NCBR - National Centre for Biomolecular Research

INTRODUCTION

National Centre for Biomolecular Research (NCBR) is an independent institute of the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno. The main activities of the Centre involve research in specific areas of chemistry and biology as well as teaching, especially at advanced and Ph.D. levels. Staff members, Ph.D. students, postdoctoral fellows, and diploma students contribute to the research output of the Centre.

The research activities of the Centre include projects in the following areas:

Research field	Group-leader
Computational chemistry and molecular modelling	Prof. RNDr. Jaroslav Koča, DrSc.
Computational studies on nucleic acids	Prof. RNDr. Jiří Šponer, DrSc.
Protein structure and dynamics	Prof. Mgr. Lukáš Žídek, Ph.D.
Structure of biosystems and molecular materials	Prof. RNDr. Radek Marek, Ph.D.
Glycobiochemistry	Prof. RNDr. Michaela Wimmerová, Ph.D.
Structural biology of gene regulation	Assoc. Prof. Mgr. Richard Štefl, Ph.D.
Recombination and DNA repair	Assoc. Prof. Mgr. Lumír Krejčí, Ph.D.
Functional genomics and proteomics	Prof. RNDr. Jiří Fajkus, Ph.D.

Diploma work and/or Ph.D. study at the Centre is particularly suitable for the students of biomolecular chemistry, organic chemistry, theoretical and physical chemistry, biochemistry, environmental chemistry and biophysics. For more information, please, contact group leaders.

Department Board:

Name	Position	Institute
Prof. RNDr. Jaroslav Koča, DrSc.	Director of department	Masaryk University
Prof. RNDr. Michaela Wimmerová, Ph.D.	Deputy for research, statutory deputy	Masaryk University
Assoc. Prof. Mgr. Jan Havliš, Dr.	Deputy for education, statutory deputy	Masaryk University
Mgr. Martin Prokop, Ph.D.	Scientific secretary	Masaryk University
Prof. RNDr. Libor Grubhoffer, CSc.	External member	Biology Centre CAS, České Budějovice
Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Michal Čajan, Ph.D.	External member	Palacký University Olomouc
Prof. Ing. Richard Hrabal, CSc.	External member	UCT Prague

Organization scheme:

Faculty of Science

National Centre for
Biomolecular Research

Director

Prof. RNDr. Jaroslav Koča, DrSc.

Deputy for research, statutory deputy

Prof. RNDr. Michaela Wimmerová, Ph.D.

Deputy for education, statutory deputy

Assoc. Prof. Mgr. Jan Havliš, Dr.

Scientific secretary

Mgr. Martin Prokop, Ph.D.

Administration

Mgr. Jana Řiháková
Dana Jelínková
Jitka Kasalová
Monika Pakosta Forstová


Research group Computational chemistry Prof. RNDr. Jaroslav Koča, DrSc.				Research group Protein structure and synamics Prof. Mgr. Lukáš Žídek, Ph.D.



Research group Structure of biosystems and molecular materials Prof. RNDr. Radek Marek, Ph.D.				Research group Computational chemistry of nucleic acids Prof. RNDr. Jiří Šponer, DrSc.



Research group Glycobiochemistry Prof. RNDr. Michaela Wimmerová, Ph.D.				Research group Structural biology of gene regulation Assoc. Prof. Mgr. Richard Štefl, Ph.D.



Research group Recombination and DNA repair Assoc. Prof. Mgr. Lumír Krejčí, Ph.D.				Research group Functional genomics and proteomics Prof. RNDr. Jiří Fajkus, Ph.D.