Eva Syková

Eva Syková

Eva Syková, 2012
Born (1944-07-24) 24 July 1944
Rozmital pod Tremsinem, Czech Republic
Residence Prague
Citizenship Czech Republic
Nationality Czech
Fields Neuroscience
Institutions Institute of Experimental Medicine, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Alma mater Charles University
Notable awards Elected member of European Academy of Sciences, Jansen-Cilag Foundation Award (2005), Best publication, Czech Medical Society of J.E. Purkyně

Eva Syková (born 1944) is a Czech neuroscientist whose research focused on the origins, mechanisms and maintenance of ionic and volume homeostasis in the CNS and the role of extrasynaptic transmission,[1][2] spinal cord injury.[3][4][5] 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 ALS and ischemic leg injury.[6] She is director of Institute of Experimental Medicine and the head of the Center for Cell Therapy and Tissue Repair at Charles University in Prague. Eva Sykova is author of 421 publications and co-holder of 7 patents[7] with an H-index of 50.[8][9]

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