Degrees

2018: Rigorous Examination in Human Anatomy (General medicine)
2015: Rigorous Examination in Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic - RNDr.
2008–2015: Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Field of Study: Zoology - PhD
2006–2008: Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Field of Study: Zoology - MS
2003–2006: Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Field of Study: Biology - BS

Professional history

2019–present: Institute of Anatomy, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague – Research Assistant Professor
2017–2018: Institute of Anatomy, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague – Researcher and Lector
2015–2021: Institute of Physiology, CAS, Prague – Postdoctoral Fellow

Awards

2018: Czech Anatomical Society, Best Annual Paper

Membership in Professional Societies

2010–present: Czech Herpetological Society
2017–present: European Herpetological Society (SEH)
2018–present: Czech Anatomical Society (CAS)
2019–present: European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
2022–present: American Association for Anatomy (AAA)

Fields of Research

Cardiology in reptiles
Regeneration/reparation of the reptilian heart
Herpetology, Physiology of Reptiles

Selected Presentations

2018: Weinstein Conference of Cardiovascular Development – oral presentation
2018: 51th Morphology – award lecture – best anatomical paper
2019: Lecture (Institute of Physiology) – Hearts of Sauropsida
2020: 9th World Congress of Herpetology – oral presentation and poster
2021: 52th Morphology – oral presentation
2022: 19th International Congress of Developmental Biology – poster
2024: 10th World Congress of Herpetology – oral presentation

International colaboration

2020-present: colaboration with Tobias Wang laboratory, department of Zoophysiology, Aarhus University, Denmark

Selected Publications

Gregorovicova M. Cardiovascular system in Reptiles. In: Handbook of Zoology: Reptilia. Ed.: Joger U. 2024. 57.

Gregorovicova M, Lashkarinia SS, Yap CH, Tomek V, Sedmera D. Hemodynamics During Development and Postnatal Life. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2024;1441:201-226. Erratum in: Adv Exp Med Biol. 2024;1441:C1-C2. PMID: 38884713.

Gregorovicova M, Bartos M, Jensen B, Janacek J, Minne B, Moravec J, Sedmera D. Anguimorpha as a model group for studying the comparative heart morphology among Lepidosauria: Evolutionary window on the ventricular septation. Ecol Evol. 2022 Nov 8;12(11):e9476. PMID: 36381397; PMCID: PMC9643144.

Kvasilova A, Gregorovicova M, Olejnickova V, Kolesova H, Sedmera D. Myocardial development in Crocodylians. Dev Dyn. 2022 Dec;251(12):2029-2047. PMID: 36045487.

Olejnickova V, Kolesova H, Bartos M, Sedmera D, Gregorovicova M. The Tale-Tell Heart: Evolutionary tetrapod shift from aquatic to terrestrial life-style reflected in heart changes in axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). Dev Dyn. 2022 Jun;251(6):1004-1014. PMID: 34423892.

Jensen B, Joyce W, Gregorovicova M, Sedmera D, Wang T, Christoffels VM. Low incidence of atrial septal defects in nonmammalian vertebrates. Evol Dev. 2020 May;22(3):241-256. PMID: 31597012; PMCID: PMC9285691.

Hanemaaijer J, Gregorovicova M, Nielsen JM, Moorman AFM, Wang T, Planken RN, Christoffels VM, Sedmera D, Jensen B. Identification of the building blocks of ventricular septation in monitor lizards (Varanidae). Development. 2019 Jul 29;146(14):dev177121. PMID: 31285354.

Kvasilova A, Gregorovicova M, Kundrat M, Sedmera D. HNK-1 in Morphological Study of Development of the Cardiac Conduction System in Selected Groups of Sauropsida. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2019 Jan;302(1):69-82. PMID: 30306736.

Gregorovičová M, Sedmera, D., Jensen, B. Relative position of the atrioventricular canal determines the electrical activation of developing reptile ventricles. J Exp Biol. 2018 Jun 7;221(Pt 11):jeb178400. PMID: 29674379.

Gregorovičová M, Kvasilová A, Sedmera D. Ossification Pattern in Forelimbs of the Siamese Crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis): Similarity in Ontogeny of Carpus Among Crocodylian Species. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2018 Jul;301(7):1159-1168. PMID: 29381837.

List of all publications via Pubmed

Proposals for Bachelor and Master Theses:

Languages:

English
Spanish
Finnish

Personal interests:

Wildlife photography (www.muficzech.cz)
Travelling
Keeping and breeding reptiles
Painting
Literature
Theatre
Kendo – Japanese martial art - fencing (www.kacubo.cz)