Aleš Kvasnička, MSc.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry and Clinical Biochemistry
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University
09/2020 to present (Research focus: Lipidomic characterization of inborn errors of mitochondrial β-oxidation.)
Master’s degree in Biochemistry
Faculty of Science, Palacký University
2018-2020 (Thesis topic: Lipidomic Analysis of Dry Blood Spots of Patients with Short‑Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency.)
WORK EXPERIENCE
Assistant and junior researcher
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University Olomouc (09/2020 to present)
Guest researcher (Internship) at Hiroshi Tsugawa’s lab
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (Tokyo, Japan) (09/2022–02/2022)
Guest researcher (Erasmus+ traineeship) at Michael Lämmerhofer’s lab
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Tübingen, Germany) (09/2019–02/2020)
Promoter, lecturer and program creator
Science and Technology Centre (Ostrava, Czech Republic) (07/2017–12/2020)
PUBLICATIONS
- Altered plasma, urine, and tissue profiles of sulfatides and sphingomyelins in patients with renal cell carcinoma; Jirásko, R., Idkowiak, J., Wolrab, D., Kvasnička, A., Friedecký, D., Polański, K., Študentová, H., Študent, V., Melichar, B., & Holčapek, M. (2022). Cancers, (IF=6.6, Q1) 2022, 14(19), 4622; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14194622
- Lipidomic and metabolomic analysis reveals changes in biochemical pathways for non-small cell lung cancer tissues; Cífková, E., Brumarová, R., Ovčačíková, M., Dobešová, D., Mičová, K., Kvasnička, A., Vaňková, Z., Šiller, J., Sákra, L., Friedecký, D., Holčapek, M. In Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) – Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids (IF=5.2) 2021 (p. 159082). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbalip.2021.159082
- Evaluation of the Determination of Dabigatran, Rivaroxaban, and Apixaban in Lupus Anticoagulant-Positive Patients; Úlehlová J, Piskláková B, Ivanovová E, Procházková J, Bradáčová P, Kvasnička A, Friedecký D, Slavík L, Diagnostics. (IF=3.9) 2021; 11(11):2027. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11112027
- SLIDE—Novel Approach to Apocrine Sweat Sampling for Lipid Profiling in Healthy Individuals; Kvasnička A, Friedecký D, Tichá A, Hyšpler R, Janečková H, Brumarová R, Najdekr L, Zadák Z, Int. J. Mol. Sci. (IF=5.92) 2021;22: 8054. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22158054
- Novel LC-MS tools for diagnosing inborn errors of metabolism; Ivanovová E, Piskláková B, Dobešová D, Kvasnička A, Friedecký D, Microchem J. (IF=4.82) 2021 Jul; 170, 106654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2021.106654
RESEARCH AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
2022: 2nd best poster award from the Czech Society for Mass Spectrometry at the 10th Czech Mass Spectrometry Conference (Prague)
2022: Award of the Czech Society of Clinical Biochemistry for the best publication in the field of clinical biochemistry and laboratory medicine published in the year 2021
2022: Travel award for selected oral talk at EpiLipidNET Young Researcher and Innovators (YRI) Meeting in Aveiro, Portugal.
2022: Best oral presentation (in the section “Youth forward”) at 22nd Mass Spectrometry School 2021 with the talk: „Lipidomic analysis of infectious inflammation in synovial fluid (CZ)”.
2021: Best oral presentation at OL4PERMED (Olomouc for Personalized Medicine) conference 2021 with the talk: „Metabolite and lipid profiling of lung and breast cancer (EN)”.
2021: 1st Place in the Rector’s award of Palacký Univeristy in student master thesis category in biomedical sciences with thesis topic: Lipidomic Analysis of Dry Blood Spots of Patients with Short Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency.
2020: 3rd Place in the Dean’s award of Palacký University in student master thesis category in chemistry with thesis topic: Lipidomic Analysis of Dry Blood Spots of Patients with Short Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency.
2018: 1st Place in the Dean’s award of Palacký University in student bachelor thesis category in biology with thesis topic: Extracellularly secreted proteins and peptides by the bacterium Paenibacillus larvae.
TEACHING
- Lecturer of the seminar and laboratory practical exercises of the course Medicinal Chemistry (for first-year students of general medicine) – 2 hours every second week (winter semester 2021,2022)
- Supervisor of 4 students for Bachelors and Masters theses