Main research interest

Currently, I am involved in applied research on microalgae useful in the food and feed industry and the development of new functional foods/feeds enriched with valuable bioactive substances. In the past, the development of cultivation systems, large-scale cultivation and the use of waste nutrients for microalgae production and their subsequent applications (biostimulants, biopesticides, feeds in aquaculture) have also been my area of interest

Scientific expertise

PAM-2500, Junior-PAM, AquaPen, Oxygraph+
Ion-exchange chromatography
Gass chromatography with flame ionization detector
Biostimulation tests (germination ine´dex) a antifungal testing (well- and disk diffusion method)

Description of the academic carrier

2021-now Postdoc, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences (Centre Algatech)
2014-2020 Research assistant, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences (Centre Algatech)

Education

2017–2020 Ph.D. in Agriculture Biotechnology, Univerzity of South Bohemia in Českých Budějovicích, České Budějovice, advisor: prof. Vladislav Čurn
2012–2014 Ing. in Chemistry of Natural Compounds, University of Chemistry and Technology, advisor: prof. Jitka Moravcová
2009–2012 Bc. in Chemistry, Univerzity of South Bohemia in Českých Budějovicích, České Budějovice, advisor: doc. Roman Kubec

Most important research projects

2025-2027 Interreg V-A Bio2AgroFood Use of sustainable biotechnology in the agricultural and food sector - Principal Investigator
2020-2025 EU HORIZON 2020 MultiSt3am Development of sustainable algal biomass biorefining processes using different microalgae strains and methods that integrate industrial by-products to generate high value products for food, feed and fragrance - Co-investigator
2020-2022 Interreg V-A Algae4Fish Recycling of nutrients from agro-industrial residues by cultivation of microalgae as fish feed - Co-investigator
2016-2021 EU HORIZON 2020 project SABANA "Sustainable Algae Biorefinery for Agriculture and Aquaculture" – Co-investigator

Most important talks (10 in total)

3-15 December 2022 AlgaEurope 2022 (Microalgae as a feed improve the survival rate and vitality of pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) larvae)
16-19 September 2019 Algae Biomass Summit, Orlando, Florida, USA (Biopesticide Activity of Chlorella sp. strain cultured in Pilot Scale)
25-26 September 2018 Symposium on Microalgal Biotechnology in Agriculture, Třeboň, Czech Republic (Production of Microalgae with Biopesticide Activity)
6 March 2018 2nd EUAlgae Workshop of Algae Bioproducts for Early Career Investigators COST1408, Thessaloniki, Greece, Microalgae Strains with Potencial Biopesticide Activity
25-27 June 2018 World Biotechnology, Food and Agriculture Conference, Stockholm, Sweden (Microalgae with Potencial Biopesticide Activity, moderation of Key note Sessions)

Most important poster presentations (13 in total)

Masojídek, J, Štěrbová, K, Bečková, M, Torzillo, G, Knoppová, J, Benavídes, AMS, Komenda, J. Outdoor Photoacclimation of Two Chlorella Strains Characterised by Normal and Reduced Light-harvesting Antennas: Photosynthetic Activity and Chlorophyll-Protein Organization. AlgaEurope 2022, Rome, Italy.
Ranglová K, Lakatos G, Grivalský T, Camara Manoel JA, Estrella SF, Acién FG, Urajová P and Masojídek J. Biostimulant and Biopesticide Activity of Chlorella sp. Cultured in Pilot Scale, Algae Biomass Organization, Orlando-Florida, USA, 2019 (research award for the 2nd place in Biology Division Poster)
Malapascua JRF, Sergejevová M, Ranglová K and Masojídek J. Photosynthesis, Growth & Lipid Accumulation in the Microalga Trachydiscus minutus (Eustigmatophyceae), Algae Biomass Summit 2014, San Diego (California).

Key current international cooperation

Gabriel Acién, Francisca Suárez-Estrella, Emilio Molina-Grima (University of Almería, Almería, Spain)
Juan Luis Gómez Pinchetti (University of Las Palmas, Canary Islands)
Vince Ördög (Széchenyi István University, Györ, Hungary)

Awards

16-19 September 2019 Algae Biomass Summit, Florida, USA (Young Research Award in Biology Division Poster - Biostimulant and Biopesticide Activity of Chlorella sp. Cultured in Pilot Scale )