doc. RNDr. Jan Štefka, Ph.D.
Vedoucí laboratoře - Laboratoř molekulární ekologie a evoluce
Evoluční parazitologie
Parazitologický ústav
Redaktor
Redakce Folia Parasitologica
Parazitologický ústav
+420 387775409
stefka@paru.cas.cz
nová budova 5. patro
Odkazy
webs: personal http://www.jstefka.info
laboratory https://tinyurl.com/LabMolEcolEvol
publication record https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1283-9730
Date of birth: April 25, 1979
Research interests and expertise
Fieldwork abroad: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador (Galápagos), several EU countries, Russia.
Education
Further education in molecular analyses and genomics:
Professional appointments
Organisation of international scientific meetings
Nazarizadeh M, Martinů J, Nováková M, Stanko M, Štefka J (2022) Phylogeography of the parasitic mite Laelaps agilis in Western Palearctic shows lineages lacking host specificity but possessing different demographic histories. BMC Zool., 7: 15.
Martinů J, Štefka J, Poosakkannu A, Hypša V (2020) “Parasite turnover zone” at secondary contact: a new pattern in host-parasite population genetics. Mol. Ecol., 29: 4653–4664.
Martinů J, Hypša V, Štefka J (2018) Host specificity driving genetic structure and diversity in ectoparasite populations: co-evolutionary patterns in Apodemus mice and their lice. Ecol. Evol., 8: 10008–10022.
Vlček J, Hoeck PEA, Keller LF, Wayhart J, Dolinová I, Štefka J (2016) Balancing selection and genetic drift create unusual patterns of MHCIIβ variation in Galápagos mockingbirds. Mol. Ecol., 25: 4757–4572.
Štefka J, Hoeck PEA, Keller LF, Smith VS (2011) A hitchhikers guide to the Galápagos: co-phylogeography of Galápagos mockingbirds and their parasites. BMC Evol. Biol., 11: 284.
Selected awards and fellowships
Invited seminars and conference lectures (last 5 years, selected)
Teaching and Mentoring
Abroad stays
Peer review
Nat. Ecol. Evol., Mol. Ecol., Mol. Biol. Evol., J. Biogeogr., Biol. J. Linn. Soc., Ecol. Evol., Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., PLoS ONE, J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res., Int. J. Parasitol., Parasitology, J. Parasitol., Folia Zool., Aquat. Invasions, R. Soc. Open Sci., New Zeal. J. Mar. Freshwater Res., BMC Res. Notes Associate editor (for ectoparasites, ecology and co-evolution) in Folia Parasitologica.
Foreign collaborations (selected, last 5 years)
Bioinformatic skills
Unix command line (advanced), bash scripting (intermediate), R scripting (intermediate), Python scripting (intermediate).
Language skills
Czech (native), English (fluent), Spanish (intermediate), German (basic), Russian (basic).
Genetika v ochraně přírody / Conservation Genetics
Přírodovědecká fakulta Jihočeské univerzity / Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia
Molekulární ekologie / Molecular Ecology
Přírodovědecká fakulta Jihočeské univerzity / Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia
Populační a evoluční genetika / Population genetics
Přírodovědecká fakulta Jihočeské univerzity / Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia
