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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Czechia Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Czechia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Czechia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Czechia Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Czechia Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Czechia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Czechia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Czechia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Czechia Leader Award
  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Julius Lukeš is affiliated with the Czech Academy of Sciences in the Czech Republic. Their research spans multiple fields within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a strong emphasis on molecular biology and its applications to epidemiology, ecology, insect science, and public health.

The scientist's work concentrates on several main topics, including:

  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies
  • Research on Leishmaniasis studies
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Microbial community ecology and physiology
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Julius Lukeš maintains collaborations with several frequent co-authors, which include:

  • Vyacheslav Yurchenko
  • Anzhelika Butenko
  • Kristína Záhonová
  • Jan Votýpka
  • Drahomíra Faktorová

Their research outputs have been published in journals such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Current Biology
  • Trends in Parasitology
  • BMC Biology
  • mBio

Among the recent papers involving Julius Lukeš as co-author or contributor are:

  • "Euglenozoa: taxonomy, diversity and ecology, symbioses and viruses," 2021, Open Biology
  • "Bacterial and archaeal symbioses with protists," 2021, Current Biology
  • "Lexis and Grammar of Mitochondrial RNA Processing in Trypanosomes," 2020, Trends in Parasitology
  • "Returning to the Fold for Lessons in Mitochondrial Crista Diversity and Evolution," 2020, Current Biology
  • "Evolution of metabolic capabilities and molecular features of diplonemids, kinetoplastids, and euglenids," 2020, BMC Biology

The scientist's body of work integrates molecular biology approaches to study parasitic protozoa, specifically targeting trypanosome species and their RNA processing mechanisms, as well as ecological and evolutionary aspects of protists.

Julius Lukeš has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2018.

Best Publications

  • Eukaryotic plankton diversity in the sunlit ocean

    Colomban de Vargas;Colomban de Vargas;Stéphane Audic;Stéphane Audic;Nicolas Henry;Nicolas Henry;Johan Decelle;Johan Decelle

  • The revised classification of eukaryotes

    Sina M. Adl;Sina M. Adl;Alastair G. B. Simpson;Christopher E. Lane;Julius Lukeš

  • Revisions to the Classification, Nomenclature, and Diversity of Eukaryotes

    Sina M. Adl;David Bass;David Bass;Christopher E. Lane;Julius Lukes;Julius Lukes

  • CBOL Protist Working Group: Barcoding Eukaryotic Richness beyond the Animal, Plant, and Fungal Kingdoms

    Jan Wojciech Pawlowski;Stéphane Audic;Sina Adl;David Bass

  • Evolutionary and geographical history of the Leishmania donovani complex with a revision of current taxonomy

    Julius Lukeš;Isabel L. Mauricio;Gabriele Schönian;Jean Claude Dujardin

  • A common red algal origin of the apicomplexan, dinoflagellate, and heterokont plastids.

    Jan Janouškovec;Aleš Horák;Miroslav Oborník;Julius Lukeš

  • The evolution and diversity of kinetoplastid flagellates

    Alastair G.B. Simpson;Jamie R. Stevens;Julius Lukeš

  • Kinetoplast DNA network: evolution of an improbable structure.

    Julius Lukeš;Julius Lukeš;D. Lys Guilbride;Jan Votýpka;Jan Votýpka;Alena Zíková;Alena Zíková

  • Leishmania infections: Molecular targets and diagnosis

    Mohammad Akhoundi;Tim Downing;Jan Votýpka;Katrin Kuhls

  • Microsporidia and ‘The Art of Living Together’

    Jiří Vávra;Julius Lukeš

  • Adaptations of Trypanosoma brucei to gradual loss of kinetoplast DNA: Trypanosoma equiperdum and Trypanosoma evansi are petite mutants of T. brucei.

    De-Hua Lai;Hassan Hashimi;Hassan Hashimi;Zhao-Rong Lun;Francisco J. Ayala

  • Phylogeny of trypanosomes as inferred from the small and large subunit rRNAs: implications for the evolution of parasitism in the trypanosomatid protozoa

    Dmitri A. Maslov;Julius Lukeš;Milan Jirku;Larry Simpson

  • Cell biology. Irremediable complexity

    M. W. Gray;J. Lukes;J. M. Archibald;P. J. Keeling

  • Evolution of parasitism in kinetoplastid flagellates

    Julius Lukeš;Julius Lukeš;Tomáš Skalický;Jiří Týč;Jan Votýpka

  • Unexplained complexity of the mitochondrial genome and transcriptome in kinetoplastid flagellates

    Julius Lukeš;Hassan Hashimi;Alena Zíková

  • Chromerid genomes reveal the evolutionary path from photosynthetic algae to obligate intracellular parasites

    Yong H Woo;Hifzur Ansari;Thomas D Otto;Christen M Klinger

  • Sex is a ubiquitous, ancient, and inherent attribute of eukaryotic life

    Dave Speijer;Julius Lukeš;Julius Lukeš;Marek Eliáš

  • Diversity and phylogeny of insect trypanosomatids: all that is hidden shall be revealed.

    Dmitri A. Maslov;Jan Votýpka;Vyacheslav Yurchenko;Julius Lukeš

  • Are Human Intestinal Eukaryotes Beneficial or Commensals

    Julius Lukeš;Christen Rune Stensvold;Kateřina Jirků-Pomajbíková;Laura Wegener Parfrey

  • Author response: Chromerid genomes reveal the evolutionary path from photosynthetic algae to obligate intracellular parasites

    Yong H Woo;Hifzur Ansari;Thomas D Otto;Christen M Klinger

Frequent Co-Authors

Vyacheslav Yurchenko
Vyacheslav Yurchenko University of Ostrava
Jan Votýpka
Jan Votýpka Charles University
Milan Jirků
Milan Jirků Czech Academy of Sciences
David Modrý
David Modrý University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Patrick J. Keeling
Patrick J. Keeling University of British Columbia
Dmitri A. Maslov
Dmitri A. Maslov University of California, Riverside
Mark C. Field
Mark C. Field University of Dundee
Jan Šlapeta
Jan Šlapeta University of Sydney
Gertraud Burger
Gertraud Burger University of Montreal
Arnab Pain
Arnab Pain King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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