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Ondřej Kučera

Ondřej Kučera, Ph.D.

Ondřej Kučera
Position: Research scientist
Department: Bioelectrodynamics
Location: Main building of UFE, Praha 8 - Kobylisy

Research interests:

Biophysics of the cytoskeleton; active matter.


Professional activities:

Research:
2007–2016 and 2025-today:
Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia
2019–2022: Interdisciplinary Research Institute of Grenoble/CEA, France
2016–2019: Institute of Biotechnology, BIOCEV Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, Vestec, Czechia

Teaching and Supervision:
2022–today:
South East Technological University, Waterford, Ireland
2021–2022: Université Grenoble Alpes, France
2017–2018: Charles University, Prague, Czechia
2017–2019: Czech Technical University in Prague, Czechia

Academic Visits:
2016:
Carlos III Health Institute and the University Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
2013: Nano Characterization Unit, National Institute for Material Sciences (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan
2011: Dept. of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway


Education:

2012 Ph.D. from Czech Technical University in Prague

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Journal papers:

D. Havelka, M. Cifra and O. Kučera, "Multi-mode electro-mechanical vibrations of a microtubule: In silico demonstration of electric pulse moving along a microtubule", Applied Physics Letters. 104(24), 243702 (2014) doi:10.1063/1.4884118
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