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The IMPC is pleased to announce the election of a new Senior Leadership Team. Radislav Sedláček is the new Chair of the IMPC, and Yann Herault the new Vice-Chair. Steve Brown, who was the Chair of the IMPC, has stepped down to become the Past Chair. Read the full article at the IMPC website. Read more

Czech scientists tested a new antibody against covid-19, which is suitable for prevention and treatment and prevents the virus from mutating. Radislav Sedlacek from CCP and Daniel Ruzicka from the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the Veterinary Research Institute will answer questions of journalists today (26th January) at 15:00 during a… Read more

Researchers from the Czech Centre for Phenogenomics contributed to the paper “Bispecific antibody prevents SARS-CoV-2 escape and protects mice from disease“ Raoul De Gasparo, Mattia Pedotti, Luca Simonelli, Petr Nickl, Frauke Muecksch, Julio C. C. Lorenzi, Federica Mazzola, Davide Magrì, Tereza Michalcikova, Jan Haviernik, Vaclav Honig, Irene Cassaniti, Elena Percivalle, Blanka Mrazkova, Natalie Polakova, Andrea… Read more

Application deadline: EXTENDED 28 Febuary 2021 Application costs: This TA Call is free-of-charge for the selected applicants. Main objective of this INFRAFRONTIER2020 Trans-national Access Call is to provide extensive user support to the selected projects for assessing novel potential vaccine and treatment compounds for COVID-19. As starting material for the TA service, only sufficient amounts of… Read more

Transgenic Unit of the Czech Centre for Phenogenomics has grown in recent years to offer expanded gene and genome engineering services to researchers by applying the latest cutting-edge technologies such as TALENs, CRISPR/Cas9(Cas12a)-based tools, Easi-CRISPR and others. The introduction of specific mutations by electroporation of zygotes is preferentially used over conventional pronuclear injections and other… Read more

Nineteen research institutions from around the world, including the Czech Republic, joined forces within the IMPC (International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium) to jointly decipher the function of all, approximately 20,000 mammalian (and human), genes. The result is an ever-growing “encyclopaedia” that helps to identify the emergence of human diseases and propose new treatments. Thanks to his… Read more

The first issue of Volume 5 (2020) of the Phenogenomics Newsletter has been just released. It features overviews of the services available to researchers and current or potential collaboration partners. Its objective is to highlight recent achievements, introduce new technologies and directions for future development, and allows insights into work and life at the CCP.… Read more

The Orbis Pictus 2020 Award, sponsored by the Czech Centre for Phenogenomics, was awarded to Elizabeth M. C. Hillman, one of the most outstanding investigators in the fields of biophotonics and bioengineering. The Orbis Pictus Lecture was presented on the occasion of the 16th Transgenic Technology Meeting (TT2020). Elizabeth M.C. Hillman is a Professor of… Read more

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 was awarded jointly to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for the development of a method for genome editing. For more information visit the Nobel Prize website. Interested in using CRISPR/Cas9 technology? Our proficient team of Transgenic and Archiving Module provides services from design to delivery of a mutant… Read more

The PREVALENT initiative brings together 15 partners across 9 European countries who have joined forces to implement a novel European Research Infrastructure for pre-clinical, environmental, virtual integrative assessments, and therapeutics development. PREVALENT integrates essential pre-clinical research platforms ranging from pre-clinical evaluations of drugs, disease modelling using precision animal models, medicinal chemistry, and the assessment of… Read more