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* Watch a short video introduction to [http://www.screencast.com/t/U461Tdmazsc algal mitochondrial genomes] | * Watch a short video introduction to [http://www.screencast.com/t/U461Tdmazsc algal mitochondrial genomes] | ||
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− | * In addition, if you are curious what kinds of algae occur in | + | * In addition, if you are curious what kinds of algae occur in the northeastern corner of Connecticut, my page '''"[[Algae around UConn]]"''' will give you some examples. <br><br><br> |
[[Image:Parallela_mt.jpg|thumb|right|Two mitochondrial genomes representing the order Sphaeropleales. Both contain the same respiratory and rRNA genes, but the one on the left is laden with introns, while the other is intron-free and extremely compact.]] | [[Image:Parallela_mt.jpg|thumb|right|Two mitochondrial genomes representing the order Sphaeropleales. Both contain the same respiratory and rRNA genes, but the one on the left is laden with introns, while the other is intron-free and extremely compact.]] | ||
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==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
undergraduate mentee authors highlighted in bold<br> | undergraduate mentee authors highlighted in bold<br> | ||
− | * Fučíková K | + | * Fučíková K & Lahr DJG. Uncovering cryptic diversity in two amoebozoan species using complete mitochondrial genome sequences. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. Accepted pending major revisions. |
− | * Fučíková K | + | * Fučíková K. In press. A new record of the rare freshwater red alga ''Tuomeya americana'' (Batrachospermaceae, Rhodophyta) from Connecticut. Rhodora. |
− | * | + | * [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jpy.12293/abstract Fučíková K, Pažoutová M, Rindi F. 2015. Meiotic genes and sexual reproduction in the green algal class Trebouxiophyceae (Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 51: 419-430.] |
− | * | + | * [http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3159/TORREY-D-14-00046.1 Fučíková K, Johansen JR & Hall JD. 2015. Contribution to the desmid flora of Southeastern Maine. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 142: 166-178.] |
− | * Fučíková K, Lewis PO & Lewis LA. | + | * [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1111/oik.01598/asset/oik1598.pdf?v=1&t=hz1ivvjd&s=211a60687b6f6610248d499aa466fab4a3dc2428 Urban M, Lewis LA, Fučíková K & '''Cordone A'''. 2015. Population of origin and environment interact to determine oomycete infections in spotted salamander populations. Oikos 124:274-284.] |
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+ | * [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1111/evo.12644/asset/evo12644.pdf?v=1&t=iar3hrcs&s=17ca911c659db8a9a34a443c98d66e5e0a4d8bed Rangel TF, Colwell RK, Graves GR, Rahbek C, Fučíková K & Diniz-Filho JAF. 2015. Phylogenetic Uncertainty Revisited: Implications for Ecological Analyses. Evolution 69: 1301–1312.] | ||
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+ | * [http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.3389/fevo.2014.00063 Fučíková K, Leliaert F, Cooper ED, Škaloud P, D'Hondt S, De Clerck O, Gurgel CFD, Lewis LA, Lewis PO, Lopez-Bautista JM, Delwiche CF & Verbruggen H. 2014. New phylogenetic hypotheses for the core Chlorophyta based on chloroplast sequence data. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2: 63.] | ||
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+ | * [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pre.12062/abstract Fučíková K, Lewis PO & Lewis LA. 2014. Widespread desert affiliations of trebouxiophycean algae (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) including discovery of three new desert genera. Phycological Research 62: 294-305. DOI: 10.1111/pre.12062] | ||
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+ | * [http://gbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/08/08/gbe.evu172.abstract Fučíková K, Lewis PO, González-Halphen D & Lewis LA. 2014. Gene arrangement convergence, diverse intron content, and genetic code modifications in mitochondrial genomes of Sphaeropleales (Chlorophyta). Genome Biology and Evolution 6: 2170-2180.] | ||
* [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jpy.2014.50.issue-1/issuetoc Fučíková K, Lewis PO & Lewis LA. 2014. Putting incertae sedis taxa in their place: a proposal for ten new families and three new genera in the Sphaeropleales (Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 50: 14-25.] | * [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jpy.2014.50.issue-1/issuetoc Fučíková K, Lewis PO & Lewis LA. 2014. Putting incertae sedis taxa in their place: a proposal for ten new families and three new genera in the Sphaeropleales (Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 50: 14-25.] | ||
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==Mentoring Experience== | ==Mentoring Experience== | ||
− | * | + | *Fall 2014 - undergraduate Marie Canieso, Univ. of Connecticut. |
