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Rayyan Successfully Defended His Doctoral Thesis
Congratulations to Rayyan Tariq Khan on successfully defending his PhD thesis, “In Silico Techniques to Design Proteins and Predict Their Properties.” He has officially completed his PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics at the Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University. Thanks to his supervisors, Jiri Damborsky and David Bednar, for […]
Seminar on Discovering Bioluminescence in the Brittle Stars with Wendy-Shirley Bayaert
Join us for a fascinating talk with Wendy-Shirley Bayaert from the University of Mons, Belgium, as she explores the dazzling world of bioluminescence in brittle stars! Wendy, a PhD student supervised by Dr. Jerome Delroisse, will present her research on studying the evolution and functional diversity of luciferase-like genes: a pathway to unravelling echinoderm bioluminescence. […]
Microfluidic Innovation for Alzheimer’s Research: New MUNI–ETH Zurich Bilateral Project
We’re excited to launch a new bilateral research project between the Loschmidt Laboratories at Masaryk University and the microfluidics team at ETH Zurich, bringing together leading expertise in protein biophysics, membrane biology, and microfluidic technology. The project (25-15784L) is supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF, lead agency) and the Czech Science Foundation (GA […]
Madhu at Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Our postdoc, Madhumalar Subramanian, is on a research visit at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG) in Dresden, Germany, with Andre Nadler’s lab. She and Christine (from Andre’s lab) are collaborating on research into ApoE and lipid delivery, relevant to Alzheimer’s Disease. Wishing them success and looking forward to Christine’s […]
Niklas’s Research Internship
Loschmidt Labs are pleased to host Niklas Rimkus, a student from Uwe Bornscheuer’s Lab at the University of Greifswald, Germany. Niklas will work on the bioinformatic analysis of urethanases for the next two months, supervised by Jan Mican and David Bednar. Welcome, Niklas! Photo by Niklas Rimkus
Petr at Stanford University
Our PhD student, Petr Kouba, is spending 5 months working with Possu Huang’s Protein Design lab at Stanford University. His research focuses on integrating dynamics-awareness into generative models for de novo protein design. When he’s not in the lab, Petr and his family are exploring and enjoying the beauty of California. Photo by Petr Kouba
LL Outreach Seminar
The spring outreach seminar took place in the restaurant Velka Klajdovka, Brno, on April 25th, 2025. The participants delved into deep scientific discussions to tackle challenging problems, like Alzheimer’s, stroke, the biosynthesis of coelenterazine, protein dynamics, and enzyme mining. They also cherished the moments spent together and with colleagues from the Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute. […]
Celebration of Achievements
We took a moment to celebrate achievements from the past few weeks! Huge congratulations to Stanislav Mazurenko for receiving the ELEGANCE grant, to Daniel Pluskal for his nomination for the Government Prize for Talented Students, and to Martin Sitte for winning the Prize of the Czech Society for Structural Biology for the best student poster. […]
Loschmidt Labs Got ELEGANCE Grant
Loschmidt Laboratories have received the ELEGANCE grant with a 100 % rating! The 4-year Horizon Europe project will be focused on machine learning to design better enzymes and bioprocesses. We’re proud to be part of a consortium of 26 partners, including significant biotech and pharma companies. The project is coordinated by Carlos G. Acevedo-Rocha from […]
Anthony to Present at the 15th European Biophysics Congress
Our postdoc, Anthony Legrand, will speak at the 15th European Biophysics Congress (EBSA2025) in Rome! He’ll share insights on Alzheimer’s disease, and how Apolipoprotein E prevents Amyloid-β aggregation and membrane damage. Save the date: June 30 – July 4, 2025, and don’t miss it!