Hofmanová Jiřina, prof. RNDr., CSc.

Klapka: +420 541-517- 182, 167, 169
Email: hofmanova@ibp.cz

Name: Doc. RNDr. Jiřina Hofmanová, PhD.

Date and place of birth: 1950, Brno, Czech Republic

Education:
M. S. - 1968-1973 – Genetics - Faculty of Science, University of J.E. Purkyně (Masaryk Univ.) Brno, Czech Republic;
RNDr. – 1974 – Genetics - Faculty of Science, University of J.E. Purkyně, Brno, Czech Republic;
PhD. (CSc.)  – 1984 – Biophysics – Institute of Biophysics, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. Czech Republic
Assoc. Professor (Doc.) – 2000 - Animal Physiology,  Faculty of  Science, Masaryk University (MU), Brno, Czech Republic

Employment:
1975 - 1984 : Institute of Biophysics, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, postgraduate studies
1984 – 2001: research scientist, associated scientest, senior scientist - Institute of Biophysics, ASCR
2002: senior research scientist,  Department of Cytokinetics (DC), Institute of Biophysics, ASCR, v.v.i., Brno

Current position:
- Senior research scientist, head of the group Cellular and molecular physiology of lipids in DC, Institute of Biophysics, ASCR, v.v.i., Brno
- Assoc. Prof. - Fac. Sci. MU, Brno, Institute of Experimental Biology, Department of Animal Physiology and Immunology.

Research interests:
Colon carcinogenesis; The role of dietary lipids (polyunsaturated fatty acids and short chain fatty acid - butyrate) in  the regulation of cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis, i. e. cytokinetics.  The interaction of lipids with endogenous regulators of proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis (cytokines) and the effects on cell signaling during colon epithelial cell transformation; Application in nutritional pharmacology,  anticancer therapy.

 Publication activity:
Author and co-author of more than 70 full length papers in the international scientific journals, 3 invited reviews, 3 chapters in monographies,  and over 200 lectures in the national and international conferences. More than 500 citations in the international journals, H - index 12.

Awards:
1986 - Award of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences; 1994 - A/S Nunc Award (ETCS);2004 - Gold medal of Fac. Sci, P.J.ŠafárikUniversity, Košice, Slovakia.

 Teaching activities:
University teacher (Assoc. Prof.), Fac. Sci., MU in Brno, supervisor of undergraduate and postgraduate students, member of branch committe for postgraduate study, Fac. Sci., MU, Brno, member of examination commitees (graduate and postgraduate study), Fac. Sci., MU, Brno.

Professional membership:
Member of the Board of Institute of Biophysics, ACSR, v.v.i.,  Brno;
Member of the Board of Biomedical Center (Biomed) Fac. Med. UP Olomouc and Inst. of Biophysics ASCR, Brno;
Vice-president of the Czech Society for Analytical Cytology (CSAC).
Member of the European Tissue Culture Society (ETCS), Int. Society for Advancement of Cytometry (ISAC), European Association for Cancer Research (EARC), Czech Tissue Culture Society.