Education:
2001-2004 BSc level in Biomedicine Laboratory Techniques
BSc thesis title: Molecular phylogeny of tapeworms of the order Pseudophyllidea
2004-2006 MSc level in Parasitology
MSc thesis title: Paraphyly of pseudophyllidean tapeworms: testing a phylogenetic hypothesis using sequence data (18S & 28S rDNA)
2006 PhD student at the Department of Parasitology
PhD thesis title: Molecular phylogeny and evolution of the basal tapeworms lineages. Expected termination: spring 2009
All degrees achieved at Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice
Impacted publications:
Škeríková, A., Brabec, J., Kuchta, R., Jiménez, J.A., García, H.H. and Scholz, T. 2006. Is the human-infecting Diphyllobothrium pacificum a valid species or just a South American population of the holarctic broadfish tapeworm, D. latum? A molecular evidence. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 75: 307-310.
Brabec, J., Kuchta, R., Scholz, T. 2006. Paraphyly of the Pseudophyllidea (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda): Circumscription of monophyletic clades based on phylogenetic analysis of ribosomal RNA. International Journal for Parasitology 36: 1535-1541.
Kuchta, R., Scholz, T., Brabec, J., Bray, R.A. 2007. Suppression of the tapeworm order Pseudophyllidea (Platyhelminthes: Eucestoda) and the proposal of two new orders, Bothriocephalidea and Diphyllobothriidea. International Journal for Parasitology (in press)
International Conferences:
Spring meeting of the British Society for Parasitology, 4-7. 4. 2004, University College Chester, Chester, UK
Vth International Workshop on Cestode Systematics and Phylogeny, 18-22. 7. 2005, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
