Curriculum vitae
RNDr. Katarína Muchová, CSc.
Education and training:1984 – MSc in biochemistry, Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Bratislava
1998 – PhD in molecular biology, Institute of Molecular Biology, SAS
Work experience:
1998 – Deputy head of Department of Microbial Genetics, Institute of Molecular Biology
1997, 2000, 2002, 2015 – visiting scientist at York University UK
1984 – Institute of Molecular Biology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
Selected projects:
1998 – Deputy of principal applicant of 16 grants from the Slovak national agencies.
Other activities:
Supervisor of four students who defended their thesis for MSc and supervisor of one student who successfully defended his PhD thesis.
Selected publications:
1. Pospíšil J, Vítovská D, Kofroňová O, Muchová K, Šanderová H, Hubálek M, Šiková M, Modrák M, Benada O, Barák I, Krásný L. (2020) Bacterial nanotubes as a manifestation of cell death. Nat Commun. 11(1):4963. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18800-2.
2. Muchová K, Chromiková Z, Barák I. (2020) Linking the Peptidoglycan Synthesis Protein Complex with Asymmetric Cell Division during Bacillus subtilis Sporulation. Int J Mol Sci. 21(12):4513. doi: 10.3390/ijms21124513.
3. Wollman AJM, Muchová K, Chromiková Z, Wilkinson AJ, Barák I, Leake MC. (2020) Single-molecule optical microscopy of protein dynamics and computational analysis of images to determine cell structure development in differentiating Bacillus subtilis. Comput Struct Biotechnol J18:1474-1486. doi: 10.1016/j.csbj.2020.06.005.
4. Barák I, Muchová K, Labajová N. (2019) Asymmetric cell division during Bacillus subtilis sporulation. Future Microbiol. 14:353-363. doi: 10.2217/fmb-2018-0338.
5. Barák I, Muchová K. (2018) The positioning of the asymmetric septum during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis. PLoS One. 13(8):e0201979. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201979.