RNDr. Martin Pospíšek Ph.D.,
*1966, Prague
married, three children

current position:

assistant professor
Department of Genetics and Microbiology
Charles University
Prague, Czech Republic

CEO
BIOLOGICALS s.r.o.
Ricany, Czech Republic

See other websites for more information about my
teaching and research activities:
http://www.natur.cuni.cz/~pospisek
http://www.natur.cuni.cz/~rna_club
http://ribosome.natur.cuni.cz/~conference
http://www.iresite.org
private biotech business activities:
http://www.biologicals.cz

click here for publications

teaching:
(F = full responsibility, P = partial responsibility):
regular (current duties):
· Principles of molecular biology (from 2004, F, lecture 2h, practical course 1h weekly, summer semester)
· Advanced practical course on molecular genetics for graduate students (from 1989, P, 2 weeks, winter semester)
· Practical course on molecular genetics for postgraduate students (from 1990, P, 2 weeks, winter semester)
· Advisor of M.Sc. and Ph.D. diploma students
regular (past duties):
· Principles of molecular biology and genetics (2000-2003, P [F - for molecular biology part]; lecture 4h, practical course 2h weekly; winter semester)
· Principles of molecular biology and genetics for teachers (2000-2003, P [F - for molecular biology part]; lecture 3h, practical course 2h weekly; summer semester)
· Molecular biology and genetics I (1997-2000, F, lecture; 2h weekly; winter semester)
· Molecular biology and genetics II (1997-2000, F, lecture; 2h weekly; summer semester)

irregular:
· International laboratory courses "Cellular and Molecular Basis of Plant Regeneration, Prague (TEMPUS; June 1993, May 1994) (both P).
· Courses of Boehringer Mannheim on Nonradiactive Labeling and Detection of Nucleic Acids (Prague, 1996), on RT-PCR and Long-distance PCR (Prague, 1997) and on Advanced techniques in PCR and RT-PCR (Prague, 1999) (all F)

research stays and courses:
· EMBO Course on "Cellular and Molecular Biology of Yeast", Heidelberg, Germany, March, 1991
· Ciba-Geigy, CNS group, Switzerland, Basel, February-March, 1994
· Centre for Protein Engineering, MRC, Cambridge, UK, July-September, 1994
· Cornell University Medical College, USA, New York, January-July, 1998
· ICGEB theoretical course "RNA structure and function", Trieste, Italy, 3.-6.4. 2000
· EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany, November-December, 2004

societies:
Czechoslovak Society for Microbiology (from 2001 member of the board)
Czechoslovak Society for Forensic Genetics (member of the board)
Czech Chemical Society
The RNA Society
The Genetics Society of America

organizer of meetings and conferences:
· RNA Club (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)
· 23. Congress of the Czechoslovak Society for Microbiology (member of the scientific board)
· 24. Congress of the Czechoslovak Society for Microbiology (member of the scientific and organization board)
· Translational Control and Non-Coding RNA Meeting (2006)