Bachelor, Master and PhD students
Tomáš Suchánek, Ph.D.
Dissertation (2026): Comparative evolutionary-developmental analysis of the dermal skeleton in ray-finned fishes
Master’s thesis (2021): Migration and possible skeletogenesis of the trunk neural crest cells in basal fishes
Bachelor’s thesis (2018): Migration and skeletogenesis of trunk neural crest cells
Adam Križan
Bachelor’s thesis (2024): Holostei as a model of recent evolutionary studies
Martin Dušek
Bachelor’s thesis (2024): Comparative evolution and development of the vertebrate spiracular region
Gabriela Klézlová
Bachelor’s thesis (2024) in ENGLISH: Hierarchical levels of organization and pattern formation during amphibian limb regeneration
Michaela Uherková
Bachelor’s thesis (2023): Comparative development of scales and surfaces of fishes
Dominika Brezarová
Master’s thesis (2023) in ENGLISH: Comparative development & evolution of adenohypophysis in basal fishes
Bachelor’s thesis (2020): Comparative development & evolution of adenohypophysis in vertebrates
Kristýna Marková
Master’s thesis (2020): Evolutionary and embryonic formation of the prechordal part of vertebrate head
Bachelor‘s thesis (2017): The prechordal plate during embryogenesis of the vertebrate head
Anna Pospíšilová, Ph.D.
Dissertation (2020): Comparative analyses of cranial skeletogenesis and odontogenesis in basal Ray-finned fishes
Master’s thesis (2015): Characterization of cranial skeletogenesis and odontogenesis in basal Ray-finned fishes
Josef Surgota
Bachelor‘s thesis (2020): Neural crest and placode interaction during development and evolution of the vertebrate head
Lenka Píchová
Bachelor‘s thesis (2019): The embryonic development of the pharyngeal region in vertebrates
Jan Štundl, Ph.D.
Dissertation (2019): Migration and morphogenesis of neural crest cells in the context of craniofacial development of selected ray-finned fishes
Master’s thesis (2013): Comparison of migration and morphogenesis of neural crest cells in Ray-finned fishes: towards identification of developmental sources of craniofacial diversity
Bachelor’s thesis (2011): Neural crest biology with respect to diversity of vertebrates
Viktorie Psutková
Master’s thesis (2019): Primary mouth formation in basal fishes
Bachelor‘s thesis (2017): The embryonic formation of the primary mouth in vertebrates
Tereza Matějková, Ph.D.
Master’s thesis (2018): Comparative and evolutionary analyses of neurulation in non-teleost fishes
Bachelor‘s thesis (2016): Neurulation in vertebrates: comparative and evolutionary points of view
Veronika Truhlářová
Bachelor‘s thesis (2016): Embryogenesis and early ontogenesis of basal versus derived groups of the Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)
Zuzana Karpecká
Master’s thesis (2015): Developmental and structural analysis of similarities among calcified and keratinized tooth structures in mouth of vertebrates
Bachelor‘s thesis (2013): Keratinized tooth replacing structures in vertebrates
Simona Macháčová, Ph.D.
Master‘s thesis (2014): Dlx genes in odontogenesis and craniofacial mophogenesis in bichirs
Marek Romášek, Ph.D.
Master‘s thesis (2012): Morphogenesis of oral skeleton in lamprey with implications for jaw evolution
Martin Minařík, Ph.D.
Dissertation (2017): Ontogeny, evolution & homology of cement glands and attachment organs in lower vertebrates
Master’s thesis (2011): Developmental morphogenesis of attachment organs in lower vertebrates
Bachelor‘s thesis (2009): Developmental morphogenesis of cement glands & attachment organs in lower vertebrates
Barbora Crkvová
Master’s thesis (2012): Developmental Morphogenesis of Outer Gills in vertebrates
Bachelor’s thesis (2009): Developmental Morphogenesis of Outer Gills in lower vertebrates
Lenka Kloučková
Master’s thesis (2011): Developmental origin of cartilage skull elements in axolotl
Martin Kráľovič
Master’s thesis (2009): Early craniofacial and dental morphogenesis in bichir, P. senegalus
Bachelor’s thesis (2007): Early developmental morphogenesis of the head of bichir: comparative and evolutionary perspectives
Vladimír Soukup, Ph.D.
Dissertation (2013): Dental and Oropharyngeal Morphogenesis: Germ-layer Stability, Homology and Evolution
Master’s thesis (2008): Oral morphogenesis in the Mexican axolotl: developmental origin of tooth germs in evolutionary contexts
Bachelor’s thesis (2006): Morphodynamics of the ecto- and endoderm during pharyngogenesis and their relation to tooth germs
Post-docs
David Jandzik, Ph.D.
Evolution and development of pharyngeal pouches and pre-oral gut in basal fishes
Rolf Ericcson, Ph.D.
Post-doc in GAČR Project 16-23836S
Yosuke Yamazaki, Ph.D.
Patterning of oral dentition in the Mexican axolotl
Peter Fabian, Ph.D.
Short but fabulous post-doc in our lab
Sabbatical
Prof. Ann Huysseune, Ph.D.
Oro-facial epithelia and tooth development
Update: April 2026