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Registration and abstract submission for the 5th CCP Phenogenomics Conference has been opened
It is our great honour to invite you cordially to the 5th CCP Phenogenomics Conference, which will be held on 14 – 15 September 2023 in Prague & online. Similarly, to the last year, the conference is devoted to the topic of rare diseases & their therapies this year, with special focus on experimental models… Read more
Students from Charles University at CCP
The Czech Centre for Phenogenomics organized a theoretical and practical seminar “Phenotyping technologies for working with mouse models” for first year students of the Faculty of Science of Charles University in April 2023. The students of the subject “Molecular and General Biology” met Jan Prochazka from Phenotyping Module, who gave a lecture on phenotyping of… Read more
New Czech laboratory for research on lethal viruses
The new state-of-the-art BSL-3 laboratory for work with highly infectious viruses and bacteria in the Czech Republic was opened on 9 March at the Czech Centre for Phenogenomics (Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences in the BIOCEV centre). When it is fully operational, it will raise the level of Czech research… Read more
January IMCF Picture of the Month awarded to Miles Raishbrook
PhD student Miles Raishbrook from the Czech Centre for Phenogenomics was awarded with the January Picture of the Month. Competition is organized by the Imaging Methods Core Facility at BIOCEV campus . Read more
Fokus na vzácná onemocnění: vzniká Aliance pro výzkum a terapie vzácných nemocí
V předvečer Světového dne vzácných onemocnění dne 27. února 2023 uspořádalo České centrum pro fenogenomiku při Ústavu molekulární genetiky AV ČR s partnery diskusi předních odborníků k tématům vzácných onemocnění v prostorách Magenta Experience Centre na Praze 4. Cílem akce bylo představit široké veřejnosti problematiku vzácných onemocnění z pohledu vědců v základním výzkumu, lékařů a pacientských organizací a vznik… Read more
Applications for the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master MorphoPHEN are now OPEN
Human Diseases Models Morphological Phenotyping (MorphoPHEN) consists of an integrated and interdisciplinary Erasmus Mundus Joint Master. It is conceived to alleviate the real shortage of experts in morphological mouse phenotyping, which is needed to generate a positive impact of preclinical biomedicine and improve human translatability (from the bench to the bedside). MorphoPHENis a one-year Erasmus… Read more
CCP preclinical services in a nutshell
Are you interested in our preclinical services? Download our latest leaflet with an overview of services we provide to our users in the area of preclinical services. Read more
Thanks to mice, scientists at the Czech Academy of Sciences identified, for example, the gene behind retinal degeneration
The Czech Academy of Sciences celebrates 70 years. Genetically modified mouse models help reveal the causes of human diseases, explains scientist Radislav Sedláček. Just turn off a gene in a mouse and you will learn which gene could be responsible for one of the diseases in humans. In the next part of our series on… Read more
“Gene Age” travelling lecture tour in 2022 – summary report
“Gene Age” is an accompanying travelling lecture series of the AV21 Strategy research programme “Towards precision medicine and gene therapy “ In December 2022, the Czech Centre for Phenogenomics (CCP) at the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences organized a traveling series of lectures “The Gene Age” on the topic of… Read more
Join INFRAFRONTIER-IMPC Satellite Event at ICRI 2022
Global and European Infrastructures IMPC and INFRAFRONTIER Towards the Deciphering of Gene Functions for Human Health 18 October 2022, 13:00 – 15:00 Hybrid event (Brno, Czech Republic + Zoom) European and world-wide research infrastructures such as IMPC and INFRAFRONTIER will provide comprehensive resources to unravel gene function in physiology and disease. These infrastructures are used… Read more