๐ฌ Hands-on workshop alert!
Learn nanoDSF, DLS & Spectral Shift methods - and try them on your own samples at the NanoTemper Technologies in CMS workshop.
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May 5โ6, 2026
๐ BIOCEV, Vestec
๐ More info: 1url.cz/2eEKO
Posts by Institute of Biotechnology
๐ข Free webinar on MOSBRI project results
Discover the eSPC software suite and the Molecular Biophysics Database (MBDB) - tools designed to support and streamline your research.
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April 8 | 13:00 CEST
๐ cassyni.com/events/WDEKq...
๐งฌ Next Cytoskeletal Brew is coming up!
This time with Giampietro Schiavo talking about axonal transport and neurodegeneration.
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April 28 | 5:00 PM
๐ CAS building, Nรกrodnรญ 3
A nice chance to connect with the local cytoskeleton community!
๐ sites.google.com/natur.cuni.c...
Great to see the structural biology community come together in Novรฉ Hrady for the #XXIIDiscussions and CIISB User Meeting ๐งฌ
๐ Congrats to all student awardees - especially our colleague Jiลรญ Srogoล for the @structbiocssb.bsky.social poster prize!
๐ขYouโre invited to a WiSe@IBT guest lecture at BIOCEV:
๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข ๐๐จ๐๐๐ฅ, ๐๐ก๐
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก: ๐๐ก๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ
๐
21 April 2026 | 10:00 a.m.
๐ BIOCEV Auditorium
Don't miss out on this unique opportunity!
๐Register: 1url.cz/5eweM
Phosphorylation of the tau protein disrupts the protection of the cellular cytoskeleton and allows its degradation. Image source: Institute of Biotechnology, Czech Academy of Sciences.
Tau protein modifications emerging in early stages of Alzheimerโs disease disrupt cellular cytoskeleton protection and enable its degradation.
โก๏ธ www.ibt.cas.cz/en/news/Tau-... @ibtcas.bsky.social @sciencecharles.bsky.social @cnrs.fr @iphys-cas.bsky.social
BIOCEV SEMINAR SERIES
๐ 19. 3. 2026
๐ 3 p.m.
๐BIOCEV, Vestec
Two days with the EOSC NRP project team in the Vysoฤina region ๐ค
A chance to step back from day-to-day tasks, share updates across teams, discuss open questions, and look at where the project is heading next.
Great discussions and many useful exchanges across activities.
#OpenScience #ResearchData
๐งฌ Our colleague Gabriela Pavlรญnkovรก is serving as Guest Editor for the Scientific Reports collection โAdvances in Embryonic Development.โ
Proud to see her shaping this exciting research area.
Join us for the next seminars from the BIOCEV Seminars Series!
๐ 5. 3. 2026
๐ 3 p.m.
๐BIOCEV, Vestec
๐ข ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐๐ค๐๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐๐
Over three days, participants will work on interoperable workflows, data standards, and benchmarking approaches with an emphasis on reproducibility and community reuse.
Learn more ๐ 1url.cz/ZeugF
Register here ๐ 1url.cz/neugR
๐ Congratulations to Jana Campbell on receiving the 2025 PhD Thesis Award from the Czech Society for Structural Biology.
Kudos also to her supervisor Cyril Barinka. ๐
๐ More: 1url.cz/Zezie
๐ข We are hiring!
โข Postdoctoral Researcher in Molecular Transport Dynamics
โข PhD Positions in Quantitative Imaging of Ciliary Transport
โ Track A: Single-Molecule Imaging
โ Track B: Imaging Technology & Method Development
๐ BIOCEV, near Prague
๐ Details via QR codes
Little visitors, big curiosity ๐
Children from Vestec Kindergarten explored the laboratories of the Centre of Molecular Structure and discovered that science can be fun from a very young age. ๐งช๐
Thank you for the visit! โจ
Carta Genum, founded by Lukรกลก Valihrach and Daniel ลฝucha, raised pre-seed funding from Czech Founders VC and joined the Sherpa accelerator. ๐งฌ
They aim to make biological data analysis accessible โ without black-box AI or coding barriers.
