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Pavel Plevka is research group leader at Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University. He obtained his MSc. degree in molecular biology and virology from Charles University and his Ph.D. in structural biology from Uppsala University in 2009. From 2009 till 2013 he was a post-doctoral fellow with Michael Rossmann at Purdue University. In 2013 he established the group of Structural Virology at CEITEC, Masaryk University.
Plevka has determined structures of several viruses, most notably that of human enterovirus 71 that causes potentially fatal encephalitis in small children. Furthermore, he studied maturation of dengue virus. He focuses on X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy of viruses and other macromolecular complexes.
22. June 2020
European Mark in the Coronavirus Fight
The coronavirus pandemic has clearly shown the enormous importance of research organizations, their infrastructures and, of course,…
15. June 2020
Gene Transfer Agent: Grand Theft of Bacteria From Phages
Press Release Structural virologist Pavol Bardy and his colleagues, led by Research Group Leader Pavel Plevka from CEITEC Masaryk University, were…
28. May 2020
Virus tahá za kratší konec provazu
Každým dnem přibývají nové a nové informace o vlastnostech viru SARS-CoV-2. Na vědeckých portálech lze po zadání hesla covid-19 najít tisíce…
26. May 2020
COVID-19: Česko vstupuje do kritické fáze
Nejbližší týdny ukážou, zda můžeme spoléhat na záchranný kruh chytré karantény. Virolog ze Středoevropského technologického institutu při…
26. May 2020
Roušky: Jak dlouho ještě?
Senátor a onkolog Jan Žaloudík je nedávno nazval českým symbolem strachu a poslušnosti. „Nechci ji nosit další dva měsíce nebo roky jen…
7. May 2020
Virologist: We're at the Beginning of the Epidemic, but I Don't Understand Why the Second Wave Should Be Worse
We have the ability to handle the second wave of the virus. The Czech Republic is now much better prepared to handle the epidemic - the health…
30. Apr. 2020
Existují lidé přirozeně odolní vůči COVID-19? Odpověď by pomohla řešit epidemii
Pokud by se podařilo zjistit, jak velké procento odolných lidí je, výrazně by to zjednodušilo odhad budoucího vývoje epidemie a nastavení…
17. Apr. 2020
Virolog Pavel Plevka: Čeká nás pendlování mezi karanténou a běžným životem. Než přijde vakcína
Jak se chová koronavirus, co proti němu zabírá a co nás v příštích týdnech a měsících kvůli němu čeká, rozebírá v rozhovoru pro…
8. Apr. 2020
Two Scientists from CEITEC Masaryk University Received ERC-CZ Grants. They Will Focus on Infections
Two CEITEC MU projects received over 110 million CZK for research on bacterial and viral infections. Robert Vacha and Gabriel Demo both applied…
7. Apr. 2020
Jak dlouho nás bude koronavirus trápit? Obávám se, že rok, možná rok a půl, odhaduje virolog Plevka
Už od 12. března je Česko v nouzovém stavu. Denně můžete sledovat počty provedených testů, počty SARS-CoV-2 pozitivních nebo počet zemřelých a…
1. Apr. 2020
Čeští vědci si posvítí na koronavirus
Speciálně vybavené laboratoře v Praze a Českých Budějovicích budou testovat různé látky proti viru. Vědci v Praze a v Českých Budějovicích pomáhají přetíženým klinikám s testováním pacientů na koronavirus. Ze stěrů ale zároveň získali virus pro…
11. Mar. 2020
Pavel Plevka on the Coronavirus Situation
The development of the anti-coronavirus drug is based, inter alia, on research and knowledge of the structure of viruses. Pavel Plevka from …
5. Mar. 2020
Werner Von Siemens Award for the Team Led by Pavel Plevka
On 5 March 2020, the team led by Pavel Plevka from CEITEC Masaryk University received the Werner von Siemens Award for the most important scientific…
13. Jan. 2020
CEITEC MU Best of 2019 Selection
