doc. RNDr. Martin Vácha, Ph.D.

Head, Section of Animal Physiology and Immunology

Office: bldg. D36/123
Kamenice 753/5
625 00 Brno

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Field of study: Animal Physiology

Topics of doctoral theses (supervisor)

Analysis of common mechanisms of magnetoreception and molecular clock in insects. – graduate 2019
Spontaneous and conditioned magnetoreception of animals – graduate 2018
Magnetoreception of insects - mechanism of reception dependent on light. – graduate 2016
Directional magnetoreception – graduate 2016
Study of the Mealworn Beetle (TENEBRIO MOLITOR L.) Magnetoreception – graduate 2004

Topics of doctoral theses (consultant)

Characteristics of morphological and functional parameters of bovine oocytes – graduate 2018

Field of study: Animal physiology, immunology and developmental biology

Topics of doctoral theses (supervisor)

Evolution of insect circadian clock and its sensitivity to magnetic fields – ongoing study
Cryptochrome II in insect magnetoreception – graduate 2021

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