Current Lab Members & their Projects:

	David JANDZIK, Ph.D. * Ph.D. from Comenius University, Bratislava (2007); postdoc in Medeiros and Stock labs at CU Boulder, USA (2011-1016) Dan Meulemans Medeiros lab * in our lab thanks to Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, 2017-2019 “Evolution and development of pharyngeal pouches and pre-oral gut in basal fishes”
	Rolf ERICSSON, Ph.D. * Ph.D. from Uppsala University, Sweden (2003); post-doc positions in Japan, Australia, or Great Britain; * in our lab thanks to our GAČR Project 16-23836S, 2016-2018
	Mgr. Jan ŠTUNDL * (Bc.+Mgr.Theses: 2011, 2013): Comparative aspects of Neural Crest Cell biology with respect to Craniofacial Diversity of Vertebrates. Bc.thesis. Comparison of migration and morphogenesis of neural crest cells in Ray-finned fishes: towards identification of developmental sources of craniofacial diversity. Mgr. thesis. * Ph.D. thesis (2013-): Migration and morphogenesis of neural crest cells in the context of craniofacial development of basal fishes.
	Mgr. Zuzana KARPECKÁ * (Bc.+Mgr.Theses: 2013, 2015): Keratinized tooth-replacing structures in vertebrates. Bc.thesis. Developmental and structural analysis of similarities among calcified and keratinized structures in mouth of vertebrates. Mgr.thesis. * PhD. thesis (2015-): Strukturální, vývojová a genetická analýza podobností mezi rohovinovými a kalcifikovanými zuby v ústech obratlovců.
	Mgr. Anna POSPÍŠILOVÁ * (Mgr.Thesis: 2015): Characterization of cranial skeletogenesis and odontogenesis in basal Ray-finned fishes Mgr.thesis. * Ph.D. thesis (2015-): Comparison of cranial skeletogenesis and odontogenesis in basal Ray-finned fishes.
	Bc. Tereza MATĚJKOVÁ * (Bc.Thesis: 2016): Neurulation in vertebrates: comparative and evolutionary points of view. Bc.thesis. * Mgr. thesis (2016-): Comparative and evolutionary analyses of neurulation in embryos of non-teleost fishes.
	Bc. Viktorie PSUTKOVÁ * (Bc.Thesis: 2017): The embryonic formation of the primary mouth in vertebrates Bc.thesis. * Mgr. thesis (2017-): Primary mouth formation in basal fishes.
	Bc. Kristýna MARKOVÁ * (Bc.Thesis: 2017): The prechordal plate during embryogenesis of the vertebrate head. Bc.thesis. * Mgr. thesis (2017-): Evolutionary and embryonic formation of the prechordal part of vertebrate head.
	Bc. Agáta HORÁČKOVÁ * (Bc.Thesis: 2017): The trabecular cartilage as a key structure for development and evolution of the anterior vertebrate cranium Bc.thesis. * Mgr. thesis (2017-): Trabecula cranii: viscerocranial element of the new vertebrate head.

Past Lab Members & their Projects:

	Mgr. Martin MINAŘÍK, Ph.D. http://martin.iminarik.cz * (Bc.+Mgr.Theses: 2009, 2011): Developmental Morphogenesis of Cement Glands and Attachment Organs in lower vertebrates. Bc. thesis, Mgr. thesis. * Ph.D. thesis (2011-2017): Ontogeny, evolution & homology of cement glands and attachment organs in lower vertebrates. Ph.D. thesis. * Martin is now a post-doc in Clare V. Baker's lab at Cambridge
	Mgr. Peter FABIAN, Ph.D. * Peter obtained his Ph.D. from Zbynek Kozmik's lab * after a short, but fabulous post-doc in our lab (2017) * Peter is now at Gage Crump USC Stem Cell lab.
	Dr. Yosuke YAMAZAKI, Ph.D. * from Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan * a post-doc in our lab (2014-2016): Patterning of oral dentition in the Mexican axolotl
	Mgr. Vladimír SOUKUP, Ph.D. * Oral Morphogenesis in the Mexican axolotl: Developmental Origin of Tooth Germs in Evolutionary Contexts. Bc. thesis (2006), Mgr. thesis (2008). Dental and Oropharyngeal Morphogenesis: Germ-layer Stability, Homology and Evolution Ph.D. thesis (2013). * Vladimír was a post-doc at Zbynek Kozmik's lab, and is now opening his own lab at our Dept.
	Mgr. Marek ROMÁŠEK * Morphogenesis of oral skeleton in lamprey with implications for jaw evolution. Mgr. thesis (2012). Marek was a PhD student at Boulder, Colorado, in Dan Meulemans Medeiros lab)
	Mgr. Barbora CRKVOVÁ * Comparative Developmental Morphogenesis of Outer Gills in vertebrates. Bc.thesis (2009), Mgr. thesis (2012). Barbora is now a curator at the Prague ZOO
	Mgr. Lenka KLOUČKOVÁ * Developmental Origin of Cartilage Skull Elements in axolotl. Bc. thesis (2009) Mgr. thesis (2011)
	Mgr. Martin KRÁLOVIČ * Early Craniofacial and Dental Morphogenesis in bichir, P. senegalus. Bc. thesis (2007), Mgr. thesis (2009).
	Mgr. Simona MACHÁČOVÁ * Dlx genes in odontogenesis and craniofacial mophogenesis in bichirs. Mgr. thesis (2014).