Vybíráme to nejzajímavější z vědy na CEITEC Masarykova univerzita a z článků Magazínu M v roce 2019. Pronikání virů do buněk? Jinak…
2. Dec. 2019
Jak zničit zlatého stafylokoka, který odolá i antibiotikům? Nemocným dává naději fág P68
Vědecký tým pod vedením Dominika Hrebíka z brněnského institutu CEITEC dokázal popsat vlastnosti bakteriofágu, který si dokáže bez problémů…
25. Nov. 2019
Bacteriophages Could Help Against Antibiotic Resistance
Dominik Hrebik, in collaboration with his colleagues from CEITEC Masaryk University, described the structure of the phage P68, known for its ability…
30. May 2019
Virologists Discovered a New Mechanism for Penetration of Viruses into Cells
A number of diseases, from a common cold to encephalitis or poliomyelitis, are caused by enteroviruses. To proliferate, viruses have to deliver…
14. May 2019
International media El País and La Repubblica reported on CEITEC MU: Leading Research Institute Draws Scientific Talent to the Czech Republic
CEITEC Masaryk University scientific talents attract media across Europe - El País and La Repubblica. European funds have…
4. Mar. 2019
Report of Czech Television with Pavel Plevka: Virus in Nitrogen
The article is only in Czech.
26. June 2018
Pavel Plevka for TÉMA magazine: Virus. Enemy and friend.
Pavel Plevka, a virologist from CEITEC MU, provided an interview for TÉMA magazine. Pavel Plevka's research could be a basis for the treatment of…
5. Feb. 2018
Pavel Plevka’s Team From CEITEC MU Discovered How an Antibody Neutralizes the Tick-borne Encephalitis Virus
Press release, Brno, 2 February 2018 The Czech Republic belongs among the countries with the highest presence of tick-borne encephalitis virus in…
27. Feb. 2017
"Je to ohromně nefér." Čeští vědci reagují na Trumpův protimuslimský dekret, kolegům nabízejí práci (Aktuálně.cz)
5. Oct. 2016
SCIENTIST FROM CEITEC WERE THE FIRST TO DESCRIBE HOW A BACTERIOPHAGE PENETRATES STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS CELLS
The biologist Pavel Plevka not only deals with the studies of viruses but he also researches the ways how viruses penetrate cells and how new…
19. May 2016
Za unikátní výzkum virů získal vědec Plevka cenu Neuron. V budoucnu se chystá i na ziku
22. July 2013
Most Prestigious European Research Grant Goes to CEITEC in Brno
A young scientist, Pavel Plevka of the Central European Institute of Technology of Masaryk University (CEITEC MU), has received the most prestigious…
Publications that are part of the Web of Science database, possibly also other publications chosen by authors.
2020
- Bárdy, P; Füzik, T; Hrebík, D; Pantůček, R; Thomas Beatty, J; Plevka, P , 2020: Structure and mechanism of DNA delivery of a gene transfer agent. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS , doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16669-9
2019
- Seitz, K; Buczolich, K; Dikunova, A; Plevka, P; Power, K; Riimenapf, T; Lamp, B, 2019: A molecular clone of Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus (CBPV) causes mortality in honey bee pupae (Apis mellifera). SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 9, doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-52822-1
- Hrebik, D; Stverakova, D; Skubnik, K; Fuzik, T; Pantucek, R; Plevka, P, 2019: Structure and genome ejection mechanism of Staphylococcus aureus phage P68. SCIENCE ADVANCES 5(10), doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw7414
- Buchta, D; Füzik, T; Hrebík, D; Levdansky, Y; Sukeník, L; Mukhamedova, L; Moravcová, J; Vácha, R; Plevka, P., 2019: Enterovirus particles expel capsid pentamers to enable genome release. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS , doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09132-x
2018
