People

Name Pichová Iva
Position Head of the Senior Research Group
Iva Pichová

Iva Pichová, Ph.D.

Head of the Team


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

Phone: (+420) 220 183 251, (+420) 220 183 250
Fax: (+420) 224 310 556

 

 
Education
1987 Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences.
1980 M.Sc. in biochemistry, the Department of Fermentation Chemistry and Bioengineering, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague.
 
Experience
1999 University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Microbiology, U.S.A
1991-1992 Institute for Virus Research, Laboratory of Professor Masakazu Hatanaka, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
 
Appointments
Since 2002 Vice-director for Research of the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
Since 2006 Head of the Gilead & IOCHB Research Centre Laboratory, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
1991-2006 Head of Department of Protein Biochemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
Since 1993 Head of the Group of Viral and Microbial Proteins, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
1992-1993 Senior researcher, Department of Biochemistry,Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
1987-1991 Junior researcher, Department of Biochemistry,Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
 
Teaching
Supervisor of undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. students.
 
Research interest
Protein biochemistry, structure and specificity of proteases, molecular biology of retroviruses.