Collaborations

National Reference Laboratory for Mycobacteria, National Institute of Public Health

Věra Dvořáková´s lab focuses on monitoring and identifying mycobacterial infections in the Czech Republic, and we collaborate on several projects related to tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria, for example the identification of emerging mycobacterial pathogens.

Matúš Dohál, Comenius University Bratislava, Jessenius, Faculty of Medicine, Slovakia

Our common research interests include whole-genome sequencing of mycobacteria.

Tom Santagelo, Colorado State University

We collaborate on gene regulation in Archaea.

Jana Kamanová, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences

We are testing the intracellular survival of mycobacterial strains.

Ondřej Černý, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences

We collaborate on developing protocols for mycobacterial flow cytometry.

Military Health Institute

Our collaborators from the Czech Army have the expertise and laboratories needed to cultivate pathogens such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Cryogenic Electron Microscopy, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry

With Tomáš Kouba, we are developing new protocols for bacterial RNA-protein cryoEM samples.

Zdenek Knejzlík, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry

We collaborate on nucleotide metabolism in mycobacteria.

Environmental microbiology, Institute of Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry

With Alica Chroňáková, we isolate mycobacteria from soil samples and detect new species.