Dr. Martina Pavlek
Education
2000 - 2006
Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, B.Sc., ecology
2010 - 2015
Ph.D. studies in Molecular Biosciences (University of Osijek, University of Dubrovnik and Ruđer Bošković Institute)
Projects
2022 - 2024 Adris Foundation project "Systematics, taxonomy, and protection of cave spiders of the Rhodinae subfamily". Team: Martina Pavlek PI, team members: Iva Čupić research collaborator, Miquel Arnedo research collaborator.
2021 - ongoing: ERGA Croatia (European Reference Genome Atlas)
2015 - ongoing: core project "Evolution in caves". Team: Martina Pavlek PI, Iva Čupić research collaborator, Nikola Pischiutta master student.
2017 - 2019 Postdoctoral researcher on a HiddenLife project, Marie Curie Sklodowska Actions Individual Fellowship, University of Barcelona, https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/749867
2015 June– 2016 September, European Social Fond project “Genome evolution of subterranean animals” HR.3.2.01-0015. Team: Martina Pavlek PI, team members: Marko Lukić PhD student; Tanja Vojvoda Zeljko postdoctoral resercher.
Awards and Achievements
2020 Systematics Research Fund award by the The Linnean Society & Systematics Association for the project "Tracing back the origins of Dinaric cave-dwelling Dysderidae spiders"
2020 SYNTHESYS+, IL-TAF-8269, European commission award for the project "Do Levantine and Dinaric cave-dwelling spiders share their evolutionary history?"
2017 100 000 MSCA FELLOWS AWARD for the od HiddenLife project, European Commission, European Researchers' Night, Brussels
2016 Annual prize of Society of university teachers and the other scientist in Zagreb
Classes
Arachnids―part of the Medical entomology course at the Faculty of Science in Zagreb, Croatia
Featured Publications
Theissinger, K., Fernandes, C., Formenti, G., Bista, I., Berg, P. R., Bleidorn, C., Bombarely, A., Crottini, A., Gallo, G. R., Godoy, J. A., Jentoft, S., Malukiewicz, J., Mouton, A., Oomen, R. A., Paez, S., Palsbøll, P. J., Pampoulie, C., Ruiz-López, M. J., Secomandi, S., … Zammit, G. and The European Reference Genome Atlas Consortium (M. Pavlek) (2023). How genomics can help biodiversity conservation. Trends in Genetics, 39(7), 545–559. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2023.01.005
Milano, F., Borio, L., Komposch, C., Mammola, S., Pantini, P., Pavlek, M., & Isaia, M. (2022). Species conservation profiles of the endemic spiders Troglohyphantes (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from the Alps and the north-western Dinarides. Biodiversity Data Journal, 10. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e87261
Pavlek, M., Gauthier, J., Tonzo, V., Bilat, J., Arnedo, M. A., & Alvarez, N. (2022). Life-history traits drive spatial genetic structuring in Dinaric cave spiders. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.910084
Mammola, S., Pavlek, M., Huber, B. A., Isaia, M., Ballarin, F., Tolve, M., Čupić, I., Hesselberg, T., Lunghi, E., Mouron, S., Graco-Roza, C., & Cardoso, P. (2022). A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data, 9(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01316-3
Formenti G., Theissinger K., Fernandes C., Bista I., Bombarely B., Bleidorn B., Ciofi C., Crottini A., Godoy J.A., Höglund J., Malukiewicz J., Mouton A., Oomen R.A., Paez S., Palsbøll P.J., Pampoulie C., .Ruiz-López M. J. , Svardal H., Theofanopoulou C., de Vries J., Waldvogel A.M., Zhang G., Mazzoni C.J., Jarvis J.E., Bálint M., and The European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) Consortium (Pavlek, M) (2022): The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 37(3), 197-202. (IF 2020 17.712, Five Year 20.694; CiteScore 22.3)
Pavlek, M. & Mammola, S. (2020) Niche-Based Processes Explaining the Distributions of Closely Related Subterranean Spiders. Journal of Biogeography, 48(1), 118–133.
