We offer the following topics:
Doctoral theses
Diploma theses
Supervisor: Ing. Miroslav Pátek, CSc.
- Regulation of expression of genes involved in Corynebacterium glutamicum stress response induced by aromatic contaminants in environment
- Purification of RNA polymerase from Corynebacterium glutamicum and its use in study of transcription
- Functions of sigma factors of RNA polymerase in expresion of stress response genes in Rhodococcus strains degrading environmental contaminants
- Chemostress response in bacterial degrader of phenol Rhodococcus erythropolis
- Isolation and purification of nitrile metabolism enzymes and study of their catalytic properties
Supervisor: RNDr. Maria Brennerová, CSc.
- Metagenomic analysis of microbial communities in groundwaters contaminated with chlorinated organic pollutants
Bachelor theses
Handling theses:
Doctoral theses
Supervisor: Ing. Miroslav Pátek, CSc.
- Expression of genes encoding novel enzymes of microbial aldoxime and nitrile metabolism and characterization of enzyme activities (Robert Rädisch)
- Function of SigB stress sigma factor of RNA polymerase in Corynebacterium glutamicum and Rhodococcus erythropolis (Andrej Rapoport)
- Overlaps of stress regulons in corynebacteria and rhodococci (Jan Blumenstein)
- Stress responses in bacterial degrader of aromatic contaminants of environment Rhodococcus erythropolis (Lukáš Plašil)
Supervisor: RNDr. Maria Brennerová, CSc.
- New genes with functional priority for degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons in highly contaminated environment
Diploma theses
Supervisor: Ing. Miroslav Pátek, CSc.
- Analysis of regulatory networks controlled by sigma factors in bacteria of Mycolata group using Corynebacterium glutamicum model (Tomáš Kučera)
Bachelor theses
Supervisor: Ing. Miroslav Pátek, CSc.
- Overlaps of sigma factor regulons in Corynebacterium glutamicum
Supervisor: RNDr. Václav Štěpánek, CSc.
- Function of sigma factors in strains of genus Rhodococcus
- Responses of Rhodococcus strains to heavy metal stress
Defended theses:
Doctoral theses
Supervisor: Ing. Miroslav Pátek, CSc.
- Function of stress sigma factors of RNA polymerase SigD, SigE, SigH and SigM in transcription regulation network of Corynebacterium glutamicum (Hana Dostálová)
- Analysis of genes coding for enzymes involved in degradation of aromatic pollutants in Rhodococcus erythropolis (Juraj Szököl)
- Regulation of the gene expression in the strain Rhodococcus erythropolis degrading xenobiotics (Monika Knoppová)
- Study of regulation of branched-chain amino acid biosynthesis in C. glutamicum and construction of valine producing strain (Jiří Holátko)
- Development and use of gene manipulations in phenol-degrading Rhodococcus erythropolis (Martin Veselý)
Supervisor: RNDr. Jan Nešvera, CSc.
- The role of alternative sigma factors of RNA polymerase in regulation of gene expression in Corynebacterium glutamicum (Radoslav Šilar)
- Characterization of Corynebacterium glutamicum promoters responding to increase of temperature (Martina Zemanová)
Supervisor: RNDr. Maria Brennerová, CSc.
- Divergent organohalide-respiring consortia in PCB-contaminated sediments (Martina Mikešová)
Diploma theses
Supervisor: Ing. Miroslav Pátek, CSc.
- Expression of genes for the conversion of nitriles and amides in Rhodococcus erythropolis (Martin Kracík)
- Characteristics of expression vectors for Corynebacterium glutamicum and their use for studies of sigma factors of RNA polymerase (Pavla Dvořáková)
Supervisor: RNDr. Jan Nešvera, CSc.
- Function of alternative sigma factors of RNA polymerase in stress response of Corynebacterium glutamicum (Hana Dostálová)
- Promoters of Corynebacterium glutamicum controlled by alternative sigma factors of RNA polymerase
Supervisor: RNDr. Maria Brennerová, CSc.
- Studies on xenobiotic degradation potential of soil and rhizosphere microbial communities from heavily polluted aquifers in Czech Republic
Supervisor: RNDr. Václav Štěpánek, CSc.
- Hybrid sigma factors of RNA polymerase in Corynebacterium glutamicum (Jan Blumenstein)
Bachelor theses
Supervisor: Ing. Miroslav Pátek, CSc.
- Stress responses in Rhodococcus strains
- Functions of sigma factors of RNA polymerase in Corynebacterium glutamicum (Pavla Dvořáková)
- Regulatory network controlled by sigma factors of RNA polymerase in Corynebacterium glutamicum (Tomáš Kučera)