Institute of Parasitology

Biology Centre, ASCR, v.v.i.

Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

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RNDr. Magda Bruňanská CSc.

Department:	Department of Helminthology
Laboratory:	Laboratory of Parasitic Flatworms
Position:	Research scientist
Telephone 1:	5484
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Email 1:	brunan@paru.cas.cz
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Research Interests

· Reproductive and developmental biology in parasitic platyhelminths and nematodes
· Sensory organs (presumed sensory receptors) of helminths
· Light and electron microscopy, histo/immuno-cytochemistry; immunogold labelling

Curriculum vitae:

University Education

· 1976-1981: Department of General Biology, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Košice, Czechoslovak Republic; Mgr. thesis "Light microscopy study of the epithelium of human brain chambers" (supervisor: Dr. Alexander Mitro, D.Sc., Institute of Neurobiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice)
· 1981: Graduated (RNDr.), general biology, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Košice, Czechoslovak Republic; Award of Rector of P. J. Šafárik University in Košice for study results
· 1981-1985: PhD study at the Helminthological Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice
· 1986: PhD thesis "Fine structure and histochemistry of the female reproductive system of Ascaris suum Goeze, 1782" (supervisor: Professor Pavol Dubinský, D.Sc., Helminthological Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice)

Employment History

· since 1986 - research scientist, Parasitological (till 1993 Helminthological) Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, (Czechoslovak) Slovak Republic
· since January 2002 - research scientist, Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Research Stays

· since 1983 - short term study trips abroad (Finland, Bulgaria, Russia)

Administration

· 1990-1993, 1996-1998: member of the Scientific Council of the Parasitological Institute, SAS, Košice, Slovak Republic

Membership of Societies

· Member of the Slovak Society for Parasitology
· Member of the Czechoslovak Society of Electron Microscopy
· Member of the European Microscopy Society

Recent publications:

BRUŇANSKÁ M., FAGERHOLM H.-P., MORAVEC F. (2007) Structure of the pharynx in the adult nematode Anguillicoloides crassus (Nematoda: Rhabditida). Journal of Parasitology 93, 1017- 1028.

PODDUBNAYA L.G., SCHOLZ T., KUCHTA R., LEVRON C., BRUŇANSKÁ M. (2007) Ultrastructure of the proglottid tegument (neodermis) of the cestode Echinophallus wageneri (Pseudophyllidea: Echinophallidae), a parasite of the bathypelagic fish Centrolophus niger. Parasitology Research 101, 373- 383.

BRUŇANSKÁ M., PODDUBNAYA L.G. (2006) Spermiogenesis in the caryophyllidean cestode Khawia armeniaca (Cholodkovski, 1915) Parasitology Research 99, 449- 454.

BRUŇANSKÁ M., SCHOLZ T., DEZFULI B.S., PODDUBNAYA L.G. (2006) Spermiogenesis and sperm ultrastructure of Cyathocephalus truncatus (Pallas, 1781) Kessler, 1868 (Cestoda: Spathebothriidea) Journal of Parasitology 92, 884- 892.

LEVRON C., BRUŇANSKÁ M., KUCHTA R., FREEMAN M., SCHOLZ T. (2006) Spermatozoon ultrastructure of the pseudophyllidean cestode Paraechinophallus japonicus, a parasite of deep-sea fish Psenopsis anomala (Perciformes, Centrolophidae). Parasitology Research 100, 115- 121.

LEVRON C., BRUŇANSKÁ M., PODDUBNAYA L.G. (2006) Spermatological characters of the pseudophyllidean cestode Bothriocephalus scorpii (Müller, 1776). Parasitology International 55, 113- 120.

LEVRON C., BRUŇANSKÁ M., PODDUBNAYA L.G. (2006) Spermatological characters in Diphyllobothrium latum (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea). Journal of Morphology 267, 1110- 1119.

PODDUBNAYA L.G., BRUŇANSKÁ M., KUCHTA R., SCHOLZ T. (2006) First evidence of the presence of microtriches in the Gyrocotylidea. Journal of Parasitology 92, 703- 707.

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