*Summer 2012 – Spring 2014 – undergraduate Alexis Cordone, Univ. of Connecticut (honors thesis "Species Identification of Oomycete Infections in New England Salamander Eggs"; 1 coauthored publication). | *Summer 2012 – Spring 2014 – undergraduate Alexis Cordone, Univ. of Connecticut (honors thesis "Species Identification of Oomycete Infections in New England Salamander Eggs"; 1 coauthored publication). | ||
+ | *Spring 2013 – undergraduate Wilda Merant, Univ. of Connecticut (awarded $450 from UConn Office of Undergraduate Research). | ||
*Fall 2009 – undergraduate Carissa Kerpen, Univ. of Connecticut. | *Fall 2009 – undergraduate Carissa Kerpen, Univ. of Connecticut. | ||
*Fall 2008 – Spring 2010 – undergraduate Jared Rada, Univ. of Connecticut (awarded $415 from UConn Office of Undergraduate Research; 2 coauthored publications). | *Fall 2008 – Spring 2010 – undergraduate Jared Rada, Univ. of Connecticut (awarded $415 from UConn Office of Undergraduate Research; 2 coauthored publications). | ||
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*Summer 2007 – Summer Research Program for Minority Students. Univ. of Connecticut – undergraduate Miracle Tali | *Summer 2007 – Summer Research Program for Minority Students. Univ. of Connecticut – undergraduate Miracle Tali | ||
[[Image:Evening_Burlington.jpg|thumb|right|At Lake Champlain, Burlington, VT]] | [[Image:Evening_Burlington.jpg|thumb|right|At Lake Champlain, Burlington, VT]] | ||
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==Service, Leadership & Outreach== | ==Service, Leadership & Outreach== | ||
2008 - 2010: COO of [[Green Grads]] <br> | 2008 - 2010: COO of [[Green Grads]] <br> | ||
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2013 - [http://whitememorialbioblitz.blogspot.com/ White Memorial Bioblitz] participant<br> | 2013 - [http://whitememorialbioblitz.blogspot.com/ White Memorial Bioblitz] participant<br> | ||
2012, 2014 - [http://www.berkshirebioblitz.org/ Berkshire Bioblitz] participant<br> | 2012, 2014 - [http://www.berkshirebioblitz.org/ Berkshire Bioblitz] participant<br> | ||
− | Reviewer for Nova Hedwigia, Chinese Journal of Oceanography and Limnology, Journal of Phycology, American Journal of Botany, Journal of Systematics and Evolution, Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, and Fottea.<br> | + | 2015 - Barrows Bioblitz participant, UConn Bioblitz organizer |
− | Adirondack Marathon pace group leader ( | + | Reviewer for Nova Hedwigia, Chinese Journal of Oceanography and Limnology, Journal of Phycology, American Journal of Botany, Journal of Systematics and Evolution, Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, Polish Polar Research, Phytotaxa, and Fottea.<br> |
+ | Adirondack Marathon pace group leader (4hrs45min in [http://www.adirondackmarathon.org/2013-pace-bear-team/ 2013], 4hrs in 2014). | ||
[[Category:EEB Postdoctoral Associates|Fucikova]] [[Category:EEB People|Fucikova]] | [[Category:EEB Postdoctoral Associates|Fucikova]] [[Category:EEB People|Fucikova]] |
Revision as of 19:39, 12 June 2015
Postdoctoral associate, The Green algal tree of life project (GrAToL)
University of Connecticut
Office: BioPharm 311A
Phone: (860) 486-1811
E-mail: karolina.fucikova@uconn.edu
Advisors: Louise Lewis, Paul Lewis
I study the diversity and evolution of green algae with the use of molecular phylogenetic methods, light microscopy, and electron microscopy. I am particularly interested in unicellular algae that inhabit soils, from dry hot deserts to polar and alpine habitats to heavily polluted post-mining dumps.
- You can watch a short video introduction to green algae that live in soils here
As part of the Green Algal Tree of Life project (GrAToL) , the L._Lewis_Lab currently uses next-generation sequencing methods to investigate the diversity of algal chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes and the utility of organellar genes and architectures for higher taxonomy of green algae. I am also interested in the alterations of the genetic code in the mitochondria of the class Chlorophyceae, and the spread and inheritance of introns in green algal organellar genomes.
- Watch a short video introduction to algal mitochondrial genomes
- In addition, if you are curious what kinds of algae occur in the northeastern corner of Connecticut, my page "Algae around UConn" will give you some examples.
Contents
Previous Education
Ph.D.: 2011, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, PEET trainee
Dissertation: Monograph of the Genus Bracteacoccus (Sphaeropleales, Chlorophyceae), with Systematic Clarification of Taxonomically Related Genera
Advisor: Louise Lewis
MS: 2006, John Carroll University, University Heights, OH
Participation in the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory in the Great Smoky Mountains (ATBI)
Master's thesis: Algae and Cyanobacteria of Selected Subaerial Habitats in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S.A., and Desmid Flora of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Advisor: Jeff Johansen
Bc: 2004, Jihočeská Univerzita, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Bachelor's thesis: Microvegetation of the top of Roraima Tepui, with emphasis on the order Desmidiales.
