Václav Janoušek

Mgr. Václav Janoušek

Position: research assistant
Research topics: genomics and speciation
Department: External research facility Studenec
Phone:
E-mail: vaclav.janouseknatur.cuni.cz

Research interests

• genomics of speciation in house mouse (study of house mouse hybrid zone),
• evolution of genomic architecture (activity of retrotransposons and their role in shaping genomic architecture in mammalian genomes).

Education

• 2005-2008: undergraduate study - Charles University Prague, Faculty of Science, General biology. Thesis: The house mouse as a model organism for study of genetics of speciation.
• 2008–2010: undergraduate study - Charles Univeristy Prague, Faculty of Science, Zoology. Thesis: Recently active L1 and B1 retrotransposons in the house mouse genome.
• 2010-present: Ph.D. study - Charles Univeristy Prague, Faculty of Science, Zoology. Thesis: Genome-wide analysis of house mouse hybrid zone.

Employment

• 2012-present: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Departmant of Population Biology Studenec.

International experience

• 2007, 2008: Institute des Sciences de l’Evolution, Université Montpellier II, Monpellier, France - short working visits,
• 2010, 2011, 2012: Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA - international exchange programme,
• 2012: University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA - short working visit.

Projects

Next-generation sequencing in evolutionary biology Genome-wide analysis of the house mouse hybrid zone

Publications

Janoušek V., Munclinger P., Wang L., Teeter K. C., Tucker P. K.: Functional organization of the genome may shape the species boundary in the house mouse, Molecular Biology and Evolution 32 (2015) 1208-1220.

Kass D. H., Janoušek V., Wang L., Tucker P. K.: The uncharacterized gene 1700093K21Rik and flanking regions are correlated with reproductive isolation in the house mouse, Mus musculus, Mammalian Genome 25 (2014) 223-234.