Current position
Education and Employment
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Since 2016: Professor at the Department of Biochemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University
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2007-2016: Associate Professor at the Department of Biochemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University
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2006: Habilitation in Biochemistry
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2001: Ph.D. degree in Patobiochemistry and Xenobiochemistry
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2000 - 2003: Short internships in Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany
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1988 - 2006: Assistant professor at the Department of Biochemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University in Prague
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1982 - 1988: Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology
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Research Interest
- Metabolism of xenobiotics in various species and models
- Xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes and their regulation
- Role of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes in drug-resistance
- Drugs in the environment
- Identification of metabolites of xenobiotics
- Pharmacokinetics of drugs in target animal species
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Teaching
- Xenobiochemistry
- Practical Classes in Xenobiochemistry
- Enzymology
- Basics of Biochemistry
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Professional Memberships
- International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX)
- Czech Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (CSBMB)
- Head of the Ethical Committee of the Charles University, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové for ensuring of the laboratory animals welfare
- Czech Science Foundation, Evaluation panel P502 – Animal Physiology and Genetics, Veterinary Medicine
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Grants Received
- 2023-2025, TAČR SS06020173, Methods reducing the risks of circulation of veterinary drugs in the environment - co-investigator
- 2018-2020: GAČR 18-08452S, Anthelmintics in plants – interactions with polyphenols biosynthesis and antioxidant defence
- 2015-2017: GAČR P503/15-05325S, Anthelmintics in plants – uptake, biotransformation and transcriptional response
- 2007-2009: GAČR 524/07/0611, Dicrocoeliosis in farm animals - defence mechanisms of lancet fluke against anthelmintics
Member of further grants GAČR, GAUK, FRVŠ, MŠMT
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Publications
Author and co-author of >140 papers in international peer-reviewed journals; >1500 citations (WoS); H-index: 22 (WoS)
Most of the papers with full-text links can be found with the PubMed Search “Szotakova B”
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