Curriculum vitae
Mgr. Jan Pilný
Affiliation
Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre Algatech
Appointment
Research assistent
Education and qualification
- 2009 – 2012, Ph.D. programme, not completed, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Science, České Budějovice, CR
- 2006 - 2010, Master's program - Botany University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Science, České Budějovice, CR
- 2007 - 2009, Master's program - Biology John Carroll University, Biology Department, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
Overview of employment
- 2010 - until now, Research assistant at the Institute of Microbiology AVČR, Centrum Algatech, Třeboň, CZ; separation and analysis of pigments and their precursors on HPLC; separation of proteins on FPLC
- 2007 - 2009: Independence Bioproducts LTD., Dublin, Ohio, U.S.A.; cultivation of diatom strains with a high oil content; optimizing their growth
Selected publications
Kiss, É, Talbot, J, Adams, NBP, Opekar, S, Moos, M, Pilný, J, Kvasov, T, Schneider, E, Koník, P, Šimek, P, Sobotka, R*: Chlorophyll biosynthesis under the control of arginine metabolism. Cell Reports 42(2), 113265, 2023
Masuda, T, Bečková, M, Turóczy, Z, Pilný, J, Sobotka, R, Trinugroho, JP, Nixon, PJ, Prášil, O*, Komenda, J*: Accumulation of Cyanobacterial Photosystem II Containing the 'Rogue' D1 Subunit Is Controlled by FtsH Protease and Synthesis of the Standard D1 Protein. Plant and Cell Physiology 64(6), 660-673, 2023
Knoppová, J, Sobotka, R, Yu, J, Bečková, M, Pilný, J, Trinugroho, JP, Csefalvay, L, Bína, D, Nixon, PJ, Komenda, J*: Assembly of D1/D2 complexes of photosystem II: Binding of pigments and a network of auxiliary proteins. Plant Physiology 189(2), 790-804, 2022
Chen, GE, Hitchcock, A, Mareš, J, Gong, Y, Tichý, M, Pilný, J, Kovářová, L, Zdvihalová, B, Xu, J, Hunter, CN, Sobotka, R*: Evolution of Ycf54-independent chlorophyll biosynthesis in cyanobacteria. PNAS 118(10), e2024633118, 2021