On Tuesday 20th June 2017 at 2 p.m., the seminar “Purification, Characterization, and Clinical Significances of Methionine Gamma Lyase Deaminase (Mgld) from Porphyromonas gingivalis” given by Dr. K.V. Venkatachalam, PhD. took place at the cinema auditorium of the Institute of Microbiology, CAS. Prague – Krč.
Dr. Venkatachalam is a Professor of Biochemistry at the College of Allopathic Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, where he has been active since 1999. His current research focuses on Methionine gamma lyase of Methionine metabolism and its impact on halitosis and cancer research.
After the seminar, he discussed the possibility of potential cooperation in the area of systems biology as well as regarding research infrastructures with the Institute of Microbiology’s scientists involved in the C4Sys infrastructure.
