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In the first half of 2021, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports organized an international peer-review of large research infrastructures in the Czech Republic, which results were published in December. The purpose of this evaluation was to obtain independent expert reviews about the performance of large research infrastructures. CCP confirmed its top level. According… Read more

The updated ESFRI Roadmap was published this week. INFRAFRONTIER is mentioned as an example of ESFRI Research Infrastructures in response to emergencies, specifically to the covid-19 crisis. “INFRAFRONTIER rapidly evolved a broad portfolio of services to evaluate the potential of new anti-COVID-19 compounds and therapeutics on suitable humanized models as well as BSL3 laboratories for… Read more

Radislav Sedlacek shared experience of the Czech Centre for Phenogenomics in preclinical development in his talk “Beyond standardized phenotyping pipeline: the path towards preclinical development” at the final PATHBIO meeting “Reproducibility and Translatability in Research: the Path forward”. The meeting took place on 3rd December, 2021 in Naples. The meeting was opened by a keynote… Read more

International experts on breeding, managing and archiving colonies gathered in the expert working group of the UK National Centre for the Replacement & Refinement & Reduction of Animals in Research has updated the document “Sharing & archiving of genetically altered mice: opportunities for reduction and refinement”. The updated document reflects how current best practices in… Read more

Jan Rozman joined the new COST Action CA20135 – Improving biomedical research by automated behaviour monitoring in the animal home-cage. The Action will assess the potential of these technologies, develop user guidelines and standard operating procedures and identify needs for further technological development. CCP will bring knowledge in preclinical testing in the stroke research field… Read more

Ace2 knock-out model A number of promising COVID-19 therapies is focused on targeting the Ace2 receptor. Thus, it is desired to evaluate: the potential of Ace2 blocking to prevent viral entry into the cells unwanted off-target effects caused by Ace2 deficiency. Ace2 deficient mutant mice provide an excellent tool for these types of experiments. Tmprss2… Read more

Virtual, 16 – 17 September 2021 / Participation free of charge for all registered participants. Immunology & Infection Disease models Neurosciences Preclinical development KEYNOTE LECTURES Steve Brown, MRC Harwell Institute, United Kingdom – “Illuminating the dark genome: genome-wide approaches for understanding the genetic basis of disease” Yann Herault, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire… Read more

Looking for an adventure of finding new phenotypes and good perspective for personal development? CCP welcomes applications for the following open positions: MALDI imaging researcher assistant / lab technician Research Specialist / Technical Specialist in Immunology Unit Head for Lung and Cardiovascular phenotyping For more detail about the positions please check our Career page Read more

CCP introduced its research and services to the representatives of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Prague on 19th July 2021. We discussed the possible areas of collaboration with the research institutes and industry from Taiwan. We look forward to collaborate in the future. Read more

The Governor of the Central Bohemian Region Petra Pecková, Regional Council Member for the Environment Jana Skopalíková, and Regional Council Member for Health Pavel Pavlík visited the Czech Centre for Phenogenomics during their visit of BIOCEV, the joint research campus of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Charles University in Vestec near Prague, on 14th… Read more