๐https://1url.cz/gJy66
โจ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง โจ
Mouse cerebellum captured through the lens of science and art.
๐ December Picture of the Month
๐ธ Lenka Gmiterkovรก
A new paper๐งฌBacteria sense the antibiotic rifampicin through a widespread dual-promoter based alarm system
Nucleic Acids Research (2026)
Lab of Microbial Genetics and Gene Expression IMIC, @iocbprague.bsky.social @ibtcas.bsky.social @akademievedcr.bsky.social
โก๏ธ academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
๐งฌ New Nucleic Acids Research paper: updated standards for validating RNA/DNA covalent geometry in PDB models.
Introducing a 3-tier scheme:
๐ขPreferred ๐กAllowed ๐ดOf Concern โ to reduce false alarms & improve future deposits. ๐
doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
๐๐ฑ๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐งฌ
DNATCO v5.0 is a browser-based platform for 3D nucleic acid structure annotation + validation - fast, interactive, privacy-friendly.
๐ doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
๐ dnatco.datmos.org
Congratulations to Prof. Mikael Kubista, recognized as a 2025 ScholarGPS Highly Ranked Scholarโข (Lifetime) โ placing him in the top 0.05% of scholars worldwide.
#30 in PCR and #41 in Gene expression profiling.
Happy New Year 2026 from IBT CAS โจ
Thanks to everyone we collaborate with โ wishing you health, inspiration and exciting discoveries in 2026 ๐ฌ๐ค
๐ฃWeโre proud to announce the successful completion of our first Single-Cell RNA-seq course at the Institute of Molecular Genetics
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1โ3 December 2025
๐ค In collaboration with ELIXIR CZ, @ibtcas.bsky.social and MetaCentrum
๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐
๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐
๐ 1url.cz/eJc6z
Proud that our colleague @katerinarohlena.bsky.social contributed to early discussions and ideas around the #PIForum, which helped inspire initiatives that are now gaining international attention. ๐
๐ฌ Our new study shows that mitochondrial respiration is essential for early tumour growth. Cancer cells can import mitochondria from nearby cells to restore pyrimidine synthesis and proliferate.
A key vulnerability: DHODH โ its loss fully blocks tumour growth.
๐ Cancer Research | 1url.cz/wJOxT
Naลกe kolegynฤ Aditi Chatterjee zรญskala Pamฤtnรญ grant Martiny Roeselovรฉ 2026! ๐
Velkรก gratulace a dรญky @nf-iocbtech.bsky.social za podporu mladรฝch vฤdcลฏ-rodiฤลฏ. โค๏ธ
๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ opened with excellent talks and lively discussions.
Congratulations to Prof. Jaroslav Petr on the Babรกk Medal.
๐ Join us again tomorrow. 1url.cz/gJOWh
Dr. Kateลina Rohlenovรก z Biotechnologickรฉho รบstavu AV ฤR/BIOCEV
Kateลina Rohlenovรก @katerinarohlena.bsky.social z @ibtcas.bsky.social je uznรกvanou vฤdkynรญ v oblasti nรกdorovรฉ biologie. V roce 2023 zรญskala podporu grantu MIT-Czech Republic IOCB Tech Foundation Seed Fund, dรญky nฤmuลพ navรกzala spoluprรกci s MIT a nynรญ dokonฤuje pลelomovรฝ ฤlรกnek o nรกdorovรฝch buลkรกch. โคต๏ธ
๐งฌ The 4th Prague Symposium on Cancer Metabolism brought together experts to discuss new insights in tumor metabolism.
Weโre proud that two of our PhD students โ ๐ Pavel Jakoubฤ and ๐ Mariia Hrysiuk โ received a Best Poster Prize (2 of only 3 awarded).
๐ Congratulations!
๐งซ Rychlรก regenerace jater pod lupou vฤdcลฏ
Vรญce โฌ๏ธ
www.avcr.cz/cs/pro-media/tiskove-zpravy/Jatra-pri-regeneraci-pretvareji-toxicky-amoniak-na-latku-podporujici-rust/
๐ ๐๐ฐ๐จ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ!
Almost 200 students explored our labs ๐ฌ
Maybe some of them will be future scientists โ or Nobel Prize winners. ๐