Filip Husnik

I am broadly interested in major evolutionary transitions such as the origin of the eukaryotic cell and its symbiotic organelles, mitochondria and plastids. I work at the interface of multiple disciplines, particularly evolutionary biology, cell biology, genomics, microbiology, biochemistry, and computational biology. My favorite model systems are any symbiotic organisms, insects, protists, and marine microbes.

I grew up near Prague, did my graduate work in Budweis, and then my research brought me to the USA, UK, Canada, and finally Japan.

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Experience
2017-2020
EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of British Columbia, Canada, with Patrick J. Keeling
2014-2015
Fulbright PhD Fellowship, University of Montana, USA, with John P. McCutcheon
2012-2013
Erasmus PhD Fellowship, University of Liverpool, UK, with Alistair C. Darby
Awards
2021-2022
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (main PI)
2021-2023
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research B (co-PI)
2020-2021
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up (main PI)
2019
Postdoctoral fellow travel award, University of British Columbia
2017-2019
EMBO long-term postdoctoral fellowship
2017
Dean's award for PhD thesis
2015
30 Under 30, Forbes Czech Republic
2014-2015
Fulbright visiting PhD student fellowship
2014-2015
Ph.D. research award, University of South Bohemia
2012-2013
Erasmus visiting PhD student fellowship
2012
Dean's award for MSc. thesis
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Filip Husnik
Assistant Professor
PhD (Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics), Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 2017
MSc. (Parasitology), University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic, 2012

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Evolution, Cell Biology, and Symbiosis Unit
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