Zuzana Hroncová

Zuzana Hroncová
Lysolajská 894, 252 62 Horoměřice, Czech Republic
Cell: 00420 604 928 858, E-mail: hroncova.zuzana@gmail.com
Professional Summary
Master degree of Human nutrition, where significant part of study was dedicated to issue of
nutrigenomics and epidemiology. During Ph.D. study I developed expertise in molecular genetic
methods (DGGE, qPCR). In 2014 (1 month) Erasmus fellowship at the University of Pisa
(prof. Rodolfo Bernardi) with study gene expression.
Core Qualification
2012-
Ph.D. in Biology (Microbiology)
Thesis: Effect of plant secondary compounds and probiotic microorganisms for
immunity and prevention of microbial diseases of honey bees Apis mellifera
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic
2007-2012
Master degree (Ing.) of Human nutrition program
Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovakia
Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources
Additional Information on Education
4/2014
Training Workshop on Advanced Fingerprinting in BioNumerics®
Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium
9/2013
Intensive programme - Food and Feed Safety at European Union,
Antalya, Turkey
2010-2011
LLP Erasmus - Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
Research Experience
9/2014
Department of Agricultural, Food and Agro-Environmental Sciences
Università di Pisa, Italy
7-8/2012
Department of Health Promotion and Hygiene,
Regional Public Health Authority, Lučenec, Slovakia
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Funded Projects
2013-2015
Internal Grant Agency of the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Impact of sub-lethal pesticides exposure on microbiota composition of honey
bee and larval digestive tract (project No. CIGA 20132013)
2013-2013
Grant Agency of Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, CULS
Use of probiotics and prebiotics in animal nutrition (project No. GA FAPPZ
SV13-49-21250)
2012-2016
National Agency for Agricultural Research of the Ministry of Agriculture CR
Development of new methods for immune support of bees, prevention and
treatment of bee diseases (project No. NAZV QJ 1210047). Cooperation.
Cooperation Partners
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Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
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Bee Research Institute at Dol, Libcice nad Vltavou, Czech Republic
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Masaryk University, Department of Experimental Biology, Brno, Czech Republic
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Department of Agricultural, Food and Agro-Environmental Sciences, Università di Pisa, IT
Skills in Relation to the Application
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Gene expression through creation of complementary DNA (cDNA) transcripts from RNA
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qPCR to quantitatively measure the amplification of DNA using fluorescent probes
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Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE) use a temperature or chemical gradient to
denature the sample across an acrylamide gel
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Primers designing and work with NCBI database
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Big data analysis and processing in BioNumerics software and SPSS Statistics Software
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MS Office-package (Excel, Word, Outlook, ..)
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Ensure the evaluation of work (Writing: reports, scientific papers and laboratory diaries)
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Good knowledge of spoken and written English
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On-going literature monitoring, Planning work and Implement the relevant protocols
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Respect of deadlines
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Setting up collaborations or strengthen existing contacts with academic research teams or
industrial groups
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Abstracts
Doskočil, I., Havlík, J., Frublingova, L., Hroncová, Z., Volštátová, T., Landa, P. (2014a). In Vitro Antiradical
and NO Suppression Properties of Fruits and Vegetables. 3rd International Conference on Food
Digestion, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 11.3.-13.3.2014, p. 146.
Havlík, J., Verlotta, R., Doskočil, I., Hroncová, Z., Volštátová, T., Bernardi, R. (2014b). Granulocyte Phagocytic
Activity Induced by Edible Polypore Mushrooms. 3rd International Conference on Food Digestion,
Wageningen, The Netherlands, 11.3.-13.3.2014, p.145.
Doskočil, I., Havlík, J., Frublingova, L., Landa, P., Volštátová, T., Hroncová, Z., Rada, V. (2014). In Vitro
Antiradical and Anti-inflammatory Properties of Fruit and Vegetable Juices. 17th world congress of
food science and technology & expo, Research that res nates, August 17-21,2014, Montreal,
Canada.
Havlík, J., Jenšovský, J., Doskočil, I., Hroncová, Z., Kamler, M., Tyl, J., Titěra, D. (2013a). Effect of alkaloids
presence in artificial nectar on foraging preferences of honey bees. CD - XXXXIII. International
Apicultural Congress Apimondia, 29.9. — 4.10. 2013 Kiev, Ukraine.
Hroncová, Z., Havlík, J., Killer, J., Doskočil, I., Rada, V., Kamler, M., Tyl, J., Titěra, D. (2013b). Occurrence of
Bifidobacterium asteroides in honey bee gut during development. CD - XXXXIII. International
Apicultural Congress Apimondia, 29.9. — 4.10. 2013 Kiev, Ukraine.
Publications
Killer, J., Svec, P., Sedlacek, I., Cernohlavkova, J., Benada, O., Hroncova, Z., Havlik, J., Vlkova, E., Rada, V.,
Kopecny, J., Kofronova, O. (2014a). Vagococcus entomophilus sp nov., from the digestive tract of a
wasp (Vespula vulgaris). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 64,
731-737.
Killer, J., Votavova, A., Valterova, I., Vlkova, E., Rada, V., & Hroncova, Z. (2014b). Lactobacillus bombi sp.
nov., from the digestive tract of laboratory-reared bumblebee queens (Bombus terrestris).
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology, ijs-0.
Hroncova Z, Havlik J, Killer J, Doskocil I, Tyl J, et al. (2015) Variation in Honey Bee Gut Microbial Diversity
Affected by Ontogenetic Stage, Age and Geographic Location. PLoS ONE 10(3): e0118707. doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0118707
Hroncova, Z., Stankova, L., Hajkova, S., Havlik, J., Rada, V. (2015). Preferential behavious of honeybees
towards selected nectar alkaloids. In preparation (for submission to the journal Ecological
entomology).
Hajkova, S., Hroncova, Z., Havlik, J., Killer, J., Bernardi, R., Frnka, K., Rada, V., Langrova, I. (2015).
Imidacloprid delays defecation, changes microbial populations and detoxifying enzymes activities in
honey bee larvae. In preparation (for submission to the journal Plos One).