Bronislav Šimek (MSc) Head, Department of Molecular Biology. He is a biologist. He completed his studies in 1994 at the Masaryk University in Brno. Since 1995 he started to work in the State Veterinary Institute Jihlava in the Department of Virology. In 1997 he participated in the establishment of the laboratory of molecular biology. He has more than 24 years of experience in the diagnostic techniques to detect viral and bacterial agents in the area of molecular biology.