About Katerina
Katerina Cermakova, PhD
Academic training
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Postdoc
IOCB Prague and Baylor College of Medicine
Advisors: Vaclav Veverka (structural biology), H. Courtney Hodges (genomics and live-cell imaging)
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PhD, Biomedical Sciences (Cancer program)
KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Advisor: Zeger Debyser, chair of Molecular Medicine
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MSc, Biochemistry
Charles University, Prague
Advisor: Pavlina Rezacova
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BSc, Biochemistry
Charles University, Prague
Grants, fellowships, and awards
- Poster presentation award, MCB department research retreat, Houston, USA
- Flash talk award, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center Annual Symposium, Houston, USA
- Travel grant, European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBL/EMBO Meeting, The Nucleosome: From Atoms to Genomes, Heidelberg, Germany
- Petr Sedmera award for outstanding work in NMR, Association of Czech NMR Spectroscopists (IMMSS)
- Competitive grant for participation in a conference abroad, Flanders Research Foundation (FWO), Keystone Symposium, Epigenetics and Cancer, Keystone, CO, USA
- Doctoral fellowship, Flanders Research Foundation (FWO), Belgium
- Merit scholarship, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Talks and oral presentations
- January 2023, Invited talk: Department of Structural Biology seminar series, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, USA
A disordered interaction module orchestrates transcription elongation. - Nov. 2022, RNA and Chromatin seminar series, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA
Reactivation of the G1 enhancer landscape underlies SWI/SNF addiction. - October 2022, EpiBio: International meeting on Epigenetics & Bioengeneering, Houston, USA
Dynamic reactivation of the G1 enhancer landscape underlies SWI/SNF addiction. - Sept. 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on Epigenetics & Chromatin, Cold Spring Harbor, USA
A disordered interaction module orchestrates transcription elongation. - Feb. 2022, Bert O’Malley "Overduckers" seminar series, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA
A ubiquitous disordered protein interaction module orchestrates transcription elongation. - Sept. 2021, Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center Annual Symposium, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA
Targeting SMARCA4 addiction in high-risk neuroblastoma. - May 2021, RNA and Chromatin seminar series, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA
A ubiquitous disordered protein interaction module orchestrates transcription elongation. - Sept. 2018, Postdoctoral association "Slice of science" series, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA
Affinity switching of the LEDGF/p75 IBD interactome is governed by kinase-dependent phosphorylation. - August 2017, EMBO/EMBL meeting, The Nucleosome: From Atoms to Genomes, Heidelberg, Germany
Structural and functional characterization of LEDGF/p75 in complex with cellular and pathogenic binding partners. - August 2017, EMBO/EMBL meeting, The Nucleosome: From Atoms to Genomes, Heidelberg, Germany
Dominant-negative Smarca4 (Brg1) mutations induce convergent effects on the enhancer landscape. - April 2017, Central European NMR Meeting, Valtice, Czech Republic
Structural basis for overlap of LEDGF/p75 and HRP-2 in MLL Leukemia. - May 2014, Oncoforum, Leuven, Belgium
The LEDGF/p75-MLL complex as a new target for the treatment of MLL-dependent Leukemia.