Marina studied Chemistry at the University of Chemistry and Technology Prague (UCT Prague), where she received her Bachelor’s degree in 2019. She then continued with a Master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology at UCT Prague, focusing on interactions between the dengue virus capsid protein and selected regions of the viral genomic RNA.
She is currently pursuing her PhD at the Department of Biotechnology at UCT Prague. Her research focuses on the reverse transcriptase of Mason–Pfizer monkey virus (M-PMV), including its recombinant production, biochemical characterization, and structural properties. Her work has revealed that M-PMV reverse transcriptase forms a functional heterodimer, an unusual feature among betaretroviral reverse transcriptases.
During her PhD, she also completed a short research internship at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IOCB Prague), where she gained experience with transmission electron microscopy (TEM).
Her current research interests include retroviral enzymes, protein–nucleic acid interactions, and the molecular mechanisms of retroviral replication.