Prof. Ing. Barbora Szotáková, Ph.D.

Doc. Ing. Barbora Szotáková, Ph.D.

 

Current position

Education and Employment

  • Since 2016: Professor at the Department of Biochemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University 
  • 2007-2016: Associate Professor at the Department of Biochemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University
  • 2006: Habilitation in Biochemistry
  • 2001: Ph.D. degree in Patobiochemistry and Xenobiochemistry
  • 2000 - 2003: Short internships in Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Philipps-University of Marburg,  Germany
  • 1988 - 2006: Assistant professor at the Department of Biochemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University in Prague
  • 1982 - 1988: Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology

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

Teaching

  • Xenobiochemistry
  • Practical Classes in Xenobiochemistry
  • Enzymology
  • Basics of Biochemistry

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

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

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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