Research focus and our ambitions
The Structural Bioinformatics Research Group was established on 15 August 2021 under the auspices of the National Centre for Biomolecular Research at the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University. More detailed information about individual team members can be found in the Members section.
During the existence of the research group, we have published more than 10 papers in the field of bioinformatics and biochemistry and developed a number of software tools to facilitate work with biomacromolecules. Our software includes protein visualization tools (Mol*, OverProt, 2DProts), annotation tools (SecStrAnnotator), validation tools (ValidatorDB, MotiveValidator, ValTrendsDB), tools for detecting tunnels and fragments in proteins (MOLEonline, ChannelsDB 2.0, PatternQuery), and tools for calculating partial atomic charges (αCharges, Atomic Charge Calculator II). Some of the mentioned tools have been integrated into key structural bioinformatics databases, such as Protein Data Bank in Europe Knowledge Base and CATH. More information about our research can be found in the Our Software and the Publications sections.
Our research group is also involved in training new generations of scientists. Currently, we are teaching courses at the Faculty of Science or the Faculty of Informatics of Masaryk University. Our goal is to provide students with up-to-date knowledge in the fields of chemoinformatics, structural bioinformatics, mathematics and computer science. More information about the courses offered can be found in the Teaching section.
We really enjoy working with students. We offer a wide range of possible collaborations for students in bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes and for high school students. For high school students and Bachelor's and Master's students, we continuously prepare new topics for semestral projects. For Bachelor's and Master's students, we announce interesting thesis topics every year. Graduates of the master's programme can then develop their research in our PhD programme. More information about semester projects, thesis topics and other forms is available in the For students section.
For the academic year 2025/2026, we are also preparing a new field of study, Bioinformatics, and we are already looking forward to welcoming new students!