- Prochazkova, M; Fuzik, T; Skubnik, K; Moravcova, J; Ubiparip, Z; Pridal, A; Plevka, P, 2018: Virion structure and genome delivery mechanism of sacbrood honeybee virus. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 115(30), p. 7759 - 7764, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1722018115
- Grybchuk, D; Akopyants, NS; Kostygov, AY; Konovalovas, A; Lye, LF; Dobson, DE; Zangger, H; Fasel, N; Butenko, A; Frolov, AO; Votypka, J; d´Avila-Levy, CM; Kulich, P; Moravcova, J; Plevka, P; Rogozin, IB; Serva, S; Lukes, J; Beverley, SM; Yurchenko, V, 2018: Viral discovery and diversity in trypanosomatid protozoa with a focus on relatives of the human parasite Leishmania. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 115(3), p. E506 - E515, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1717806115
- Füzik, T; Formanová, P; Růžek, D; Yoshii, K; Niedrig, M; Plevka, P., 2018: Structure of tick-borne encephalitis virus and its neutralization by a monoclonal antibody. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS , doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-02882-0
2017
- Spurny, R; Pridal, A; Palkove, L; Tran Kiem, H. K; de Miranda, J R; Plevka,, 2017: Virion structure of black queen cell virus, a common honeybee pathogen. JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY , doi: 10.1128/JVI.02100-16
- Kalynych, S.; Fuzik, T.; Pridal, A.; de Miranda, J.; Plevka, P., 2017: Cryo-EM study of slow bee paralysis virus at low pH reveals iflavirus genome release mechanism. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 3(114), p. 598 - 603, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1616562114
- Skubnik, K; Novacek, J; Fuzik, T; Pridal, A; Paxton, RJ; Plevka, P, 2017: Structure of deformed wing virus, a major honey bee pathogen. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 114(12), p. 3210 - 3215, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1615695114
- Zeman, M; Maslanova, I; Indrakova, A; Siborova, M; Mikulasek, K; Bendickova, K; Plevka, P; Vrbovska, V; Zdrahal, Z; Doskar, J; Pantucek, R, 2017: Staphylococcus sciuri bacteriophages double-convert for staphylokinase and phospholipase, mediate interspecies plasmid transduction, and package mecA gene. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 7, doi: 10.1038/srep46319
- Mullapudi, E; Fuzik, T; Pridal, A; Plevka, P, 2017: Cryo-electron Microscopy Study of the Genome Release of the Dicistrovirus Israeli Acute Bee Paralysis Virus. JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY 91(4), doi: 10.1128/jvi.02060-16
- Jasnovidova, O; Klumpler, T; Kubicek, K; Kalynych, S; Plevka, P; Stefl, R, 2017: Structure and dynamics of the RNAPII CTDsome with Rtt103. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 114(42), p. 11133 - 11138, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1712450114
2016
- Sabin, C; Fuzik, T; Skubnik, K; Palkova, L; Lindberg, AM; Plevka, P, 2016: Structure of Aichi Virus 1 and Its Empty Particle: Clues to Kobuvirus Genome Release Mechanism. JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY 90(23), p. 10800 - 10810, doi: 10.1128/JVI.01601-16
- Nováček J; Šiborová M; Benešík M; Pantůček R; Doškař J; Plevka P, 2016: Structure and genome release of Twort-like Myoviridae phage with a double-layered baseplate. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 113(33), p. 9351 - 6, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1605883113
- Mullapudi E; Přidal A; Pálková L; de Miranda JR; Plevka P, 2016: Virion structure of Israeli acute bee paralysis virus. JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY 90(18), p. 8150 - 8159, doi: 10.1128/JVI.00854-16
- Mullapudi E; Nováček J; Pálková L; Kulich P; Lindberg AM; van Kuppeveld FJ; Plevka P, 2016: Structure and genome release mechanism of human cardiovirus Saffold virus-3. JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY , p. [Epub ahead of print] -
