Voller Jiří Ph.D.
About me
Positions:
researcher (drug screening, bio-/cheminformatician)
Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, Palacky University
since 2011
researcher (biology of stress and aging)
Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Palacký University
since 2022
researcher (biology of stress and aging)
Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR & Palacký University
2010-2022
Education:
Palacký University, Faculty of Science, Olomouc, Czech Republic
PhD - biology
Charles University - Pharmaceutical Faculty, Hradec Králové - Czech Republic
MSc - pharmacy
Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, Brno, Czech Republic
MSc - molecular biology/genetics
Research Interests:
- biology of stress and aging (human cells, C. elegans, water bears)
- circadian rhythms
- drug screening ( circadian rhythm modulators, cytoprotection, mitochondrial diseases, parasitic worms, ...)
- bio- and cheminformatics (identification of mechanism of drug action, comparison of drugs based on biological activity profiles, image analysis, machine learning)
Teaching:
Biogerontology
Drug Discovery
Biology of Circadian Rhythms and Sleep
Biology of Reproduction
Journals
Intellectual property
- Published Application: PCT/CZ2023/050029 under WO 2023/232171 (7.12.2023)
- Published Application US 18/868,011 under US 2025346601 (13.11.2025)
- Patent: EP 4532498. Granted: 29.10.2025. Ownership: Palacký University Olomouc; Institute of Physiology CAS. Inventors: VOLLER Jiří, MIK Václav, DOKONALOVÁ Markéta, SLÁDEK Martin, SUMOVÁ Alena, HAJDÚCH Marián, STRNAD Miroslav.
Status: Available
- Patent: CZ 310035. Granted: 18.4.2024. Ownership: Palacký University Olomouc; Institute of Physiology CAS. Inventors: VOLLER Jiří, SLÁDEK Martin, HAJDÚCH Marián, SUMOVÁ Alena, STRNAD Miroslav
- Published Application PCT/CZ2020/050094 under WO 2021/115502 (17.6.2021)
- Patent: US 12,558,358. Granted: 24.2.2026. Ownership: Palacký University Olomouc; Institute of Physiology CAS. Inventors: VOLLER Jiří, SLÁDEK Martin, HAJDÚCH Marián, SUMOVÁ Alena, STRNAD Miroslav
- Patent: EP 4072555. Granted: 22.1.2025. Ownership: Palacký University Olomouc; Institute of Physiology CAS. Inventors: VOLLER Jiří, SLÁDEK Martin, HAJDÚCH Marián, SUMOVÁ Alena, STRNAD Miroslav
Status: Available
Doctoral mentorship
Vítek Dominik
Study of neurodegeneration and aging on model organisms
Master mentorship
Voller Jiří Ph.D.
High-throughput screenining for anti-aging and neuroprotective compounds
Drozdová Barbora
Searching for neuroprotective substances using high-format screening
Szymczyskova Beata
Isolation of tardigrades from the environment and their characterization
Bachelor mentorship
Pertlová Markéta
Identification of genes related to cell death and cell cycle blockage in the genome of tardigrades.
Open positions
1 Molecular and cellular biology
| Project: | Search and characterization of substances for the therapy of congenital or acquired diseases caused by aberrant pre-mRNA splicing |
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| Supervisors: | Voller Jiří Ph.D. |
| Available: | 1 |
| Intended for: | Doctoral training |
| Summary: | 1 place in full-time study |
1 Chemical biology and experimental therapeutics
| Project: | Search and study of the mechanism of action of substances affecting the viability and motility of human spermatozoa |
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| Supervisors: | Voller Jiří Ph.D. |
| Available: | 1 |
| Intended for: | Doctoral training |
| Summary: | 1 place in full-time study |
2 Molecular and Translational Medicine
| Project: | Physiology and pathophysiology of aging |
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| Supervisors: | Hajdúch Marián M.D., Ph.D., Voller Jiří Ph.D. |
| Available: | 2 |
| Intended for: | Doctoral training |
| Summary: | 2 places in full-time study |
| Project: | Search and study of the mechanism of action of new modulators of circadian rhythms for the therapy of civilization diseases |
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| Supervisors: | Voller Jiří Ph.D. |
| Available: | 1 |
| Intended for: | Doctoral training |
| Summary: | 1 place in full-time study |