Project information
Biomolecular centre
- Project Identification
- LC06030
- Project Period
- 3/2006 - 12/2011
- Investor / Pogramme / Project type
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Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR
- Basic Research Center
- MU Faculty or unit
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Central European Institute of Technology
- prof. RNDr. Vladimír Sklenář, DrSc.
- Keywords
- Cancer drugs, biosensors, lectins, molecular modeling of biomolecules, biomolecular NMR
- Cooperating Organization
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Institute of Biophysics
- Responsible person prof. RNDr. Jiří Šponer, DrSc.
- Responsible person doc. RNDr. Ivan Rychlík, Ph.D.
The main goal of the project is to elevate the structural biology in the Czech Republic from studies of individual biomacromolecules to investigations of their complexes. This goal will be achieved by implementation of up-to-date methodology in selected scientific fields (NMR spectroscopy, computational modeling) and by focusing on problems, which are currently in the centre of interest of contemporary life sciences. Among others, key cell processes such as preservation of genome stability and DNA repair, ribosomal protein synthesis, or information transfer by recognition (lectins) will be studied. Selected research projects will lead eventually to bioanalytical (biosensors) and biomedical (vaccines, chemotherapeutics) outcomes with potential applications in research and development. To reach the outlined goals, active collaboration of participating institutions is inevitable. A number of projects will require also a broad international collaboration.
Results
The main goal of the project is to help to drive structural biology in the Czech Republic from studies on single biomacromolecules to studies on biomacromolecular complexes. To achieve the goal, we will implement recent advances in selected key methods in the field (NMR spectrometry, computer modeling) and also contribute to their development. The research will be oriented not only to the structure of biomacromolecules but will also include studies of structure/function relationship. It will touch suchimportant phenomena of the cell life as keeping genome stability, DNA repair, protein synthesis in the ribosome or information transfer via recognition (lectins). Selected parts of the research will be devoted to bioanalytical (biosensors) or biomedicinal(vaccines, chemotherapeutics) projects capable of providing results with potential applications at the practical level. By solving the above scientific tasks, the team will increase its international competitiveness. At the same time, the project will
Publications
Total number of publications: 284
2006
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Multichannel SPR biosensor for detection of environmental contaminants
Europt(r)ode VIII Book of Abstracts, year: 2006
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NMR Distance Restraints At Low Temperatures: Application To DNA Hairpin
International school on High field NMR spectroscopy for solids and liquids, year: 2006
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NMR experiments for detection of quaternary carbons in nucleic acid bases.
8th Central European NMR Symposium, year: 2006
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NMR of Nucleic Acids - Little by Little
XXII International Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, year: 2006
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Portable immunosensor systems for detection of Francisella tularensis
Commercial and Pre-commercial Cell Detection Technologies for Defence against Bioterror – Technology, Market and Society. NATO Advanced Research Workshop, year: 2006
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Recombination Mediator and Rad51 Targeting Activities of a Human BRCA2 Polypeptide
J. Biol. Chem., year: 2006, volume: 17, edition: 281
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Revision of the Structure of Escholidine
Journal of Natural Products, year: 2006, volume: 69, edition: 6
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Role of BRCA2 in homologous recombination with special aspects on Dss1 protein
Year: 2006, type: R&D Presentation
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Srs2 protein and its multi-functional role in recombination/repair processes
Year: 2006, type: R&D Presentation
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Substituted purines: Experimental and theoretical study of NMR parameters
Year: 2006, type: Conference abstract