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Ondrej Podlaha
Ph.D. student
B.Sc., Biology, St. Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin, 1998-2001
Mendel University, Brno, Czech Republic, 1997-1998
U-M affiliation
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Contact information
University of Michigan
3009 Kraus Natural Science Building
830 North University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048
Phone: (734) 763-0514
Fax: (734) 763-0544
Email: opodlaha@umich.edu
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Fields of study
Systematics of mammals, speciation, molecular evolution
Research interests
I have broad interests encompassing mammal systematics, molecular evolution and speciation. Some of the projects I have done in the past include the ‘island syndrome’ in White-footed mouse on the islands of Lake Michigan, studying the effect of positive selection on protein-length, and collaboration on several other molecular projects in gene evolution. Currently I am beginning research investigating the history of colonization of Australo-Papuan region by rodents.
Academic background
1997-1998 Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic. 1998-2001 St. Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin, USA. (BSc in Biology).
Advisors
Phil Myers, Jianzhi (George) Zhang
Recent publications
Zhang, J., D. M. Webb, and O. Podlaha. 2002. Accelerated protein evolution and origins of human-specific features: FOXP2 as an example. Genetics 162:1825-1835.
Podlaha, O., and J. Zhang. 2003. Positive selection on protein-length in the evolution of a primate sperm ion channel. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 100(21):12241-6.
Zhang, J., X. Wang, O. Podlaha. 2004. Testing the chromosomal speciation hypothesis for humans and chimpanzees. Genome Res. 14(5):845-51.
Podlaha, O., and J. Zhang. 2004. Nonneutral Evolution of the Transcribed Pseudogene Makorin1-p1 in Mice. Mol Biol Evol. 21(12):2202-9.
Podlaha, O., D.M. Webb, P.K. Tucker, and J. Zhang. 2005. Positive selection for indel substitutions in the rodent sperm protein catsper1. Mol Biol Evol. 22(9):1845-52.
Podlaha, O., D.M. Webb, and J. Zhang. 2006. Accelerated evolution of the sperm-egg binding protein, SED1 in ancestral primates. Mol Biol Evol. (submitted).
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