People
Principal Investigator
Dr. Matyáš Fendrych
During my PhD in the Viktor Zarsky lab (IEB, Prague, Czechia) I studied plant secretory machinery and cytokinesis through the optics of the exocyst complex. Then, as a postdoc, I joined the laboratory of Moritz Nowack (PSB-VIB in Gent, Belgium) and focused on developmentally programmed cell death of lateral root cap cells in Arabidopsis thaliana. For the second postdoc I moved to the lab of Jiri Friml (IST, Austria) where I started my affair with auxin and its many effects on elongation of plant cells. In 2018 I established the research group at XPB, Prague. I enjoy combining the power of molecular biology and genetics with the spatio-temporal precision of live-cell imaging and genetically encoded fluorescent proteins and sensors. |
Lab Manager
Post-Docs
Dr. Pruthvi Vittal is working on identifying the key regulatory proteins involved during Gravitropic response in root. Her PhD thesis was on “Validation of Basic transcription factors and co-expression of multiple stress responsive transcription factors for abiotic stress tolerance” (University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, India). During her Postdoc, studied the importance of root cap specific cytokinin in Root system architecture (RSA) (Freie Universität Berlin , Germany).
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Dr. Nelson B.C. Serre is focused on deciphering the physiological parameters involved in early root response to auxin. During his PhD in Grenoble (France) he found that lysine methylation of non-histone proteins is contributing to Arabidopsis species response to cadmium. In parallel, he uncovered the short term physiological effects of uranium on Arabidopsis thaliana primary root apex.
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PhD Students
Mgr. Shiv Mani Dubey I joined my Ph.D. project in Oct 2018, and since then, I have been focusing on a fundamental question –where is auxin perceived to inhibit the root growth in the Arabidopsis model? My Ph.D. project also aims to discover protein networks that involve in cell elongation of the root. During my master degree (From-University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore India), I was focusing on the development of transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana using nuclear inclusion A (NIa) gene against Papaya ringspot virus (PRSV).
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Mgr. Lorena Meusel
Mgr. Pavel Krupař |
Master's Students
Bsc. Michal Bogdan
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Undergraduate Students
OPEN POSITIONS
Alumni
Mgr. Daša Wernerová obtained her bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology and Gene Engineering at Palacký University Olomouc, where she researched organization of cortical microtubules in Arabidopsis thaliana MAPK mutants.
She got her master’s degree in Experimental Plant Biology at Charles University in Prague. In our lab, she worked with pH dyes and genetically encoded pH sensors used for visualization of root apoplastic pH in A. thaliana. Also, she developed new genetically encoded pH sensors.
Furthermore, Daša designs and 3D prints tools for everyday use in the lab. See 3D prints for our custom-made microscopy chambers!
She got her master’s degree in Experimental Plant Biology at Charles University in Prague. In our lab, she worked with pH dyes and genetically encoded pH sensors used for visualization of root apoplastic pH in A. thaliana. Also, she developed new genetically encoded pH sensors.
Furthermore, Daša designs and 3D prints tools for everyday use in the lab. See 3D prints for our custom-made microscopy chambers!