prof. Mgr. Richard Štefl, Ph.D.

Head of Research Centre, Centre for Structural Biology

Office: bldg. C04/114
Kamenice 753/5
625 00 Brno

Phone:	+420 549 49 2436
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Field of study: Biomolecular Chemistry

Recruitment of transcriptional elongation factor Spt6 to C-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II – graduate 2019
The Role of RNA Polymerase II CTD Mimicry in Transcription Termination in Yeast – graduate 2019
Structural studies of regulatory protein domains involved in eukaryotic transcription – graduate 2017
Structural studies of molecular machines involved in gene expression – graduate 2013
Transcription termination of nonpolyadenylated transcripts – graduate 2013
Functional and structural study of RNA-binding proteins involved in RNA metabolism – graduate 2013

Restoring antiviral properties of mammalian Dicer – ongoing study
Architecture of non-coding RNA transcription termination complex – ongoing study

Molecular mechanism of RNA polymerase II droplet formation – ongoing study
Recognition of RNA polymerase II by pathogens. – ongoing study
Structural study of protein-protein and protein-RNA complexes – ongoing study
Structural and mechanistic studies of transcription elongation factor SPT6 – graduate 2022