Interviews
Biochemists Study How Animals Switch the Colour of Emitted Light
Our team leader Martin Marek has received an EXPRO grant to study how bioluminescent energy is transferred in marine organisms. Read the interview with Martin to learn more about his research.Protein Scientist Jan Velecky: Machine Learning Can Shine Where Human Imagination Falls Short
Our PhD student Honza Velecky shared insights about his research at RECETOX. In an interview, he explains what protein engineering is, why it is important to pay attention to the solubility of proteins during research, and how machine learning can be crucial for human knowledge.“Marine Luminescence Can Be an Inspiration for Environmentally Friendly Light Sources,” Says Martin Marek
The Rudolf Lukes Prize for outstanding research articles published in the last 5 years in prestigious international journals has been awarded to Martin Marek at the Advances in Organic, Bioorganic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry – Liblice 2024 conference. In an interview, Martin Marek reveals that the results of his work have the potential to inspire various technological solutions for a sustainable future.Read whole press release ENG/ CZ
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Studying Abroad Will Advance You in Many Ways
Read an interview with Hana Bernardova, who has been involved in scientific work since grammar school. Among other projects, she worked on the structural biology of proteins under the guidance of Martin Marek. Hana has won several awards, including the Czech Little Head Award 2020 and the Learned Society of the Czech Republic Prize. This July, Hana graduated from her Master’s studies at Oxford as the third-best student in her class.She Found a Great Team in the Lab. Thanks to Them Tereza Sustrova Has Been Awarded by the Czech Little Head Award
Read an interview with talented student Tereza Sustrova who succeeded in the national round of the Secondary School Professional Activity (SOC) and received the prestigious Czech Little Head Award 2023. She was involved in the research of light-producing enzymes under the supervision of Martin Marek.Read whole interview CZ
“Success Favors the Prepared,” Says Martina Pavlova, Director of FAVEA and a Graduate of the Loschmidt Laboratories
Martina Pavlova is a successful graduate of the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University. She currently works as the CEO of the Czech pharmaceutical company FAVEA a.s. In the interview, she describes her study at the Masaryk University, her scientific beginnings in the Loschmidt Laboratories and her insights from private sector.Cheaper Stroke Treatment for Third World Countries? Veronika Slonkova Presented Research on Thrombolytic Enzymes in Toronto
Read an interview with a medical student Veronika Slonkova who works in the Loschmidt Laboratories. Veronika presented her research focused on thrombolytic enzymes for stroke treatment at the World Stroke Congress in Toronto.Read whole interview CZ
Awards Motivate Me to Continue my Scientific Work
Read an interview with talented Martin Toul who received two important awards for his research work at the end of the year: Award of the Minister of Education and the Doctorandus Award at this year’s Czech Head 2023.Read whole interview CZ
I Came into My Own in the Microworld
Read an interview with Martin Toul who defended his PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics successfully this year. At the same time, he received the MU Rector’s Award for his thesis on “Rational protein design guided by kinetic studies”. In the interview, he describes his scientific beginnings and his successes in researching “glowing” enzymes or stroke drugs.Brno Scientists Get Closer to the Future Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease
Read about the results of scientists who have come significantly closer to answering the question of how to prevent and treat Alzheimer’s disease. Experts from the Faculties of Science and Medicine at Masaryk University, the International Clinical Research Center, and the Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute believe that the results of the research will help develop other highly effective therapeutic agents for this 21st century threat to civilisation.Former Ph.D. Student in LL Published in Nature Neuroscience
Read an interview with Jarda Bendl, an alumnus of Loschmidt Laboratories, who moved for a postdoc to the USA in 2017. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. One of his recent articles has been published in the top scientific journal Nature Neuroscience.Detailed Pathogen Detection in Alzheimer’s Disease Patients
Read about the results of scientists from several research teams at the International Clinical Research Centre (FNUSA-ICRC), a joint facility of Masaryk University and St. Anne’s University Hospital in Brno. The researchers demonstrated the link between microbial infections and the development of Alzheimer’s disease and focused on the frequency of the most common viral and bacterial pathogens in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.Students Attended 50th Czech and Slovak Cerebrovascular Congress
Veronika Slonkova and Honza Mican, students of Loschmidt Laboratories of the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, and FNUSA-ICRC, attended the 50th Czech and Slovak Cerebrovascular Congress (Mikulov, 22-24 June 2022). Honza gave a lecture on the computational design of a novel generation of thrombolytics and introduced a poster focused on protein engineering of staphylokinase. Veronika presented a poster focused on in vitro methods for the selection of thrombolytics. Read a short interview about the meeting here.Potential Stroke Cure Is 10,000 Times More Effective Than Thought
Martin Toul from the Loschmidt Laboratories of the Faculty of Science MU, RECETOX and the International Clinical Research Centre at St. Anne’s University Hospital in Brno (FNUSA-ICRC) has discovered in his work a connection that increases the previously recognized effectiveness of staphylokinase in dissolving blood clots up to ten thousand times. This breakthrough discovery could help to find new and more effective drugs for acute stroke patients.Former Visiting Student in LL Became Director of EKOPLON
Mateusz Samoraj, who conducted research at Loschmidt Laboratories in 2015, became a Director of Agrochemicals Technology and Product Development in EKOPLON. EKOPLON is a Polish company that provides comprehensive solutions for agricultural production in farm animal nutrition and foliar fertilizers. Mateusz obtained his Ph.D. at Wrocław University of Science and Technology in Poland in 2016, and he is the co-author of 24 publications, four patents, and one book.Getting Experience in Germany
Michal Vasina is a doctoral student of Environmental Health Sciences at the Faculty of Science of the Masaryk University. His research is focused on application of microfluidics in protein and metabolic engineering under the guidance of Prof. Zbynek Prokop in the Loschmidt Laboratories. Michal visited University of Greifswald in Germany from August to September 2021. Read short interview with Michal here.Research Visit in Switzerland
Michaela Slanska is a student of Biochemistry at Masaryk University who works on her Diploma Thesis in Zbynek Prokop’s Team of Loschmidt Laboratories. She visited prestigious Swiss university ETH Zürich from March to May 2021. On this occasion, we asked her for a short interview.The VIth Summer School Successfully Behind Us
Summer School on Protein Engineering organized by the Loschmidt Laboratories was performed on-line in June 2021. Thirty secondary school and university students attended the course and learnt about bioinformatics, molecular and structural biology, enzymology and microfluidics. Short interview with three students who succeeded in presentation of scientific article is here.Read whole interview (in Czech)