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Postdoctoral associate, [http://marple.eeb.uconn.edu/gratolwww/ The Green algal tree of life project (GrAToL) ] <br>
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Postdoctoral associate <br>
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Estimating the Bayesian Phylogenetic Information Content of Systematic Data. <br>
 
University of Connecticut <br>
 
University of Connecticut <br>
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Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology <br>
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75 North Eagleville Rd., Storrs, CT 06269-3043 <br>
 
Office: BioPharm 311A<br>
 
Office: BioPharm 311A<br>
 
Phone: (860) 486-1811<br>
 
Phone: (860) 486-1811<br>
 
E-mail: karolina.fucikova@uconn.edu <br>
 
E-mail: karolina.fucikova@uconn.edu <br>
 
Advisors: [[Louise Lewis]], [[Paul Lewis]]<br>
 
Advisors: [[Louise Lewis]], [[Paul Lewis]]<br>
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[[Image:Tumidella_large.jpg|thumb|left|''Tumidella tumida'', a new lineage (genus and family in the class Chlorophyceae) from the Namib Desert]]
 
[[Image:Tumidella_large.jpg|thumb|left|''Tumidella tumida'', a new lineage (genus and family in the class Chlorophyceae) from the Namib Desert]]
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. As part of the [http://marple.eeb.uconn.edu/gratolwww/ 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.
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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.
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* You can watch a short video introduction to green algae that live in soils [http://www.screencast.com/t/3WtczQrbW here]
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As part of the [http://marple.eeb.uconn.edu/gratolwww/ 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.<br>
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* 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 the northeastern corner of Connecticut, my page '''"[[Algae around UConn]]"''' will give you some examples. <br><br><br>
  
[[Image:Parallela_mt.jpg|thumb|right|An intron-rich mitochondrial genome of the filamentous green alga ''Parallela'']]
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[[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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[[Image:Mauve.jpg|thumb|left|Synteny maps of mitochondrial genomes of Sphaeropleales with same-colored blocks indicating corresponding pieces: In one family, several rearrangements occurred between two representative genera, but in another family the genomes appear completely collinear (no rearrangements).]]
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==Previous Education and Experience ==
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Postdoctoral Associate: 2012-2014, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT <br>
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[http://marple.eeb.uconn.edu/gratolwww/ The Green algal tree of life project (GrAToL) ] <br>
  
[[Image:Tattoo.jpg|thumb|left|''Euastrum bidentatum'': grayscale illustration]]
 
===Previous Education ===
 
 
Ph.D.:  2011, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, [http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5451 PEET] trainee <br>
 
Ph.D.:  2011, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, [http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5451 PEET] trainee <br>
 
Dissertation: Monograph of the Genus ''Bracteacoccus'' (Sphaeropleales, Chlorophyceae), with Systematic Clarification of Taxonomically Related Genera <br>
 
Dissertation: Monograph of the Genus ''Bracteacoccus'' (Sphaeropleales, Chlorophyceae), with Systematic Clarification of Taxonomically Related Genera <br>
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*Diversity and spread of introns and intronic homing endonuclease genes
 
*Diversity and spread of introns and intronic homing endonuclease genes
 
*Systematics and diversity of green algae
 
*Systematics and diversity of green algae
*Desmid taxonomy
 
 
*Subaerophytic and terrestrial algae
 
*Subaerophytic and terrestrial algae
 
*Algae from extreme environments
 
*Algae from extreme environments
  
[[Image:Netrium.jpg|thumb|left|''Netrium digitus'': stippled line-cut illustration]]
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[[Image:Sporangium.jpg|thumb|left|''Bracteacoccus'' sp.: scanning electron micrograph of a sporangium prior to spore release]]
  
 
==Publications==
 
==Publications==
* K. Fučíková, P.O. Lewis & L.A. Lewis. In revision. Widespread desert affiliations of trebouxiophycean algae (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) including discovery of three new desert genera. Phycological Research.
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undergraduate mentee authors highlighted in bold<br>
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* Farwagi A, Fučíková K, McManus HA. Accepted. Phylogenetic patterns of gene rearrangements in four mitochondrial genomes from the green algal family Hydrodictyaceae (Sphaeropleales, Chlorophyceae). BMC Genomics.
  
