Karel Šmejkal

Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Lecture Title:

"Progress and trends in potential utilization of natural compounds as drugs - prenylated phenolics"

Research Interests:
(1) Phytochemistry – especially separation and identification of natural substances. Target substances – especially prenylated phenols from Moraceae plants, Amaryllidaceae alkaloids, lignans of Schisandra chinensis. Chromatographic methods, identification of metabolites (IR, CD, MS, NMR)
(2) Bioactivity of natural compounds– anticancer (effect on cell cycle), anti-inflammatory (COX inhibitors, NF-κB), antibacterial activity (anti MRSA)

Academic career
2016 – 2020 Head of the Department of Natural Products, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Czech Republic.
2020 – until now Head of the Department of Natural Products, Faculty of Pharmacy, Masaryk University, Czech Republic.
2013 – 2020 Associated professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Czech Republic.
2020 – until now Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Masaryk University, Czech Republic.

Publications:
Total publications according to WOS: 83, 1100+ citations, H-index according to WOS: 20. Author or co-author of 60+ conference papers, active attendance on 30+ conferences.