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Cover on ACS Nano
14.12.2021
We used computer simulations and cryoEM experiments to show that viral genome can be released from the virus in various ways/paths and how these ways depend on physical properties of genom and viral…
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MUNI scientist award
27.11.2021
Robert Vacha has got MUNI scientist awardhttps://www.ceitec.eu/7-ceitec-researchers-received-muni-scientist-awards-2021/t10867https://www.em.muni.cz/veda-a-vyzkum/14507-uspechy-univerzitnich-vedcu…
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Selected for the cover
01.06.2021
Our latest paper was selected for the cover of Biophysical Journal. Lukáš created a beautiful rendered image of a peptide passing through the lipid membrane along the scramblase inside the cell.…
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Accounts of Chemical Research
01.05.2021
We published a summary of our recent work in prestigeous Accounts of Chemical Research. Enjoy reading it here.
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Expanding again
06.04.2021
During first months of year 2021, our group welcomed three new members - postdocs Jalim Singh and Ondřej Kroutil and a PhD student Sushmita Pal. Here is place for your content.
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ERC Consolidator Grant
09.12.2020
Christmas came early for us this year. We were awarded by ERC Consolidator Grant for 5 years. There is a press release at CEITEC in Czech and in English. The project was also higlighted by ERC.
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New Postdoc
07.12.2020
In November, we have welcomed a new Postdoc in our group - Mehrnoosh Khodam Hazrati.Box titleHere is place for your content.
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New additions to our group
07.10.2020
In September our group increased in two new members.Timothée Emmanuel J. Rivel postdocSofia BlascoPhD student
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New group member Michal Bubeník
23.07.2020
Our group has welcomed a new member, Michal Bubeník.
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Dean Award to Ladislav Bartoš
13.07.2020
Congratulations to Ladislav Bartoš, who has been warded with Dean Award for the best students! Read more...
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Congratulations to our three Master students
10.07.2020
Congratulations to our students Peter Pajtinka, Martin Babáš, and Radim Brožek, who have sucessfuly finished their studies with state exam and great defense of the thesis.
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New JPC B
03.07.2020
We have published a new article in Journal of Physical Chemistry B abouttranslocation of peptides across phospholipid membranes. We have showen that the proline induced kink in the amphiphilic…
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New JMB
29.06.2020
We have shown that C-terminal domain (CTD) from RNA polymerase II binds to Spt6, a transcription elongation factor. This binding is mainly determined by multivalency of phosphorylation state of CTD.…
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Hiring postdoc
15.04.2020
We have open position for a postdoc working on antimicrobial peptidesDescription of project:The cellular interior is separated from an external environment by a selectively-permeable cytoplasmic…
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New grant - ERC CZ!
15.04.2020
We were awarded ERC CZ grant to study antimicrobial peptides! The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of Czech Republic published results of CZECH ERC competition (here) and our project is the…
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New eLife: Effect of helical kink in antimicrobial peptides on membrane pore…
13.03.2020
We used computer simulations and fluorescence experiments to show that a kink in amphipathic helices affects the formation of leaky transmembrane pores by stabilizing toroidal pores but disrupting…
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New article: Magainin 2 and PGLa in Bacterial Membrane Mimics II: Membrane…
04.02.2020
We addressed the synergistic activity of the two well-studied antimicrobial peptides magainin 2 (MG2a) and PGLa using lipid-only mimics of Gram-negative cytoplasmic membranes. Specifically, we…
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New article: Magainin 2 and PGLa in Bacterial Membrane Mimics I: Peptide…
29.10.2019
We addressed the onset of synergistic activity of the two well-studied antimicrobial peptides magainin 2 (MG2a) and PGLa using lipid-only mimics of Gram-negative cytoplasmic membranes. Specifically,…
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Students claim Brno is one of the best cities in the world
02.09.2019
The rankings are based on the answers of 87,000 students and recent graduates from all over the world, who shared their experiences of studying in the city.The survey encompasses several factors:…
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Congratulations on winning the Biophysical competition!
28.05.2019
We CONGRATULATE to our students succeeding in the biophysical competition. Ladislav Bartoš has won the category of bachelor students. Radim Brožek and Peter Pajtinka have got gold and silver in the…
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New article: Dishevelled-3 conformation dynamics analyzed by FRET-based…
26.04.2019
The Wnt signaling pathways are a group of ancient signal transduction pathways which regulate crucial aspects of cell fate determination, cell migration, cell polarity, neural patterning and…
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New article: Enterovirus particles expel capsid pentamers to enable genome…
11.03.2019
Viruses from the genus Enterovirus are important human pathogens. Receptor binding or exposure to acidic pH in endosomes converts enterovirus particles to an activated state that is required for…
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Congratulations: Daniel Jaroň has got MSc
18.02.2019
Congratulations to our student Daniel Jaroň who has got this MSc with thesis “Calculations of free energy of interaction of amphiphilic peptides”. We wish him a lot of success and all the best …
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New member Martin Babáš
14.11.2018
Martin Babáš joined our team as a master student. Welcome!"
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New member
01.11.2018
Ladislav Bartoš joined our team as a undergraduate student. Welcome!
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NOC VĚDCŮ! Co dokáže strach z vody aneb hydrofóbní efekt
01.10.2018
Vyzkoušej si experimenty s makroskopicky pozorovatelným hydrofóbním efektem.Nauč se jednoduchý test, jak pomocí mincí porovnat povrchové napětí kapalin.Na nemísitelných kapalinách pozoruj…
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New paper!
29.08.2018
New paper! Some antimicrobial peptides can translocate across lipid bilayers without disrupting the membrane structure. The molecular properties required for efficient translocation are not fully…
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Rahul Deb won JCMM scholarship for foreign student!
27.06.2018
Our doctoral student Rahul Deb has recently won JCMM scholarship for foreign university student for the entire duration of his Ph.D. studies. The student has started his full-time Ph.D. study…
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Ivo Kabelka obtained Levi4 Award
27.06.2018
Our colleague Ivo Kabelka obtained Levi4 awards for the best student lecture. The theme of his lecture was: "Optimizing Peptide Properties For Translocation Across Lipid Membranes".Congratulations,…
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Langmuir paper
18.01.2018
We have published a new Langmuir paper on amyloid adsorption onto charged interfaces and the asorption size dependence - specific size can be preferred due to competition between…
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New Postdoc and PhD student
02.01.2018
Arnošt Mládek joined our team as a postdoc and Rahul Deb has become a new PhD student. Welcome!
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New papers
15.09.2017
Our new article was accepted in Scientific Reports. It is about design of multivalent inhibitrs, which could be way more effective than monovalent inhibitors. The second article descirbing…
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New members
14.09.2017
Tereza Králova is our new lab manager and Radim Brožek, Peter Pajtinka, and Pavol Mikulaj joined our team as bachelor students. Welcome!
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Graduation
12.06.2017
Congratulations to Alžběta Türková and Terez Gerguri, who have got their MSc today! I wish them a lot of success and all the best in their future career at Francis Crick Institute and…
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SoMoPro Grant
28.04.2017
With Michael Owen we were awarded a SoMoPro grant for investigation of the role of various lipids in Alzheimer's disease.
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New GAMU grant
01.04.2017
We were awarded with a grant from Czech Agency of Masaryk University (GAMU) to investigate protein from Wnt signalling pathway and its membrane interactions.
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