- Kalynych S; Přidal A; Pálková L; Levdansky Y; de Miranda JR; Plevka P, 2016: Virion structure of iflavirus slow bee paralysis virus at 2.6Å resolution. JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY 90(16), p. 7444 - 7455
- Sabin, C; Plevka, P, 2016: The use of noncrystallographic symmetry averaging to solve structures from data affected by perfect hemihedral twinning. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION F-STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS 72, p. 188 - 197, doi: 10.1107/S2053230X16000923
- Kalynych, S; Palkova, L; Plevka, P, 2016: The Structure of Human Parechovirus 1 Reveals an Association of the RNA Genome with the Capsid. JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY 90(3), p. 1377 - 1386, doi: 10.1128/JVI.02346-15
- Kalynych, S; Pridal, A; Palkova, L; Levdansky, Y; de Miranda, JR; Plevka, P, 2016: Virion Structure of Iflavirus Slow Bee Paralysis Virus at 2.6-Angstrom Resolution. JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY 90(16), p. 7444 - 7455, doi: 10.1128/JVI.00680-16
- Mullapudi, E; Novacek, J; Palkova, L; Kulich, P; Lindberg, AM; van Kuppeveld, FJM; Plevka, P, 2016: Structure and Genome Release Mechanism of the Human Cardiovirus Saffold Virus 3. JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY 90(17), p. 7628 - 7639, doi: 10.1128/JVI.00746-16
2013
- Plevka, P; Perera, R; Yap, ML; Cardosa, J; Kuhn, RJ; Rossmann, MG, 2013: Structure of human enterovirus 71 in complex with a capsid-binding inhibitor. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 110(14), p. 5463 - 5467, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1222379110
- Zhang, XZ; Sheng, J; Plevka, P; Kuhn, RJ; Diamond, MS; Rossmann, MG, 2013: Dengue structure differs at the temperatures of its human and mosquito hosts. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 110(17), p. 6795 - 6799, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1304300110
- Wang, ZQ; Li, L; Pennington, JG; Sheng, J; Yap, ML; Plevka, P; Meng, G; Sun, L; Jiang, W; Rossmann, MG, 2013: Obstruction of Dengue Virus Maturation by Fab Fragments of the 2H2 Antibody. JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY 87(16), p. 8909 - 8915, doi: 10.1128/JVI.00472-13
- Prasad, VM; Willows, SD; Fokine, A; Battisti, AJ; Sun, SY; Plevka, P; Hobman, TC; Rossmann, MG, 2013: Rubella virus capsid protein structure and its role in virus assembly and infection. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 110(50), p. 20105 - 20110, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1316681110
- Meng, G; Zhang, XZ; Plevka, P; Yu, Q; Tijssen, P; Rossmann, MG, 2013: The Structure and Host Entry of an Invertebrate Parvovirus. JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY 87(23), p. 12523 - 12530, doi: 10.1128/JVI.01822-13
2012
- Plevka P., Perera R., Cardosa J., Kuhn R. J., 2012: Crystal Structure of the Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Virus, Enterovirus 71. SCIENCE , p. 1274 -
- Battisti, AJ; Meng, G; Winkler, DC; McGinnes, LW; Plevka, P; Steven, AC; Morrison, TG; Rossmann, MG, 2012: Structure and assembly of a paramyxovirus matrix protein. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 109(35), p. 13996 - 14000, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1210275109
- Plevka, P; Perera, R; Cardosa, J; Kuhn, RJ; Rossmann, MG, 2012: Structure determination of enterovirus 71. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 68, p. 1217 - 1222, doi: 10.1107/S0907444912025772
- Plevka, P; Battisti, AJ; Winkler, DC; Tars, K; Holdaway, HA; Bator, CM; Rossmann, MG, 2012: Sample Preparation Induced Artifacts in Cryo-Electron Tomographs. MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS 18(5), p. 1043 - 1048, doi: 10.1017/S1431927612001298
