RNDr. Pavla Sojková, Ph.D.

Maiden: Bartošová

Position Job Position: Research Scientist - Laboratory of Fish Protistology
Department: Aquatic Parasitology
Workplace: Institute of Parasitology

Contact details Phone: +420 38777 5450
Web: www.researchgate.net/profile/Pavla-Sojkova-bartosova
E-mail: bartosova@paru.cas.cz
Room: 137

Others Description:

My research focuses on uncovering the species diversity, phylogenetic relationships, and evolutionary trajectories of parasites, primarily myxozoans. I apply phylogenetic and molecular biological methods to address questions in evolutionary and functional biology, using parasites as model organisms. In my current projects, I also focus on the characterization of parasite proteases and protease inhibitors as important molecules in host–parasite interactions and on assessing their potential as therapeutic targets. In addition to myxozoans, I am involved in studies covering other groups of animal and human parasites/pathogens, such as apicomplexans, ticks, and flukes. One of my current projects additionally focuses on investigating the diversity, evolution, and pathogenic potential of microsporidians and trypanosomatids in bees.

CV: Year of birth: 1981 Nationality: Slovak Unique researcher ID: ORCID 0000-0003-2370-6981 Education and Scientific Career since 2024 Workgroup leader under the Laboratory of Fish Protistology, Institute of Parasitology, BCAS since 2014 Research Scientist, Laboratory of Fish Protistology, Institute of Parasitology, BCAS 2017-2018 (two short-term stays) Visiting Researcher at the Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, USA 2011-2013 (three short-term stays) Visiting Researcher at the Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy 2011-2013 Postdoctoral researcher, Laboratory of Fish Protistology, BCAS October 2010 PhD in Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia (USB), České Budějovice, Czech Republic 2010 Research Assistant, Laboratory of Vector Immunology, BCAS 2005-2010 Research Assistant, Laboratory of Fish Protistology, BCAS 2009 Visiting PhD student at the University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA March 2009 RNDr in Zoology at the Faculty of Science, USB 2003-2005 Study of Biology (BSc) and Zoology (MSc) with Diploma thesis at the Faculty of Science, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia Career breaks 2014-2015 (14 months) Maternity leave Funding as a PI 2025-2027 Czech Science Foundation, standard grant. Hidden in the honeycomb: Microsporidian and trypanosomatid parasites in bees identified by metabarcoding approach; project reference 25-16047S. 2024-2027 Czech Science Foundation, lead agency grant in collaboration with FWF (Austrian PI: A. Holzer). Food or foe: Interaction of myxozoans with red blood cells; project reference 24-13238L. 2021-2023 Czech Science Foundation, standard grant. Myxozoan cystatins and fish host cathepsins: Revealing potential crosstalk during infection; project reference 21-16565S. 2017-2021 Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic. Inhibitors of cysteine proteases crucial for myxozoan pathogenicity and their interaction with the fish host; project reference LTAUSA17201. 2011-2013 Czech Science Foundation, postdoctoral grant. Biology and phylogeny of sphaerosporid myxosporeans from economically important fish: application of molecular tools; project reference P506/11/P724. Personal fellowships and awards 2017 Student fellowship of the Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic; Molecular analysis of the ITS sequences in populations of Chloromyxum cyprini Fujita, 1927 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) in cyprinids. 2016 Otto Wichterle Award of the Czech Academy of Sciences for excellent young researchers.

