Evolutionary Genetics Group



Group members

Head

Radka Reifová


Radka is generally interested in mechanisms of species origin both from genetic and ecological perspectives. She began her research in the group of Prof. Jiří Forejt working on the genetics of hybrid male sterility in two house mouse subspecies. Later, she gained experience in population genetics in the group of Prof. Michael W. Nachman. Currently, she focuses her research on mechanisms of speciation in two nightingale species.



Postdocs

Jakub Rídl


Jakub is an experienced molecular biologists and bioinformatician. He has joined our group in 2018 and works on whole-genome assembly and annotation of the Common Nightingale and Thrush Nightigale genomes. He is interested in the structural variations between the species and their role in speciation.


Stephen Schlebusch


Stephen is an experienced bioinformatician. He obtained a PhD at University of Cape Town in South Africa. He is generally interested in genome evolution in vertebrates. Currently he focuses his research on the evolution of the germ-line restricted chromosome in songbirds.



PhD Students

Zuzana Halenková


Zuzana studied master's program Bioinformatics at Faculty of Science, Charles University. She is interested the structural variations between the species and their potential role in speciation.



MSc Students

Lukáš Cakl


Lukáš studies Master's program Bioinformatics at Faculty of Science, Charles University. His thesis focuses on detection of positive selection in reproductive genes in birds.





Previous group members


Bc thesis

MSc thesis

PhD thesis

Manon Poignet

2023

Sára Simandlová

2022

Lukáš Cakl

2020

Šárka Janáková

2020

2023

Tomáš Kivader

2020

Camille Sottas

2020

Zuzana Halenková

2018

2021

Zuzana Vozárová

2018

Markéta Šárová

2017

2021

Lucie Baránková

2017

2020

Hana Kohoutová

2015

2017

Kamila Opletalová

2015

2017

Jana Štiková

2015

Lucie Kropáčková

2010

2012

Veronika Majerová

2010

2012

Jitka Fischerová

2009

Markéta Jindrová

2009

Libor Mořkovský

2008

2010*

2019


* Dean's award for the outstanding Master thesis