Daniela is a PhD student in Biotechnology at the University of Chemistry and Technology (UCT) in Prague, working in collaboration with the pharmaceutical research platform The Parc (Zentiva, k.s.) connecting academia and industry.
She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and her Master’s degree in Biotechnology and Bioengineering at UCT Prague. Her undergraduate research in the group of Prof. Michaela Rumlová primarily focused on the structure, dynamics, and activity of the SARS-CoV-2 exonuclease complex.
During her studies, she also completed internships at the Helmholtz Institute in Würzburg and at the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, followed by a one-year traineeship at Immunotech s.r.o. in Prague.
Currently, Daniela’s PhD research is focused on to the production of small peptides containing non-canonical amino acids (ncAAs) using cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS).
She is not only a scientist but also a cellist who performs in a quartet (@notimequartet) and orchestra based in Prague.