Staff

Name Chocholoušová Jana
Position Scientist

Jana Chocholoušová

Jana Chocholoušová, Ph.D.

Scientist, Project Leader

Chemistry of Functional Molecules Research Group
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry ASCR, v.v.i.
Flemingovo nám. 2, CZ-166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic

Phone: (+420) 220 183 257
Fax: (+420) 220 183 133
E-mail: chocholousova@uochb.cas.cz

 
Education
2003 Ph.D. in Molecular Physics and Biophysics, under supervision of Prof. P. Hobza, Chales University, Prague.
2000 M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry, under supervision of Prof. P. Hobza, Charles University, Prague.
 
Experience
2006 Research Associate with Dr. R. Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA.
2004-2005 Research Associate with Dr. M. Feig, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA.
2001, 2002, 2003 Visiting Scholar with Dr. J. B. Anderson, Pennsylvania State University, State College, USA.
 
Appointments
Since 2006 Project leader in the Chemistry of Functional Molecules Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
2004-2006 Research assistant at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
1998-2003 Research assistant at the Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
 
Research interest
Computational methods and modeling of biomolecules and nanomaterials, biomolecular and synthetic nanodevices.
 
 
 
Selected papers
 

Chocholoušová, J., Feig, M.
J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110 (34), 17240-17251.
Implicit solvent simulations of DNA and DNA-protein complexes: Agreement with explicit solvent vs experiment.

Feig, M., Chocholoušová, J., Tanizaki, S.
Theor. Chem. Acc. 2006, 116 (1-3), 194-205.
Extending the horizon: towards the efficient modeling of large biomolecular complexes in atomic detail.

Chocholoušová, J., Feig, M.
J. Comp. Chem. 2006, 27 (6), 719-729.
Balancing an accurate representation of the molecular surface in generalized born formalisms with integrator stability in molecular dynamics simulations.