Contact:
Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Address: Chaberska 57, 182 51 Prague 8, The Czech Republic
e-mail: pokorny AT ufe.cz
Position: Senior research scientist


Curriculum vitae

• born in Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic), in 1932
• 1956 – graduated at the Czech Technical University in Prague, affiliated with Inst. Radio Eng. Electronics (IRE) Acad. Sciences
• 1961 – completed postgraduate study (CSc ~ PhD) in IRE
• 1961-1982 – research in IRE (electromagnetic theory, electromagnetic wave propagation, microwave semiconductor devices, their measurements)
• 1982-1997 – Faculty of Math. and Phys., Charles Univ., Prague (research on coherent states in biological systems, their electromagnetic activity and role in cancer transformation).
• 1994 – awarded Doctor of Sciences degree (DrSc ~ DSc)
• 1997 up to now – continuation of the research in Inst. Photonics and Electron. (IPE)
• 2008 – emeritus in IPE
• Since 1987 – organization of 8 international meetings on biophysical (electromagnetic) aspects of biological activity and cancer transformation of cells
• 2005 – Fröhlich Centenary International Symposium “Coherence and Electromagnetic Fields in Biological Systems” – chief organizer.
• 2008 – International Symposium Biophysical Aspects of Cancer – Electromagnetic Mechanisms – chief organizer.

Selected publications


Monograph

Pokorný J., Wu T.-M. Biophysical Aspects of Coherence and Biological Order. Academia, Prague, Springer, Berlin 1998 (240 pages)

Papers in journals

Jelínek F., Šaroch J., Trkal V., Pokorný J.
Measurement system for experimental verification of Fröhlich electromagnetic field.
Bioelectrochem. Bioenerg. 41,1996, 35-38.

Pokorný J., Jelínek F., Trkal V., Lamprecht I., Hölzel R.
Vibrations in Microtubules.
J. Biol. Phys. 23, 1997, 171-179.

Pokorný J., Jelínek F., Trkal V.
Electric field around microtubules.
Bioelectrochem. Bioenerg. 45,1998, 239-245.

Pokorný J., Jelínek F., Trkal V., Šrobár F.
Vibration in Microtubules.
Electricity and Magnetism in Biology and Medicine, Bersani F., Ed.,
Kluwer Acad./Plenum Publishers 1999, 967-970.

Pokorný J
Conditions for coherent vibrations in the cytoskeleton.
Bioelectrochem. Bioenerg. 48, 1999, 267-271.

Jelínek F., Pokorný J., Šaroch J., Trkal V., Hašek J., Palán B.
Microelectronic sensors for measurement of electromagnetic fields of living cells and experimental results.
Bioelectrochem. Bioenerg. 48, 1999, 261-266.

Jelínek F., Pokorný J.
Microtubules in Biological Cells as Circular Waveguides and Resonators
Electro- and Magnetobiology 20, 2001, 75-80.

Pokorný J. Hašek J., Jelínek F., Šaroch J., Palán B.
Electromagnetic Activity oYeast Cells in the M Phase.
Electro- and Magnetobiology 20, 2001, 371-396.

Pokorný J.
Endogenous Electromagnetic Forces in Living Cells: Implications for Transfer of Reaction Components.
Electro- and Magnetobiology 20, 2001, 59-73.

Pokorný J.
Viscous Effects on Polar Vibrations in Microtubules.
Electromag. Biol. Med.22, 2003, 15-29.

Pokorný, J.
Excitation of vibration in microtubules in living cells.
Bioelectrochem. 63, 2004, 321-326.

Jandová A., Pokorný J., Čocek A., Trojan S., Nedbalová M., Dohnalová A.
Effects of Sinusoidal Magnetic Field 0.5mT on Leukocyte Adherence Inhibition.
Electromag. Biol. Med. 23, 2004, 81-96.

Čoček A., Jandová A., Pokorný J., Dohnalová A., Nedbalová M., Hahn A. Ambruš M., Trojan S.
Effects of sinusoidal magnetic field 50Hz (0,5  mT) on cell-mediated immunity of human leukocytes.
Physiological Research 53 (4), 2004, 9P.

Jandová A., Mhamdi L., Nedbalová M., Čoček A., Trojan S., Dohnalová A., Pokorný J., Jaffrezic N., Ponsonnet L.
Effects of Magnetic Field 0.1 and 0.05 mT on Leukocyte Adherence Inhibition.
Electromag. Biol. Med. 24, 2005, 283-292.

Jelínek F., Hašek J., Šaroch J., Pokorný J.
Experimental Investigation of Electromagnetic Activity of Yeast Cells at Millimeter Waves. Electromag. Biol. Med. 24, 2005, 301-307.

Pokorný J., Hašek J., Jelínek F.
Electromagnetic Field of Microtubules: Effects on Transfer of Mass Particles and Electrons.
J. Biol. Phys. 312, 2005, 501-514.

Pokorný J., Hašek J., Jelínek F.
Endogenous Electric Field and Organization of Living Matter.
Electromag. Biol. Med. 24, 2005, 185-197.

Pokorný J.
Role of Fröhlich Coherent States in Cancer Transformation of Cells.
Fröhlich Centenary Symposium Herbert Fröhlich FRS, A physicist ahead of his time. Hyland G.J., Rowlands P., Eds., The University of Liverpool, 2006,177-207.

Kobilková J., Jandová A., Trojan S., Nedbalová M., Dohnalová A., Beková A., Slavík V., Janoušek M., Strunová M., Čoček A., Pokorný J.
Cell Mediated Immunity and Energy Production Defects in Precancerous Cervical Lesions.
Acta Cytologica 51 (2), 2007, 298-299 Suppl.

Pokorný J., Hašek J., Vaniš J. Jelínek F.
Biophysical Aspects of Cancer: Electromagnetic Mechanism.
Ind. J. Exper. Biol. 46, 2008, 310-321.

Jandová A., Pokorný J., Kobilková J., Janoušek M., Mašata J., Trojan S., Nedbalová M., Dohnalová A., Beková A., Slavík V., Čoček A., Sanitrák J.
Cell-Mediated Immunity in Cervical Cancer Evolution.
Electromag. Biol. Med. 28, 2009, 1-14.

Pokorný J.
Biophysical Cancer Transformation Pathway.
Electromag. Biol. Med. 28, 2009, 105-123.

Pokorný J.
Fröhlich’s Coherent Vibrations in Healthy and Cancer Cells.
Neural Net. World 19, 2009, 369-378.

Jandová A., Pokorný J., Kobilková J., Trojan S., Nedbalová M., Dohnalová A., Čoček A., Mašata J., Holaj R., Tvrzická E., Zvolský P., Dvořáková M., Cifra M.
Mitochondrial Dysfunction.
Neural Net. World 19, 2009, 379-391.

Jelínek F., Cifra M., Pokorný J., Hašek J., Vaniš J., Šimša J., Frýdlová I.
Measurement of Electrical Oscillations and Mechanical Vibrations of Yeast Cells Membrane around 1 kHz.
Electromag. Biol. Med. 28, 2009, 223-232.

O. Kučera, M. Cifra and J. Pokorný
Technical aspects of measurement of cellular electromagnetic activity.
Eur. Biophys. J. 39, 2010, 1465-1470.

M. Cifra, J. Pokorný, D. Havelka and O. Kučera
Electric field generated by axial longitudinal vibration modes of microtubule.
Biosystems 100, 2010, 122-131.