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The canSERV Consortium is pleased to announce the launch of its 2nd Challenge-Driven Call on “Reaching an Understanding of Cancer”. Cancer Researchers world-wide are invited to apply for free access to cutting-edge transnational services with an indicative overall budget for this call of EUR 750.000. The primary objective of this call is to accelerate research… Read more

The goal of the project (ID: CZ.02.01.01/00/23_015/0008189) is to modernize the large research infrastructure of the Czech Center for Phenogenomics with the aim of maintaining its competitiveness and expanding the portfolio of services. The project comprises of three key activities (KA): KA1 – Project management KA2 – Modernization and upgrade of large research infrastructure KA3… Read more

Czech Centre for Phenogenomics (Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences), which is a partner in the project TREM2MEDS – Towards the clinical implementation of TREM2 microglia engineering for treating dementia, succeeded as the only applicant from the Czech Republic in the EIC Transitions call. TREM2MEDS (coordinator: Universita degli Studi di Padova, Italy)… Read more

Open Call for Transnational Service Provision under the canSERV Open Call The researchers are welcome to apply to a portfolio of services offered by canSERV to address the research needs of the entire oncology developmental pipeline. CCP offers following services in this call: For more information visit canSERV website. Submission Deadline: 21 May 2024, 2pm… Read more

The Czech Centre for Phenogenomics receives funding from public providers, which allows CCP to offer state-of-the-art services and technologies to its users. Therefore, all the work performed at CCP should be acknowledged by users in their outputs (publications, presentations etc.). This acknowledgement provides an evidence of the impact of CCP on quality of research and… Read more

On the occasion of the International Angelman Syndrome Day, Radislav Sedlacek, director of the Czech Centre fo Phenogenomics, received yesterday a cheque in the amount of CZK 1 million for the continuation of Angelman syndrome research using mouse models from the Association of Gene Therapy (ASGENT), which has long supported this research.At the same time,… Read more

HEAD/DEPUTY HEAD OF TRANSGENIC AND ARCHIVING MODULE POSTDOC/JUNIOR RESEARCHER FOCUSED ON RARE DISEASE MODEL DEVELOPMENT JUNIOR RESEARCHER IN TRANSGENIC & ARCHIVING MODULE For more information about the jobs at the Czech Centre for Phenogenomics please see our CAREER page.   Read more

In a groundbreaking study published in Nature, an international team of researchers has discovered a crucial link between autoimmune disorders and defects in tooth enamel development. This study sheds light on the poorly understood conditions of Amelogenesis Imperfecta in patients with Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type-1 (APS-1) and Celiac Disease. Ameloblasts, the cells responsible for tooth… Read more

The guest of the Press Club was our leading expert on genetically modified organisms Radislav Sedláček from the Czech Centre for Phenogenomics. The presenter Bára Nesvadbová also came across a possible leak of the SARS-CoV-2 virus from the laboratory. You can listen to the whole interview here (in Czech). Read more

Interview with Jan Procházka Jan Procházka, PhD has been appointed as the new deputy director of the Czech Centre for Phenogenomics (CCP). Jan leads the Phenotyping Module aiming at standardized, systematic characterization of mouse models as well as preclinical research and development. During his three-year postdoctoral fellowship at University of California Jan worked on tissue… Read more