Konečný A (2023). Cryptic diversity of Crocidura shrews in the savannahs of Eastern and Southern Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 180: 107708.

2022

Bendová B, Mikula O, Vošlajerová Bímová B, Čížková D, Daniszová K, Ďureje Ľ, Hiadlovská Z, Macholán M, Martin J, Piálek J, Schmiedová L, Kreisinger J (2022). Divergent gut microbiota in two closely related house mouse subspecies under common garden conditions. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 98: fiac078.
Cuypers LN, Čížková D, Goüy de Bellocq J (2022). Co-infection of mammarenaviruses in a wild mouse, Tanzania. Virus Evolution, 8:1205 veac065.
Talarico L, Bryjová A, Čížková D, Douda K, Reichard M (2022). Individual copy number variation and extensive diversity between major MHC-DAB1 allelic lineages in the European bitterling. Immunogenetics, 74: 497-505.

2021

Čížková D, Ďureje Ľ, Piálek J, Kreisinger J (2021). Experimental validation of small mammal gut microbiota sampling from faeces and from the caecum after death. Heredity, 127: 141-150.
Komarova VA, Kostin DS, Bryja J, Mikula O, Bryjová A, Čížková D, Šumbera R, Meheretu Y, Lavrenchenko LA (2021). Complex reticulate evolution of speckled brush‐furred rats (Lophuromys) in the Ethiopian centre of endemism. Molecular Ecology, 30: 2349-2365.
Moudrá A, Niederlová V, Novotny J, Schmiedová L, Kubovčiak J, Matějková T, Drobek A, Přibíková M, Stopková R, Čížková D, Neuwirth A, Michálik J, Křížová K, Hudcovic T, Kolář M, Kozáková H, Kreisinger J, Stopka P, Štěpánek O (2021). Phenotypic and Clonal Stability of Antigen-Inexperienced Memory-like T Cells across the Genetic Background, Hygienic Status, and Aging. Journal of Immunology, 206: 2109-2121.
Nürnberger B, Baird SJE, Čížková D, Bryjová A, Mudd AB, Blaxter ML, Szymura JM (2021). A dense linkage map for a large repetitive genome: discovery of the sex-determining region in hybridizing fire-bellied toads (Bombina bombina and Bombina variegata). G3-Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 11: jkab286.

2020

Bendová B, Piálek J, Ďureje Ľ, Schmiedová L, Čížková D, Martin J, Kreisinger J (2020). How being synanthropic affects the gut bacteriome and mycobiome: comparison of two mouse species with contrasting ecologies. BMC Microbiology, 20: s12866.

2019

Pafčo B, Kreisinger J, Čížková D, Pšenková-Profousová I, Shutt-Phillips K, Todd A, Fuh T, Petrželková KJ, Modrý D (2019). Genetic diversity of primate strongylid nematodes: Do sympatric nonhuman primates and humans share their strongylid worms?. Molecular Ecology, 28: 4786-4797.

2018

Čížková D, Baird SJE, Těšíková J, Voigt S, Ďureje Ľ, Piálek J, Goüy de Bellocq J (2018). Host subspecific viral strains in European house mice: Murine cytomegalovirus in the Eastern (Mus musculus musculus) and Western house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus). Virology, 521: 92-98.
Pafčo B, Čížková D, Kreisinger J, Hasegawa H, Vallo P, Shutt K, Todd A, Petrželková KJ, Modrý D (2018). Metabarcoding analysis of strongylid nematode diversity in two sympatric primate species. Scientific Reports, 8: 5933.
Vlčková K, Kreisinger J, Pafčo B, Čížková D, Tagg N, Hehl AB, Modrý D (2018). Diversity of Entamoeba spp. in African great apes and humans: an insight from Illumina MiSeq high-throughput sequencing. International Journal for Parasitology, 48: 519-530.

2017

Kropáčková L, Těšický M, Albrecht T, Kubovčiak J, Čížková D, Tomášek O, Martin J, Bobek L, Králová T, Procházka P, Kreisinger J (2017). Codiversification of gastrointestinal microbiota and phylogenyin passerines is not explained by ecological divergence. Molecular Ecology, 26: 5292-5304.

2016

Goüy de Bellocq J, Těšíková J, Meheretu Y, Čížková D, Bryjová A, Leirs H, Bryja J (2016). Complete genome characterisation and phylogenetic position of Tigray hantavirus from the Ethiopian white-footed mouse, Stenocephalemys albipes. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 45: 242-245.

2015

Kreisinger J, Čížková D, Kropáčková L, Albrecht T (2015). Cloacal microbiome structure in a long-distance migratory bird assessed using deep 16sRNA pyrosequencing. PLoS ONE, 10: e0137401.

2014

Kreisinger J, Čížková D, Vohánka J, Piálek J (2014). Gastrointestinal microbiota of wild and inbred individuals of two house mouse subspecies assessed using high-throughput parallel pyrosequencing. Molecular Ecology, 23: 5048-5060.

2013

Champagnon J, Crochet P, Kreisinger J, Čížková D, Gauthier-Clerc M, Massez G, Söderquist P, Albrecht T, Guillemain M (2013). Assessing the genetic impact of massive restocking on wild mallard. Animal Conservation, 16: 295-305.

2012

Čížková D, Javůrková V, Champagnon J, Kreisinger J (2012). Duck’s not dead: Does restocking with captive bred individuals affect the genetic integrity of wild mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) population?. Biological Conservation, 152: 231-240.
Meheretu Y, Čížková D, Těšíková J, Welegerima K, Tomas Z, Kidane D, Girmay K, Schmidt-Chanasit J, Bryja J, Günther S, Bryjová A, Leirs H, Goüy de Bellocq J (2012). High diversity of RNA viruses in rodents, Ethiopia. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 18: 2047-2050.
Mendel J, Papoušek I, Marešová E, Vetešník L, Halačka K, Nowak M, Čížková D (2012). Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 April 2012 – 31 May 2012. Molecular Ecology Resources, 12: 972-974.
Wasimuddin W, Čížková D, Ribas A, Piálek J, Goüy de Bellocq J, Bryja J (2012). Development and characterization of multiplex panels of microsatellite markers for Syphacia obvelata, a parasite of the house mouse (Mus musculus), using a high throughput DNA sequencing approach. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 185: 154-156.
Wasimuddin W, Čížková D, Bryja J, Albrechtová J, Hauffe HC, Piálek J (2012). High prevalence and species diversity of Helicobacter spp. detected in wild house mice. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 78: 8158-8160.

2011

Čížková D, Goüy de Bellocq J, Baird SJE, Piálek J, Bryja J (2011). Genetic structure and contrasting selection pattern at two major histocompatibility complex genes in wild house mouse populations. Heredity, 106: 727-740.
Šťovíček O, Čížková D, Yang L, Albrecht T, Heckel G, Vyskočilová M, Kreisinger J (2011). Development of microsatellite markers for a diving duck, the common pochard (Aythya ferina). Conservation genetics resources, 3: 573-576.
Tereba A, Čížková D, Sundari AA, Rajan KE, Bogdanowicz W (2011). New polymorphic microsatellite markers in the greater false vampire bat Megaderma lyra (Chiroptera: Megadermatidae). Conservation genetics resources, 3: 749-751.