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Dr Jan Slapeta

Lecturer
McMaster Building (B14)
Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney
New South Wales 2006, Australia
Ph: +61-2-935-12025
Fax: +61-2-935-17348
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Qualifications

MVDr., Ph.D.

Teaching Areas

Veterinary Parasitology

Research Interests

Protozoology, Microbial Evolution & Systematics, Diagnostic Applications

  • Protozoology
  • Microbial Evolution & Systematics
  • Diagnostic Applications

Contribution to the Profession and the Community

Member of the Australian Society of Parasitology and the ARC/NHMRC Research Network for Parasitology

Selected Publications

  1. Šlapeta J (2006) Cryptosporidium species in cattle: a proposal for a new species. Trends in Parasitology 22(10):469-474.
  2. Šlapeta J., Moreira D., Lopez-Garcia P. (2006). Global dispersal and ancient cryptic species in the smallest marine eukaryotes. Molecular Biology and Evolution 23(1) 23-29.
  3. Šlapeta J., Moreira D., Lopez-Garcia P. (2005). The extent of protist diversity: insights from molecular ecology of freshwater eukaryotes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 272(1576):2073-2081.
  4. Šlapeta J., Keithly J.S. (2004). Cryptosporidium parvum mitochondrial-type HSP70 targets homologous and heterologous mitochondria. Eukaryotic Cell 3(2): 483-494.
  5. Hajdušek O., Ditrich O., Šlapeta J. (2004). Molecular identification of Cryptosporidium spp. in animal and human hosts from the Czech Republic. Veterinary Parasitology 122(3), 183-192.
  6. Šlapeta J.R., Modrý D., Votýpka J., Jirků M., Lukeš J., Koudela B. (2003). Evolutionary relationships among cyst-forming coccidia Sarcocystis spp. (Alveolata: Apicomplexa: Coccidea) in endemic African tree vipers and perspective for evolution of heteroxenous life cycle. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 27(3): 464-475.
  7. Šlapeta J.R., Modrý D., Kyselová I., Hořejš R., Lukeš J., Koudela B. (2002). Dog shedding oocysts of Neospora caninum: PCR diagnosis and molecular phylogenetic approach. Veterinary Parasitology 109(3-4): 157-167.
  8. Šlapeta J.R., Koudela B., Votýpka J., Modrý D., Hořejš R., Lukeš J. (2002). Coprodiagnosis of Hammondia heydorni in dogs by PCR Based on ITS 1 rRNA: Differentiation from morphologically indistinguishable oocysts of Neospora caninum. The Veterinary Journal 163(2):147-154.
  9. Šlapeta J.R., Modrý D., Votýpka J., Jirků M., Koudela B., Lukeš J. (2001). Multiple origin of the dihomoxenous life cycle in sarcosporidia. International Journal for Parasitology 31: 413-417.
  10. Šlapeta J.R., Modrý D., Votýpka J., Jirků M., Oborn'k M., Lukeš J., Koudela B. (2001). Eimeria telekii n.sp. (Apicomplexa: Coccidia) from Lemniscomys striatus (Rodentia: Muridae): morphology, pathology and phylogeny. Parasitology 122: 133-143.