Staff

Name Vondrášek Jiří
Position Scientist
 

Jiří Vondrášek, Ph.D.

Scientist


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

Phone: (+420) 220 410 324
Fax: (+420) 220 410 320

 
Education
1990-1996 Ph.D. (CSc.) in Biochemistry under supervison of Dr. P.Štrop and prof. P.Hobza at Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague.
1983-1988MSc. (RNDr.) in Biophysics, under supervison of Dr. J.Zachová and prof. P.Hobza at Physical Institute of Faculty Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague.
 
Experience
1998-2003 Curator of HIV-PR database at National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithesburg, MD, U.S.A. and National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
1996-1998 Postdoctoral fellow with Dr. Alex Wlodawer, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
1994Ph.D. stay at National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, USA.
1992 Ph.D. stay at Department of Anorganic Chemistry, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany.
1991 Training with prof. J.Weber, department of Physical Chemistry, University of Geneve, Switzerland.
 
Appointments
since 2007 Scientist at the Distinguished Chair Research Team of prof. P. Hobza, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
2003-2005Deputy head of Department of Theoretical and Quantum Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
2001-2003 Scientist at the Group of Molecular modeling, Department of Theoretical and Quantum Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
1998-2000 Scientist at the Group of Proteases of Human Patogenes, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
1990-1996 Ph.D. student at the Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague (formerly the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences).
 
Research interest
  • Non covalent interactions in structural biology
  • Protein folding
  • MD simulations of biochemical systems
  • Drug design and QSAR methods
  • Computer modeling
  • Bioinformatics
  • Programming of database systems and computing science