People

Name Culka Martin
Position Postdoctoral Fellow

Martin Culka, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral fellow


Theoretical bioinorganic chemistry (Dr. L. Rulíšek)
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS
Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic

☎: (+420) 220 183 264
✉: martin.culka@uochb.cas.cz

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Professional Experience
2017- Postdoctoral fellow at Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Prague, Czech Republic.
2013-2017 Ph.D. researcher at Computational Biochemistry Group, Department of Biology, Chemistry and Geoscience, University of Bayreuth, Germany. Supervisor Prof. G. Matthias Ullmann.
 
Education
2013-2017 Ph.D. in Computational Biochemistry at the group of prof. G. Matthias Ullmann, Department of Biology, Chemistry and Geoscience, University of Bayreuth, Germany. Ph.D. Thesis: "Computational Modeling of Enzyme Reactions Involved in Aromatic Compound Metabolism".
2011-2013 M.Sc. in Biochemistry at Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. Master Thesis: "Interaction of Cytochromes P450 with Flavodoxin: a theoretical study".
2008-2011 B.Sc. in Biochemistry at Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. Bachelor Thesis: "Enviromental DNA-inexhaustible source of unique bacterial genes".
 
Teaching Experience
2014-2017 Teaching assistent of undergraduate practical course "Basics of Bioinformatics"
 
Research interest
Physical principles of protein folding. Mechanisms of enzymatic reactions. Biomolecular interactions. Quantum chemistry. QM/MM methods. Molecular dynamics (classical and ab initio).