Mgr. Andreja Kust
Job Position: PhD Student - Department of Aquatic Microbial Ecology (AME)
Phone:
420387775884
E-mail:
andreja.kust@gmail.com
Room:
34
Morphological, molecular and ecophysiological analysis of cyanobacteria. Broad research experience in toxic potential, evolution of toxin synthesis, and factors driving toxins production in cyanobacteria. Techniques of isolation and cultivation of cyanobacteria and algae, quantification of secondary metabolites production by RT-qPCR; detection of secondary metabolites by PCR and HPLC/MS, genome analyses.
Current education
3rd year PhD student of Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia
Biology Centre of AS CR, Institute of Hydrobiology,
Department of Aquatic Microbial Ecology
České Budějovice
PhD topic: Toxic potential and factors driving toxin production by nostocacean cyanobacteria
2010 - 2013
Master of Science, Graduate Programme in Biology and Chemistry Education
Biology and chemistry
- knowledge in the field of biology and chemistry as well as knowledge and skills necessary to educate primary and secondary school students and stimulate their interest in biology and chemistry
University J. J. Strossmayer in Osijek, Croatia
Department of Biology
Title of MSc thesis: Polyphasic characterization of Anabaena spp. (Cyanobacteria) from Sokolov area, Czech Republic
Thesis performed at: Biology Centre of AS CR, Institute of Hydrobiology, Czech Republic.
Supervisors: RNDr. Eliška Zapomělová, Ph.D adn Doc. dr. sc. Melita Mihaljević
2007 - 2010
Bachelor (Baccalaurea) of Biology
Biology
- knowledge and skills which qualify them to work in a laboratory as an associate (laboratory technician, technician), in a natural history museum, botanical gardens, nature parks or similar institutions
University J. J. Strossmayer in Osijek, Croatia
Department of Biology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Biology Centre of CAS, v.v.i., Institute of Hydrobiology, Na Sádkách 7, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic (since 2013)
Centre Algatech, Institute of Microbiology, The Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS), Opatovický mlýn, 379 81, Třeboň, Czech Republic (since 2016)
Other experience
Stay abroad: Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Buenos Aires and Instituto Nacional de Limnologia , Santa Fe 3.2.-1.3.2014 - morphologiacla characterization of Nostocales cyanobacteria, sampling different localities, writing manuscript
Conferences:
Second EMBO Conference on Aquatic Microbial Ecology: SAME-14, 23-28 Aug 2015 Uppsala, Sweden
FBFW Fresh Blood for Fresh Water, 15 -17 May 2015, Mondsee, Austria
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Mareš J., Hájek J., Urajová P., Kust A., Jokela J., Saurav K., Galica T.,
Čapková K., Mattila A., Haapaniemi E., Permi P. , Mysterud I. , Skulberg O. M, Karlsen J., Fewer D. P. , Sivonen K., Tonnesen H. H. , Hrouzek P. (2019) Alternative Biosynthetic Starter Units Enhance the Structural Diversity of Cyanobacterial Lipopeptides Applied and Environmental Microbiology
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: e02675-18. DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02675-18 |
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Kust A.,
Mareš J., Jokela J., Urajová P., Hájek J., Saurav K., Voráčová K., Fewer D., Haapaniemi E., Permi P.,
Řeháková K., Sivonen K., Hrouzek P. (2018) Discovery of a pederin family compound in a non-symbiotic bloom-forming cyanobacterium ACS Chemical Biology
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: 1123-1129. DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.7b01048 |
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Kust A., Urajová P., Hrouzek P., Vu D. L.,
Čapková K.,
Štenclová L.,
Řeháková K.,
Kozlíková E., Lepšová-Skácelová O., Lukešová A.,
Mareš J. (2018) A new microcystin producing Nostoc strain discovered in broad toxicological screening of non-planktic Nostocaceae (cyanobacteria) Toxicon
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: 66-73. DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2018.05.007 |
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de Tezanos P., Kust A., Devercelli M.,
Kozlíková E. (2016) Morphological traits in nitrogen fixing heterocytous cyanobacteria: possible links between morphology and eco–physiology. Hydrobiologia
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: 271–281. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-015-2516-6 |
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Urajová P.,
Hájek J., Wahlsten M., Jokela J., Galica T., Fewer D., Kust A.,
Kozlíková E., Delawská K., Sivonen K., Kopecký J., Hrouzek P. (2016) A liquid chromatography-mass spectrometric method for the detection of cyclic beta-amino fatty acid lipopeptides. Journal of Chromatography
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: 76–83. DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2016.02.013 |
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Kust A.,
Kozlíková E.,
Mareš J.,
Řeháková K. (2015) A detailed morphological, phylogenetic and ecophysiological analysis of four benthic Anabaena (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria) strains confirms deep heterogeneity within the genus. Fottea
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: 191–202. DOI: 10.5507/fot.2015.019 |
