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Education |
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1980-1983 |
Ph.D. thesis from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague. |
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1974-1979 |
Graduated in chemistry from Charles University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Prague. |
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Experience |
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1989-1990 |
Postdoctoral associate at the Department of Biochemistry, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN, USA; laboratory of Prof. A.DePaoli-Roach. |
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Appointments |
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since 2007 |
Head of the Research Team (Antimicrobial Peptides), Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague. |
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2003-2006 |
The position of research associate at the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, USA. The responsibility was to set up and be in charge of Stevens Institute field laboratory in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Working plan of the laboratory was to isolate different chemicals from insects, marine and plants for possible application in pharmaceutical research. This mission also comprised lecturing of students from different US universities during their summer courses in Punta Cana, the demonstrations and instructions for Dominican scientists and students in Santo Domingo. In 2006 established and launched another laboratory of chemical ecology at the Autonomy University of Santo Domingo. |
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2001-2003 |
Joined the group of Prof. H.A.Scheraga, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University (Ithaca, NY, USA), where carried out chemical synthesis of ribonuclease A with constrained proline residue. |
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1993-2000 |
Senior scientist at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague. |
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1983-1993 |
Research associate at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague |
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Awards and Fellowships |
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1992-1993 |
Alexander von Humboldt fellowship, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany, laboratory of Prof. H.-D.Jakubke. |
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1997 |
Alexander von Humboldt follow-up-program at the Institute für Enzymtechnologie, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany; laboratory of Prof. M.-R.Kula. |
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1998-1999 |
German Scientific Society scholarship, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany; laboratory of Dr. F.Bordusa. |
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2000 |
Max-Planck-Society scholarship, Max-Planck Research Unit for Enzymology of Protein Folding, Halle/Saale, Germany; laboratory of Dr. F.Bordusa. |
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Research interest |
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Peptide synthesis, isolation of natural products, enzymology, mass spectrometry |
