Laboratory of Integrative Structural Biology
The laboratory aims to understand how the wiring of different biomolecules drives fundamental processes of the plant cell, such as cytokinesis, cell-wall material secretion or nutrient uptake. We employ a multidisciplinary strategy combining experimental and computational approaches to achieve this goal. We utilise methods of molecular biology, biochemistry and state-of-the-art microscopy. By combining the experimental techniques with the computational ones (structural bioinformatics, molecular dynamics) in an integrative fashion, we can obtain unprecedented details of a given process, leading to novel biological implications.
Keywords
Integrative Structural Biology, Structural Bioinformatics, Molecular Dynamics, Biochemistry, Microscopy, Cell Division, Callose Synthesis, Endocytosis, TPLATE complex, protein-membrane interfaces.
Workers
head of the laboratory
- Ing. Roman Pleskot Ph.D.
deputy head of the laboratorygraduated technical assistant
- Mgr. Roman Hudeček
graduated technical assistant
- Petra Cifrová
- Ing. Daniela Kocourková PhD.
- Ing. Tereza Podmanická
postgraduate student
Research projects
- 4D plate - Spatiotemporal dynamics of cell plate development , GA ČR , Roman Pleskot
- Melatonin as a novel antioxidant and radical scavenger: melatonin levels in berry species , MŠMT
- Úloha Ran GTPáz v nukleaci mikrotubulů a organizaci mitotického vřeténka v acentrozomálních buňkách vyšších rostlin , GA ČR
Publications
2012
- FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 3 54 2012 (External fulltext)
- PLOS COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY 8 e1002765 2012 (External fulltext)
- PLANT SIGNALLING & BEHAVIOR in press 2012
2011
- JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2011 (External fulltext)
- JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 62 3753-3763 2011 (External fulltext)
2010
- NEW PHYTOLOGIST 188 150-160 2010 Fulltext: PDF link on intranet only
- PLANT JOURNAL 62 494-507 2010 Fulltext: PDF link on intranet only
2008
- JOURNAL OF PLANT DISEASES AND PROTECTION 21 561-564 2008