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Eva Syková
Eva Sykova in 2012.JPG
Senator from Prague 4
In office
20 October 2012 – 20 October 2018
Preceded by Tomáš Töpfer
Succeeded by Jiří Drahoš
Director of Institute of Experimental Medicine
In office
2001–2016
Preceded by Josef Syka
Succeeded by Miroslava Anděrová
Personal details
Born (1944-07-24) 24 July 1944 (age 80)
Rožmitál pod Třemšínem, Bohemia and Moravia
(now Czech Republic)
Alma mater Charles University

Eva Syková (born 1944) is a Czech neuroscientist whose research focused on the origins, mechanisms and maintenance of ionic and volume homeostasis in the central nervous system and the role of extrasynaptic transmission, spinal cord injury. She is currently leading several clinical studies, including a Phase I/II study in patients with spinal cord injury as well as ongoing clinical studies of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and ischemic leg injury. She was director of Institute of Experimental Medicine and the head of the Center for Cell Therapy and Tissue Repair at Charles University in Prague. Syková is author of 421 publications and co-holder of 7 patents with an H-index of 50.

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