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Article in Nature Chemical Biology
Sykora, J., Brezovsky, J., Koudelakova, T., Lahoda, M., Fortova, A., Chernovets, T., Chaloupkova, R., Stepankova, Prokop, Z., Kuta Smatanova, I., Hof, M., Damborsky, J., 2014: Dynamics and Hydration Explain Failed Functional Transformation in Dehalogenase Design. Nature Chemical Biology 10: 428-430.
Sarka Bidmanova awarded Microbiological Society Prize
Dr. Sarka Bidmanova was awarded the Czechoslovak Microbiological Society Prize for her research work on detection of environmental pollutants using enzymatic biosensors. Congratulations!
Article in Green Chemistry
Stepankova, V., Vanacek, P., Damborsky, J., Chaloupkova, R., 2014: Comparison of Catalysis by Haloalkane Dehalogenases in Aqueous Solutions of a Deep Eutectic and Organic Solvents. Green Chemistry 16: 2754-2761.
New position: Laboratory technician
Currently we are seeking candidates for position of a laboratory technician (more information).
Registration open for Summer School on Protein Engineering
Brno, Czech Republic, June 22-26, 2014 The Summer on Protein Engineering is organized for the secondary school and the university students interested in biology, biochemistry, bioinformatics, biomedicine and biotechnology. The program consists of theoretical introductory lectures and laboratory practicals. Students will learn basics of protein design, construction and characterization. Topics to be covered are: search […]
US Patent awarded
The patent describing the protein stabilization towards higher temperature and organic solvents by modification of tunnels and channels was approved by US Patent Office: Prokop, Z., Koudelakova, T., Stepankova, V., Chaloupkova, R., Gora, A., Chovancova, E., Brezovsky, J., Damborsky, J., 2013: Method of Thermostabilization of a Protein and/or Stabilization Towards Organic Solvents. Masaryk University, Brno, […]
Article in Current Opinion in Chemical Biology
Damborsky, J., Brezovsky, J., 2014: Computational Tools for Designing and Engineering Enzymes . Current Opinion in Chemical Biology 19: 8-16.
Sergio Marques awarded SoMoPro grant
Dr. Sergio Marques was awarded 3 years SoMoPro grant from South Moravian Region co-financed by the Marie Curie Actions. Sergio’s proposal on the rational engineering of tunnels and gates in proteins was scored #2 out of 67 reviewed proposals. Congratulations!
Article in PLOS Computational Biology
Bendl J., Stourac J., Salanda O., Pavelka A., Wieben E.D., Zendulka J., Brezovsky J., Damborsky J., 2014: PredictSNP: Robust and Accurate Consensus Classifier for Prediction of Disease-Related Mutations. PLOS Computational Biology 10: e1003440.
Veronika Stepankova awarded Minister’s Prize
Dr. Veronika Stepankova was awarded the Ministry of Education Award for Excellent Students and Graduates in Study Program. Sincere congratulations! article on veda.muni.cz (in czech)