RNDr. Barbora Bímová, Ph.D.

Position: post-docs
Research topics: Behavioural genetics
Department: Department of Population Biology
Phone: +420 568 422 194
E-mail: barabimovacentrum.cz

Relevant expertise:

Behavioural genetics – the study of genetic and environmental contribution to individual variation in behaviour; molecular and genetic analyses of behavioural phenotypes (mate choice and male aggressiveness) in model organism - the house mouse; molecular and behavioural methods in ecological studies.

Hybrid zones and speciation - The role of behavioural phenotypes in speciation (house mouse, bats), behavioural and genetic study of the prezygotic isolation barriers in the house mouse hybrid zone.

Education:

Since 2002 PhD student in zoology, Department of Zoology, Charles University, Prague. PhD thesis: Behavioural and genetic study of fitness compounds in mammalian hybrid zone

1999-2002: Graduate student in Ecology and Ethology, Department of Zoology, Charles University, Prague. 2002 - Mgr.; Thesis: The role of salivary proteins on reproductive isolation between house mice, Mus domesticus and Mus musculus.

1997-1999: Undergraduate student in Biology, Department of Zoology, Charles University, Prague. 1999 - Thesis: Aggressive behaviour in the house mouse Mus m. domesticus and Mus m. musculus.

1992-1997 high school, Bilingual Czech-French lyceum J. Nerudy, Prague. 1997 – Certificate in French language.

Professional career:

2001 at present: Department of Population Biology, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic,v. v. i., Květná 8, CZ-603 65 Brno, Czech Republic

2005-2006: Scientific assistant at Department of zoology and ecology, Masaryk University, Brno, Kotlářská 2, Brno, part time job.

2002-2005: PhD student and assistant at Biodiversity research group, Department of Zoology, Charles University in Prague, Prague.

Projects

Qunatitative trait loci (QTL) for male aggression in the house mouse

Publications

2009

B. BÍMOVÁ, T. ALBRECHT, M. MACHOLÁN, J. PIÁLEK: Signalling components of the house mouse mate recognition system, Behavioural Processes 80 (2009) 20-27.

2008

M. MACHOLÁN, S. J. E. BAIRD, P. MUNCLINGER, P. DUFKOVÁ, B. BÍMOVÁ, J. PIÁLEK: Genetic conflict outweighs heterogametic incompatibility in the mouse hybrid zone?, BMC Evolutionary Biology 8 (2008) 271-284.

J. PIÁLEK, M. VYSKOČILOVÁ, B. BÍMOVÁ, D. HAVELKOVÁ, J. PIÁLKOVÁ, P. DUFKOVÁ, V. BENCOVÁ, Ľ. ĎUREJE, T. ALBRECHT, H. HAUFFE, M. MACHOLÁN, P. MUNCLINGER, R. STORCHOVÁ, A. ZAJÍCOVÁ, V. HOLÁŇ, S. GREGOROVÁ, J. FOREJT: Development of unique house mouse resources suitable for evolutionary studies of speciation, Journal of Heredity 99 (2008) 34-44.

2007

M. MACHOLÁN, P. MUNCLINGER, M. ŠUGERKOVÁ, P. DUFKOVÁ, B. BÍMOVÁ, E. BOŽÍKOVÁ, J. ZIMA, J. PIÁLEK: Genetic analysis of autosomal and X-linked markers across a mouse hybrid zone, Evolution 61 (2007) 746-771.

2005

B. BÍMOVÁ, R. C. KARN, J. PIÁLEK: The role of salivary androgen-binding protein in reproductive isolation between two subspecies of house mouse: Mus musculus musculus and Mus musculus domesticus, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 84 (2005) 349-361.


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HOME GENERAL INFORMATION STRUCTURE OF IVB STAFF PUBLICATIONS PROJECTS BOARD OF INSTITUTE SUPERVISORY BOARD FOLIA ZOOLOGICA NEWS CONFERENCE LINKS	RNDr. Barbora Bímová, Ph.D. Position: post-docs Research topics: Behavioural genetics Department: Department of Population Biology Phone: +420 568 422 194 E-mail: barabimovacentrum.cz Relevant expertise: Behavioural genetics – the study of genetic and environmental contribution to individual variation in behaviour; molecular and genetic analyses of behavioural phenotypes (mate choice and male aggressiveness) in model organism - the house mouse; molecular and behavioural methods in ecological studies. Hybrid zones and speciation - The role of behavioural phenotypes in speciation (house mouse, bats), behavioural and genetic study of the prezygotic isolation barriers in the house mouse hybrid zone. Education: Since 2002 PhD student in zoology, Department of Zoology, Charles University, Prague. PhD thesis: Behavioural and genetic study of fitness compounds in mammalian hybrid zone 1999-2002: Graduate student in Ecology and Ethology, Department of Zoology, Charles University, Prague. 2002 - Mgr.; Thesis: The role of salivary proteins on reproductive isolation between house mice, Mus domesticus and Mus musculus. 1997-1999: Undergraduate student in Biology, Department of Zoology, Charles University, Prague. 1999 - Thesis: Aggressive behaviour in the house mouse Mus m. domesticus and Mus m. musculus. 1992-1997 high school, Bilingual Czech-French lyceum J. Nerudy, Prague. 1997 – Certificate in French language. Professional career: 2001 at present: Department of Population Biology, Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic,v. v. i., Květná 8, CZ-603 65 Brno, Czech Republic 2005-2006: Scientific assistant at Department of zoology and ecology, Masaryk University, Brno, Kotlářská 2, Brno, part time job. 2002-2005: PhD student and assistant at Biodiversity research group, Department of Zoology, Charles University in Prague, Prague. Projects Qunatitative trait loci (QTL) for male aggression in the house mouse Publications 2009 B. BÍMOVÁ, T. ALBRECHT, M. MACHOLÁN, J. PIÁLEK: Signalling components of the house mouse mate recognition system, Behavioural Processes 80 (2009) 20-27. 2008 M. MACHOLÁN, S. J. E. BAIRD, P. MUNCLINGER, P. DUFKOVÁ, B. BÍMOVÁ, J. PIÁLEK: Genetic conflict outweighs heterogametic incompatibility in the mouse hybrid zone?, BMC Evolutionary Biology 8 (2008) 271-284. J. PIÁLEK, M. VYSKOČILOVÁ, B. BÍMOVÁ, D. HAVELKOVÁ, J. PIÁLKOVÁ, P. DUFKOVÁ, V. BENCOVÁ, Ľ. ĎUREJE, T. ALBRECHT, H. HAUFFE, M. MACHOLÁN, P. MUNCLINGER, R. STORCHOVÁ, A. ZAJÍCOVÁ, V. HOLÁŇ, S. GREGOROVÁ, J. FOREJT: Development of unique house mouse resources suitable for evolutionary studies of speciation, Journal of Heredity 99 (2008) 34-44. 2007 M. MACHOLÁN, P. MUNCLINGER, M. ŠUGERKOVÁ, P. DUFKOVÁ, B. BÍMOVÁ, E. BOŽÍKOVÁ, J. ZIMA, J. PIÁLEK: Genetic analysis of autosomal and X-linked markers across a mouse hybrid zone, Evolution 61 (2007) 746-771. 2005 B. BÍMOVÁ, R. C. KARN, J. PIÁLEK: The role of salivary androgen-binding protein in reproductive isolation between two subspecies of house mouse: Mus musculus musculus and Mus musculus domesticus, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 84 (2005) 349-361.