Laboratory of Molecular Cytogenetics and Cytometry
Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR

E-mail: 

kopeckyueb [dot] cas [dot] cz

EDUCATION

1996-2001     Palacký University, Olomouc (MSc., teaching Biology-Geography-Geology)
2001-2005     Palacký University, Olomouc (Ph.D., Botany; Ph.D. thesis: Use of androgenesis in vitro for development of plant hybrids and characterization of hybrid plants)

APPOINTMENTS

2005-2008     Posdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Molecular Cytogenetics and Cytometry, Institute of Experimental Botany, Olomouc, Czech Republic
2008-present     Scientist, Laboratory of Molecular Cytogenetics and Cytometry, Institute of Experimental Botany, Olomouc, Czech Republic

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Cytogenetic mapping using FISH.
• Genomic in situ hybridization (GISH) of Festulolium (Lolium × Festuca hybrids).
• Androgenesis in vitro in grasses
• Development of introgression lines of F. pratensis in Lolium.
• Study of meiosis within Festuca-Lolium complex.
• DArT mapping of grass species
• Chromosome pairing in wheat and rye

FELLOWSHIP ABROAD

2003 – University of California, Riverside, California, USA (4 months).
2004 – University of California, Riverside, California, USA (4 months).
2006 – Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań, Poland (1week).
2006 – University of California, Riverside, California, USA (1 month).
2007 – University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA (1 week).
2007 – University of California, Riverside, California, USA (1 month).
2009 – University of California, Riverside, California, USA (2 weeks).
2010 - University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri (2 weeks)

PRESENTATIONS
PAG_2009 (San Diego)
EUCARPIA_2009 (La Rochelle)
Chromosome Research in the Festuca-Lolium Complex (Lincoln, 2011 Feb 3)
Wide Hybridization in Plant Breeding - mock lecture (Lincoln, 2011 Feb 4)