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We would like to invite you for JAX tour – 19 May 2016 by Peter Kelmenson, BA Technical Information Scientist, The Jackson Laboratory 9:00-10:00 Key differences among B6 substrains and the research impact The most widely used inbred strain, C57BL/6 (B6), has several substrains such as the B6J and the B6N and many assume them… Read more

We proudly announce that the first issue of our informational newsletter is available for download in PDF format. Read more

After a long period of construction a new building of the Czech Centre for Phenogenomics in Vestec u Prahy is in operation. So at the beginning of December 2015 we moved from IMG to our new premises in BIOCEV campus. Read more

The Czech Centre of Phenogenomics (CCP) of the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., part of the BIOCEV project, announces open positions of: – unit head for cardiovascular phenotyping laboratory – technicians in animal facility – technicians in molecular biology – technician for transgenic module For more details about respective positions… Read more

Sigma-Aldrich® and the Institute of Molecular Genetics, Czech Center for Phenogenomics, Establish CRISPR Core Lab Collaboration ST. LOUIS, Jan. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Sigma-Aldrich Corporation’s (NASDAQ: SIAL) Research business unit, which supports scientific research by supplying products, services and solutions, today announced it has entered into a new gene editing collaboration with the Czech Center… Read more

The Czech Centre for Phenogenomics, part of the BIOCEV project and national node of ESFRI infrastructure Infrafrontier, has been recognized by European Science Foundation and included into MERIL database (Mapping of the European Research Infrastructure Landscape). The information about the infrastructure are available here. Read more

The Czech Centre for Phenogenomics and the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the ASCR, v.v.i., proudly present that 13th Trangenic Technologies meeting, the prestigious conference of the International Society for Transgenic Technologies will take place in Prague in March 2016 and will be organized by us. The first information leaflet is available here: TT2016 For… Read more

Dr. Radislav Sedlacek and his team from the Institute of Molecular Genetics has recently published new paper on gene targeting of Rosa26 locus using TALENs. Petr Kasparek, Michaela Krausova, Radka Haneckova, Vitezslav Kriz, Olga Zbodakova,Vladimir Korinek, Radislav Sedlacek. Efficient gene targeting of the Rosa26 locus in mouse zygotes using TALE nucleases. FEBS Letters. Published online: September 18,… Read more

We would like to kindly invite you for a meeting dedicated to laboratory animal welfare and the 3Rs under directive 2010/63/EU. The meeting will take place at IMG Prague on 28th August 2014. Preliminary program: 10:35 Introduction Jan Honetschläger (DVM, Head of the Animal Facility, Institute of Molecular Genetics) 10:40 Biosecurity Gianpaolo Milite (DVM, Consultant… Read more

Our colleague Pavel Stopka and his team from the Faculty of Science of Charles University has recently published two papers related to CCP/BIOCEV project. Klinovska K, Sebkova N2, Dvorakova-Hortova K. Sperm-egg fusion: a molecular enigma of Mammalian reproduction. Int J Mol Sci. 2014 Jun 13;15(6):10652-68. doi: 10.3390/ijms150610652. Dvorakova-Hortova K, Sidlova A, Ded L, