Curriculum vitae Martin Vácha, Ph.D.

Name

• Martin Vácha, Ph.D., born October 30, 1967 Brno, married, 2 children

Department/Faculty/University

• Animal Physiology and Immunology
  Experimental Biology
  Faculty of Science, Masaryk University
  Kamenice 5
  62500 BRNO CZECH REPUBLIC

Function, current position

• Associate Professor

Education and academic qualifications

• 1999: Ph.D., MU Brno
• 1991: Master Degree, MU Brno

Professional experience

• 2010 - present: Faculty of Science MU, Associate Professor
• 2008 - 2010: Faculty of Science MU, lecturer
• 1997 - 2008: Faculty of Science MU, Assistant Professor
• 1991 - 1997: Faculty of Science MU, Assistant

Teaching Activities

• Lessons:
• Bi3030 Animal Physiology
• Bi6790 Animal Biology
• Bi1140 Biology of social insects
• Bi3080 Sensory Neurophysiology
• Bi7630 Comparative Physiology of Invertebrates
• Bi6111 Behavioural Methods in Physiology
• Theses supervision:
• 80 bachelor and master theses
• Ph.D. mentoring:
• Soukopová (defended 2004)
• Kvíčalová (2016)
• Tomanová (2016)
• Slabý (2018)
• Bartoš (2019)
• Netušil (2021)
• Briediková

Research activities

• Sensory Physiology
• Ethophysiology
• Behavioural neurobiology
• Animal magnetoreception
• Circadian clock control

Professional stays abroad

• Research stays:
• 2013 – Research stay at Mendel polar station on Jamess Ross island
• 2002-2003: Virginia Tech University, USA, prof. J. Phillips lab, Fulbright fundation
• 1999: Univerzity Marburg, Germany, prof. U. Homberg lab, DAAD
• Short stays:
• 2002 Wienna, 1999 Poznaň, 1994 Hannover, 2012 Toulouse, 2013-2016 Marburg

University Activities

• 1999-2002: member of the Academic senate of the Faculty of Science MU 2010-2018: guarantor of Ph.D. study program Animal Physiology Since 2008: guarantor of M.Sc. education program Experimental Animal Biology and Immunology. Since 2023: Head od the Section

Other academic activities, research projects, grants

• Principal investigator of research projects:
• GAČR 2001-2003 Verification of magnetoreception of mealworm beetle
• GAČR 2005-2008 Analysis of magnetoreception behviour of laboratory insect species
• GAČR 2007-2010 Neural fundaments of insect magnetoreception
• GAČR 2013-2015 Physiological and functional genetic analysis of magnetoreception on an insect model
• GAMU 2019-2021 At the Cross-road of Magnetic Fields and Light: A New Perspective of circadian Clock Control

Memberships, WOS indexes

• 2001-present: member of the Czech and Slovak Ethologiocal Society
• 2008-present: member of the Royal Institue of Navigation
• 2016-2020: member of European Society for Photobiology
• publications: 19, H-index: 13, citations: 419

