2006:
Professor, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague
1993-1996:
Visiting Professor, Princeton University, USA
1991:
Doctor of Science, Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague
since 1980:
Research Group Leader, IMG, Prague
1975:
PhD, IMG, Prague
2018:
The J. E. Purkyně Honorary Medal for Merit in the Biomedical Sciences
2016:
The Czech Head, National Government Award for Outstanding Results in Research and Development
2007-2013:
Praemium Academiae – Academic Award, Czech Academy of Sciences
2004:
The G. J. Mendel Honorary Medal for Merit in the Biological Sciences
1996-2005:
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant
since 1999:
EMBO
since 1999:
Learned Society of the Czech Republic
Localization of the first hybrid sterility genetic factor Hst1 in vertebrates
We have mapped the hybrid sterility locus Hst1 in the genome of Mus musculus subspecies. Our study was followed by a wave of genetic studies on hybrid sterility in mice from the laboratories in Europe, USA and Japan. Our founding paper on mechanisms of speciation in being cited to date. [pubmed] [doi]
Identification of the first mammalian hybrid sterility gene Prdm9 within the Hst1 locus
The significance of our Prdm9 discovery as a “speciation gene” has been commented in various media and prestigious scientific journals such as Nature and Science. [pubmed] [doi]
A new definition of chromosomal hybrid sterility controlled by Prdm9
We have found that in a genome composed of two mouse subspecies, meiotic synapsis and recombination of homologous chromosomes depend strictly on their subspecies origin and the combination of Prdm9 alleles. This finding provides the basis for the hypothesis of Prdm9-controlled chromosomal hybrid sterility. [pubmed] [doi]