Team members

PI

M.Sc. Dáša Bohačiaková (Doležalová), Ph.D.

ORCID 0000-0002-9538-6668
Masaryk University
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POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS & SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOWS

M.Sc. Kateřina Amruz Černá, Ph.D.

M.Sc. Simona Bártová

M.Sc. Ondřej Bernatík, Ph.D.

M.Sc. Victorio Martin Pozo Devoto, Ph.D.

M.Sc. Petr Fojtík, Ph.D.

M.Sc. Hana Hříbková, Ph.D.

M.Sc. Aneta Kohutová, Ph.D.

Mária Kreger Karabová, Ph.D.

M.Sc. et M.Sc. Jaroslav Ol'ha, Ph.D.

M.Sc. Jan Raška, Ph.D.

M.Sc. Jiří Sedmík, Ph.D.

M.Sc. Jana Slováčková, Ph.D.

M.Sc. Marie Šulcová, Ph.D.

M.Sc. Tereza Váňová, Ph.D.

Ph.D. STUDENTS

M.Sc. Soňa Cesnáriková

• Using human pluripotent stem cell-based model to study the Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis in vitro

M.Sc. Karolína Kocourková

• Using stem cell-based models to study glioblastoma

M.Sc. Miriam Lép

• Using human pluripotent stem cell-based models to study glia-associated biology in neurological diseases

MASTER STUDENTS

M.Sc. Matúš Machovec

BACHELOR STUDENTS

Nora Kovalčíková

ALUMNI

M.Sc. Viktorie Koksová - Diploma thesis student (2026)

• Analysis of gene expression dynamics in the context of neurodegenerative changes in Alzheimer's disease

M.Sc. et Bc. Marko Mećava – Bachelor thesis student (2024), Diploma thesis student (2026)

• Identyfying Proteomic Alteration in Enlarged Neuronal Early Endosomes in Alzheimer’s Disease
• Insights into changes in endosomal proteom in Alzheimer’s disease using SORL1-deficinet cortical neurons as a model

M.Sc. Klára Plešingrová - Bachelor thesis student (2023), Diploma thesis student (2026)

• The connection between pathological SORLA variant and Alzheimer's disease development
• Effect of SORLA protein on Alzheimer’s disease development

M.Sc. Veronika Fedorová, Ph.D. – Bachelor thesis student, Diploma thesis student, Doctoral thesis student

• Cell Cycle Regulation in Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Their Differentiated Derivatives
• Cell cycle control in human embryonic stem cells: role of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors
• The Role of p16/INK4A protein in the biology of human embryonic stem cells

Martin Barák, M.D. (2016-2021) – independent research project as part of the P-Pool study program

• In vitro Neural Differentiation and Cerebral Organoids

Lina El Rifaie (2017-2019) – Medical student working on independent research project

• Role of p53 in Neural Differentiation and Cerebral Organoid Development

Bc. Martin Král – Bachelor thesis student (2020)

• Modeling Alzheimer’s disease using human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)

M.Sc. Miroslava Peterková – Diploma thesis student (2017)

• The role of microRNA in cell cycle regulation and differentiation of human embryonic stem cell-derived neural stem cells