* K. Fučíková, P.O. Lewis & L.A. Lewis. In press. Putting incertae sedis taxa in their place: a proposal for ten new families and three new genera in the Sphaeropleales (Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology.
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* [http://phytokeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=6268 Fučíková K. 2015. A new record of the rare alga ''Pachycladella'' P. C. Silva (Chlorophyceae) in New England. Phytokeys 56: 19-27.]
  
* [http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/nova_hedwigia/detail/96/79501/Revision_of_the_genus_Bracteacoccus_Tereg_Chloroph Fučíková, K., V.R. Flechtner & L.A. Lewis. 2013. Revision of the genus ''Bracteacoccus'' Tereg (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta) based on a phylogenetic approach. Nova Hedwigia 96:15-59.]
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* [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jeu.12253/abstract Fučíková K, Lahr DJG. Uncovering cryptic diversity in two amoebozoan species using complete mitochondrial genome sequences. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. In press.]
  
* [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1111/jpy.12003/asset/jpy12003.pdf?v=1&t=ha11xlmt&s=2f7736daeac23277dd2d5e4ac92429a4885433a6 Tippery, N.P., K. Fučíková, P.O. Lewis & L.A. Lewis. 2012. Probing the monophyly of the Sphaeropleales (Chlorophyceae) using data from five genes. Journal of Phycology 48:1482-1493.]
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* Fučíková K. In press. A new record of the rare freshwater red alga ''Tuomeya americana'' (Batrachospermaceae, Rhodophyta) from Connecticut. Rhodora.
  
* [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790312001194 Rodriguez-Salinas, E.; H. Riveros-Rosas, Z.-K. Li, K. Fučíková, J.J. Brand & L.A. Lewis. 2012. Lineage-specific fragmentation and nuclear relocation of the mitochondrial cox2 gene in chlorophycean green algae (Chlorophyta). Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 64:166–176.]
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* [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://fottea.czechphycology.cz/_contents/F12-1-2012-07.pdf Fučíková, K & L.A. Lewis. 2012. Intersection of ''Chlorella, Muriella'', and ''Bracteacoccus'': Resurrecting the genus ''Chromochloris'' Kol & Chodat (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta). Fottea 12(1):83-93.]
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* [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.]
  
* [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790311004350 McManus, H.A., K. Fučíková, L.A. Lewis & P. Haugen. 2012. Invasion of protein coding genes by green algal ribosomal group I introns. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 62(1):109-116.]
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* [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.]
  
* [http://uconn.library.ingentaconnect.com/content/schweiz/novh/2011/00000093/F0020001/art00002 Fučíková, K., J.C. Rada, A. Lukešová & L.A. Lewis. 2011. Cryptic Diversity within the Genus ''Pseudomuriella'' Hanagata (Chlorophyta, Chlorophyceae, Sphaeropleales) Assessed Using Four Barcode Markers. Nova Hedwigia 93:29-46.]
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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.]
  
*[http://phycologia.org/doi/abs/10.2216/10-69.1 Fučíková, K., J.C. Rada & L.A. Lewis. 2011. The tangled taxonomic history of ''Dictyococcus'', ''Bracteacoccus'', and ''Pseudomuriella'' (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta) and their distinction based on a phylogenetic perspective. Phycologia 50:422-429.]
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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.]
  
* [http://fottea.czechphycology.cz/_contents/F11-1-2011-17.pdf Kaštovský, J., K. Fučíková, T. Hauer & M. Bohunická. 2011. Microvegetation on the top of Mt. Roraima, Venezuela. Fottea 11(1): 171-186.]
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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]
  
* [http://fottea.czechphycology.cz/_contents/F11-1-2011-13.pdf Bohunická, M., J.R. Johansen & K. Fučíková. 2011. ''Tapinothrix clintonii'' sp. nov. (Pseudanabaenaceae, Cyanobacteria), a new species at the nexus of five genera. Fottea 11(1): 127-140.]
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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://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/nova_hedwigia/detail/92/76040 Johansen, J.R., L. Kováčik, D.A. Casamatta, K. Fučíková & J. Kaštovský. 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.]
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* [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://www.cryptogamie.com/pagint_en/recherche/affich_art.php?cid=464 Hall, J.D., K. Fučíková, C. Lo, L.A. Lewis & K.G. Karol. 2010. An assessment of proposed DNA barcodes in freshwater green algae. Cryptogamie-Algologie 31(4): 529-555.]
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* 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.
  
