Adam Norek, PhD: “Variability analysis of Lyme disease OspC protein”

Friday, June 2, 2017, 02.00 pm, Hygiene Institute, Lecture Hall 1, Kinderspitalgasse 15, Vienna IX

COLLOQUIUM IN PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, INFECTIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

» Invitation

Adam Norek

CEITEC Central European Institute of Technology Brno, Czech Republic

Education: Ph.D. at Animal physiology and immunology (Masaryk university, Brno)

Field of study: role of surface antigens in Lyme disease

Aim: can we recognised invasive strains of Lyme disease spirochetes and is there efficient prophylaxis?

Other interests: biotechnology, protein expression, mAb production and characterisation

Tools: molecular biology, protein engineering, development of binding molecules, biotechnology, bioinformatics

Publications:

• A. Norek, L. Janda. Epitope mapping of Borrelia burgdorferi OspC protein in homodimeric fold, Protein Sci. Publ. Protein Soc. (2017). doi:10.1002/pro.3125
• A. Norek, L. Janda, A. Žákovská. DNA-based identification and OspC serotyping in cultures of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. isolated from ticks collected in the Moravia (Czech Republic), J. Vector Ecol. 41 (2016) 172–178. doi:10.1111/jvec.12209.
• A. Žákovská, H. Nejezchlebová, N. Bartoňková, T. Rašovská, H. Kučerová, A. Norek, P. Ovesná. Activity of the tick Ixodes ricinus monitored in a suburban park in Brno, Czech Republic, in association with the evaluation of selected repellents, J. Vector Ecol. 38 (2013) 295–300. doi:10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12043.x.
• J. Netušil, A. Žákovská, K. Vostal, A. Norek, M. Stanko, The occurrence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in certain ectoparasites (Mesostigmata, Siphonaptera) of Apodemus flavicollis and Myodes glareolus in chosen localities in the Czech Republic, Acta Parasitol. 58 (2013) 337–341. doi:10.2478/s11686-013-0147-5.
• A. Zákovská, H. Kučerová, H. Nejezchlebová, N. Bartoňková, T. Rašovská, A. Norek, [Monitoring the prevalence of pathogenic Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in ticks in two Brno locations], Klin. Mikrobiol. Infekc. Lek. 17 (2011) 179–183.
• P. Nejedla, A. Norek, K. Vostal, A. Zakovska, What is the percentage of pathogenic borreliae in spirochaetal findings of mosquito larvae?, Ann Agric Environ Med. 16 (2009) 273–276.  

Host: Gerold Stanek