Mgr. Alena Fornůsková Ph.D.

Position research assistant

Direction host parasite co-evolution

Workplace Research facility Studenec

+420 605 464 704

a.fornuskova@seznam.cz

Research interests

host-parasite co-evolution,
understanding and predicting the global spread of emergent infectious diseases,
study of hybrid zones
invasive species

Education

2009-2013: PhD study – dissertation in double supervision: Variability of innate immunity genes in wild rodent populations, title of the thesis: Genes of innate immunity and their significance in the evolutionary ecology of free-living rodents.

Institutions: Université Montpellier 2, Sciences et Techniques, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier, France, a successful application for a grant of the French government, 2010-2013 (supervisors: Dr Jean-François Cosson and Dr Nathalie Charbonnel) CBGP, Campus International de Baillarguet, 34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez, France Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, Department of Botany and Zoology, Kotlářská 2, 611 37 Brno, CZ (supervisor: Dr Josef Bryja) Institute of Vertebrate Biology (IVB), Research Facility Studenec; AS CR, Studenec 122, 675 02 Koněšín (supervisor: Dr Josef Bryja)

2007-2009: Master study – Population genetic structure of two cryptic species of the genus Pipistrellus in Central Europe.

Institutions: Université de Rennes 1, EFCE, 2, rue du Thabor, 35065 Rennes, France, a successful application for a grant of the French government, 2008-2009, 11 months (supervisor: Dr Eric Petit) Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, Department of Botany and Zoology, Kotlářská 2, 611 37 Brno,CZ (supervisor: Dr. Josef Bryja)

Employment

2017 - Research assistant, Holobiont Evolutionary Interactions Group
2017 - Head of Centre for Public Relations (publicity of the Institute, communication with media, preparation and spreading of press releases and materials for IVB management, preparation and sending of grant office news, educational activities for schools and the public).
2016-2017: part-time employment – Post-doctoral fellow, involvement in projects: Hybrid zones: natural laboratories for the study of pathogen and Phylogeography, selection and mutation rate at the genomic level: Inference from mtDNA sequences of the house mouse.
2015-2016: part-time employment – Post-doctoral fellow, involvement in several projects (study of senescence of birds, study of spread of emergence of infectious diseases of rodents), project coordinator (project BIOM, EHP-CZ02-OV-1-029-01-2014), Institute of Vertebrate Biology CAS, Research Facility Studenec.
12/2014-10/2015: maternity leave.
2014: Postdoctoral fellow – NextGenProject (OPEC: CZ.1.07/2.3./20.0303) – IVB CAS, Research Facility Studenec.
2011-2013: project manager – project Provaz (OPEC: CZ.1.07/2.4.00/17.0138) – IVB CAS, Research Facility Studenec.

Participation in projects

Monitoring of Greater white-toothed shrew (Crocidura russula) dispersion in Karlovy Vary region and its potential impact on the community of resident shrew species, Project of regional collaboration of Czech Academy of Sciences R200932301 (2023-2025). Organization of workshops, seminars, student conferences, and administration of projects Connecting education and new approaches in zoological and ecological research and BIOM. Organization of NGS conference in Nové hrady 2014.

Publications and Applied outputs

2023

Fornůsková A, Vošlajerová B (2023). The Greater White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura russula) – the 90th Mammal Species of the Czech Republic. Živa, -: 294-296.

Goüy de Bellocq J, Fornůsková A, Ďureje Ľ, Bartáková V, Daniszová K, Dianat M, Janča M, Šabata P, Šeneklová N, Stodůlka T, Vošlajerová Bímová B, Macholán M (2023). First record of the greater white-toothed shrew, Crocidura russula, in the Czech Republic. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 23047.