- Plevka, P; Perera, R; Cardosa, J; Kuhn, RJ; Rossmann, MG, 2012: Crystal Structure of Human Enterovirus 71. SCIENCE 336(6086), p. 1274 - 1274, doi: 10.1126/science.1218713
- Battisti, AJ; Yoder, JD; Plevka, P; Winkler, DC; Prasad, VM; Kuhn, RJ; Frey, TK; Steven, AC; Rossmann, MG, 2012: Cryo-Electron Tomography of Rubella Virus. JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY 86(20), p. 11078 - 11085, doi: 10.1128/JVI.01390-12
2011
- Plevka, P; Battisti, AJ; Junjhon, J; Winkler, DC; Holdaway, HA; Keelapang, P; Sittisombut, N; Kuhn, RJ; Steven, AC; Rossmann, MG, 2011: Maturation of flaviviruses starts from one or more icosahedrally independent nucleation centres. EMBO REPORTS 12(6), p. 602 - 606, doi: 10.1038/embor.2011.75
- Plevka, P; Kaufmann, B; Rossmann, MG, 2011: Analysis of phases in the structure determination of an icosahedral virus. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 67, p. 568 - 577, doi: 10.1107/S090744491101448X
- Plevka, P; Hafenstein, S; Li, L; D´Abramo, A; Cotmore, SF; Rossmann, MG; Tattersall, P, 2011: Structure of a Packaging-Defective Mutant of Minute Virus of Mice Indicates that the Genome Is Packaged via a Pore at a 5-Fold Axis. JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY 85(10), p. 4822 - 4827, doi: 10.1128/JVI.02598-10
- Kaufmann, B; El-Far, M; Plevka, P; Bowman, VD; Li, Y; Tijssen, P; Rossmann, MG, 2011: Structure of Bombyx mori Densovirus 1, a Silkworm Pathogen. JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY 85(10), p. 4691 - 4697, doi: 10.1128/JVI.02688-10
- Rossmann, MG; Battisti, AJ; Plevka, P, 2011: FUTURE PROSPECTS. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY, VOL 82: RECENT ADVANCES IN ELECTRON CRYOMICROSCOPY, PT B 82, p. 101 - 121, doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-386507-6.00005-1
2010
- Plevka, P; Hafenstein, S; Harris, KG; Cifuente, JO; Zhang, Y; Bowman, VD; Chipman, PR; Bator, CM; Lin, F; Medof, ME; Rossmann, MG, 2010: Interaction of Decay-Accelerating Factor with Echovirus 7. JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY 84(24), p. 12665 - 12674, doi: 10.1128/JVI.00837-10
- Kaufmann, B; Plevka, P; Kuhn, RJ; Rossmann, MG, 2010: Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of West Nile virus. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION F-STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY AND CRYSTALLIZATION COMMUNICATIONS 66, p. 558 - 562, doi: 10.1107/S1744309110009899
2009
- Plevka P, Kazaks A, Voronkova T, Kotelovica S, Dishlers A, Liljas L, Tars K, 2009: The structure of bacteriophage phi Cb5 reveals a role of the RNA genome and metal ions in particle stability and assembly. JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 391(3), p. 635 - 647
- Phage infection of bacterial biofilm, , 2020 - 2024
- Replikace fágů v bakteriálním biofilmu, , 2020 - 2024
- Structural study of enterovirus replication in situ, Grantová agentura ČR, 2019 - 2023
- Structure and DNA delivery mechanism of gene transfer agent, Masarykova univerzita, 2019 - 2020
- Czech Infrastructure for Integrative Structural Biology (LM2015043), Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy ČR, 2016 - 2019
- Structural studies of human picornaviruses directed towards development of anti-viral compounds (335855), Evropská unie, 2014 - 2019
- Structural studies of human and animal pathogens from the order Picornavirales, EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organization ) grants, 2015 - 2017
- Strukturní studie potenciálního protibakteriálního agens, fága 812K1-420 infikujícího zlatého stafylokoka (GA15-21631Y), Grantová agentura ČR, 2015 - 2017
- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology (CZ.1.05/1.1.00/02.0068), Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy ČR, 2011 - 2015