Mgr. Veronika Hlaváčková, Ph.D.

ACADEMIC
Master’s Degree in Biology and Chemistry (Mgr.), 1997 – 2002
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Natural Sciences
• Graduated in Immunology at the Department of Developmental Biology and Immunology
Ph.D. in Neuroscience, 2002 - 2006
Charles University in Prague, 2nd Faculty of Medicine
• Department of Molecular Pharmacology headed by MUDr. Jaroslav Blahos, PhD., Czech Academy of Science, Prague
• several short-term research fellowships were realized during my PhD studies in collaboration with Dr. Jean-Philippe Pin (Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Institute of Functional Genomics, CNRS, Montpellier, France)
- May-July and October-December 2003
- July-August 2004
- November-December 2005
- June 2006, November-December 2006
- May-June 2007
• another short-term fellowships were realized in the laboratory of Dr. Pavel Osten (Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Max-Planck Institute, Heidelberg, Germany)
- April 2003
- November-December 2004.
• another short-term visits in laboratory of Dr. Carsten Hoffmann (Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany)
- January 2006
- June 2007

Postdoc experience:

• Department of Molecular Pharmacology headed by MUDr. Jaroslav Blahos, PhD., Czech Academy of Science, Prague -2006-2008
- in this period were realized two short-term fellowships in laboratory of Dr. Jean-Philippe Pin (Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Institute of Functional Genomics, CNRS, Montpellier, France)

• Department of Pharmacology headed by Prof. Martin L. Lohse, University Würzburg, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2008-2010 (within the framework of the EMBO long-term fellowship)

• Department of Applied Biology headed by Mgr. Alena Ševců, PhD., Technical University Liberec, Institute of Nanomaterials, Advanced Technologies and Innovation, 2019-now, position: project leader, senior scientist – microbiology, molecular genetics – focus on long-term safety of deep geological repositories and remediation strategies

• Hlavackova, J. Kniazeff, C. Goudet, A. Zikova, D. Maurel, C. Vol, J. Trojanova, L. Prézeau, J.P. Pin and J. Blahos (2005): Evidence for a signle heptahelical domain being turned ON upon activation of a dimeric GPCR, EMBO J, 24: 499-509
• Hlavackova V, Zabel U, Frankova D, Bätz J, Hoffmann C, Prezeau L, Pin JP, Blahos J, Lohse MJ. (2012): Sequential inter- and intrasubunit rearrangements during activation of dimeric metabotropic glutamate receptor 1, Sci Signal. 5 (237): ra59
• K. Mijnendonckx, P. Monsieurs, K. Černá, V. Hlaváčková, J. Steinová, N. Burzan, R. Bernier-Latmani, C. Boothman, H. Miettinen, S. Kluge, N. Matschiavelli, A. Cherkouk, F Jroundi, M. L. Merroun, K. Engel, J. D. Neufeld, N. Leys (2021): Molecular techniques for understanding microbial abundance and activity in clay barriers used for geodisposal, book The Microbiology of Nuclear Waste Disposal, Pages 71-96
• Kašpar, Š. Šachlová, E. Hofmanová, B. Komárková, V. Havlová, C. Aparicio, K. Černá, D. Bartak and V. Hlaváčková (2021): Geochemical, Geotechnical, and Microbiological Changes in Mg/Ca Bentonite after Thermal Loading at 150 ◦C. Minerals, 11, 965.
• Hlavackova V., Shrestha R., Hofmanova E., Kejzlar P., Riha J., Bartak D., Sevcu A., and Cerna K., 2023. A protocol for the extraction of viable bacteria for identification of bacterial communities in bentonite. Applied Clay Science 232, 106809. https://doi.org/1016/j.clay.2022.106809
• Bartak, D., Bedrníková, E., Kašpar, V., Říha, J., Hlaváčková, V., Večerník P., Šachlová Š., Černá K., Survivability and proliferation of microorganisms in bentonite with implication to radioactive waste geological disposal: strong effect of temperature and negligible effect of pressure. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 40, 41 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-023-03849-0

 

1. BARTAK, D., BEDRNÍKOVÁ, E., KAŠPAR, V., ŘÍHA, J., HLAVÁČKOVÁ, V., VEČERNÍK, P., ŠACHLOVÁ, Š. a ČERNÁ, K., 2024. Survivability and proliferation of microorganisms in bentonite with implication to radioactive waste geological disposal: strong effect of temperature and negligible effect of pressure.. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 40(1), ISSN 0959-3993.
2. HLAVÁČKOVÁ, V., SHRESTHA, R., HOFMANOVÁ, E., KEJZLAR, P., ŘÍHA, J., BARTAK, D., ŠEVCŮ, A. a ČERNÁ, K., 2023. A protocol for the extraction of viable bacteria for identification of bacterial communities in bentonite. Applied Clay Science. 232(FEB), ISSN 0169-1317.
3. KAŠPAR, V., ŠACHLOVÁ, Š., HOFMANOVÁ, E., KOMÁRKOVÁ, B., HAVLOVÁ, V., APARICIO, C., ČERNÁ, K., BARTAK, D. a HLAVÁČKOVÁ, V., 2021. Geochemical, Geotechnical, and Microbiological Changes in Mg/Ca Bentonite after Thermal Loading at 150 °C. Minerals. 11(9), ISSN 2075-163X.

1. STEINOVÁ, J., HLAVÁČKOVÁ, V. a ČERNÁ, K., 2020. Chapter 4 - Molecular techniques for understanding microbial abundance and activity in clay barriers used for geodisposal. 1. vyd. Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-12-818695-4.