Alžběta Dostálková studied Pharmaceutical Biotechnology at the University of Chemistry and Technology Prague (UCT Prague), where her Master’s research focused on the role of the basic region of the nucleocapsid protein in the formation of mature and immature retroviral particles. During her studies, she also spent four months in the laboratory of Prof. Alena Kubátová at the University of North Dakota, USA. She continued at UCT Prague with a PhD in Microbiology, investigating the molecular interactions that drive retroviral particle assembly and their potential as targets for inhibition. Since 2022, she has worked as a research scientist in the group.
Her research focuses on how retroviral particles assemble and organize, how viral RNA is recognized and packaged into newly forming particles, and how viral RNA interacts with both viral and host proteins. She also studies the activity of enzymes involved in viral RNA synthesis.
Alžběta brings a strong enthusiasm for research to the group and is always keen to push the science further. She readily shares her experience, helps others work through experimental problems, and is often among the first to engage with a new scientific question or idea.