Brázda Václav, prof. Mgr., Ph.D.
Extension: +420 541-517- 231
Email: vaclav@ibp.cz
Education:
- 1994 – graduated in Molecular Biology and Genetic, Faculty of Science Masaryk University, Brno, CZ
- 2001 – receiving Ph.D. degree in Molecular Biology and Genetic, Faculty of Science Masaryk University, Brno, CZ
- 2016 – habilitation in Molecular Biology and Genetic, Faculty of Science Masaryk University, Brno, CZ
- 2022 - full professor recognition, signed by the President of the Czech Republic
Employment:
- 1995 – 2000 – research assistant at the Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
- 2000 – 2004 – researcher at the Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
- 2005 – 2006 – post-doctoral research fellowship, University Health Network, Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, Canada
- 2007 – 2009 – independent researcher at the Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
- since 2010 – leading researcher at the Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
- 2016 – 2022 associate professor at the Fakulty of chemistry Brno University of Technology
- since 2022 - full professor at the Fakulty of chemistry Brno University of Technology
Research topics:
- relationship between DNA structure and function
- interaction of proteins with DNA
- local DNA structures and DNA damage
- p53 protein and carcinogenesis
- bioinformatics
- immunology and neurodegeneration
- published> 100 papers (2023: 116 entries on WoS; 2086 citations, h-index 26)
- co-author of the web-service: bioinformatics.ibp.cz, palindromes.ibp.cz
Publications:
Awards:
- League Against Cancer Prague Award for the young scientist, author of the best publications with oncology theme (2000)
- Czech Society for Biochemistry and Molecular biology Award for significant scientific contribution in biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology (2002)
- Young European Investigator Award za Českou republiku za nejlepší práci – Medesa/Eppendorf (2002)
- Cena Nature Cell Biology – Poster Competition, 4th Dubrovnik Signaling Conference, Cavtat, Croatia (2004)
- Otto Wichterle Award (award of Academy of Sciences CR for excellent results) (2006)
- International Society for Neurochemistry Investigator Travel Award (2013)
- The Royal Society of Edinburgh - International Awards programme (2018)
International experience:
- 2005 – 2006 post-doctoral research fellowship, University Health Network, Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, Kanada
- 2015 the main organizer of the international workshop about p53
- a number of shorter internships – Toronto, Trento, Petrohrad, Dundee
- experience in teaching and lecturing during Erasmus stays – Trento, Norwich, Marburg
- 2020 Co-Organizer of the Symposium: Beginning of a new era for investigation of DNA-protein systems, Biophysical society of Japan annual meeting, Gunma, Japan
Memberships:
- Czech Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ČSBMB)
- Czech microscopy society
- International Society for Neurochemistry
- member of the evaluation board 301 - Czech Grant Agentury (2015-2018)
Grants and projects:
- principal investigator (9) or team member (10) in national and international research projects (GAČR, MŠMT, GAAV, NF Neuron)