prof. MUDr. Ondřej Cinek, Ph.D.

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 metagenomics and profiling)
- SNP typing, HLA typing
- Methods of classical and molecular epidemiology
- Maintaining disease registers and databases

Programming skills:
- Python, advanced, for bioinformatics and laboratory automation
- Database design and maintenance
- R, intermediate, for statistics and bioinformatics