Jan Dvorak

Born: January 24, 1976, in Plana, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic)

Address: Sandler Center for Basic Research in Parasitic Diseases,
Department of Pathology; University of California, San Francisco;
Byers Hall N508, MC 2550; San Francisco,CA 94158-2330, USA

email: jan.dvorak@ucsf.edu

Present position: Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar

Education:
B.Sc. (1997) in biology
Charles University, Faculty of Science, Prague
M.Sc. (2000) in biology - parasitology
Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology and Hydrobiology, Prague
Ph.D. (2005) in parasitology
Thesis: Characterization of Schistosomal Peptidases and Their Role in Host - Parasite Interactions. Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology, Prague

Publications:
1. Horak P., Kolarova L., Dvorak J. (1998): Trichobilharzia regenti n. sp. (Schistosomatidae, Bilharziellinae), A new nasal schistosome from Europe. Parasite 5: 349-357.

2. Horak P., Dvorak J., Kolarova L., Trefil L. (1999): Trichobilharzia regenti, a pathogen of the avian and mammalian central nervous systems. Parasitology 119: 557 - 581.

3. Dvorak J., Sattmann h., Horak P., Konecny R. (1999): Bird schistosomes from freshwater snails in Austria, with some notes on current problems (Digenea, Schistosomatidae). Mitteilungen der …sterreichischen Gesellschaft fŸr Tropenmedizin und Parasitologie 21: 69 Ð 76.

4. Konecny R., Dvorak J., Horak P., Sattmann H. (1999): Zerkarien von SŸsswasserschnecken in Ost-…sterreich. Mitteilungen der …sterreichischen Gesellschaft fŸr Tropenmedizin und Parasitologie 21: 77 - 82.

5. Spakulova M., Horak P., Dvorak J. (2001): The karyotype of Trichobilharzia regenti Horak, Kolarova et Dvorak, 1998 (Digenea: Schistosomatidae), a nasal avian schistosome in Central Europe. Parasitology Research 87, 479-483.

6. Bargues M.D., Vigo M., Horak P., Dvorak J., pATZNER R. A., pOINTIER J. P., JACKIEwicz m., meier-brook c., mas-coma s (2001): european Lymnaeidae (Molusca: Gastropoda), intermediate hosts of trematodiases, based on nuclear ribosomal DNAÊ ITS-2 sequences. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 16, 1-23.

7. Dvorak J., Vanacova S., Hampl V., Flegr J., HorAk P. (2002): Comparison of European Trichobilharzia species based on ITS1 and ITS2 sequences. Parasitology 124, 307-313.

8. Ekici O.D., Gotz M.G., James K.E., Li Z.Z., Rukamp B.J., Asgian J.L., Caffrey C.R.,Hansell E., Dvorak J., McKerrow J.H., Potempa J., Travis J., Mikolajczyk J., Salvesen G.S., Powers J.C. (2004): Aza-peptide Michael acceptors: a new class of inhibitors specific for caspases and other clan CD cysteine proteases. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 47(8),1889-92.

9. Mikes L., ZidkovA L., Kasny M., Dvorak J., Horak P. (2005): In vitro stimulation of penetration gland emptying by Trichobilharzia szidati and T. regenti (Schistosomatidae) cercariae. Quantitative collection and partial characterization of the products. Parasitology Research 96(4):230-41. International Journal of Parasitology, 35(8):895-910

10. Dvorak J., Delcroix M., Rossi A., Vopalensky V., Pospisek M., Sedinova M., Mikes L., Sajid M., Sali A., McKerrow JH., Horak P., Caffrey CR., (2005).Multiple cathepsin B isoforms in schistosomula of Trichobilharzia regenti: identification, characterization and putative role in migration and nutrition. International Journal for Parasitology, 35(8):895-910.