Education 
| 1975-1980 | Ph.D. student IAPG AS CR Liběchov Ph.D. Thesis: Study of LDH and MDH isozyme systems in cyprinid and salmonid fishes |
| 1972 | Faculty of Scinece, Charles University, Prague Graduate Thesis: Study of LDH system in selected cyprinids and salmonids |
| 1972-1975 | Study residence IAPG AS CR Liběchov |
| 1967-1972 | Faculty of Scinece, Charles University, Prague Diploma Thesis: Photosystem II in blue algae Plectonema boryanum |
Professional experience
| 1988-now | Research scientist IAPG AS CR Liběchov |
| 1981-1988 | Research assistant IAPG AS CR Liběchov |
Major scientific interests
- biochemical and molecular genetics of fish:
- polymorphic protein and DNA markers
- their application in population studies
- interspecific hybridization
- outputs for species identification
- biodiversity conservation
- fish improvement
- top-crossing and genome manipulations
Fellowships, prizes
| 2012 | Prize of CAS (Team of LFG: Clonal vertebrates: finding, mechanisms, biodiversity ands reconstruction – cobitoid fishes as model) |
Membership in academic councils and editorial boards
- Czech Zoological Society- Ichthyologic section
- Czech Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research fellowships and study visits
| 1995 | Institute of Inland Ecology nad Fisheres, Berlin, Germany |
| 1995 | Institute of Ichthyobiology nad Fisheries, Polish Academy of Sciences, Golysz, Poland |
| 1993 | Faculty of Biology nad Anthropology, University of Lisbon, Portugal |
| 1993 | University of Montpellier II, Montpellier, France |
| 1990 | Laboratory of Fish Genetics, INRA, Jouy-en-Josas, France |
| 1989 | Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland |
| 1980-1981 | Institute of Chemistry and Experimental Biology, Cuban Academy of Sciences, Habana, Cuba |
Publications
| 2012 | Rutkayová, J., Biskup, R., Harant, R., Šlechta, V., Koščo, J.: Ameiurus melas (black bullhead): morphological characteristics of new introduced species and its comparison with Ameiurus nebulosus (brown bullhead). Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries (in press) |
| Kohout, J., Jašková, I., Papoušek, I., Šedivá, A., Šlechta, V.: Effects of stocking on the genetic structure of brown trout, Salmo trutta, in Central Europe inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA markers. Fisheries Management and Ecology 19 (3): 252-263 | |
| 2009 | Lajbner, Z; Slechtova, V; Slechta, V; Svatora, M; Berrebi, P; Kotlik, P: Rare and asymmetrical hybridization of the endemic Barbus carpathicus with its widespread congener Barbus barbus. J Fish Biol 74 (2):418-436 |
| 2007 | Janko, K; Flajshans, M; Choleva, L; Bohlen, J; Slechtova, V; Rabova, M; Lajbner, Z; Slechta, V; Ivanova, P; Dobrovolov, I; Culling, M; Persat, H; Kotusz, J; Rab, P: Diversity of European spined loaches (genus Cobitis L.): an update of the geographic distribution of the Cobitis taenia hybrid complex with a description of new molecular tools for species and hybrid determination. J Fish Biol 71387-408 |
| 2007 | Šlechtová, V., Lusková, V., Šlechta, V., Halačka, K., Lusk, S., Koščo, J.: Intraspecific allozyme diversity of Gobio gobio in Czech and Slovak rivers. Folia Zoologica 54 (SUPPL. 1): 25-32 |