* [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/schweiz/novh/2009/00000088/F0020001/art00006 Fučíková, K. & J. Kaštovský. 2009. ''Vincularia roraimae'' (Zygnematophyceae, Desmidiales), gen. et sp. nov. from the top of Mt. Roraima, Venezuela. Nova Hedwigia 88(1-2):49-56.] <br>
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* [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1111/jpy.12003/asset/jpy12003.pdf?v=1&t=ha11xlmt&s=2f7736daeac23277dd2d5e4ac92429a4885433a6 Tippery NP, Fučíková K, Lewis PO, Lewis LA. 2012. Probing the monophyly of the Sphaeropleales (Chlorophyceae) using data from five genes. Journal of Phycology 48:1482-1493.]
  
* [http://www.schweizerbart.de/publications/detail/artno/060011300 Fučíková, K., J.D. Hall, J.R. Johansen & R. Lowe. 2008. Bibliotheca Phycologica 113: Desmid Flora of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. J. Cramer, Berlin, Stuttgart. 59 pp.]  
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* [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790312001194 Rodriguez-Salinas E; Riveros-Rosas H, Li Z-K, Fučíková K, Brand JJ, Lewis LA, González-Halphen D. 2012. Lineage-specific fragmentation and nuclear relocation of the mitochondrial cox2 gene in chlorophycean green algae (Chlorophyta). Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 64:166–176.]
  
* [http://uconn.library.ingentaconnect.com/content/schweiz/algo/2008/00000126/00000001/art00003 Johansen, J.R., C.E. Olsen, R.L. Lowe, K. Fučíková & D.A. Casamatta.  2008.  ''Leptolyngbya'' species from selected seep walls in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Algological Studies 126:21-36.] <br>
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* [http://fottea.czechphycology.cz/_contents/F12-1-2012-07.pdf Fučíková K, Lewis LA. 2012. Intersection of ''Chlorella, Muriella'', and ''Bracteacoccus'': Resurrecting the genus ''Chromochloris'' Kol & Chodat (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta). Fottea 12(1):83-93.]
  
* [http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1656%2F1528-7092(2007)6%5B99%3ANASRFG%5D2.0.CO%3B2 Johansen, J.R., R. L. Lowe, S. Carty, K. Fučiková, C. E. Olsen, M. H. Fitzpatrick, J. A. Ress, and P. C. Furey. 2007. New Algal Species Records for Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with an Annotated Checklist of all Reported Algal Taxa for The Park. Southeastern Naturalist 6(sp1):99-134.]<br>
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* [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790311004350 McManus HA, Fučíková K, Lewis LA, Haugen P. 2012. Invasion of protein coding genes by green algal ribosomal group I introns. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 62(1):109-116.]
  
* [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.00145.x Johansen, J.R., K. Fučíková, M.H. Fitzpatrick, and R.L. Lowe.  2005.  The red algal genus ''Rhodospora'' (Bangiophycidae, Rhodophyta): first report from North America.  Journal of Phycology 41:1281-1283.]<br>
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* 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.
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*[http://phycologia.org/doi/abs/10.2216/10-69.1 Fučíková K, '''Rada JC''', Lewis LA. 2011. The tangled taxonomic history of ''Dictyococcus'', ''Bracteacoccus'', and ''Pseudomuriella'' (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta) and their distinction based on a phylogenetic perspective. Phycologia 50:422-429.]
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* [http://fottea.czechphycology.cz/_contents/F11-1-2011-17.pdf Kaštovský J, Fučíková K., Hauer T, Bohunická M. 2011. Microvegetation on the top of Mt. Roraima, Venezuela. Fottea 11(1): 171-186.]
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* [http://fottea.czechphycology.cz/_contents/F11-1-2011-13.pdf Bohunická M, Johansen JR, Fučíková K. 2011. ''Tapinothrix clintonii'' sp. nov. (Pseudanabaenaceae, Cyanobacteria), a new species at the nexus of five genera. Fottea 11(1): 127-140.]
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* 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.
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* [http://www.cryptogamie.com/pagint_en/recherche/affich_art.php?cid=464 Hall JD, Fučíková K, '''Lo C''', Lewis LA, Karol KG. 2010. An assessment of proposed DNA barcodes in freshwater green algae. Cryptogamie-Algologie 31(4): 529-555.]
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* 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. <br>
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* 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.
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* 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. <br>
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* [http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1656%2F1528-7092(2007)6%5B99%3ANASRFG%5D2.0.CO%3B2 Johansen JR, Lowe RL, Carty S, Fučiková K, Olsen CE, '''Fitzpatrick MH''', Ress JA, Furey PC. 2007. New Algal Species Records for Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with an Annotated Checklist of all Reported Algal Taxa for The Park. Southeastern Naturalist 6(sp1):99-134.]<br>
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* [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.00145.x Johansen JR, Fučíková K, '''Fitzpatrick MH''', Lowe RL.  2005.  The red algal genus ''Rhodospora'' (Bangiophycidae, Rhodophyta): first report from North America.  Journal of Phycology 41:1281-1283.]<br>
 
