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Radislav Sedlacek became the chairman of IMPC
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
Read our new issue of the Phenogenomics Newsletter
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
Orbis Pictus Award 2020 to Elizabeth Hillman
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
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 – CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors
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
European Research Initiative for Pre-clinical, Environmental, Virtual Integrative Assessments, and Therapies
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
New jobs in CCP
As CCP is constantly developing we would like to inform you about our current job openings. MALDI research specialist Lung Phenotyping Module head For more details please see our Career page Read more
CCP Phenogenomics Conference 2020 Online
Follow the conference online: https://live.biocev.org Main topics: Therapeutics, therapeutic target and preclinical evaluationEnvironmental stressors in health / Bioinformatics in gene networks and therapeutics assessment / Immunity /Genetic base of diseases Read more
Czech Centre for Phenogenomics became a member of the EurOPDX Consortium
EurOPDX consortium, founded in 2013, currently brings together 14 research centres and universities dealing with cancer research. The main objective of the consortium is to build a large collection of mouse PDX (patient derived xenograft) models that would cover the widest possible range of different types of cancer, and to improve standards in preclinical research.… Read more
New jobs available at CCP
We would like to announce new jobs available in CCP. We are currently seeking a laboratory technician for vision unit and a veterinary technician for animal operations and PDX models. For more details please see our CAREER page. Read more
CCP Open Call / Cryo-archiving of mouse models
Main objective of this open call is to facilitate access for the wider biomedical research community to the unique infrastructure. Czech Centre for Phenogenomics will provide cryo-preservation of 15 mouse lines (sperms) preferentially on C57Bl/6 backgrounds free of charge. Additionally, we offer to archive and deposit the mouse line into the EMMA repository. Mouse strains… Read more