Curriculum vitae –
Martin Minařík, Ph.D.
Born in: Moravia, Czech Republic Based in: Cambridge, United Kingdom Affiliation: Clare Baker’s Lab Dept. of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Anatomy Building, Downing Street Cambridge, CB2 3DY United Kingdom Education: 2011-2017: PhD in Zoology: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Dept. of Zoology Thesis: Ontogeny, evolution & homology of cement glands and attachment organs in lower vertebrates 2009-2011: MSc in Zoology (Mgr.): Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Dept. of Zoology Thesis: Developmental morphogenesis of attachment organs in lower vertebrates 2006-2009: BSc. in Biology (Bc.): Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Dept. of Zoology Thesis: Developmental morphogenesis of attachment organs in lower vertebrates Employment: Research Associate, Clare Baker’s lab (Jan 2017-present) Dept. of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience University of Cambridge, UK Research Assistant, Laboratory for the study of craniofacial evolution & development (May 2016-Dec 2017) Vertebrate zoology research group, Dept. of Zoology Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic Research Assistant, Jan Sobotnik’s lab (Feb 2016-May 2016) Dept. of Forest Protection and Entomology Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic Educational stays and courses: Micro-CT Imaging Lab (Brian Metscher's lab) Dept. of Theoretical Biology, Universtiy of Vienna (Supported by OeAD Aktion Österreich-Tschechien scholarship, financed by BMWFW Österreich) Vienna, Austria, Nov 2014 - Jan 2015 Laboratorio de acuicultura tropical (Lenin Arias Rodriguez's lab) División académica de ciencias biológicas, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico, Sep 2014, Oct 2015 & Nov 2016
Single-cell RNA-seq analysis
Working on High Performance Computing clusters
Introduction to Phylogenetics
ANGUS: Analyzing High Throughput Sequencing Data
Introduction to high-throughput sequencing data analysis Marine Biological Laboratory Woods Hole (MA), USA, Jun - Jul 2015 OIST Winter Course “Evolution of Complex Systems” Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Okinawa, Japan, Dec 2014 12th VBC PhD Symposium: Complexity of Life. VBC, Vienna, Austria, Nov 2014 11th VBC PhD Symposium: Time - How nature sets the clock. VBC, Vienna, Austria, Nov 2013 9th VBC PhD Symposium: Think Alternative! VBC, Vienna, Austria, Nov 2011 34th Advances in Molecular Biology and Genetics. IMG, CAS, Prague, Nov 2010 Grants and scholarships: GAUK grant no. 726516 Charles University Grant Agency, 2016-2017 (Topic: Endoderm out of the mouth: evolutionary-developmental analysis of oropharyngeal dynamics in basal fishes) GAUK grant no. 220213 Charles University Grant Agency, 2013-2015 (Topic: Deciphering the evolution of cement organs in ray-finned fishes) Aktion Österreich-Tschechien scholarship OeAD, financed by BMWFW, Austria, autumn semester 2014/2015 (Topic: Contribution of pharyngeal morphogenesis into embryonic and larval adaptive structures of basal actinopterygian fishes: micro-CT analyses of developmental processes and gene expression patterns) STARS scholarship Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, 2011-2015 (Topic: Ontogeny, evolution & homology of cement glands and attachment organs in lower vertebrates) BSDB/The Company of Biologists travel and attendance grant for practical courses Jun/Jul 2017 Charles University Mobility Fund Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Jun/Jul 2015 Teaching: Part II PDN project supervision Day-to-day lab supervisor (2-term wet lab projects) University of Cambridge, Department of PDN, 2017-2019, 2025-2026 BSc thesis supervision Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, 2014-2016 Vertebrate morphology Dissection practicals - fish, frog, chicken/pigeon, and rat Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, 2012-2016 Vertebrate zoology Taxonomy practicals - fishes, amphibians and reptiles Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, 2012-2016 Histology Cryomicrotome and vibratome sectioning demonstrator Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, 2012-2013 Research interests: Evolutionary-developmental biology, comparative embryology, evolution of vertebrates, ichthyology, herpetology, lateral line system, electroreception Memberships: European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology British Society for Developmental Biology Genetics Society Czech Zoological Society Ichthyology Section of Czech Zoological Society Czech Herpetological Society |