Platania, L.*, Pavlek, M.*, Arnedo, M. (2020) Testing the monophyly of the ground-dweller spider genus Harpactea Bristowe, 1939 (Araneae, Dysderidae) with the description of three new species. Systematics and Biodiversity, 18(7), 688-707. doi: 10.1080/14772000.2020.1776786
Mammola, S., Cardoso, P., Culver, D.C., Deharveng, L., Ferreira, R.L., Fišer, C., Galassi, D.M.P., Griebler, C., Halse, S., Humphreys, W.F., Isaia, M., Malard, F., Martinez, A., Moldovan, O.T., Niemiller, M.L., Pavlek, M., Reboleira, A.S.P.S., Souza-Silva, M., Teeling, E.C., Wynne, J.J., Zagmajster, M. (2019) Scientists' warning on the conservation of subterranean ecosystems. BioScience, 69 (8), 641-650.
Pavlek, M., Gelfand, Y., Plohl, M., Meštrović, N. (2015) Genome-wide analysis of tandem repeats inTribolium castaneumgenome reveals abundant and highly dynamic tandem repeat families with satellite DNA features in euchromatic chromosomal arms. DNA Research, 22 (6), pp. 387-401.
Meštrović, N.*,Pavlek, M.*, Car, A., Castagnone-Sereno, P., Abad, P., Plohl, M. (2013) Conserved DNA Motifs, Including the CENP-B Box-like, Are Possible Promoters of Satellite DNA Array Rearrangements in Nematodes. PLoS ONE, 8 (6), art. no. e67328.
Publications
Books and book chapters
Authored books
- Bregović, P., Mišerić, I., Bedek, J., Ćukušić, A., Čupić, I., Delić, T., Dražina, T., Hlebec, D., Komerički, A., Lukić, M., Pavlek, M., Ružanović, L., Sudar, N., Tvrtković, N., Jalžić, B. & Malenica Čepelak, M. (2022) The hidden animal life of Barać Caves. Karlovac, Javna ustanova Baraćeve špilje.
- Jalžić, B., Čuković Malenica, T., Mihoci, T., Bedek, J., Bilandžija, H., Bregović, P., Dražina, T., Jalžić, V., Komerički, A., Kovač Konrad, P., Kutleša, P., Lukić, M., Malenica Čepelak, M., Miculinić, K., Pavlek, M., Perkić, D. & Sudar, V. (2021) Caves of the island Mljet in pictures and words. Zagreb, Nacionalni park Mljet ; Hrvatsko biospeleološko društvo.
- Marguš, M., Bedak, J., Dražina, T., Gracin, J., Jalžić, B., Komerički, A., Lukić, L., Marguš, D., Miculinić, K., Mihelčić, G., Ozimec, R. & Pavlek, M. (2013) Speleological guide to Krka National Park. Šibenik, Nacionalni park Krka.
- Marguš, D., Barišić, T., Bedek, J., Dražina, T., Gracin, J., Hamidović, D., Jalžić, B., Komerički, A., Lukić, M., Marguš, M., Menđušić, M., Miculinić, K., Mihelčić, G., Ozimec, R. & Pavlek, M. (2012) Underground secrets. Šibenik, Nacionalni park Krka.
- Ozimec, R., Bedek, J., Gottstein, S., Jalžić, B., Slapnik, R., Štamol, V., Bilandžija, H., Dražina, T., Kletečki, E., Komerički, A., Lukić, M. & Pavlek, M. (2009) Red book of Croatian cave dwelling fauna. Zagreb, Ministarstvo kulture i medija Republike Hrvatske ; Državni zavod za zaštitu prirode.
Journal articles
Scientific and review papers
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Mammola, S., Pavlek, M., Huber, B., Isaia, M., Ballarin, F., Tolve, M., Čupić, I., Hesselberg, T., Lunghi, E., Mouron, S., Graco-Roza, C. & Cardoso, P. (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data, 9 (1), 236, 13 doi:10.1038/s41597-022-01316-3.
