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Hana Šimková Ph.D.

Position
Group Leader
Phone
+420 585 238 715
E-mail
simkovah@ueb.cas.cz
Address
Šlechtitelů 31, 779 00 Olomouc
Room number
206
Research group
Šimková Group

Curriculum Vitae

Education and Academic Degrees

  • 1997: Ph.D.; Genetics, IEB CSAS Olomouc; PhD thesis "Study of mitochondrial genome in carrot (Daucus carota L.)"
  • 1989: MSc.; Phytotechnics, Faculty of Agronomy, The University of Agriculture, Brno; diploma thesis: "Use of embryo culture in orchid breeding"

Position and Employment

  • 2017 – present: Group Leader, Laboratory of Structural and Functional Genomics, Institute of Experimental Botany, Olomouc, Czech Republic
  • 2006 – present: Lecturer, Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
  • 2001 – present: Scientist, Laboratory of Structural and Functional Genomics, Institute of Experimental Botany, Olomouc, Czech Republic
  • 1997 – 2000: Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Molecular Cytogenetics and Cytometry, Institute of Experimental Botany, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Research Focus

  • Cis-regulatory elements in barley
  • Architecture of nuclear chromatin
  • Dynamics evolution of rRNA loci in Triticeae
  • Chromosomal genomics
  • Optical mapping


Teaching & Mentoring

  • Full-semestral courses: Genomics, Genomics Practical
  • Two MSc. and three Ph.D. students

Awards

  • 2013: „Leadership Award“, International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium, Bethesda, USA

Publication Activity

  • 126 papers in peer-reviewed journals
  • 9138 citations (WoS)
  • H-index 41

Publications