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Mgr. Zuzana Varadínová
e-mail: varadino@natur.cuni.cz
Research Interests:
Cockroaches, Behavioural ecology, Pest control
Education:
2009-present PhD. student, Zoology, Charles University in Prague
2009 Master degree, Zoology, Charles University in Prague; thesis: Aggregation behaviour of cockroaches (Blattaria: Blaberidae): intraspecific and interspecific preference
2007 Bachelor degree, Biology, Charles University in Prague; thesis: Social behaviour of cockroaches: aggregation, preference, recognition
Employment:
2014-present National Museum, Department of Zoology
2009-2011 Crop Research Institute in Prague, Department of Pest Control of Stored Products and Food Safety
2007-2008 National Museum, Department of Zoology
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International Experience:
Northwest University, Xian, China, one semester (2015) - Confucius Institute Scholarship for studying Chinese language
Plant Quarantine and Invasion Biology Laboratory, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 1 year (2012/2013)
The Natural History Museum, London, 1 month (2012)
Short stays at research institutes: Austria – Natural History Museum, Vienna; Germany – Natural History Museum, Berlin; Great Britain – Oxford University Museum, Oxford
Teaching: Practical courses from Invertebrate zoology, Vertebrate zoology, Morphology of animals, Ethology and Sociobiology, Ethological methods
Current Students:
Tomáš Dvořák (Bc. student)
Previous Students:
Michael Kotyk: Role of wings in reproduction of cockroach Eublaberus distanti (Blattodea: Blaberidae). (Msc thesis)
Michael Kotyk: Wing reduction in cockroaches (Blattaria). (Bc. Thesis)
František Jůna (Msc. thesis)
František Jůna: Minor insect groups as pollinators and flower visitors. (Bc. Thesis)
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Publikations:
Varadínová Z, Frynta D, Aulický R, Stejskal V (2015): Detection of cockroach faeces: consumption of fluorescent bait and production of UV-light-detectable faeces from German cockroach, Blattella germanica. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
Varadínová Z, Wang YJ, Kučerová Z, Stejskal V, Opit G, Cao Y, Li FJ, Li ZH (2015): COI barcode based species-specific primers for identification of five species of stored-product pests from genus Cryptolestes (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae). Bull Entomol Res. 22:1-8.
Rychtar J, Frynta D, Tomek J, Varadinova Z, Brom C (2014): Waste recycling can promote group living: A cockroach case study. Letters of Biomathematics 1(1)
Wang YJ, Li ZH, Zhang SF, Varadínová Z, Jiang F, Kučerová Z, Stejskal V, Opit G, Cao Y, Li FJ (2014): DNA barcoding of five common stored-product pest species of genus Cryptolestes (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae). Bull Entomol Res. 104(5):671-8.
Varadinova Z, Stejskal V & Frynta D (2010): Patterns of aggregation behaviour in six species of cockroach: comparing two experimental approaches. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 136: 184-190.
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