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Dr. & Dr. Party
Last Friday, we celebrated a major milestone with Faraneh Haddadi and Jan Mican, who successfully earned their PhD degrees and completed their academic journey. Despite the rather chilly weather, we enjoyed a wonderful time together—barbecuing, sharing great conversations, enjoying delicious food, and raising a glass to their achievements. We wish both of them continued success […]
Success at ISBC & ISLS 2026 in Thailand
Our team members attended the XXIII International Symposium on Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence and the XXI International Symposium on Luminescence Spectrometry (ISBC & ISLS 2026), held in Rayong, Thailand, from May 25–29, 2026. This event marked the first-ever ISBC & ISLS gathering held in Southeast Asia. Karolina Sedlackova and Martin Sitte presented a poster, while Martin […]
Martin Received Dean’s Award
Martin Havlasek, a doctoral student at Loschmidt Laboratories, has received the Dean’s Award from the Faculty of Science at Masaryk University in the Best Student in a Bachelor’s or Master’s Program category. Martin, who was supported by a Brno PhD Talent grant, is among the most successful graduates of the Bioinformatics program. During his PhD […]
Pavel’s Research Internship at Chalmers University
Our doctoral student, Pavel Kohout, recently spent one month at Chalmers University in Gothenburg, Sweden. During his research stay in the Zelezniak Lab, he explored whether molecular dynamics simulations and their machine-learning-based counterparts can explain experimental observables. Under the supervision of postdoctoral researcher Sandra Viknander, Pavel investigated how protein dynamics can improve the scoring of […]
Faraneh Earns a Doctoral Degree
We are delighted to celebrate the successful defense of Faraneh Haddadi’s PhD thesis, “Integrating Machine Learning with Structural Protein Analysis.” Faraneh has completed her PhD in Environmental Health Sciences at RECETOX, Faculty of Science at Masaryk University, under the supervision of Stanislav Mazurenko. Her research explored the intersection of structural and computational biology, machine learning, […]
Amalie Receives Awards at the Conference of Young Life Scientists
Secondary school student Amalie Stekla received several prestigious awards for her research in marine bioluminescence at the Conference of Young Life Scientists 2026. Her project, which focuses on the structural and chemical basis of bioluminescence in the brittle star Amphiura filiformis, is supervised by Karolina Sedlackova. Amalie’s achievements include: We congratulate Amalie on these remarkable […]
Success at ISBC & ISLS 2026 in Thailand
Our team members attended the XXIII International Symposium on Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence and the XXI International Symposium on Luminescence Spectrometry (ISBC & ISLS 2026), held in Rayong, Thailand, from May 25–29, 2026. This event marked the first-ever ISBC & ISLS gathering held in Southeast Asia. Karolina Sedlackova and Martin Sitte presented a poster, while Martin […]
Press Release: New Algorithm Helps Scientists Reduce Protein Aggregation
In collaboration with IT4Innovations, we have developed a unique machine-learning–based tool called AggreProt, capable of rapidly and reliably identifying “sticky” regions in proteins that drive protein aggregation. Protein clumping into non-functional clusters has long limited the effective use of proteins in real-world applications. AggreProt could help overcome this challenge and accelerate the development of proteins […]
Honza Successfully Defends His PhD Thesis
We are pleased to congratulate Jan Mican on the successful defense of his PhD thesis, Molecular Modeling and Bioinformatics in the Study of Thrombolytics. Honza completed his doctoral studies in Environmental Health Sciences at RECETOX, Faculty of Science at Masaryk University, under the supervision of David Bednar. During his PhD studies, Honza authored or co-authored […]
Interview with Naina
Naina Verma, a Ph.D. student on Lenka Hernychova’s team, focuses on the research and development of proteins for the treatment of blood clots, specifically staphylokinase. She specializes in structural biology and protein engineering, as well as in analyzing how changes in a protein affect its function. She therefore contributes to the design of safer and […]