Mgr. Libor Mořkovský

Position: research workers
Research topics: Bioinformatics
Department: Department of Population Biology
Phone:
Mobile: +420 728 817 636
E-mail: morkovsknatur.cuni.cz

Research interest

  • evolutionary genomics,
  • bioinformatics,
  • sex chromosome evolution.

    Education

  • 1997–2005: Grammar school České Budějovice.
  • 2005–2008: undergraduate study - Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Molecular biology and biochemistry. Thesis: Evolution of sex chromosome gene content.
  • 2008-2010: undergraduate study - Charles University Prague, Faculty of Science, Developmental Biology. Thesis: Characterization of Z chromosome gene content in birds.
  • 2010-present: Ph.D. study - Charles University Prague, Faculty of Science, Zoology. Thesis: Genomics of speciation in several model species of birds, mammmals and fishes.

    Employment

  • 2010-present: Charles University Prague, Faculty of Science, Biodiversity Research Group, Department of Zoology,
  • 2012-present: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Department of Population Biology Studenec.

    Experience

  • programming in: C/C++, Python, R, Perl, Matlab, bash, Java, PHP, Action Scipt,
  • bioinformatics: BioConductor, Ensembl API, BioPerl, BioPython, NumPy,
  • statistics: using linear models and ordination methods (PCA, CCA, mds) in analysis of expression chips, basics of machine learning,
  • grid computing: MetaCentrum – Czech national grid: using PBS a Torque, Leibniz-Rechenzentrum in Munich: using visualization supercomputers (scheduled by SGE), ESRF in Grenoble: using the CONDOR scheduler for Matlab tasks,
  • linux server administration.

    Project

    Next-generation technologies in evolutionary genetics