Total found: 53 records
Bartošová-Sojková P., Dobai T., Kyslík J., Havlíčková P., Vancová M., Picard-Sánchez M., Nazir Qadiri S.S., Martins L., Urbanová V., Kosakyan A., Bílý T., Kale D., Kotál J., Ho Chan T., Korytář T., Ludwig J., Kutá-Smatanová I., Holzer A., Sojka D. (2026) Smolstatin1, a unique cystatin-like stefin of Sphaerospora molnari, is essential for parasite development Current Research in Microbial Sciences 10: 100611. DOI: 10.1016/j.crmicr.2026.100611
Nayak S., Kyslík J., Majstorović J., Dobai T., Žánová V., Pecková H., Korytář T., Bartošová-Sojková P. (2026) Evolutionary diversification and immunoprofiling of cathepsin L toolkit in common carp Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 16: 1805838. DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2026.1805838
Baiko D., Lisnerová M., Bartošová-Sojková P., Holzer A., Blabolil P., Schabuss M., Fiala I. (2024) Solving the Myxidium rhodei (Myxozoa) puzzle: insights into its phylogeny and host specificity in Cypriniformes. Parasite 31: 35. DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2024030
Bartošová-Sojková P., Butenko A., Richtová J., Fiala I., Oborník M., Lukeš J. (2024) Inside the host: understanding the evolutionary trajectories of intracellular parasitism ANNUAL REVIEW OF MICROBIOLOGY 78: 3.1–3.21. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-041222-025305 Documents to download: Bartosova-Sojkova_2024_AnnRep (pdf)
Dobai T., Bartošová-Sojková P. (2024) Sphaerospora molnari Trends in Parasitology 40: 352–353. DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2023.12.011
Lisnerová M., Bartošová-Sojková P., Bürgerová M., Fiala I. (2024) Unraveling the mystery of a myxozoan parasite of the trout: redescription of Chloromyxum schurovi Folia Parasitologica 71: 15. DOI: 10.14411/fp.2024.015
Lisnerová M., Bartošová-Sojková P., Lövy A., Blabolil P., Fiala I. (2024) Evidence of striking morphological similarity and tissue tropism of phylogenetically distant myxozoan genera: Myxidium and Paramyxidium in the kidney of the European eel Folia Parasitologica 71: 13. DOI: 10.14411/fp.2024.013
Buša M., Matoušková Z., Bartošová-Sojková P., Pachl P., Eichenberger C., Řezáčová P., Eichenberger R.M., Deplazes P., Horn M., Štefanič S., Mareš M. (2023) An evolutionary molecular adaptation of an unusual stefin from the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica redefines the cystatin superfamily Journal of Biological Chemistry 299: 102970. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.102970
Ribeiro J., Hartmann D., Bartošová-Sojková P., Debat H., Moos M., Fara J., Šimek P., Palus M., Kučera M., Hajdušek O., Sojka D., Kopáček P., Perner J. (2023) Blood-feeding adaptations and virome assessment of the poultry red mite Dermanyssus gallinae guided by RNA-seq Communications Biology 6: 517. DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-04907-x
Alama Bermejo G., Bartošová-Sojková P., Atkinson S.D., Holzer A., Bartholomew J. (2022) Proteases as Therapeutic Targets Against the Parasitic Cnidarian Ceratonova shasta: Characterization of Molecules Key to Parasite Virulence In Salmonid Hosts Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 11: 804864. DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.804864
Kyslík J., Vancová M., Bartošová-Sojková P., Lövy A., Holzer A., Fiala I. (2022) Expressional profiling and cellular localization of myxozoan minicollagens demonstrate their involvement in polar capsule formation during sporogenesis International Journal for Parasitology 52: 667-675. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2022.07.002
Lisnerová M., Lisner A., Cantatore D., Schaeffner B., Pecková H., Tyml T., Fiala I., Bartošová-Sojková P., Holzer A. (2022) Correlated evolution of fish host length and parasite spore size: a tale from myxosporeans inhabiting elasmobranchs International Journal for Parasitology 52: 97–110. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2021.05.008
Lisnerová M., Martínek I., Alama Bermejo G., Bouberlová K., Schaeffner B., Nkabi N., Holzer A., Bartošová-Sojková P. (2022) An ancient alliance: Matching evolutionary patterns of cartilaginous fishes (Elasmobranchii) and chloromyxid parasites (Myxozoa) Infection Genetics and Evolution 103: 105346. DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2022.105346
Bartošová-Sojková P., Kyslík J., Alama Bermejo G., Hartigan A., Atkinson S.D., Bartholomew J., Palenzuela O., Picard-Sánchez M., Faber M.N., Holland J.W., Holzer A. (2021) Evolutionary Analysis of Cystatins of Early-Emerging Metazoans Reveals a Novel Subtype in Parasitic Cnidarians Biology 10: 110. DOI: 10.3390/biology10020110
Šnebergerová P., Bartošová-Sojková P., Jalovecká M., Sojka D. (2021) Plasmepsin-like aspartyl proteases in Babesia Pathogens 10: 1241. DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10101241
Bartošová-Sojková P., Fiala (2020) Myxozoa: starobylí paraziti neustále opředeni záhadami / Myxozoa: Ancient Parasites Forever Enshrouded in Mysteries Živa 4: 162-167.
Eszterbauer E., Sipos D., Kaján G.L., Szegő D., Fiala I., Holzer A., Bartošová-Sojková P. (2020) Genetic diversity of serine protease inhibitors in myxozoan (Cnidaria, Myxozoa) fish parasites Microorganisms 8: 1502. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8101502
Lisnerová M., Fiala I., Cantatore D., Irigoitia M., Timi J., Pecková H., Bartošová-Sojková P., Sandoval C.M., Luer C., Morris J., Holzer A. (2020) Mechanisms and Drivers for the Establishment of Life Cycle Complexity in Myxozoan Parasites Biology 9: 10. DOI: 10.3390/biology9010010
Kosakyan A., Alama Bermejo G., Bartošová-Sojková P., Born-Torrijos A., Šíma R., Nenarokova A., Eszterbauer E., Bartholomew J., Holzer A. (2019) Selection of suitable reference genes for gene expression studies in myxosporean (Myxozoa, Cnidaria) parasites. Scientific Reports 9: 15073. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-51479-0 Documents to download: Kosakyan_2019_ScientReport (pdf)
Bartošová-Sojková P., Lövy A., Reed C., Lisnerová M., Tomková T., Holzer A., Fiala I. (2018) Life in a rock pool: Radiation and population genetics of myxozoan parasites in hosts inhabiting restricted spaces PLOS ONE 13: e0194042. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194042