Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

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 EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL CAREER:

• Present position – Senior scientist, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
   
• Postdoctoral scholar – 2009 - 2012 - University of California San Francisco, USA, RNA binding proteins and regulation of meiotic cell cycle
   
• Ph.D. in Developmental biology – 2004 - 2008 - Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic,   Protein Synthesis and degradation in mammalian oocytes
   
• MSc in Animal Sciences – 1996 - 2001 - Slovak Agricultural University, Slovakia

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Germ cell transcriptome and translational program
• RNA processing in the germ cells and early stage embryos
• Protein degradation pathway in the meiosis and fertilization

Repressor (red) of cap-dependent translation became inactive at the spindle

SELECTED PAPERS:

• Temporal and spatial regulation of translation in the mammalian oocyte via the mTOR-eIF4F pathway.
  Susor A, Jansova D, Cerna R, Danylevska A, Anger M, Toralova T, Malik R, Supolikova J, Cook MS, Oh JS, Kubelka M. (2015) Nat Commun. doi: 10.1038/ncomms7078. link
   
• Aurora kinase A is not involved in CPEB1 phosphorylation and cyclin B1 mRNA polyadenylation during meiotic maturation of porcine oocytes.
  Komrskova P, Susor A, Malik R, Prochazkova B, Liskova L, Supolikova J, Hladky S, Kubelka M. (2014) PLoS One. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101222. link
   
• Cdc25A activity is required for the metaphase II arrest in mouse oocytes.
  Oh JS, Susor A, Schindler K, Schultz RM, Conti M. (2013) J Cell Sci. doi: 10.1242/jcs.115592. link
   
• Protein tyrosine kinase Wee1B is essential for metaphase II exit in mouse oocytes.
  Oh JS, Susor A, Conti M. (2011) Science. doi: 10.1126/science.1199211. link
  
   
• Role of ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase-L1 in antipolyspermy defense of mammalian oocytes.
  Susor A, Liskova L, Toralova T, Pavlok A, Pivonkova K, Karabinova P, Lopatarova M, Sutovsky P, Kubelka M. (2010) Biol Reprod. doi: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.081547. link