Current address:

Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
6000 Harry Hines Blvd
Dallas, TX
United States

Education:

PhD. in Biochemistry
Comenius University Bratislava
1997 - 2004

MSc. in Chemistry and Biochemistry
Comenius University Bratislava
1992 - 1997

Experience:

Postdoctoral Fellow Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas 2004 - 2010

Assistant Professor Comenius University Bratislava, Slovak Republic 2002 - 2004

visiting scientist Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium 2000 - 2001

Skills:

laboratory techniques of molecular biology and genetics

PHP, SQL, and HTML

Activities:

Member of The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Associated Director of Bioinformatics Organization

Interests:

cell cycle

mitochondrial biogenesis

jazz and blues

RPG

References:

Kucej M, Zou H. (2010) DNA-dependent cohesin cleavage by separase. Nucleus.

Sun Y, Kucej M, Fan H-Y, Yu H, Sun Q-Y, Zou H. (2009) Separase is recruited to mitotic chromosomes to dissolve sister chromatid cohesion in a DNA-dependent manner. Cell.

Kucej M, Kucejova B, Subramanian R, Chen XJ, Butow RA. (2008) Mitochondrial nucleoids undergo remodeling in response to metabolic cues. Journal of Cell Science.

Kucej M, Butow RA. (2007) Evolutionary tinkering with mitochondrial nucleoids. Trends in Cell Biology.

Kucejova B, Kucej M, Petrezselyova S, Abelovska L, Tomaska L. (2005) A screen for nigericin-resistant yeast mutants revealed genes controlling mitochondrial volume and mitochondrial cation homeostasis. Genetics.

Other:

Kucej M, Foury F. (2003) Iron toxicity protection by truncated Ras2 GTPase in yeast strain lacking frataxin. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

Kucej M, Kosa P, Adamikova L, Nosek J. (2002) Isolation of genes coding for Ade2 and Ura3 homologues from the multinuclear yeast Dipodascus magnusii. Current Genetics.

Foury F, Kucej M. (2002) Yeast mitochondrial biogenesis: a model system for humans? Current Opinions in Chemical Biology.