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| Education |
| 2001 |
DrSc. (D.Sc.), Biophysics-Molecular Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. |
| 1992 |
CSc. (Ph.D.), Biophysics, Faculty of Science, MU Brno. |
| 1987 |
RNDr. (MSc.), Physics, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno. |
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| Experience |
| Since 2004 |
Senior researcher. (part time) Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic. |
| Since 2001 |
Senior Researcher and Head of Department of Structure and Dynamics of Nucleic Acids, Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences, Brno. |
| 1994-2003 |
Researcher and Senior Research, J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic. |
| 1993 |
Scholarship, Institute of Biohysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. |
| 1990-1992 |
Postgraduate student, Masaryk University, Brno. |
| 1988-1989 |
Scholarship, Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, Brno. |
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| Appointments |
| since 2004 |
Senior Researcher, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague. |
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Head of Department of Structure and Dynamics of Nucleic Acids, Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno. |
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| Awards and Fellowhisps |
| 2006 |
Elected regular member of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic. |
| Since 2003 |
Wellcome Trust International Senior Research Fellow in Biomedical Science. |
| 2003 |
Otto Wichterle Award. |
| 2000 |
Prize of Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic for senior scientists. |
| 1999 |
Prize od the Learned Society of the Czech Republic for junior scientists. |
| 1995 |
Hlavka Foundation Award. |
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| Experience |
| 2002 |
University Autonoma Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 1 month. |
| 2000 |
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA, 1 week. |
| 2000 |
Department of Chemistry, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, US, 2 weeks. |
| 1999-2000 |
Department of Chemistry, University of Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany, 6 weeks. |
| 1997-1999 |
Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, 6 weeks. |
| 1994-2001 |
Department of Chemistry, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, USA, ca 15 months. |
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| Teaching |
| since 2002 |
Associate Professor (external faculty) of Biophysics, Masaryk University, Brno. |
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| Research interest |
- Computational chemistry of nucleic acids, structural molecular biology and biophysics, atomistic simulations of biopolymers.
- Structural studies of functional RNA molecules (ribosome, ribozymes), DNA and their complexes with drugs and proteins.
- Quantum-chemical studies of molecular interactions in nucleic acids.
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