Pavel
HOZÁK -
Curriculum Vitae
Prof. RNDr.
Pavel Hozák, DrSc.
Current
position:
Head of
the Department - Biology of the Cell Nucleus, Institute of
Molecular Biology, Prague & Professor, Charles University,
Prague.
Studies:
1977-1982 Lomonosov State
University, Department of Biology,
Moscow, Russia; M.Sc. in cytology and histology
1983-1987
Institute of
Experimental Medicine,
Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, and Charles University,
Prague,
Czechoslovakia; Ph.D. in cell biology
Principal professional experience:
1987-1990
Institute of
Experimental Medicine, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic,
Prague, Czech Republic;
research scientist
1989-1992
repeated research
visits to University of Vienna, Austria
1990-1991
J. Monod Institute,
C.N.R.S., Paris, and
I.N.R.A., Jouy-en-Josas, France; visiting scientist
1991-1994
Sir William Dunn School
of Pathology,
University of Oxford, U.K.; research fellow
1996-1998
Assistant Professor,
Department of
Molecular Biology, 3rd Faculty of Medicine, Charles
University,
Prague
1998-2002
Head, Department of
Cell and Molecular
Biology, 3rd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague
2001
D.Sc. in
biology
2002
“Habilitation”
in medical biology
2002-2003
Associate
Professor, 3rd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University,
Prague
1995-2005
Head, Department of
Cell Ultrastructure and
Molecular Biology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Academy of
Sciences of
the Czech Republic, Prague
2006-present Head, Department of Biology of the Cell
Nucleus, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the
Czech
Republic, Prague
2007
Full professor
in medical biology, Charles University, Prague
Research fields:
molecular cell biology, medical biology,
histochemistry, microscopy
Research topics:
Definition of higher-order structures in the cell
nucleus; mechanisms forming nuclear compartmentalization. Structure,
dynamics,
and function of the nucleoskeleton. Identification of nuclear
structures active
in epigenetic regulation of gene expression. Characterization of
nuclear
functions of myosin I, actin and actin-bindig proteins. Development of
new
methods in microscopy.
Further
information: http://nucleus.img.cas.cz
Publications: 81
peer reviewed publications in scientific journals
including Cell, Science, Nature Cell Biology. 3 book chapters, 65
invited
lectures. WOS data: cited ~2398 times, h-index: 23
Teaching:
supervisor for many master
and PhD students from Charles University, Prague: molecular biology,
cell
biology and pathology, developmental biology 11 defended PhD thesis,
currently
supervising 8 PhD students). Organizer of regular courses for
biomedical PhD
students. Coordinator of a multidisciplinary PhD project “Molecular
biology of
a differentiating cell”. Co-chair of a Work Package “Training“ in
EuroBioImaging project.
Honours:
1991-2
Research award of The
British Council, London, U.K.
1992
Research award of The
Royal Society, London, U.K.
1993
EMBO award for
'Methods in cell biology', Heidelberg, F.R.G.
1995-1998
Collaborative Biomedical
Research Fellowship at the Dunn School of Pathology, Oxford
University, granted by The Welcome Trust, U.K.
1999
President of
the 16th International Workshop on the Cell Nucleus, Prague
2000
Aventis Prize,
Vienna, jointly with Prof. Dr. Weipoltshammer et al.
Other
involvements:
2002-present
President,
Czechoslovak
Microscopy Society
2002-present
Member of the executive
board, Society
for Histochemistry (Europe), 2007-2010 president
2003-present
Member of the executive
board, European
Microscopy Society
2010
-present Member of the executive
committee, International Federation of Societies for Microscopy
2005-present
Member, Scientific Council
of the Institute of Molecular Genetics, Prague
2007-present
Member, Scientific Council
of the 2nd Medical
Faculty, Charles University in Prague
2009-present
Scientific coordinator of
the Academy of Science, Czech Republic in the BioCeV
project
(Biotechnology and Biomedicine Centre of the AS CR and Charles
University)
2010-present
Chairman of the Expert
Commission for Life Sciences (Research, Development and
Innovation
Council of the Czech Government)
Editorial board
member:
Histochemistry and Cell Biology, The Nucleus, Eur. J. Histochem.