People

Cyril Bařinka, PhD / head
+420 325 873 777
cyril.barinka@ibt.cas.cz
Cyril graduated in biochemistry at Charles University, Prague, and did his PhD at the Institute of Organic chemistry & Biochemistry, Prague, in Jan Konvalinka lab. He spent five year at the National Cancer Institute at Frederick, MD, USA in the Jacek Lubkowski lab, focusing on macromolecular crystallography. In 2010, he came back to Prague, the Czech Republic, where he established the Laboratory of Structural Biology at the Institute of Biotechnology. CV: ico-pdf

 

 

Zora Nováková, PhD / Senior Researcher
+420 325 873 736
zora.novakova@ibt.cas.cz
Zora graduated in biology at the Charles University, Prague. She got her PhD in cell biology with the focus on cellular senescence. In January 2013 she has joined the lab of Dr. Cyril Barinka at Institute of Biotechnology of Academy of Sciences. As postdoc she works on projects aimed at structure-function studies  of HDAC11 as well as GCPII palmitoylation.

Lucia Motlová, PhD / PostDoc
+420 325 873 774
lucia.motlova@ibt.cas.cz

 

 

Marek Kravec, PhD / Postdoc
+420 325 873 774
marek.kravec@ibt.cas.cz

I have graduated in molecular biology and genetics, and in 2023 I got my PhD in animal physiology, immunology, and developmental biology at Masaryk university in Brno. My work focused mainly on the Wnt signalling pathway protein Dishevelled and its post-translational modifications. I am generally interested in cellular signalling patways, protein-protein interactions and structural biology. In April 2023 I joined lab of  Cyril Barinka at Institute of Biotechnology of Academy of Sciences. Here, I study interactions of Dishevelled with microtubular cytoskeleton and its signalling consequences.  

Abhishek Sharma, PhD/ PostDoc
+420 325 873 736
abhishek.sharma@ibt.cas.cz
I have graduated in Microbiology at Himachal Pradesh University Shimla in India, and in 2019, I got my PhD in Enzyme technology, bio catalysis, and biotransformation at Himachal Pradesh University Shimla in India. After that in March 2020, I joined as Post Doctorate fellow in Dr. Deepak Sharma lab at Institute of Microbial technology CSIR, India, where I involved in Protein-protein interaction studies (mainly chaperones), C. elegans as a model system and yeast as an expression host system. In July 2023, I joined lab of Cyril Barinka at Institute of Biotechnology of Academy of Sciences as post doctorate fellow. Here, I work on modulation of structural and functional properties of the HSP90 chaperone machinery by reversible acetylation.

 

Gargi Das, PhD / PostDoc
+420 325 873 736
gargi.das@ibt.cas.cz
I have studied my Bachelors in Presidency University, Kolkata India in Biological Sciences and Masters from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay India in Biotechnology. I have developed a keen interest in immunology and cell biology during my studies and my Master’s dissertation which was focused on “Understanding the role of IL-9 in maintaining the integrity of the skin”. I wish to pursue my future research focusing on the mentioned disciplines of biology. I have joined Dr. Cyril Barinka’s lab on October 2018 and currently working on the project “Engineered antibodies as platforms for cancer imaging and therapy”. Apart from academia I have a big interest in painting and dancing.

 

Jana Nedvědová, MSc / PhD Student
+420 325 873 778
jana.nedvedova@ibt.cas.cz

Jana grew up in České Budějovice in South Bohemia. After finishing high school in 2015, she moved to Prague to study at Faculty of Science, Charles University. She joined the Laboratory of Structural Biology  during the same year and worked on her Bachelor and Master thesis here. After getting her Master’s Degree in Biophysical Chemistry, she decided to continue her studies at Charles University as a PhD student focusing on tubulin modifying enzymes.

Margareta Volnikova MSc/ PhD student
+420 325 873 774
margareta.volnikova@ibt.cas.cz

I graduated in Molecular and Cell Biology at Palacký University in Olomouc in 2023, where I became very interested in proteins and their functions, signaling pathways, and cells in general. After finishing my Masters, I moved to Prague to continue as a PhD student at the Faculty of Science, Charles University. I have joined Cyril Barinka’s lab at the Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Here, my work will focus on characterization of the substrate specificity of tubulin tyrosine-like ligase 11 (TTLL-11), the major cellular polyglutamylase.

 

Barbora Havlínová, MSc / Technician
+420 325 873 778
barbora.havlinova@ibt.cas.cz

 

 

Miroslava Vošahlíková, PhD/ Research assistant
+420 325 873 778
miroslava.vosahlikova@ibt.cas.cz

 

Iva Jelínková / Technician
+420 325 873 774
iva.jelinkova@ibt.cas.cz

Júlia Kudláčová, PhD/ Research assistant
+420 325 873 778
julia.kudlacova@ibt.cas.cz

 

Pavlína Jaklová, PhD/ Research assistant
+420 325 873 778
pavlina.jaklova@ibt.cas.cz

 

Růžena Tučková, PhD/ Research assistant
+420 325 873 778
ruzena.tuckova@ibt.cas.cz

 

Alina Nemchinova / Master Student
+420 325 873 774
alina.nemchinova@ibt.cas.cz

 

 

Šárka Kohoutová / Master student
+420 325 873 774
sarka.kohoutova@ibt.cas.cz

 

Tereza Krunclová, MSc / Technician
+420 325 873 778
tereza.krunclova@ibt.cas.cz

 

 

Markéta Grešová, MSc / Technician
+420 325 873 774
marketa.gresova@ibt.cas.cz
Maternity leave

 

ALUMNI

Glenda Alquicer, PhD Daria Khuntsariya, MSc Shivam Shukla, MSc
Veronika Klatovska, PhD Michal Svoboda, MSc Petra Baranová, MSc
Jiri Pavlicek, PhD Veronika Kropáčková, MSc Jana Mikešová (Ptáčková), MSc
Dalibor Trapl, MSc Kseniya Ustinova, PhD Jakub Kolář, MSc
Ľubica Škultétyová, PhD Anastasia Rakhimbekova, MSc  
Tereza Frydova, Bc Honza Komarek, PhD  
Nikola Belousova, MSc Zsofia Kutil, PhD  
Michal Navratil, PhD Miroslav Basta, MSc  
Jakub Ptacek, PhD Tereza Ludvíková  
Daria Pavlenko, MSc Helena Dráberová, MSc