Senior research fellow. Professor in Medical Biology.Works at at the Department of Paediatrics and the Department of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Motol. Main research interests: - Virome and bacteriome in non-infectious diseases, mostly in type 1 diabetes mellitus, coeliac disease and Crohn disease- Specific molecular detection, quantification and genotyping of infectious agents in studies of immunopathological diseases (type 1 diabetes, coeliac disease)- Molecular epidemiology of non-infectious diseases (HLA association, immunogenetics)Technical skills: - Real-time PCR for detection and quantification of DNA and RNA viruses - Sanger sequencing- Next generation sequencing and bioinformatics (for virome sequencing, bacteriome profiling and for research of human monogenic conditions) - SNP typing, HLA typing- Methods of classical and molecular epidemiology - Maintaining disease registers and databasesProgramming skills: - Python, advanced, for bioinformatics and laboratory automation- Database design and maintenance- R, intermediate, for statistics and bioinformatics