Martin Potocký, PhD. 

potocky@ueb.cas.cz

Education

2007 PhD in Biochemistry,  Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague. PhD thesis "Phospholipase D signaling pathways in plant cell polarity"

2000 Master degree in Biochemistry Summa Cum Laude, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague. Diploma thesis “Secondary alcohol dehydrogenase isolated from novel Antarctic bacteria”

Experience

since 2018 Principal Investigator, Institute of Experimental Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
since 2017 Researcher (part-time), Department of Experimental Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University.
2013 - 2017 Researcher, Institute of Experimental Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
2012 EMBO fellowship postdoc, Benedikt Kost group, Department of Biology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany. 
2008 - 2011 Postdoc, Institute of Experimental Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
2004 - 2007 Research assistant, Institute of Experimental Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
2001 - 2004 Research assistant, Department of Plant Physiology, Charles University, Prague.
1998 Internship, Department of Biotechnology, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. 

Grant support:

Principal investigator of 5 projects (Czech Science Foundation, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports), total award 28.6 mil. CZK (equal to 1.2 mil. €)
Co-investigator of 1 project (Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic), total award for IEB 3.7 mil CZK (equal to 155 thousand €)

Teaching and mentoring

Lectures: annual course “Plant Cell Biology", Charles University, Faculty of Sciences, Prague
Thesis supervision:Ph.D. - 9 (5 defended, 3 in progress), MSc. - 1 (defended).

Scientometry Google Scholar (WOS)

46 impacted papers, 6 book chapters
H-index 25 (22)
Cited 2408 x (1742 x)

Prof. Viktor Žárský, PhD

zarsky@ueb.cas.cz

since 1994 - Principal Investigator, Laboratory of Cell Morphogenesis, Depatment of Experimental Plant Biology, Charles University, Prague
1996 - 2018 Principal Investigator, Laboratory of Cell Biology, Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Science
1996 - Visiting scientist, Klaus Palme group, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding
1991-1994 - Postdoc, Heberle-Bors group, Vienna University
1990 - PhD in Biology, Charles University in Prague

Lucie Brejšková, PhD

brejskova@ueb.cas.cz

Researcher

I work on transformations of moss Physcomitrella patens producing knock-outs in selected exocyst subunits. I characterized outcoming mutant strains genetically, biochemically and immunologically. Recently I've started to work with another evolutionary interesting model Marchantia polymorpha. 

Michal Hála, PhD

michal.hala@natur.cuni.cz

Researcher

The role of small GTPases and their regulatory proteins in plants.

Edita Janková Drdová, PhD

drdova@ueb.cas.cz

Researcher

Characterisation of the EXO70 isoforms and their developmental roles in Arabidopsis. 

Přemysl Pejchar, PhD

pejchar@ueb.cas.cz

Researcher

phospholipid signalling in plant development and stress responses

Lukáš Synek, PhD

synek@ueb.cas.cz

Researcher

advanced microscopy analyses of plant membrane traffic

Jitka Ortmannová, PhD 

ortmannová@ueb.cas.cz

PostDoc- currently on maternity leave

Vesicle trafficking in plant immunity

Ankush Saddhe, PhD

saddhe@ueb.cas.cz

PostDoc since 2021

Lipid signalling in pollen germination

Laiju Kalathodi

kalathodi@ueb.cas.cz

PhD Student since 2022

The regulation of cell division in the moss Physcomitrium patens

Klára Batystová

aldorfova@ueb.cas.cz

PhD Student - currently on maternity leave

I am highly interested in plant secretion research. My diploma thesis supervised by PhD. Michal Hala, is based on a study of a protein complex called “exocyst” in relation to lipids and Rab GTPases. 

Matěj Drs

drs@ueb.cas.cz

PhD student since 2019

Stomatal closure and development in the exocyst mutants. 

Samuel Haluška

haluska@ueb.cas.cz

PhD Student since 2017

Secretory pathway in Physcomitrella patens

Eliška Škrabálková

skrabalkova@ueb.cas.cz 

PhD Student since 2021

The role of anionic lipids in plant nucleus

Andrea Potocká, PhD 

potocka@ueb.cas.cz

Research specialist

Hana Soukupová, PhD

soukupová@ueb.cas.cz

research specialist

Jana Šťovíčková, BSc 

stovickova@ueb.cas.cz

technician