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Mammola, S., Malumbres-Olarte, J., Arabesky, V., Barrales-Alcalá, D., Barrion-Dupo, A., Benamú, M., Bird, T., Bogomolova, M., Cardoso, P., Chatzaki, M., Cheng, R., Chu, T., Classen-Rodríguez, L., Čupić, I., Dhiya’ulhaq, N., Picard, A., El-Hennawy, H., Elverici, M., Fukushima, C., Ganem, Z., Gavish-Regev, E., Gonnye, N., Hacala, A., Haddad, C., Hesselberg, T., Ho, T., Into, T., Isaia, M., Jayaraman, D., Karuaera, N., Khalap, R., Khalap, K., Kim, D., Korhonen, T., Kralj-Fišer, S., Land, H., Lin, S., Loboda, S., Lowe, E., Lubin, Y., Martínez, A., Mbo, Z., Miličić, M., Kioko, G., Nanni, V., Norma-Rashid, Y., Nwankwo, D., Painting, C., Pang, A., Pantini, P., Pavlek, M., Pearce, R., Petcharad, B., Pétillon, J., Raberahona, O., Saarinen, J., Segura-Hernández, L., Sentenská, L., Uhl, G., Walker, L., Warui, C., Wiśniewski, K., Zamani, A., Scott, C. & Chuang, A. (2022) An expert-curated global database of online newspaper articles on spiders and spider bites. Scientific data, 9 (1), 109, 12 doi:10.1038/s41597-022-01197-6.
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Mammola, S., Meierhofer, M., Borges, P., Colado, R., Culver, D., Deharveng, L., Delić, T., Di Lorenzo, T., Dražina, T., Ferreira, R., Fiasca, B., Fišer, C., Galassi, D., Garzoli, L., Gerovasileiou, V., Griebler, C., Halse, S., Howarth, F., Isaia, M., Johnson, J., Komerički, A., Martínez, A., Milano, F., Moldovan, O., Nanni, V., Nicolosi, G., Niemiller, M., Pallarés, S., Pavlek, M., Piano, E., Pipan, T., Sanchez‐Fernandez, D., Santangeli, A., Schmidt, S., Wynne, J., Zagmajster, M., Zakšek, V. & Cardoso, P. (2022) Towards evidence‐based conservation of subterranean ecosystems. Biological reviews, 97 (4), 1476-1510 doi:10.1111/brv.12851.
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(European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) Consortium) Formenti, G., Theissinger, K., Fernandes, C., Bista, I., Bombarely, A., Bleidorn, C., Ciofi, C., Crottini, A., Godoy, J., Hoglund, J., Malukiewicz, J., Mouton, A., Oomen, R., Paez, S., Palsboll, P., Pampoulie, C., Ruiz-Lopez, M., Svardal, H., Theofanopoulou, C., de Vries, J., Waldvogel, A., Zhang, G., Mazzoni, C., Jarvis, E., Balint, M., …, Ozretić, P., …, Pavlek, M., ... & Zammit, G. (2022) The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics. Trends in ecology & evolution, 37 (3), 197-202 doi:10.1016/j.tree.2021.11.008.
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Huber, B., Pavlek, M. & Komnenov, M. (2021) Revision of the spider genus Stygopholcus (Araneae, Pholcidae), endemic to the Balkan Peninsula. European Journal of Taxonomy, 752, 1-60 doi:10.5852/ejt.2021.752.1391.
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Platania, L., Pavlek, M. & Arnedo, M. (2020) Testing the monophyly of the ground-dweller spider genus Harpactea Bristowe, 1939 (Araneae, Dysderidae) with the description of three new species. Systematics and biodiversity, 18 (7), 688-707 doi:10.1080/14772000.2020.1776786.
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Pavlek, M. & Mammola, S. (2020) Niche‐based processes explaining the distributions of closely related subterranean spiders. Journal of biogeography, 48 (1), 118-133 doi:10.1111/jbi.13987.
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Vojvoda Zeljko, T., Pavlek, M., Meštrović, N. & Plohl, M. (2020) Satellite DNA‑like repeats are dispersed throughout the genome of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas carried by Helentron non‑autonomous mobile elements. Scientific reports, 10 (1), 15107, 12 doi:10.1038/s41598-020-71886-y.
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Mammola, S., Cardoso, P., Angyal, D., Balázs, G., Blick, T., Brustel, H., Carter, J., Ćurčić, S., Danflous, S., Dányi, L., Déjean, S., Deltshev, C., Elverici, M., Fernández, J., Gasparo, F., Komnenov, M., Komposch, C., Kováč, L., Kunt, K., Mock, A., Moldovan, O., Naumova, M., Pavlek, M., Prieto, C., Ribera, C., Rozwałka, R., Růžička, V., Vargovitsh, R., Zaenker, S. & Isaia, M. (2019) Continental data on cave-dwelling spider communities across Europe (Arachnida: Araneae). Biodiversity Data Journal, 7, e38492, 15 doi:10.3897/bdj.7.e38492.
