Just completed a large initial sampling in South Bohemia to study the impact of human activities on aquatic parasites. Thank you MŠMT for the grant support and Stephen Atkinson Oregon State University for the collaboration. The first season of field work is done, and exciting lab work begins!

Looking forward to a new collaboration with Dina Zilberg from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev to explore the potential of black soldier fly larvae in enhancing sustainability and disease control in aquaculture. Congrats Sagar Nayak from Laboratory of Fish Protistology and thanks MŠMT and משרד החדשנות, המדע והטכנולוגיה for the funding

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗘: Solving the Myxidium rhodei (Myxozoa) puzzle: insights into its phylogeny and host specificity in Cypriniformes parasite-journal.org/articles/paras…

Secreted Small Rnas of Naegleria Fowleri are Biomarkers for Diagnosis of Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis SSRN papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Marine parasitology field course and sampling in Vevang, Norway. Amazing time with fantastic students in beautiful nature—plus, plenty of myxozoans in both fish and rays! Přf JU Biology Centre CAS

Short but productive stay at Oregon State University! Many thanks to Stephen Stephen Atkinson and Sascha for collaborating on our projects and for the warm hospitality at the Department of Microbiology.

Our newest group photo – some have moved on, new faces have joined, and we’re still one amazing team! 😊

Grateful and delighted to be a fresh recipient of the 3-year grant by @GACR. Excited to collaborate with Alena Krejci from #PrfJU on bee parasites 🐝

Many thanks to the organizers of the 1st Meeting of the Central and Eastern European EAFP Branches. It’s great to be part of this wonderful family of fish parasitologists! 🐟

At the final seminar of the Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science Jihočeská univerzita, our two PhD students presented their research. Big thanks to Monika and Tamás for their excellent talks and for representing our lab so well!

Merry Christmas and warm wishes for a successful and fulfilling 2025 from our Aquatic Parasitology team!

Parasite of the Month: #Neoparamoeba #perurans, the most significant amphizoic #amoeba in #marine #aquaculture causing #amoebic #gill disease #AGD in economically valuable #fish species, authored by Martina Lisnerová Hana Pecková & Ivan Fiala Biology Centre CAS authors.elsevier.com/a/1kRPm_XTJP8L…

I am excited to see our work done in Laboratory of Fish Protistology at Biology Centre CAS about RNA-seq profiling of 🐟 parasite finally in press... BMC bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

In this TrendsTalk, the organizing committee of the XI International Symposium on Fish Parasites #ISFP summarizes the highlights of this conference. #Fish #Health #Parasite #Biodiversity #Conservation #Mexico Nico J Smit cell.com/trends/parasit…

Neoparamoeba perurans: Trends in Parasitology cell.com/trends/parasit…

Great time at the Czech traditional protistological conference 54th Protozoological Days—excellent talks, posters, and enthusiastic scientists, all set in beautiful nature by Lipno Reservoir. Next year: Prague in a new format—can’t wait! Czech Society for Parasitology #Protistology

The wait is over!!! Our Open Access book on Aquatic Parasitology was just published! 23 Chapters, 202 illustrations in 662 pages full of everything you ever wanted to know about the amazing world of marine & freshwater parasites. Download your copy here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

Productive and pleasant project meeting on "Food or Foe: Interaction of myxozoans with red blood stages." Thanks to Astrid Holzer for hosting us at @vetmedunivienna! Pavla Sojková #fishhealth #myxozoa

Interested in Myxozoa or Microsporidia? Don’t miss the new chapter in the just-released book Aquatic Parasitology. Read about the latest on these fascinating parasites: link.springer.com/chapter/10.100… #Myxozoa #Microsporidia rdcu.be/epDxk

We’re incredibly proud of our bachelor student, Žaneta Lešková, who received the Dean’s Award for her outstanding thesis on aquatic microsporidian diversity using an eDNA metabarcoding approach. Congratulations! Přírodovědecká fakulta JU