Mgr. Radek Jorda, Ph.D.

Education:
  • 2007 – MSc. degree in Biochemistry at the Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic
  • 2011 – Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry at the Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic
Employment:
  • 2011-2012 – Research assistant (Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic)
  • since 2012 – Junior research (Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Palacký University, Olomouc), Junior research (Regional Centre for Applied Molecular Oncology, Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Brno)
International experience:
  • 2008-2009 – Structural Biochemistry Group, Centre for Translational and Chemical Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, UK (prof. M. D. Walkinshaw)
  • 2013-2014 – Phosphorylation and Cell Cycle Control Group, Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, CNRS, France (Dr. Daniel Fisher)
Research orientation:
  • Expression and purification of protein kinases, design of new inhibitors of human protein kinases, bioisosteric approach, inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinases, therapeutic models of CDK inhibition, synthetic lethality, biochemical and cellular characterization of novel kinase inhibitors
Honours and awards:
  • 2012 – the Sanofi Prize in Pharmacy (2nd Place)
Teaching:
  • Lectures: (LRR/SFPR – Protein function and structure (in czech); LRR/IZVB – Protein databases and working with Pymol (in czech, 1 lecture)
  • Diploma and bachelor thesis