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Mammola, S., Cardoso, P., Angyal, D., Balázs, G., Blick, T., Brustel, H., Carter, J., Ćurčić, S., Danflous, S., Dányi, L., Déjean, S., Deltshev, C., Elverici, M., Fernández, J., Gasparo, F., Komnenov, M., Komposch, C., Kováč, L., Kunt, K., Mock, A., Moldovan, O., Naumova, M., Pavlek, M., Prieto, C., Ribera, C., Rozwałka, R., Růžička, V., Vargovitsh, R., Zaenker, S. & Isaia, M. (2019) Local- versus broad-scale environmental drivers of continental β-diversity patterns in subterranean spider communities across Europe. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Biological sciences, 286 (1914), 1-9 doi:10.1098/rspb.2019.1579.
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Lukić, M., Delić, T., Pavlek, M., Deharveng, L. & Zagmajster, M. (2019) Distribution pattern and radiation of the European subterranean genus Verhoeffiella (Collembola, Entomobryidae). Zoologica scripta, 49 (1), 86-100 doi:10.1111/zsc.12392.
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Mammola, S., Cardoso, P., Culver, D., Deharveng, L., Ferreira, R., Fišer, C., Galassi, D., Griebler, C., Halse, S., Humphreys, W., Isaia, M., Malard, F., Martinez, A., Moldovan, O., Niemiller, M., Pavlek, M., Reboleira, A., Souza-Silva, M., Teeling, E., Wynne, J. & Zagmajster, M. (2019) Scientists' Warning on the Conservation of Subterranean Ecosystems. Bioscience, 69 (8), 641-650 doi:10.1093/biosci/biz064.
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Mammola, S., Cardoso, P., Ribera, C., Pavlek, M. & Isaia, M. (2017) A synthesis on cave-dwelling spiders in Europe. Journal of zoological systematics and evolutionary research, 56 (3), 301-316 doi:10.1111/jzs.12201.
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Pavlek, M. & Carles, R. (2017) Kryptonesticus deelemanae gen. et sp. nov. (Araneae, Nesticidae), with notes on the Mediterranean cave species. European Journal of Taxonomy, 262, 1-27 doi:10.5852/ejt.2017.262.
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Andersen, T., Baranov, V., Hagenlund, L., Ivković, M., Kvifte, G. & Pavlek, M. (2016) Blind flight? A new Troglobiotic Orthoclad (Diptera, Chironomidae) from the Lukina Jama – Trojama cave in Croatia. PLoS One, 11 (4), 1-15 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0152884.
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Pavlek, M., Gelfand, Y., Plohl, M. & Meštrović, N. (2015) Genome-wide analysis of tandem repeats in Tribolium castaneum genome reveals abundant and highly dynamic tandem repeat families with satellite DNA features in euchromatic chromosomal arms. Dna research, 22 (6), 387-401 doi:10.1093/dnares/dsv021.
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Meštrović, N., Mravinac, B., Pavlek, M., Vojvoda-Zeljko, T., Šatović, E. & Plohl, M. (2015) Structural and functional liaisons between transposable elements and satellite DNAs. Chromosome research, 23 (3), 583-596 doi:10.1007/s10577-015-9483-7.
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Meštrović, N., Pavlek, M., Car, A., Castagnone-Sereno, P., Abad, P. & Plohl, M. (2013) Conserved DNA Motifs, Including the CENP-B Box- like, Are Possible Promoters of Satellite DNA Array Rearrangements in Nematodes. PLoS ONE, 8 (6), e6732-1 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0067328.
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Pavlek, M. & Ozimec, R. (2009) New cave-dwelling species of genus Troglohyphantes (Araneae, Linyphiidae) for Croatian fauna. Natura Croatica : periodicum Musei historiae naturalis Croatici, 18 (1), 29-37.
Membership in professional associations / societies
2021 ERGA (The European Reference Genome Atlas), country council representative
2019 Systematics association
2019 International Biogeography Society
2017 Research Institute of Biodiversity (IRBio - Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat), University of Barcelona
2017 CAWEB (European cave spiders’ network)
2016 International Society for Subterranean Biology
2015 International Society of Arachnology
2014 European Society of Arachnology
2012 Croatian Arachnological Society Narcis Damin
2003 Croatian Biospeleological Society (member, vice-president)
2010 - 2014 Society for Experimental Biology
IUCN Spider & Scorpion Specialist Group