doc. Mgr. Pavel Stopka, Ph.D.


Position

Associate professor

Contact Information

Biotechnology and Biomedicine Center of the Academy of Sciences and Charles University in Vestec (BIOCEV)
Průmyslová 595, 252 42 Vestec, Czech Republic
Phone: +420–22195 1856, +420–73226 7754
E-mail: pstopka[a]natur.cuni.cz

Research Group

Lipocalins in Modulation of Mammalian Reproduction (BIOCEV)

Research Interests

Evolution of cooperation; genetics of communication in rodents (Mus, Apodemus); Major Urinary Proteins: structure and function of selected lipocalins and their role in chemical communication in mammals; evolution and molecular markers of behaviour

Students

Martina Černá (PhD student)
Barbora Dudková (PhD student)
Barbora Gabrielová (PhD student)
Leona Havrdová (PhD student)
Karolína Klinovská (PhD student)
Lucie Obstová (PhD student)
Jan Suchan (PhD student)
David Vinkler (PhD student)

Teaching

Behavioral Ecology and Genetics (MB170P35)
General Biology of Animals (MB170P85)
Mammalian Ecology (MB170P61)
Ecophysiology (MB150P81)

Selected Publications

Stopková R, Zdráhal Z, Ryba S, Sedo O, Sandera M and Stopka P (2010). Novel OBP genes similar to hamster Aphrodisin in the bank vole, Myodes glareolus. BMC Genomics 11(1): 45.
Clift LE, Dvorakova-Hortova K, Frolikova M , Andrlikova P, Salman S , Stopka P, Flanagan BF and Johnson PM (2009). CD55 and CD59 protein expression by Apodemus (field mice) sperm in the absence of CD46. Journal of Reproductive Immunology 81: 62-73.
Clift LE, Andrlikova P, Frolikova M, Stopka P, Bryja J, Flanagan JB, Johnson PM and Dvorakova-Hortova K (2009). Absence of spermatozoal CD46 protein expression and associated rapid acrosome reaction rate in striped field mice (Apodemus agrarius). Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 7:29 doi:10.1186/1477-7827-7-29.
Bryja J, Patzenhauerová H, Albrecht T, Mosanský L, Stanko M and Stopka P (2008). Varying levels of female promiscuity in four Apodemus mice species. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63: 251-260.
Stopka P, Janotová K and Heyrovský D (2007). The advertisement role of Major urinary proteins in mice. Physiology and Behavior 91: 667-670.
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