Background
Cech, Svatopluk was born on January 14, 1940 in Josefov, S. Moravia, Czech Republic. Son of Antonin and Frantiska (Lysonkova) Cech.
educator embryologist research scientist
Cech, Svatopluk was born on January 14, 1940 in Josefov, S. Moravia, Czech Republic. Son of Antonin and Frantiska (Lysonkova) Cech.
Doctor of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, 1975; Doctor of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 1985.
Fellow Masaryk University, 1963-1977, senior lecturer, 1978-1985, professor, since 1986. Research fellow University Copenhagen, 1975, Medical High School, Hannover, Germany, 1978, University Clinic, Essen, Germany, 1981. Visiting professor Medical University Luebeck, Germany, 1987.
Guest investigator University Bonn, Germany, 1995. Vice dean and academy council medical faculty Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, 2000—2003.
Author (with M. Dvorak, J. Stastna, P. Travnik and D. Horky): The Differentiation of Rat Ova during Cleavage, 1978 (Czech Medical Society prize, 1979), Stored Materials in the Course of Development of the Mammalian Ovum, 1983. Author: (with M. Dvorak, J. Stastna, P. Travnik and J. Tesarik) The Differentiation of Preimplantation Mouse Embryos, 1985 (Czech Medical Society prize, 1987). Member editorial board Scripta Medica.Contributor articles to professional journals, chapters to books. Editor: proceedings, texts, others.
Member of Society History Science Technology, New York Academy of Sciences, European Microscopy Society, Czechoslovak Microscopy Society, Czech Society Histochem. and Cytochem., European Cell Biology Organization, Czech Anatomical Society, Anatomische Gesellschaft Germany, Czechoslovak Biological Society (science secretary, chairman since 1976, J. E. Purkyne medal 1990, 2000).
Married Jana Kleinwachterova, March 17, 1962. Children: Lenka, Barbora.