Josef Houstek

Josef Houstek participates in the Mitofood project; a research community for nutritional optimization of mitochondrial function for health promotion and disease resistance.

Josef Houstek, MD PhD

Department of Bioenergetics
Institute of Physiology
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Videnska 1083
142 20 Prague 4
CZECH REPUBLIC
Tel +420 2410 62434
Fax + 420 2410 62149

E-mail: houstek@biomed.cas.cz

Expertise

Bioenergetics, mitochondrial biogenesis, genetic defects of oxidative phosphorylation system, disorders of mitochondrial ATPase and cytochrome c oxidase, phenotypic expression of mtDNA mutations, the role of oxidative stress and ROS production.

Relevant projects and functions

Member of EU FP6 integrated project EUMITOCOMBAT

Group structure

2 Senior scientists (M), 3 post-docs (2F, 1M), 4 PhD students (1F, 3M), 2 technicians (F)

Selected publications

  1. Pícková Andrea, Potocky Martin and Houstek Josef: Assembly Factors of F1FO ATP synthase across genomes. Proteins. 2005 59(3):393-402
  2. Houstek J, Pícková A, Vojtísková A, Mrácek T, Pecina P, Jesina P: Mitochondrial diseases and genetic defects of ATP synthase. Biochim Biophys Acta 2006 Apr 19.