Laboratory of Fish Protistology

Happy to announce our paper about fish cathepsins is out. Check it out if interested. @FishProtLab #myxozoa #fish #commoncarp #sphaerospora frontiersin.org/journals/cellu…

Published! 🎉Our long collaborative journey exploring Smolstatin, a cysteine protease inhibitor of the fish parasite Sphaerospora molnari, is now out in Current Research in Microbial Sciences! Many thanks to all co-authors sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @FishProtLab #SphaerosporaMolnari

Its cool to find myxozoans in the exhibition of the National Museum in Prague 🤩. Btw, see the running exhibition about Human evolution including the 3 million years old original exemplars of Lucy and Salem (Australopithecus afarensis). @narodnimuzeum

Amazing time at the International Conference on Diseases of Fish and Shellfish in Heraklion - fantastic talks & inspiring discussions. Big thanks and congrats to Astrid Holzer @fish_n_bugs for organising an excellent meeting.

We’re incredibly proud of our bachelor student, Žaneta Lešková, who received the Dean’s Award for her outstanding thesis on aquatic microsporidian diversity using an eDNA metabarcoding approach. Congratulations! @Prirodoveda_JU

Interested in Myxozoa or Microsporidia? Don’t miss the new chapter in the just-released book Aquatic Parasitology. Read about the latest on these fascinating parasites: #chapter-info" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">link.springer.com/chapter/10.100… #Myxozoa #Microsporidia rdcu.be/epDxk

The wait is over!!! Our Open Access book on Aquatic Parasitology was just published! 23 Chapters, 202 illustrations in 662 pages full of everything you ever wanted to know about the amazing world of marine & freshwater parasites. Download your copy here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

In this TrendsTalk, the organizing committee of the XI International Symposium on Fish Parasites #ISFP summarizes the highlights of this conference. #Fish #Health #Parasite #Biodiversity #Conservation #Mexico @NicoJSmit1 cell.com/trends/parasit…

Productive and pleasant project meeting on "Food or Foe: Interaction of myxozoans with red blood stages." Thanks to @fish_n_bugs for hosting us at @vetmedunivienna! @SojkovaPavla #fishhealth #myxozoa

Great time at the Czech traditional protistological conference 54th Protozoological Days—excellent talks, posters, and enthusiastic scientists, all set in beautiful nature by Lipno Reservoir. Next year: Prague in a new format—can’t wait! @parazitologiecz #Protistology

Neoparamoeba perurans: Trends in Parasitology cell.com/trends/parasit…

I am excited to see our work done in @FishProtLab at @BiologyCentre about RNA-seq profiling of 🐟 parasite finally in press... @BioMedCentral #citeas" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Parasite of the Month: #Neoparamoeba #perurans, the most significant amphizoic #amoeba in #marine #aquaculture causing #amoebic #gill disease #AGD in economically valuable #fish species, authored by @MartiLisnerova Hana Pecková & @IvanFiala7 @BiologyCentre authors.elsevier.com/a/1kRPm_XTJP8L…

Merry Christmas and warm wishes for a successful and fulfilling 2025 from our Aquatic Parasitology team!

At the final seminar of the Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science @JihoceskaUni, our two PhD students presented their research. Big thanks to Monika and Tamás for their excellent talks and for representing our lab so well!

Many thanks to the organizers of the 1st Meeting of the Central and Eastern European EAFP Branches. It’s great to be part of this wonderful family of fish parasitologists! 🐟

Grateful and delighted to be a fresh recipient of the 3-year grant by @GACR. Excited to collaborate with Alena Krejci from #PrfJU on bee parasites 🐝

Our newest group photo – some have moved on, new faces have joined, and we’re still one amazing team! 😊

Short but productive stay at @OregonState! Many thanks to Stephen @myxomars and Sascha for collaborating on our projects and for the warm hospitality at the Department of Microbiology.

Marine parasitology field course and sampling in Vevang, Norway. Amazing time with fantastic students in beautiful nature—plus, plenty of myxozoans in both fish and rays! @PrfJU @BiologyCentre