Staff

Name Lepšík Martin
Position Scientist
Martin Lepšík

Martin Lepšík, Ph.D.

Scientist


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

Phone: (+420) 220 410 319
Fax: (+420) 224 410 320

 

 

 
Education
1999-2004 Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Virology (thesis "HIV-1 Protease Inhibition and Drug Resistance Studied by Structure Analysis and Computational Methods"), Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Oct - Nov 2001 crystallographic refinement, J. R Mesters, Prof. R. Hilgenfeld, Institut für Molekulare Biotechnologie, Jena, Germany
Jul 2001 summer school of quantum chemistry, Dr. P. Nachtigall, Prof. P.Hobza, J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Prague
Dec 2000 course on Combinatorial Chemistry, S. Miertus, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste, Italy
Jul 2000 course on biomolecular simulations, R. Wade, M. Nilges, European Molecular Biology Laboratories (EMBL), Heidelberg
Nov 1999 computational “WHAT IF“ user course, G. Vriend, EMBL, Heidelberg
1994-1999 MSc. in biology, molecular biology, virology, genetics and immunology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
 
Experience
Jan 2010 – present researcher at the group of Prof. Pavel Hobza, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry AS CR v.v.i., Prague
2007 – 2009 post-doc with Dr. Lubomír Rulíšek and Dr. Jan Konvalinka, IOCB, Prague
Jan - Dec 2006 post-doc with Dr. Martin J. Field, Institut de Biologie Structurale, Grenoble
2004 -2005 post-doc with Prof. Pavel Hobza, IOCB, Prague
 
Research interest
  • drug design
  • biomolecular simulations
  • borane chemistry
  • noncovalent interactions
  • reaction mechanisms
  • X-ray crystallography