Position: research scientist Research topics: Phylogeny and phylogeography Department: Department of Population Biology Phone: +420 606 124 586 E-mail:martinkovaivb.cz
Research interests
phylogenetics, reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships in vertebrates and pathogens,
modelling changes of DNA sequences in time,
evolution of infectious diseases.
Education
1994-1999: undergraduate study - Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Science, specialization – Zoology.(MSc.=Mgr.)
1999-2004: Ph.D. study - Charles University Prague, Faculty of Science, specialization Zoology.(Ph.D.)
International experience
2000: Department of Cell and Organism Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden - research stay.
2000: Forsuchungsinstitut für Wildtierkunde und Ökologie, Vienna, Austria - research stay.
2004: Department of Cell and Organism Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden - research stay.
2005: Department of Biology, University of York, York, UK - NERC Postdoctoral Fellow.
2007: CMPG, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland - research stay.
2006-2008: Department of Biology, University of York, York, UK - Marie-Currie Postdoctoral Fellow.
Employment
2001-present: Department of Population Biology, Institute of Vertebrate Biology AS CR, v.v.i., Studenec - research scientist,
2009–present: Masaryk Univeristy Brmo - Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses - teacher,
reviewer for Acta Theriologica, Biologia (Bratislava), Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Belgian Journal of Zoology, Conservation Genetics, Ecography, Folia Zoologica, Heredity, Journal on Natural History, Journal of Zoology, Molecular Ecology,
supervising of MSc. and Ph.D. students.
Current students
Matej Dolinay: Phylogenetic representation of white-nose syndrome in bats (Bc.práce).
Kamil Jaroň: Genomic islands in a fungus genome (Bc.práce).
Zuzana Kozáková: Environmental characteristics of bat hibernacula with increased prevalence of geomycosis (Bc.práce).
Bc. Jiří Moravec: Phylogeography of viruses causing rabies (Mgr.práce).
Bc.Patrícia Pečnerová: Molecular and morphological signal of speciation explosion in tree squirrels (Mgr.práce).
Zuzana Szolgayová: Phylogeny of selected water metabolism proteins in bats (Bc.práce).
Former students
Michaela Bayerlová: Evolution of protein structure in calcium channels (Mgr.thesis), Co-evolution of arenaviruses and their hosts (Bc.thesis).
Petr Tříska: Assessing human history by investigating phylogeographies of associated animals (Mgr.thesis), Mammalian glacial refugia in Europe (Bc.thesis).
Miroslava Rudá: Population structure, spacial activity and population genetics of the Tatra vole (Microtus tatricus), (Mgr.thesis).
Peter Vallo: Molecular genetic studies in African leaf-nosed bats (Hipposideridae), (Ph.D.thesis).
I. KANDEMIR, M. SOZEN, F. MATUR, T. KANKILIC, N. MARTÍNKOVÁ, F. COLAK, S. O. OZKURT, E. COLAK: Phylogeny of species and cytotypes of mole rats (Spalacidae) in Turkey inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequencees, Folia zoologica61 (2012) 25-33.
N. MARTÍNKOVÁ, J. MORAVEC: Multilocus phylogeny of arvicoline voles (Arvicolini, Rodentia) shows small tree terrace size, Folia zoologica61 (2012) 254-267.
N. MARTÍNKOVÁ, B. ZEMANOVÁ, A. KRANZ, M. D. GIMÉNEZ, P. HÁJKOVÁ: Chamois introductions to Central Europe and New Zealand, Folia zoologica61 (2012) 239-245.
Ľ. KOCIAN, D. ŽIAK, N. MARTÍNKOVÁ, M. KOCIANOVÁ-ADAMCOVÁ, P. MIKLÓS: Prehľad výskumov vtáčích spoločenstiev a drobných zemných cicavcov v Západných Tatrách - Roháčoch od r. 1990, Štúdie o Tatranskom Národnom parku7 (2004) 321-327.