Aleš Kvasnička

Aleš Kvasnička, PhD

Education
2020-2024: PhD in Medical chemistry and Clinical Biochemistry, Palacký University Olomouc, Czechia
2018-2020: MSc in Biochemistry, Palacký University Olomouc, Czechia
2015-2018: BSc in Biochemistry, Palacký University Olomouc, Czechia

Affiliation
Metabolomics & Metabolic Molecular Biology Group, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Oslo University Hospital - Rikshospitalet, Norway

Research Summary
Dr. Kvasnička is specialized in clinical lipidomics methods and applications. He optimized targeted lipidomics methods for lipid profiling and/or specific diagnostic lipid panels. His area of research revolves around deciphering the pathobiochemical mechanism of various diseases (including rheumatological, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative diseases, cancer and others) and leveraging these insights into clinical translation.

Highlights:

• Lipidomics evaluation of the impact on the lipid metabolism of hyperuricemia and gout patients and the response to treatment. Kvasnička et al. (2023)
• Discovery of systematic trend in polyunsaturated phosphatidylcholines in patients surviving heart failure. Kvasnička et al. (2024)
• Review article on clinical lipidomics applications and development. Kvasnička et al. (2023)
• Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Metabolomics journal (ISSN 1573-3890)
• Member of the Early Career Members Network Committee of the Metabolomics Society (2024-2025)
• Chair of the Young Scientists Committee of the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) (2024-2025)
• Reviewer for journals: Metabolomics, Lipids in Health and Disease, Communications Biology, Communications Medicine, Inflammation, Journal of Proteome Research, and others

Work Experience

• 2024 October-Present: Spesialingeniør at the Department of Medical Biochemistry, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
• 2020 September-2024 September: Assistant and junior researcher at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University Olomouc, Czechia
• 2023 January-2024 September: Researcher at the Laboratory of Inherited Metabolic disorders, University Hospital Olomouc, Czechia
• 2024 March-2024 April: Guest researcher at the Lipid Metabolism: Analysis and Integration (LMAI) – (Maria Fedorova's lab), Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
• 2023 May-2023 June: Guest Researcher at the Section of Neuropathology Research (Jens Pahnke's lab), Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Norway
• 2022 July-2022 August: Guest Researcher at the Department of Systems Biology (Hiroshi Tsugawa's lab), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
• 2019 September-2020 February: Guest Researcher at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Michael Lämmerhofer's lab), Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany