Mgr. Michaela Frolíková, Ph.D.


Position

Post-doc (Supervisor: Kateřina Hortová)

Contact Information

Division of Animal Evolutionary Biology, Department of Zoology
Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague
Viničná 7, 128 44 Praha, Czech Republic
Room No.: 225
Phone: +420–22195 1852
E-mail: michaela.frolikova[a]natur.cuni.cz

Research Interests

Reproductive biology, Sperm, Egg, Sperm-egg interaction

Selected Publications

Frolikova M, Stopkova R, Antalikova J, Johnson PM, Stopka P, Dvorakova-Hortova K (2011): Role of complement regulatory proteins CD46, CD55 and CD59 in reproduction. Folia Zool 60(1): 84-94.
Šandera M, Andrlíková P, Frolíková M and Stopka P (2011):Changes in the curvature of sperm apical hooks in murine rodents. Biologia 66(5): 916-92.
Clift LE, Andrlikova P, Frolikova M, Stopka P, Bryja J, Flanagan BF, Johnson PM, Dvorakova-Hortova K (2009): Absence of spermatozoal CD46 protein expression and associated rapid acrosome reaction rate in striped field mice (Apodemus agrarius). Reprod Biol Endocrinol 16(7):29.
Clift LE, Dvorakova-Hortova K, Frolikova M, Andrlikova P, Salman S, Stopka P, Flanagan BF, Johnson PM (2009): CD55 and CD59 protein expression by Apodemus (field mice) sperm in the absence of CD46. J Reprod Immunol 81(1):62-73.
Johnson PM, Clift LE, Andrlikova P, Jursova M, Flanagan BF, Cummerson JA, Stopka P, Dvorakova-Hortova K (2007): Rapid sperm acrosome reaction in the absence of acrosomal CD46 expression in promiscuous field mice (Apodemus). Reproduction 134(6):739-47.
Dvorakova-Hortova K, Sandera M, Jursova M, Vasinova J, Peknicova J (2008): The influence of fluorides on mouse sperm capacitation. Anim Reprod Sci 108(1-2):157-70.