Institute of Vertebrate Biology - Staff

Mgr. Libor Mořkovský

Position: research assistant
Research topics: bioinformatics
Department: External research facility Studenec
Phone:
Mobile: +420 728 817 636
E-mail: morkovsknatur.cuni.cz

Research interests

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.