Tel. +420 58 563 4850 | E-mail: miroslav.strnad@upol.cz | Building 52, Room: 2.04
ORCID: 0000-0002-2806-794X
Reserch focus
- Development of new (un)labelled hormones
- Development of antibodies and new immunodiagnostic tools and kits
- Isolation and identification of new natural substances with significant biological activities
- Study of molecular, cellular and in vivo effects of natural substances
- Phytohormone biosynsthesis, metabolism and signalling
- Genes regulating the biosynthesis, metabolism and transduction of hormones, their cloning and regulation of their expression in cells and organisms
Education
- 2004 – Doctor of Science Degree, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
- 2001 – Full Professor, Palacký University
- 1996 – Associate Professor, Palacký University
- 1988 – Candidate of Sciences degree (equivalent of Ph.D.) in plant biology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechoslovakia. Adviser: Dr. Miroslav Kamínek
- 1982 – Degree in agriculture (Ing. – equivalent of M.Sc.), University of Agriculture, Brno, Czechoslovakia. Adviser: Prof. Dr. R. Richter
Employment and Positions
- Since 1988 – Research Worker, Institute of Experimental Botany, Department of Plant Biotechnology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences
- 1996–2021 – Head of Laboratory of Growth Regulators (joined laboratory of Palacký University and Institute of Experimental Botany ASCR)
- 1994–1996 – Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Palacký University Olomouc
- 1984–1988 – Postgraduate Student, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Olomouc
International Experiences
- Since 2018 – Member of ERC Panel StG2021-LS9 Biotechnology and Biosystems Engineering
- 2012–2014, 2016–2018 – Honorary Vice-President of the Phytochemical Society of Europe (PSE)
- 2014–2016 – President of the Phytochemical Society of Europe
- 1995 – University Instelling Antwerpen, Belgium – HPLC-MS determination of endogenous cytokinins – Prof. Dr. H.A. van Onckelen (6 weeks)
- 1993–1994 – University Instelling Antwerpen, Belgium – HPLC-MS of cytokinins, study of endogenous hormones – Prof. Dr. H.A. van Onckelen (18 months)
- 1993 – University of Cambridge, UK – Isolation and identification of benzyladenine and related metabolites – Dr. D.E. Hanke (3 months)
- 1992 – University of Cambridge, UK – Isolation and identification of highly biologically active derivatives of aromatic cytokinins – Dr. D.E. Hanke (3 months)
- 1991 – Bayreuth University, Germany – Identification of new aromatic cytokinins – Prof. Dr. E. Beck (1 month)
- 1990 – Bayreuth University, Germany – Comparison of different ELISA methods for isoprenoid cytokinins; identification of the first aromatic cytokinin – Prof. Dr. E. Beck (1 month)
- 1989 – Institute of Plant Physiology, Moscow, USSR – Analysis and study of plant cell cultures – Prof. Dr. Kulaeva (2 months)
Honours and Awards
- 2004 – Prize of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic in the category of scientific workers
- 1999 – Prize of the City of Olomouc for the development and research of anticancer drugs; honorary citizen of the City of Olomouc
- 1998 – The Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Award from the Phytochemical Society of Europe, in recognition of work on the identification, analysis, and biochemistry of aminopurine phytohormones
- 1989 – Award of the Czechoslovak Government for the development of an immunomethod for the determination of the cytostatic agent methotrexate in erythrocytes