Institute of Parasitology

Biology Centre, ASCR, v.v.i.

Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

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prof. RNDr. Jiří Vávra DrSc.

Department:	Department of Medical and Veterinary Parasitology
Laboratory:	Laboratory of Opportunistic Parasites
Position:	Research scientist
Telephone 1:	5994
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Email 1:	vavra@paru.cas.cz
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Research interest: Parasitic protozoa, especially Microspora, Apicomplexa, Myxozoa. Opportunistic parasites of Man, Electron microscopy. Cell biology.

Curriculum vitae:

Education

Faculty of Sciences, Charles University Prague (1952-56) RNDr (Rerum Naturalium Doctor) in Biology - Parasitology; PhD in Biology (1962); Doctor of Science in Parasitology (1988).

Employment History

· Scientific Worker, Laboratory of Protozoology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (1956-1962),
· Scientific Worker, Institute of Parasitology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (1963-1979).
· Visiting Research Scientist, Department of Parasitology and Applied Zoology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Rennes, France, 1964-1965.
· Visiting Research Associate Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, USA, 1967-1969.
Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague:
· Senior Scietific Worker (1979-1982),
· Associate Professor (1983-1988),
· Full Professor (1989-1998).
· Presently: Professor Emeritus, Department of Parasitology and Hydrobiology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.

Other activities

· Steering Comitee of the Scientific Working Group on Biological Control of Vectors, World Health Organization, Geneva,Switzerland (1986-93).
· Society of Protozoologists - USA, formerly member of the Commitee on Systematics and Evolution, presently member of the Nominating Committee.
· Groupment des Protistologues de Langue Francaise.
· Societe Francaise de Microscopie Electronique. Czech Zoological Society.
· Czech Society of Parasitology.
· Deutsche Geselschaft für Protozoologie.
· American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Recent publications:

REFARDT D., DECAESTECKER E., JOHNSON P.T.J., VÁVRA J. (2008) Morphology, molecular phylogeny, and ecology of Binucleata daphniae n. g.,n. sp. (Fungi: Microsporidia), a parasite of Daphnia magna Straus, 1820 (Crustacea: Branchiopoda). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 55, 393- 408.

HYLIŠ M., OBORNÍK M., NEBESÁŘOVÁ J., VÁVRA J. (2007) Aquatic tetrasporoblastic microsporidia from caddis flies (Insecta, Trichoptera): Characterization, phylogeny and taxonomic reevaluation of the genera Episetum Larsson, 1986, Pyrotheca Hesse, 1935 and Cougourdella Hesse, 1935. European Journal of Protistology 43, 205- 224.

VALIGUROVÁ A., HOFMANNOVÁ L., KOUDELA B., VÁVRA J. (2007) An ultrastructural comparison of the attachment sites between Gregarina steini and Cryptosporidium muris. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 54, 495- 510.

VÁVRA J., BECNEL J.J. (2007) Vavraia culicis (Weiser, 1947) Weiser, 1977 revisited: cytological characterisation of a Vavraia culicis-like microsporidium isolated from mosquitoes in Florida and the establishment of Vavraia culicis floridensis subsp. n. Folia Parasitologica 54, 0- 0.

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