Working group: Dairy and Microbiology
Pedagogical activity:
- Master's degree program
- lecture Hygiene and sanitation of food processes
- Laboratory of food technology and process control
- Technological Project
- Supervising BSc and MSc diploma projects
Scientific activity:
- Genotyping and phenotyping of lactic acid bacteria
- Determination of technological and probiotic properties of lactic acid bacteria - antimicrobial activity, organic acid production profile, salt resistance, survival in the GIT
Education:
- 2000-2005 UCT Prague, MSc program General and applied biochemistry
Employment history:
- 2005 - 2011 resercher Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, CAS
- 2006 - 2011 resercher, Envisan-GEM a.s
- 2006 Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Pointe-Claire (Québec), Canada
- 2005 - 2022 resercher, Department of Biochemistry and Microbilogy, UCT Prague
- 2022 – until asistent profesor, Department of Dairy, Fat and Cosmetics, UCT Prague
Selected scientific papers since 2022:
ORCID ID 0000-0002-8601-0343
- Horackova, S., Musilova, E., Plockova, M., Vrchotova, B., Klojdova, I., & Stetina, J. (2026). Evaluation of Hybrid Fermented Milk-Soy Products and Their Potential Microbial Contamination. ACS Food Science & Technology. doi:10.1021/acsfoodscitech.5c01042
- Benes, R., D. Koval, I. Svec, A. Macurkova, B. Vrchotova, T. Honzikova, K. Kalenchak, J. Barta, V. Bartova, J. Bedrnicek, F. Lorenc, P. Smetana, and J. Kyselka. "Antimicrobial and Antifungal Activities of Proline-Based 2,5-Diketopiperazines Occurring in Food and Beverages and Their Synergism with Lactic Acid." ACS Agric Sci Technol 5, no. 8 (Aug 18 2025): 1681-92. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsagscitech.5c00236.
- Sasínová, K.; Berčíková, M.; Vrchotová, B.; Hrádková, I.; Šmidrkal, J.; Kalenchak, K. Antimicrobial and Biofilm Inhibition Activity of Novel Biobased Quaternary Ammonium Salts. ACS Omega 2025, 10 (34), 39236-39249. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.5c06267.
- Veselá, K., Plocková, M., Musilová, E., Vrchotová, B., & Horáčková, Š. (2025). Synbiotic yoghurt with Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and plant powder substrates. Czech Journal of Food Sciences, 43(5), 358-364. doi:10.17221/93/2025-cjfs
- Horáčková, Šárka, Blanka Vrchotová, Daniel Koval, Akkenzhe Omarova, Marcela Sluková, and Jiří Štětina. 2022. "Use of Lactiplantibacillus Plantarum for Dairy and Non-Dairy Fermented Products." Czech Journal of Food Sciences 40, no. 5 (2022): 392-99. https://dx.doi.org/10.17221/132/2022-cjfs .