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Prof. Jiri Hudecek

Professor, Department of Biochemistry
Charles UNiversity in Prague
Praha 2 , Hlavova 2030/8
 

Brief Biography:


1978 Master degree, physical chemistry (Charles University, Prague)

1978-1983 PhD student, biophysical chemistry (Charles University, Prague)

1983-1984 Research worker, Institute of radioecology and Applied Nuclear Techniques, Kosice, Slovakia

1984- Charles University, Dept. of Biochemistry

1989-1990 CIBA-GAIGY fellowship, Inst. for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Japan

1996 (3 months) ESF fellowship MPI Strahlenchemie, Mulheim/R, FRG

2000 (2 months) IMS Research Fellow, Inst. for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Japan

2001-2002 Visiting Professor, Inst. for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Japan

 

Academic positions:


1998-2005 Assistant Professor, Dept. Biochem. Charles University

2005-2010 Associate Professor, Dept. Biochem. Charles University

2010- Full Professor, Dept. Biochem. Charles University

 

Research interests:


Physical chemistry of proteins

Protein structure prediction and simulation

UV/VIS Spectrophotometry of Proteins

Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of Hemeproteins

Cytochrome P450 - structure and interactions

 

 

What I think of the idea behind WebmedCentral:


An interesting experiment, to do thing a bit "upside down". As the history of science is teaching us, there are frequent examples of an inmportant and interesting research, "turned-off" by a harsh peer review or lack of understanding on the side of the reviewer (e.g. the famous MacNunn discovery of cytohematin=cytochrome).

Thus, it is a good idea to enable publication with a subsequent peer-review/criticism, which however does not interfere with the availability of the results and ideas of the authors.