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
2024
- NATURE PLANTS 2024 (External fulltext)
- ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 75 2024 (External fulltext)
- NATURE CELL BIOLOGY 2024 (External fulltext)
- JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY erae228 2024 (External fulltext)
2023
- PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 7 kiad005 2023 (External fulltext)
- PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2023 (External fulltext)
- EMBO REPORTS e54709 2023 (External fulltext)
2022
- NEW PHYTOLOGIST 233 2185-2202 2022 (External fulltext)
- PLANT CELL koac095 2022 (External fulltext)
- NATURE PLANTS 8 1245-1261 2022 (External fulltext)