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==Mentoring Experience==
 
==Mentoring Experience==
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*Fall 2014 - undergraduate Marie Canieso, Univ. of Connecticut.
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*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).
 
*Spring 2013 – undergraduate Wilda Merant, Univ. of Connecticut (awarded $450 from UConn Office of Undergraduate Research).
*Summer 2012 – Fall 2013 – undergraduate Alexis Cordone, Univ. of Connecticut (honors thesis Spring, Summer, and Fall 2013).
 
 
*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).  
 
*Summer 2007 – REU program, Univ. of Connecticut – undergraduate Chien Lo (1 coauthored publication).
 
*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
 
*Summer 2007 – Summer Research Program for Minority Students. Univ. of Connecticut – undergraduate Miracle Tali
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[[Image:Evening_Burlington.jpg|thumb|right|At Lake Champlain, Burlington, VT]]
  
==Service and Leadership==
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==Service, Leadership & Outreach==
 
2008 - 2010: COO of [[Green Grads]] <br>
 
2008 - 2010: COO of [[Green Grads]] <br>
 
2008, 2009, 2010 - co-organizer of UConn's Give&Go program <br>
 
2008, 2009, 2010 - co-organizer of UConn's Give&Go program <br>
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2010 - 2011: senator in the UConn Graduate Student Senate; member of the GSS Finance Committee <br>
 
2010 - 2011: senator in the UConn Graduate Student Senate; member of the GSS Finance Committee <br>
 
2009 - 2011: grad student representative for UConn's Environmental Policy Advisory Council (EPAC) <br>
 
2009 - 2011: grad student representative for UConn's Environmental Policy Advisory Council (EPAC) <br>
Reviewer for Nova Hedwigia, Chinese Journal of Oceanography and Limnology, Journal of Phycology, American Journal of Botany, Journal of Systematics and Evolution, and Fottea.
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2007, 2009 - Connecticut Bioblitz participant<br>
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2013 - [http://whitememorialbioblitz.blogspot.com/ White Memorial Bioblitz] participant<br>
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2012, 2014 - [http://www.berkshirebioblitz.org/ Berkshire Bioblitz] participant<br>
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2015 - Barrows Bioblitz participant, UConn Bioblitz organizer
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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>
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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]]

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Taking a hike near Phoenix, AZ

Postdoctoral associate
Estimating the Bayesian Phylogenetic Information Content of Systematic Data.
University of Connecticut
Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
75 North Eagleville Rd., Storrs, CT 06269-3043
Office: BioPharm 311A
Phone: (860) 486-1811
E-mail: karolina.fucikova@uconn.edu
Advisors: Louise Lewis, Paul Lewis


Tumidella tumida, a new lineage (genus and family in the class Chlorophyceae) from the Namib Desert

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.


  • 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.


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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.
Synteny maps of mitochondrial genomes of Sphaeropleales with same-colored blocks indicating corresponding pieces: In one family, several rearrangements occurred between two representative genera, but in another family the genomes appear completely collinear (no rearrangements).

Previous Education and Experience

Postdoctoral Associate: 2012-2014, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
The Green algal tree of life project (GrAToL)

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

Spanish Atlantic coast, July 2006

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


Bracteacoccus sp.: scanning electron micrograph of a sporangium prior to spore release

Publications

undergraduate mentee authors highlighted in bold

  • Farwagi A, Fučíková K, McManus HA. Accepted. Phylogenetic patterns of gene rearrangements in four mitochondrial genomes from the green algal family Hydrodictyaceae (Sphaeropleales, Chlorophyceae). BMC Genomics.
  • 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
At Lake Champlain, Burlington, VT

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).