Langhansova

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Job title: 
Associate Researcher
Eurocaroten role: 
Management Committee Substitute
First name: 
Lenka
Last name: 
Langhansova
Short research description: 

Lenka Langhansova, Ph.D. is the Associate Researcher of the Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies at the Institute of Experimental Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS). She graduated from Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences in 2001, where she focused on Chinese medicinal plants. She began her scientific career as a Ph.D. student at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, CAS, studying micropropagation of endangered medicinal plant species and production of desired secondary metabolites in in vitro large scale systems to avoid time demanding and labor intensive field cultivation of these valuable plant species.
As a postdoc at the Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research in Israel, she focused on micropropagation of halophytic fodder shrub species to help restore desert areas and sustain population of wild herbivores.
Her recent scientific research pursues study of biosynthetic pathways of valuable secondary metabolites and their biological activity; and phytoremediation studies including stress enzymes of plants. Within the purview of biological activities she searches particularly for anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory and anticancer activity of medicinal plants to identify compounds responsible for these activities.

Techniques routinely used: 
Plant in vitro cultures, spectrophotometric methods, chemical analysis, antioxidant assays, anti-inflammatory assays, plant enzyme activity, proteomics, microarray analysis
Instrumentation/Facilities: 
Tecan Infinite M200, ChemiDoc MP system, GCxGC-TOFMS, HPLC PDA, Orbitrap LC-MS system
Country: 
Czech Republic
City: 
Prague
Institution: 
Institute of Experimental Botany The Czech Academy of Sciences
Department: 
Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies
Address: 

Institute of Experimental Botany CAS
Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies
Rozvojova 313
165 02 Prague 6 - Lysolaje
Czech Republic

Zip Code: 
165 02
Phone: 
+420 225 106 803
Matrix: 
Foods
Plants
Plant Cell Cultures
Gender: 
Female
WG option 1: 
WG1
WG option 2: 
WG1
Scientific approach: 
Fundamental
Areas: 
Analysis
Biochemistry
Health
Nutrition
Other keywords: 
Biological Actions
Food Quality
Functional Foods
Safety
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Any
Meetings hosting: 
No

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