LifeB | Laboratory of interaction and function of essential biomolecules

How can we make

cells younger?

Our basic research is focused on quantitative description of interaction of essential molecules. Our objectives are slower cell aging, improved regeneration, and effective cancer defeat.

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News

November 2019
Our publications recognized as CEITEC research highlights
Our two new publications
Human Telomere Repeat Binding Factor TRF1 Replaces TRF2 Bound to Shelterin Core Hub TIN2 when TPP1 Is Absent
and
Quantitative Biology of Human Shelterin and Telomerase: Searching for the Weakest Point
have been recognized by CEITEC - CONNET magazine as Research highlights entitled
CEITEC scientists revealed vital evidence to understand the mechanism of telomere protection.
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Our Achievements

ceitec MU member

We are a part of the prestigious european center of science and research CEITEC MU with excellent instrumentation and evironment for the best researchers in Brno.

Nobel laureat cooperation

We collaborate with top world scientists, Nobel Price Laureate, and respected foreing laboratories at Colorado University in Boulder and Rockefeller University.

Young
mind & ideas

Our alumni-students received prestigious awards from the international organization EMBO, Brno Ph.D. Talent, the Rector of Masaryk University, and the Dean of the Faculty of Science MU.

Cooperation

The Rockefeller University University of Colorado Boulder

Quantitative Research

  • We measure why and how biomolecules interact
  • We investigate, how biomolecules control cell regeneration and aging
  • We explore dynamics of telomeric proteins in living cells
  • We quantitatively analyze protein and nucleoprotein complexes
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Lab Team

As. Prof. Ctirad Hofr, Ph. D.

Assoc. Prof. Ctirad Hofr, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator

Ivona Nečasová

M.Sc. Ivona Nečasová, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Meet all of us
LifeB
+420 549 495 952
hofr@lablifeb.com
Building A2/1.16
Kamenice 753/5
625 00 Bohunice - Brno

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