Vondráček Jan, prof. RNDr., PhD.

Date and place of birth:1970, Kroměříž, Czech Republic

Education:

MSc.(1993) Department of Comparative Animal Physiology and General Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno

PhD.(1997) Department of Comparative Animal Physiology and General Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno,  (in cooperation with Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno)

Research experience:

1993 student exchange programme - Universityof Antwerp, UIA, Belgium;

1993 - 1996 PhD student, supervisor Dr. A. Lojek, Instituteof Biophysics, Brno;

1997 - 2002 postdoc, joint project of Lab. of Cytokinetics (A. Kozubik), Institute of Biophysics, Brno and Dept. Of Chemistry and Toxicology (M. Machala), Veterinary Research Institute, Brno;

2003-2005 research scientist, Lab. of Cytokinetics, Institute of Biophysics, Brno;

Current position (since 2006) – senior scientist, head of the Cellular and Molecular Toxicology Group at, Laboratory. of Cytokinetics, Institute of Biophysics, Brno;

Research interests: effects of xenobiotics on cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis, with emphasis on liver and related tissues; mechanisms and potencies of toxic effects of environmental contaminants involving activation of nuclear receptors and aryl hydrocarbon receptor, generation of oxidative stress, modulation of intercellular communication and impacts on cell signal transduction mechanisms; chemoprevention; cancer therapy

Publication activity:

Author or co-author of more than 55 research papers and over 200 contributions at both national and international meetings

Teaching activities:

external lecturer at the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno; supervisor of undergraduate and graduate students

Further professional activities:

member of editorial board of the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

member of Molecular Toxicology section of EUROTOX

member of Society of Toxicology

member of American Association for Cancer Research

member of  Czech Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

member of  Czech Society for Analytical Cytology

member of Czech Society for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Short-term scientific visits at other institutions:- Department of Toxicology, Wageningen University, The Netherlands; Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; University of Lexington, KY, USA; Institute of Toxicology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany;