Robert Vacha Lab

06/02/2022

Robert and Lukáš talked about our work in TV. (only in Czech). Featuning also our 3D prints.

03/01/2022

Burst or bust? What enables genome release from viral capsid? Watch this mesmerizing video.
You can learn more in https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.1c04814

What enables RNA release from non-enveloped viral capsid? https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.1c04814

28/12/2021

There are PhD and postdoc positions funded by ERC available in our lab. More info at https://vacha.ceitec.cz/jobs-openings/

13/12/2021

Our member Lukáš Sukeník got his research published in ACS Nano. Congratulations!

Virus-like nanoparticles are protein shells similar to wild-type viruses, and both aim to deliver their content into a cell. Unfortunately, the release mechanism of their cargo/genome remains elusive. Pores on the symmetry axes were proposed to enable the slow release of the viral genome. In contras...

25/02/2021

Robert explained our work for Český rozhlas.

Bakterie si vždycky vytvořily odolnost vůči lékům, které lékaři a biochemici proti nim objevili. Těm už v poslední době začaly docházet nápady, čím ještě by se daly bakterie potlačovat. O průlom se teď pokusí brněnští vědci, kteří zahajují výzkum peptidů. Zdá se, ž...

15/02/2021

We have a brand new article out.

The selective permeability of cellular membranes is a crucial property for controlled transport into and out of cells. Molecules that can bypass the cellular machinery and spontaneously translocate across membranes could be used as therapeutics or drug carriers. Peptides are a prominent class of suc...

09/12/2020

We can proudly announce that our group is a new ERC Consolidator Grant holder!
We will receive a €2.3 million research grant from the European Research Council for our research.
Read more here:

Press Release Today, the European Research Council (ERC) announced the winners of its latest Consolidator Grant competition, which includes 327 top scientists and scholars from 23 countries across Europe. Funding for these researchers, as part of the…

22/04/2020

ATTENTION! ATTENTION!

We have opened a new position for a postdoc to work on antimicrobial peptides.

Details here in the link:

http://vacha.ceitec.cz/news/hiring-postdoc/?fbclid=IwAR3vY0R3U3mXASI7iKGkx0p3TJ4Wfk_DvKrIVT1aW3-E61FqI74BtD204sI

19/04/2020

GREAT SUCCESS!
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We were awarded ERC CZ grant to study antimicrobial peptides!
It is one of the largest direct scientific grants funded by Czech government.You can find more details in CEITEC press release.

Two CEITEC MU projects received over 110 million CZK for research on bacterial and viral infections. Robert Vacha and Gabriel Demo both applied for the ERC CZ grant, and their research proposals were evaluated as the top two research projects from the eight supported projects in the Czech…

13/01/2020

Dear physicists :)