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Staff

Name	Kožíšek Milan
Position	Ph.D. Student

Milan Kožíšek

Milan Kožíšek

Ph.D. Student

Proteases of Human Pathogens
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry ASCR, v.v.i.
Flemingovo nam. 2, CZ-166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic

Phone: (+420) 220 183 518
Fax: (+420) 220 183 578


Education
since 2006	Ph.D. student.
1998 - 2003	M.Sc. in biochemistry at the Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. Diploma thesis: "The viral resistance in HIV positive patiens treated with inhibitors of HIV protease" under supervision of Dr. J.Konvalinka at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry ASCR, Prague.

Awards
2006	Chairman´s award for the best poster "Metallacarboranes as Specific and Potent Inhibitors of HIV Protease and its Resistant Mutants" at the conference HIV DART 2006: Frontiers in Drug Development for Antiretroviral Therapies, Cancun, Mexico.

Research interests
Viral resistance development in HIV positive patiens treated with inhibitors of HIV protease Rational design of HIV protease inhibitors based on metallacarboranes Research of the insertions in HIV protease Ultrasensitive microcalorimetry in the study of biomolecular interactions and protein stability Research of other retroviral proteases