Staff

Name Chodounská Hana
Position Head of the Team

Dr. Hana Chodounská

Hana Chodounská, Ph.D.

Head of the Team


Medicinal Steroids
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry ASCR, v.v.i.
Flemingovo nám. 2, CZ-166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic

Phone: (+420) 220 183 316
Fax: (+420) 220 183 578

 
Education
1983 Ph.D. (CSc.) in organic chemistry, Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague.
Thesis: "Structures and properties of triterpenoid derivatives with modified ring E."
1976-1980 RNDr. in organic chemistry, Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague.
1971-1976 M.Sc. in organic chemistry, Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague.
 
Appointments
since 2007 Head of the Research-Service Team (Medicinal Steroids), Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
1987-2006 Research chemist, Department of Steroid Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
1980-1987 Research chemist, Research Institute for Pharmacy and Biochemistry.
 
Awards and Fellowhisps
2006 Award of the Czech Medical Association J. E. Purkyne for the best scientific article of the year:
Petrovič M., Sedláček M., Horák M., Chodounská H., Vyklický L. Jr.:
20-oxo-5β-pregnan-3α-yl sulfate is a use-dependent NMDA receptor inhibitor.
Journal of Neuroscience 25: 8439-8450, 2005.
 
Teaching
since 2001 The course "Chemistry of Natural Products I" (winter semester) at Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague.
 
Research interest
Medicinal chemistry, chemistry of natural products, pharmacology, biosynthesis, assymetric synthesis, neuroscience, chemical biology, medicinal plants.