Mgr. Michaela Liegertová, Ph.D.
Professional focus: Developmental, cell and molecular biology, bioinformatics and genomics, model organisms; extracellular vesicles, microfluidic platforms and nanotoxicology; AI and agentic systems in research
Office: CPTO 4.05 (CENAB), CPTO 8.12 (Dean’s Office)
Phone: +420 475 286 664 (8.12)
E-mail: michaela.liegertova@ujep.cz
Consultation hours: by prior arrangement
ORCID iD: orcid.org/0000-0003-3858-856X
Web of Science ResearcherID: AAA-3987-2021
ResearchGate: researchgate.net/profile/Michaela-Liegertova
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/michaelaliegertova
Personal website: liegertova.cz
Education and professional development
2026 – habilitation procedure initiated (Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague)
2023 – present: AI Ambassador, Faculty of Science UJEP
2018 – present: Vice-Dean for Development and Quality, Faculty of Science UJEP
2013 – present: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science UJEP; since 2022 also Centre for Nanomaterials and Biotechnology (CENAB)
2009–2016 Ph.D., Charles University, Prague (Developmental and Cell Biology)
2009–2013 Researcher, Institute of Molecular Genetics CAS, Laboratory of Transcriptional Regulation
2007 – study stay, University of Cape Town, South Africa (Department of Zoology)
2002–2009 M.Sc., Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem (Biology–Chemistry Teaching)
Courses taught
General Zoology (BSc)
Evolutionary and Developmental Biology (BSc)
Methods in Molecular Biology (MSc)
Diploma Seminar (MSc)
Professional Internships (MSc)
Molecular Biology for Nanotechnology (PhD)
General Zoology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Methods in Molecular Biology, Laboratory Techniques in Molecular and Cell Biology, Animal and Plant Models in Biology, Parasitology
Research activities
Projects
2024–2028 OP JAK: MATBIOMED – Materials and Technologies for Bioapplications and Medicine (team member)
2021–2022 Czech Science Foundation (GAČR): Hybrid exosome-dendrimer nanovesicles for gene therapy and targeted drug delivery (team member)
2018–2022 Ministry of Education – UniQSurf: Centre of Biosurfaces and Hybrid Functional Materials (team member)
2018–2020 Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, Zéta (TJ01000077): ZEBRACHIP – microfluidic chip for automated large-scale in vivo testing of the biological effects of active compounds (principal investigator)
2017–2019 IGA/SGS UJEP: Dendrimers for the delivery of therapeutically active molecules into human tumour xenografts in a simple in vivo system (principal investigator)
Intellectual property
Czech patent CZ 308789 B6 – Microfluidic chip for flow-through cultivation of biological objects
Utility model CZ 34009 U1 – Microfluidic chip for flow-through cultivation of biological objects
International PCT application WO 2021/181337 A1 – Microfluidic chip for flow-through cultivation of biological objects
Selected recent publications
Artificial Intelligence in Diabetes Care. Dubský M, Liegertová M, Bém R, Sojáková D, Fejfarová V, Jude EB. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2026;28(6):4587-4601. doi: 10.1111/dom.70720. Epub 2026 Mar 30. PMID: 41913548
Extracellular vesicles in cancer’s communication: messages we can read and how to answer. Semerádtová A, Liegertová M, Herma R, Čapková M, Brignole C, Del Zotto G. Mol Cancer. 2025 Mar 19;24(1):86. doi: 10.1186/s12943-025-02282-1. PMID: 40108630
Gastropod Mucus: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Biological Activities, Applications, and Strategic Priorities. Liegertová M, Malý J. ACS Biomater Sci Eng. 2023 Oct 9;9(10):5567-5579. doi: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.3c01096. Epub 2023 Sep 26. PMID: 37751898
Biodistribution and toxicity assessment of methoxyphenyl phosphonium carbosilane dendrimers in 2D and 3D cell cultures of human cancer cells and zebrafish embryos. Žmudová Z, Šanderová Z, Liegertová M, Vinopal S, Herma R, Sušický L, Müllerová M, Strašák T, Malý J. Sci Rep. 2023 Sep 19;13(1):15477. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-42850-3. PMID: 37726330
Bridging the extracellular vesicle knowledge gap: insights from non-mammalian vertebrates, invertebrates, and early-diverging metazoans. Liegertová M, Janoušková O. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2023 Aug 28;11:1264852. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1264852. PMID: 37701784
Immunocapturing rare cells from blood: A simple and robust microsystem approach. Smejkal J, Aubrecht P, Semerádtová A, Štofik M, Liegertová M, Malý J. Biosens Bioelectron. 2023 May 1;227:115155. doi: 10.1016/j.bios.2023.115155. Epub 2023 Feb 18. PMID: 36821992
Mucus-derived exosome-like vesicles from the Spanish slug (Arion vulgaris): taking advantage of invasive pest species in biotechnology. Liegertová M, Semerádtová A, Kocholatá M, Průšová M, Němcová L, Štofik M, Kříženecká S, Malý J, Janoušková O. Sci Rep. 2022 Dec 16;12(1):21768. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-26335-3. PMID: 36526668
Cubozoan genome illuminates functional diversification of opsins and photoreceptor evolution. Liegertová M, Pergner J, Kozmiková I, Fabian P, Pombinho AR, Strnad H, Pačes J, Vlček Č, Bartůněk P, Kozmik Z. Sci Rep. 2015 Jul 8;5:11885. doi: 10.1038/srep11885. PMID: 26154478
Other activities
Faculty Coordinator for Equal Opportunities – faculty contact person for social safety
AI Ambassador, Faculty of Science UJEP (since 2023); founder of the AI Reaktor PřF UJEP and “AI Together: Sharing, Learning and Innovation” platforms
Member of the national working group on Generative AI in Higher Education
Coordinator of the “AI in Research” training programme under the Czech Academy of Sciences Strategy AV 21+ (2025)
Open toolkit AI for Science – Models, Agents & Tools for Researchers (michalie.github.io), dedicated to ELIXIR-CZ
Awards
2023 UJEP Rector’s Award for outstanding teaching in technical and natural sciences
2018 UJEP Rector’s Award for excellent results in technical and natural sciences (researchers under 35)