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RNDr. Kateřina Hofbauerová, PhD.

Born: Sept. 21, 1974, Broumov
  • Affiliation: Fyzikální ústav UK, Ke Karlovu 5
  • Room: F 184, 1st basement
  • Phone: +420 221 911 472
  • Fax: +420 224 922 797

Fields of interest and research experience:

  • Methods of molecular biology for protein expression, purification and crystallization.

  • Study of proteins structures and their interactions by methods of optical spectroscopy (Raman, FTIR, UV–VIS and CD\ spectroscopy).

  • Computer homology modeling of proteins.


Long term stays:

2000 – 2001 Půlroční stáž zaměřená na krystalizaci a krystalografii proteinů. Laboratoire pour l’Utilisation du Rayonnement Electromagnétique, l’Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, Francie (Dr. Anita Lewit-Bentley).
1999 Jednoměsíční stáž zaměřená na molekulární biologii a expresi proteinů. Institute of Biochemistry and Endocrinology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Německo (Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Schoner).

Curiculum vitae:

2005 – Scientific researcher, Institute of Physics of Charles University in Prague.
2002 – Scientific researcher, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science of Charles University in Prague.
2000 – 2001 Sixth month stay – crystallization and crystallography of proteins. Laboratoire pour l’Utilisation du Rayonnement Electromagnétique, l’Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France (Dr. Anita Lewit-Bentley).
1999 One month stay – molecular biology and expression of proteins. Institute of Biochemistry and Endocrinology, Justus–Liebig–University Giessen, Germany (Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Schoner).
1998 – 03 Scientific researcher, Institute of Physiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
1998 – 04 Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science of Charles University in Prague. Theme of the dissertation: “Physico-chemical and structural aspects of stability and function of Na+/K+–ATPase”.
1993 – 98 MSc., Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science of Charles University in Prague. Thesis on theme: “Structure and stability of alpha–1–acid–glycoprotein in acid media”.
1989 – 93 Study at Prague’s gymnasium Nad aleji ended in year 1993 by a leaving exam.