1996-2001 Faculty of Science, Masaryk Univerzity, Brno, specialization biology and genetics, Graduate Thesis: Genotoxicity Tests of Natural Extracts of Blue-Green Algae and Halogenated Aliphatic Hydrocarbons with Drosophila melanogaster.
2001 - present member of Department of Ichthyology, IVB AS CR, v.v.i. in Brno.
Research interest:
molecular markers in taxonomy and systematics, conservation genetics of fish, population variability and phylogenetics (genera Gobio, Romanogobio, Misgurnus, Alburnoides), molecular biological detection of zoonotic pathogens, statistical evaluation of genetic data.
Projects
Molecular biodiversity inventory of the ichthyofauna of the Czech Republic
Revision of the species structure of the genera Gobio and Romanogobio in the Eurasian context
Publications
2012
J. MENDEL, I. PAPOUŠEK, E. MAREŠOVÁ, L. VETEŠNÍK, K. HALAČKA, M. NOWAK, D. ČÍŽKOVÁ: Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 April 2012 – 31 May 2012: Microsatellite loci for Palaearctic gudgeons: markers for identifying intergeneric hybrids between Romanogobio and Gobio, Molecular Ecology Resources 12 (2012) 972-974.
D. TURAN, F. G. EKMEKCI, V. LUSKOVÁ, J. MENDEL: Description of a new species of genus Gobio from Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), Zootaxa 3257 (2012) 56-65.
2011
E. MAREŠOVÁ, A. DELIć, V. KOSTOV, S. MARIć, J. MENDEL, R. ŠANDA: Genetic diversity of Sabanejewia balcanica (Actinopterygii: Cobitidae) in the western Balkans and comparison with other regions, Folia zoologica 60 (2011) 335-342.
M. NOWAK, J. MENDEL, P. SZCZERBIK, A. KLACZAK, T. MIKOLAJCZYK, K. OZGA, B. FALOWSKA, W. POPEK: Contributions to the morphological variation of the common gudgeon, Gobio gobio complex (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), in the upper Vistula drainage (southeast Poland), Archives of Polish Fisheries 19 (2011) 37-49.
2010
K. HALAČKA, L. VETEŠNÍK, J. MENDEL, I. PAPOUŠEK: Can spawning marks on females of the spined loach (Cobitis sp., Teleostei) be caused by scratches from males during mating?, Folia zoologica 59 (2010) 329-331.
K. HALAČKA, L. VETEŠNÍK, I. PAPOUŠEK, J. MENDEL, A. ŠIMKOVÁ: The epidermal structure of Carassius gibelio: a link with ploidy status in spawning and postspawning periods, Journal of Fish Biology 77 (2010) 2171-2179.
S. ŠIKUTOVÁ, J. HALOUZKA, J. MENDEL, J. KNOZ, I. RUDOLF: Novel spirochetes isolated from mosquitoes and black flies in the Czech Republic, Journal of Vector Ecology 35 (2010) 50-55.
2009
I. RUDOLF, J. MENDEL, S. ŠIKUTOVÁ, P. ŠVEC, J. MASAŘÍKOVÁ, D. NOVÁKOVÁ, L. BUŇKOVÁ, I. SEDLÁČEK, Z. HUBÁLEK: 16S rRNA gene-based identification of cultured bacterial flora from host-seeking Ixodes ricinus, Dermacentor reticulatus and Haemaphysalis concinna ticks, vectors of vertebrate pathogens, Folia Microbiologica 54 (2009) 419-428.
L. VETEŠNÍK, K. HALAČKA, I. PAPOUŠEK, J. MENDEL, A. ŠIMKOVÁ: The first record of a natural hybrid of the roach Rutilus rutilus and nase Chondrostoma nasus in the Danube River Basin, Czech Republic: morphological, karyological and molecular characteristics$$faut. Lukáš Vetešník, Karel Halačka, Ivo Papoušek, Jan Mendel, A. Šimková, Journal of Fish Biology 74 (2009) 1669-1676.
L. VETEŠNÍK, K. HALAČKA, I. PAPOUŠEK, J. MENDEL, A. ŠIMKOVÁ: The first record of a natural hybrid of the roach Rutilus rutilus and nase Chondrostoma nasus in the Danube River Basin, Czech Republic: morphological, karyological and molecular characteristics, Journal of Fish Biology 74 (2009) 1669-1676.
2008
J. MENDEL, S. LUSK, J. KOŠČO, L. VETEŠNÍK, K. HALAČKA, I. PAPOUŠEK: Genetic diversity of Misgurnus fossilis populations from the Czech Republic and Slovakia$$faut. Jan Mendel, Stanislav Lusk, J. Koščo, Lukáš Vetešník, Karel Halačka, Ivo Papoušek, Folia zoologica 57 (2008) 90-99.
J. MENDEL, S. LUSK, E. D. VASIL'EVA, V. P. VASIL'EV, V. LUSKOVÁ, F. G. EKMEKCI, F. ERK'KAN, A. RUCHIN, J. KOŠČO, L. VETEŠNÍK, K. HALAČKA, R. ŠANDA, A. N. PASHKOV, S. I. RESHETNIKOV: Molecular phylogeny of the genus Gobio Cuvier, 1816 (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) and its contribution to taxonomy, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47 (2008) 1061-1075.
J. MENDEL, S. LUSK, J. KOŠČO, L. VETEŠNÍK, K. HALAČKA, I. PAPOUŠEK: Genetic diversity of Misgurnus fossilis populations from the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Folia zoologica 57 (2008) 90-99.
I. PAPOUŠEK, L. VETEŠNÍK, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ, M. HUMPL, J. MENDEL: Identification of natural hybrids of gibel carp Carassius auratus gibelio (Bloch) and crucian carp Carassius carassius (L.) from lower Dyje River floodplain (Czech Republic), Journal of Fish Biology 72 (2008) 1230-1235.
2007
K. HALAČKA, L. VETEŠNÍK, S. LUSK, J. MENDEL, I. PAPOUŠEK: The X1X1X2X2/X1X2Y multiple sex chromosome system in the Zingel zingel (Pisces: Perciformes) from the Morava River (Czech Republic), Caryologia 60 (2007) 222-225.
K. CHROUST, M. PAVLOVÁ, Z. PROKOP, J. MENDEL, K. BOŽKOVÁ, Z. KUBÁT, V. ZAJÍČKOVÁ, J. DAMBORSKÝ: Quantitative structure–activity relationships for toxicity and genotoxicity of halogenated aliphatic compounds: Wing spot test of Drosophila melanogaster, Chemosphere 67 (2007) 152-159.
L. VETEŠNÍK, I. PAPOUŠEK, K. HALAČKA, V. LUSKOVÁ, J. MENDEL: Morphometric and genetic analysis of the Carassius auratus complex from an artificial wetland in Morava River floodplain, Czech Republic, Fisheries Science 73 (2007) 817-822.
2005
J. MENDEL, V. LUSKOVÁ, K. HALAČKA, S. LUSK, L. VETEŠNÍK: Genetic diversity of Gobio gobio populations in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, based on RAPD markers, Folia zoologica 54 (2005) 13-24.