Selected Publications

• SMYKAL, Vlastimil, Lenka CHODAKOVA, Marketa HEJNIKOVA, Kristína BRIEDIKOVÁ, Bulah Chia-Hsiang WU, Hana VANECKOVA, Ping CHEN, Anna JANOVSKA, Pavlina KYJAKOVA, Martin VÁCHA a David DOLEZEL. Steroid receptor coactivator TAIMAN is a new modulator of insect circadian clock. Online. PLoS Genetics. San Francisco: Public Library Science, 2023, roč. 19, č. 9, s. 1-25. ISSN 1553-7404. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1010924. [citováno 2024-04-23] URL info
• BRIEDIKOVÁ, Kristína, Juraj MARKUS a Martin VÁCHA. Nedávajte si k hodinkám magnet: vplyv magnetického poľa na cirkadiánny rytmus. Online. In 49th Ethological Conference Brno November 3rd – 6th. 2022, [citováno 2024-04-23] info
• VÁCHA, Martin. Invertebrate Magnetoreception – In Between Orientation and General Sensitivity. Online. In Fritzsch, B. and Bleckmann, H. The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference. 2. vyd. Academic Press: Elsevier, 2020. s. 445-458. ISBN 978-0-12-805408-6. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.24159-X. [citováno 2024-04-23] URL info
• BARTOŠ, Přemysl, Pavel SLABÝ, Radek NETUŠIL, Kateřina TOMANOVÁ, David DOLEŽEL a Martin VÁCHA. Radiofrequency noise modifies the insect sense of time. Online. In 10th RIN Conference on Animal Navigation 10-12 April 2019 Royal Holloway College, UK. 2019, [citováno 2024-04-23] info
• BARTOŠ, Přemysl, Radek NETUŠIL, Pavel SLABÝ, David DOLEŽEL, Thorsten RITZ a Martin VÁCHA. Weak radiofrequency fields affect the insect circadian clock. Online. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. LONDON: ROYAL SOC, 2019, roč. 16, č. 158, s. 1-4. ISSN 1742-5689. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2019.0285. [citováno 2024-04-23] URL info
• SLABÝ, Pavel, Přemysl BARTOŠ, Jakub KARAS, Radek NETUŠIL, Kateřina TOMANOVÁ a Martin VÁCHA. How swift is Cry-mediated magnetoreception? Conditioning in an American cockroach shows sub-second response. Online. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. Frontiers Research Foundation, 2018, roč. 12, č. 107, s. 1-10. ISSN 1662-5153. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00107. [citováno 2024-04-23] URL info
• NETUŠIL, Radek, Tomáš PECKA a Martin VÁCHA. Weak radiofrequency fields rather cancel than only modify the magnetic navigation of insects. Online. In Spatial Cognition 2018 Tuebingen. 2018, [citováno 2024-04-23] info
• NETUŠIL, Radek, Tomáš PECKA a Martin VÁCHA. Vliv radiofrekvenčních polí na magnetorecepci hmyzu. Online. In Zoologické dny 2017. 2017, [citováno 2024-04-23] info
• PECKA, Tomáš, Radek NETUŠIL, Pavel SLABÝ, Kateřina TOMANOVÁ a Martin VÁCHA. Magnetorecepce hmyzu funguje i při červeném světle. Online. In Zoologické dny 2017. 2017, [citováno 2024-04-23] info
• VÁCHA, Martin. Magnetoreception of invertebrates. Online. In John H. Byrne. The Oxford Handbook of Invertebrate Neurobiology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. s. 1-40. ISBN 978-0-19-045675-7. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190456757.013.16. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
• BAZALOVÁ, Olga, Markéta KVÍČALOVÁ, Tereza VÁLKOVÁ, Pavel SLABÝ, Přemysl BARTOŠ, Radek NETUŠIL, Kateřina TOMANOVÁ, Peter BRAEUNIG, How-Jing LEE, Ivo ŠAUMAN, Milena DAMULEWICZ, Jan PROVAZNIK, Richard POKORNY, David DOLEZEL a Martin VÁCHA. Cryptochrome 2 mediates directional magnetoreception in cockroaches. Online. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. WASHINGTON: National Academy of Sciences, 2016, roč. 113, č. 6, s. 1660-1665. ISSN 0027-8424. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1518622113. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
• NETUŠIL, Radek, Pavel SLABÝ, Přemysl BARTOŠ, Kateřina TOMANOVÁ, Jakub KARAS a Martin VÁCHA. Magnetically induced freezing in cockroach. Effect of interstimulus interval. Online. In RIN 16 Orientation & Navigation. 2016, [citováno 2024-04-23] info
• TOMANOVÁ, Kateřina a Martin VÁCHA. The magnetic orientation of the Antarctic amphipod Gondogeneia antarctica is cancelled by very weak radiofrequency fields. Online. Journal of Experimental Biology. CAMBRIDGE: COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS LTD, 2016, roč. 219, č. 11, s. 1717-1724. ISSN 0022-0949. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.132878. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
• SLABÝ, Pavel, Kateřina TOMANOVÁ a Martin VÁCHA. Cattle on pastures do align along the North–South axis, but the alignment depends on herd density. Online. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 2013, roč. 199, č. 8, s. 695-701. ISSN 0340-7594. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00359-013-0827-5. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
• VÁLKOVÁ, Tereza a Martin VÁCHA. How do honeybees use their magnetic compass? Can they see the North?. Online. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 2012, roč. 102, č. 4, s. 461-467. ISSN 0007-4853. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007485311000824. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
• VÁCHA, Martin, Markéta KVÍČALOVÁ a Tereza VÁLKOVÁ. American cockroaches prefer four cardinal geomagnetic positions at rest. Online. Behaviour. 2010, roč. 147, č. 4, s. 425-440. ISSN 0005-7959. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
• VÁCHA, Martin, Tereza PŮŽOVÁ a Markéta KVÍČALOVÁ. Radiofrequency magnetic fields disrupt magnetoreception in American cockroach. Online. Journal of Experimental Biology. 2009, roč. 212, č. 21, s. 3473-3477. ISSN 0022-0949. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
• VÁCHA, Martin, Tereza PŮŽOVÁ a Dana DRŠTKOVÁ. Ablation of Antennae Does Not Disrupt Magnetoreceptive Behavioural Reaction of the American Cockroach to Periodically Rotated Geomagnetic Field. Online. Neuroscience Letters. Elsevier, 2008, roč. 435, č. 2, s. 103-107. ISSN 0304-3940. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
• VÁCHA, Martin, Dana DRŠTKOVÁ a Tereza PŮŽOVÁ. Tenebrio beetles use magnetic inclination compass. Online. Naturwissenschaften. 2008, roč. 95, č. 8, s. 761-765. ISSN 0028-1042. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
• VÁCHA, Martin, Tereza PŮŽOVÁ a Dana DRŠTKOVÁ. Effect of light spectrum wavelength on magnetic compass orientation in Tenebrio molitor. Online. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 2008, roč. 194, x, s. 853-859. ISSN 0340-7594. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
• VÁCHA, Martin. Tenebrio beetle pupae show a conditioned behavioural response to pulse rotations of a geomagnetic field. Online. Journal of Physiological Entomology. 2007, roč. 32, č. 4, s. 336-342. ISSN 0307-6962. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
• VÁCHA, Martin. Laboratory behavioural assay of insect magnetoreception: magnetosensitivity of Periplaneta americana. Online. Journal of Experimental Biology. 2006, roč. 209, č. 19, s. 3897-3901. ISSN 0022-0949. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
• VÁCHA, Martin a Helena NEJEZCHLEBOVÁ. Magnetic orientation in the mealworm beetle Tenebrio molitor and the effect of light. Online. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 2004, roč. 207, č. 7, s. 1241-1248. ISSN 0022-0949. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
• VÁCHA, Martin. The influence of static, homogenous magnetic field (B=320mT) on extracardiac pulsations of Tenebrio molitor pupae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Online. J. Insect. Physiol. 1997, roč. 43, č. 11, s. 629-636. ISSN 0022-1910. [citováno 2024-04-23] info
• VÁCHA, Martin. Magnetic orientation in insects. Online. Biologia. Bratislava: Slovak Academy of Sciences, 1997, roč. 52, č. 5, s. 629-636. ISSN 0006-3088. [citováno 2024-04-23] info

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