ladislav malek
lmalek@lakeheadu.ca
+1 (807) 343-8709
+1 (807) 343-8462
office: cb4050
lab: cb3008
mon-fri 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
academic qualifications:
- hbsc, msc university of calgary, calgary ab
- phd university of alberta, edmonton ab
previous teaching/work:
- biology 2230 cell biology (course outline)
- biology 2910 laboratory biology (course outline)
- biology 3351 plants and people (course outline)
- biology 3475 alpine plant physiology (course outline)
- biology 4650 issues in biotechnology (course outline)
research interests:
lignin metabolism by fungi and their enzymes, methanol generation, instrumental analysis. biotechnological applications of woody biomass. mitigation of fungal growth by antifungal agents. plant protein degrading enzymes - in specific reference to seed germination and degradation of insect proteins in insectivorous plants.
selected publications |
| iachetta, l., malek, l., andross, b.m. 2010. the reactions of h3o+, no+, and o2+ with several flavourant esters studied using selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry. rapid communications in mass spectrometry. 24: 815-822, doi: 10.1002/rcm.4439 |
| rosa, b.a., malek, l., and qin, w. 2009. the development of the pitcher plant sarracenia purpurea into a potentially valuable recombinant protein production system. biotechnology and molecular biology reviews. 3(5): 105- |
| moriyasu, y. and malek, l. 2004. purification and characterization of the 2os proteasome from alga chara corallina (charophyceae). j. phycol. 40: 333- |
krol, m., hurry, v.m., maxwell, d.p., malek, l., ivanov, a.g., and huner, n.p.a. 2002. low growth temperature inhibition of photsynthesis in cotyledons of jack pine seedlings (pinus banksiana) is due to impaired chloroplast development. can. j. bot. 80: 1042- |
basset, g., raymond, p., malek, l., and brouquisse, r. 2002. changes in the expression and the enzymic properties of the 20s proteasome in sugar starved maize roots. plant physiology. 128: 1149- |
ligr, m., and malek, l. 1997. ubiquitin metabolism following cold-shock in chlamydomonas reinhardtii. physiol. plantarum. 101: 865-871. |