MVDr. Oldřich Tomášek, Ph.D.

Position: post-doc
Research topics: ecological immunology
Department: External research facility Studenec
Phone: +420 560 590 604
E-mail: oltmskgmail.com

Research interests

  • ecological immunology and immunogenetics (interspecific and intraspecific polymorphism of Toll-like receptors in free living birds and its role in sexual selection),
  • physiological ecology (oxidative stress, immunity and condition depentent sexual signals).

    Education

  • 1998–2004: undergraduate study - University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Medicine. MVDr.(=DVM) thesis: Prevalence of Tumours and Antibodies against Leukosis and Sarcoma Viruses of Subgroups A and B in Breeding and Production Flocks of Layers, (supervisor L.Kulíková).
  • 2004–2007: Ph.D. study - University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; Avian, Reptile and Small Mammal Medicine. Ph.D. thesis: PCR Detection and Treatment of Psittacine Viral Infections and Host Specificity of Beak and Feather Disease Virus, (supervisor V.Tukač).
  • 2009-present: Ph.D. study - Charles University Prague, Faculty of Science, Zoology. Ph.D. thesis: Mechanisms of condition dependence of sexually selected ornaments in birds.



    Publications

    2014

    J. SCHNITZER, A. EXNEROVÁ, R. POLÁKOVÁ, M. VINKLER, O. TOMÁŠEK, P. MUNCLINGER, T. ALBRECHT: Male ornamentation and within-pair paternity are not associated with male provisioning rates in scarlet rosefinches Carpodacus erythrinus, Acta Ethologica 17 (2014) 89-97.


    2013

    D. RYMEŠOVÁ, O. TOMÁŠEK, M. ŠÁLEK: Differences in mortality rates, dispersal distances and breeding success of commercially reared and wild grey partridges in the Czech agricultural landscape, European Journal of Wildlife Research 59 (2013) 147-158.