Laboratory of Fish Protistology

FishProtLab at @BiologyCentre led by @IvanFiala7. We are fascinated by microscopic fish parasites, their evolution, ecology, molecular biology, and immunology.

[Laboratory of Fish Protistology @FishProtLab]

Microsporidian diversity and host associations in aquatic invertebrate communities of South Bohemian fish ponds revealed by metabarcoding https://t.co/zfZYodr22o via @MBMGjournal

[Laboratory of Fish Protistology @FishProtLab]

Great visit to Petra-Aqua in Turčianske Teplice – Europe’s largest aquarium fish farm, run by our friend Petr Posel. An impressive facility full of beautiful fish! 🐠 And good news for the farmer, perhaps less so for a parasitologist 😉 – all fish we examined were parasite-free!

[Laboratory of Fish Protistology @FishProtLab]

Great few days at the XVI Slovak and Czech Parasitological Days – Parasites in the Heart of Europe 3 in the beautiful High Tatras 🇸🇰. Great science, discussions, old and new friends, and some fun outside the lecture hall too! 🦠🏔️🍻 #parasitology

[Laboratory of Fish Protistology @FishProtLab]

5th Marine Parasitology course in Norway 🇳🇴, organised by @Prirodoveda_JU, with our lab taking part again. Two fantastic weeks of hard work, great students and a wonderful atmosphere! #MarineParasitology #Myxozoa #Parasitology

[Laboratory of Fish Protistology @FishProtLab]

Tiny carp babies are here! They hatched recently, and today they had their first Artemia meal. Small fish, big milestone 😀🐟 !

[Laboratory of Fish Protistology @FishProtLab]

Big congratulations to Katka and Eliška on defending their bachelor’s theses! So happy to see your hard work pay off — well done to both of you, and all the best for what comes next.

[Pavla Sojková @SojkovaPavla]

Happy to announce our paper about fish cathepsins is out. Check it out if interested. @FishProtLab #myxozoa #fish #commoncarp #sphaerospora

https://t.co/gJM7uZSO0Y

[Pavla Sojková @SojkovaPavla]

Published! 🎉Our long collaborative journey exploring Smolstatin, a cysteine protease inhibitor of the fish parasite Sphaerospora molnari, is now out in Current Research in Microbial Sciences! Many thanks to all co-authors https://t.co/gmwazlHmab @FishProtLab #SphaerosporaMolnari

[Pavla Sojková @SojkovaPavla]

Its cool to find myxozoans in the exhibition of the National Museum in Prague 🤩. Btw, see the running exhibition about Human evolution including the 3 million years old original exemplars of Lucy and Salem (Australopithecus afarensis). @narodnimuzeum

[Laboratory of Fish Protistology @FishProtLab]

Amazing time at the International Conference on Diseases of Fish and Shellfish in Heraklion - fantastic talks & inspiring discussions. Big thanks and congrats to Astrid Holzer @fish_n_bugs for organising an excellent meeting.

[Laboratory of Fish Protistology @FishProtLab]

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! @Prirodoveda_JU

[Laboratory of Fish Protistology @FishProtLab]

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: https://t.co/LDWPAKNfnh #Myxozoa #Microsporidia https://t.co/g5mWvnNqkZ

[Nico J Smit @NicoJSmit1]

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: https://t.co/MjFmERmkTS

[Trends in Parasitology @TrendsParasitol]

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 @NicoJSmit1

https://t.co/ut5j0ujSWE

[Laboratory of Fish Protistology @FishProtLab]

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

[Laboratory of Fish Protistology @FishProtLab]

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!
@parazitologiecz #Protistology

[Laboratory of Fish Protistology @FishProtLab]

Neoparamoeba perurans: Trends in Parasitology https://t.co/5lw695xcvg

[Jiri Kyslik @George45k177693]

I am excited to see our work done in @FishProtLab at @BiologyCentre about RNA-seq profiling of 🐟 parasite finally in press... @BioMedCentral

https://t.co/GWgO381pIs

[Trends in Parasitology @TrendsParasitol]

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 @MartiLisnerova Hana Pecková & @IvanFiala7 @BiologyCentre
https://t.co/MKlrt6IU8u

[Laboratory of Fish Protistology @FishProtLab]

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