People

Name Jiráček Jiří
Position Head of the Senior Research Group
Dr. Jiří Jiráček

Jiří Jiráček, Ph.D.

Head of the Group


Jiráček's Research Group
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry ASCR, v.v.i.
Flemingovo nám. 2, CZ-166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic

Phone: (+420) 220 183 441
Fax: (+420) 220 183 571

 
Education
1993-1995 Ph.D. in Biochemistry, at Université Paris XI, Orsay, France.
1984-1989 M.Sc. in Biochemistry, at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
 
Appointments
since 2007 Head of the Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
2003-2006 Head of the Biological Chemistry Department and Proteomics Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
1998-2003 Head of the Metalloenzyme Inhibitors Research Group, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
since 1996 Researcher, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
1993-1995 Ph.D. student, Université Paris XI, Orsay and CEA Saclay, France.
1990-1992 Ph.D. student, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (IOCB), Prague, CZ.
1989-1990 Military service.
 
Awards and Fellowhisps
2003 Wichterle Prize of Czech Academy of Sciences for Excellent Young Scientists.
 
Other Experience and Professional Memberships
1999-2003 Member of Medical Sciences Commission, Grant Agency of Academy of Sciences.
2000-2003 and 2005-2007 Member of the Scientific board of IOCB.
since 2009 Vice-chairman of Coordination committee for ranking employees of the ASCR institutes into the highest qualification grad.
2000-2011 Member of Editorial board of Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications.
since 2011 Member of Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Peptide Science.
since 2011 Member of Board of IOCB.
since 2013 Vice-chairman of Chemical Sciences Committee, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic.
 
Papers and Citations
65 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and h-index 18.
 
Research interest
Metalloenzyme inhibitors; Peptide hormone analogs.