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Name	Timr Štěpán
Position	Ph.D. Student

Štěpán Timr

Štěpán Timr

Ph.D. Student

Laboratory of Pavel Jungwirth
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS
Flemingovo nám. 2, CZ-166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic

☎: (+420) 220 183 189


Education
2011-2013	M.Sc. in biophysics and chemical physics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University in Prague.
2008-2011	B.Sc. in mathematical physics at the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague.

Research interest
Molecular simulations of biological membranes and molecules associated with them, with a particular emphasis on membrane-embedded and membrane-bound fluorescent probes. Enhanced sampling and coarse-graining techniques. Quantum calculations of single- and multi-photon absorption properties of fluorescent molecules. Mathematical processing and interpretation of experimental data obtained from polarization microscopy of fluorescent dyes and proteins associated with cell membranes. Molecular dynamics of neuronal calcium sensor (NCS) proteins. Conformational transitions and allosteric effects of calcium binding.