Lumír Krejčí

In 2005, Krejčí moved back to Brno, where he was appointed Principal Investigator, and later in 2012 Associate Professor. The main objectives of his lab’s research are “to decipher the intrinsic functions of homologous recombination (HR) which has a dual role in the maintenance of genome stability. First, it promotes the faithful repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) belonging among of the most lethal forms of DNA damage. Moreover, HR is responsible for the creation of genetic variability during meiosis by directing the formation of reciprocal crossovers that result in random combinations of alleles and traits.”

Lumír Krejčí was born in Slavičín in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. He received his B.Sc and M.Sc degrees in biochemistry from Masaryk University, in 1993 and 1995, respectively. During his PhD studies at Masaryk University, he spent 5 years as a fellow at Aarhus University in Denmark under supervision of Christian Bendixen. Afterwards, Krejčí conducted postdoctoral research work between 2001 and 2005 with Patrick Sung, initially at University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (2001-2003), later at Yale University (2003-2005).

Lumír Krejčí (born 30 March 1972 in Slavičín) is a Czech biochemist. His research is focused on regulatory processes involved in maintaining genome integrity. Currently, as Associate Professor in biochemistry, he leads the laboratory of recombination and DNA repair (LORD) at the Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, at Masaryk University in Brno.