List of PhD projects in 2026

CHEM cluster

Construction of N-trifluoromethylated compounds as new building blocks in life science from azidofluoroalkanes (Petr Beier Group)
Quantum sensing using optical bionanosensors (Petr Cígler Group)
Preparation and characterization of quantum-optical bionanosensors (Petr Cígler Group)
Design and synthesis of modified XNA as potential therapeutics (Michal Hocek Group)
Selection and optimization of modified XNA aptamers (Michal Hocek Group)
Synthesis of targeted kinase degraders as experimental therapeutics (Michal Hocek Group)
Enzymatic synthesis of modified oligonucleotides on solid support (Michal Hocek Group)
Display of sugars and glycans on DNA (Michal Hocek Group)
Photogearing at the molecular scale: Mechanistic principles for converting Brownian motion into directed rotation (Jiří Kaleta Group)
Catalytic synthesis of bioactive atropisomers by aromatic substitution (Paulo Paioti Group)
Tailored chelators for selective recovery of critical metals (Miloslav Polášek Group)
Multiplicity-controlled photochemical processes (Tomáš Slanina Group)
Spin interactions and multiplicity as a tool for reactivity control (Tomáš Slanina Group)
Enantioselective transition metal catalysis using helically chiral ligands (Ivo Starý Group)
Synthesis and chiroptical properties of helicene-derived luminophores (Ivo Starý Group)
Warped and chiral nanocarbons (Ivo Starý Group)

Exploring RNA cap diversity using LC–MS-based sequencing (Hana Cahová Group)
Ap4A-capped RNA: A new layer of gene expression regulation (Hana Cahová Group)
Mechanisms at the nexus of membrane protein biogenesis and degradation at the endoplasmic reticulum (Kvido Stříšovský Group)
Understanding the specificity of intramembrane proteases using biophysical principles and artificial intelligence (Kvido Stříšovský Group)
Molecular architecture of transient interactions in transcription elongation (Václav Veverka Group)