/ Structure / Research Areas / Biochemistry and Molecular Biology / Iva Pichová / People

People

Name	Buček Aleš
Position	Postdoctoral Fellow

Aleš Buček

Aleš Buček, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow

Viral and Microbial Proteins
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry the CAS
Flemingovo nám. 2, CZ-166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic

☎: (+420) 220 183 519
ResearchGate: Aleš Buček profile


Education
2009-2016	Ph.D. in biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. Ph.D. thesis "Study of evolution of insect pheromone biosynthetic fatty acyl desaturases" elaborated at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, Prague. Download: PDF.
2004-2009	M.Sc. in biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. Diploma thesis "Desaturases of a pathogenic yeast Candida parapsilosis" elaborated under supervision of Dr. Olga Hrušková-Heidingsfeldová at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, Prague

Selected Papers

1.	Buček A., Matoušková P., Vogel H., Šebesta P., Jahn U., Weißflog J., Svatoš A., Pichová I.: Evolution of moth sex pheromone composition by a single amino acid substitution in a fatty acid desaturase. PNAS 112: 12586–12591 (2015). Download: PDF / PDF (appendix)

2.	Buček A., Matoušková P., Sychrová H., Pichová I., Hrušková-Heidingsfeldová O.: Δ12-Fatty Acid Desaturase from Candida parapsilosis Is a Multifunctional Desaturase Producing a Range of Polyunsaturated and Hydroxylated Fatty Acids. PLoS ONE 9: e93322/1-e93322/10, 2014.

3.	Buček A., Vogel H., Matoušková P., Prchalová D., Žáček P., Vrkoslav V., Šebesta P., Svatoš A., Jahn U., Valterová I., Pichová I.: The role of desaturases in the biosynthesis of marking pheromones in bumblebee males. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 43: 724-731, 2013.