Advisor: Jan "Hanys" Kaštovský
Research Interests
- Evolution of mitochondrial genomes
- Evolution of chloroplast genomes
- Diversity and spread of introns and intronic homing endonuclease genes
- Systematics and diversity of green algae
- Subaerophytic and terrestrial algae
- Algae from extreme environments
Publications
undergraduate mentee authors highlighted in bold
- Fučíková K & Lahr DJG. Uncovering cryptic diversity in two amoebozoan species using complete mitochondrial genome sequences. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. Accepted pending major revisions.
- Fučíková K. In press. A new record of the rare freshwater red alga Tuomeya americana (Batrachospermaceae, Rhodophyta) from Connecticut. Rhodora.
- Fučíková K, Flechtner VR & Lewis LA. 2013. Revision of the genus Bracteacoccus Tereg (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta) based on a phylogenetic approach. Nova Hedwigia 96:15-59.
- Fučíková K, Rada JC, Lukešová A & Lewis LA. 2011. Cryptic Diversity within the Genus Pseudomuriella Hanagata (Chlorophyta, Chlorophyceae, Sphaeropleales) Assessed Using Four Barcode Markers. Nova Hedwigia 93:29-46.
- Johansen JR, Kováčik L, Casamatta DA, Fučíková K & Kaštovský J. 2011. Utility of 16S-23S ITS sequence and secondary structure for recognition of intrageneric and intergeneric limits within cyanobacterial taxa: Leptolyngbya corticola sp. nov. (Pseudanabaenaceae, Cyanobacteria). Nova Hedwigia 92(3-4): 283-302.
- Fučíková K & Kaštovský J. 2009. Vincularia roraimae (Zygnematophyceae, Desmidiales), gen. et sp. nov. from the top of Mt. Roraima, Venezuela. Nova Hedwigia 88(1-2):49-56.
- Fučíková K, Hall JD, Johansen JR & Lowe R. 2008. Bibliotheca Phycologica 113: Desmid Flora of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. J. Cramer, Berlin, Stuttgart. 59 pp.
- Johansen JR, Olsen CE, Lowe RL, Fučíková K & Casamatta DA. 2008. Leptolyngbya species from selected seep walls in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Algological Studies 126:21-36.
Teaching Experience
Instructor
- Fall 2013 – Modern Topics in Biology (BIOL 1109), Univ. of Connecticut.
Teaching Assistant
- Fall 2008, Fall 2010 – Biology of the Algae (EEB 3250/5250), Univ. of Connecticut.
- Fall 2007 – Principles of Biology (BIOL 1108), Univ. of Connecticut.
- Fall 2005 – Limnology (BL 424), John Carroll Univ.
Mentoring Experience
- Fall 2014 - undergraduate Marie Canieso, Univ. of Connecticut.
- Summer 2012 – Spring 2014 – undergraduate Alexis Cordone, Univ. of Connecticut (honors thesis "Species Identification of Oomycete Infections in New England Salamander Eggs"; 1 coauthored publication).
- Spring 2013 – undergraduate Wilda Merant, Univ. of Connecticut (awarded $450 from UConn Office of Undergraduate Research).
- Fall 2009 – undergraduate Carissa Kerpen, Univ. of Connecticut.
- Fall 2008 – Spring 2010 – undergraduate Jared Rada, Univ. of Connecticut (awarded $415 from UConn Office of Undergraduate Research; 2 coauthored publications).
- Summer 2007 – REU program, Univ. of Connecticut – undergraduate Chien Lo (1 coauthored publication).
- Summer 2007 – Summer Research Program for Minority Students. Univ. of Connecticut – undergraduate Miracle Tali
Service, Leadership & Outreach
2008 - 2010: COO of Green Grads
2008, 2009, 2010 - co-organizer of UConn's Give&Go program
2009 - COO of the EEB Graduate Student Association
2010 - 2011: CFO of the EEB Graduate Student Association
2010 - 2011: senator in the UConn Graduate Student Senate; member of the GSS Finance Committee
2009 - 2011: grad student representative for UConn's Environmental Policy Advisory Council (EPAC)
2007, 2009 - Connecticut Bioblitz participant
2013 - White Memorial Bioblitz participant
2012, 2014 - Berkshire Bioblitz participant
2015 - Barrows Bioblitz participant, UConn Bioblitz organizer
Reviewer for Nova Hedwigia, Chinese Journal of Oceanography and Limnology, Journal of Phycology, American Journal of Botany, Journal of Systematics and Evolution, Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, Polish Polar Research, Phytotaxa, and Fottea.
Adirondack Marathon pace group leader (4hrs45min in 2013, 4hrs in 2014).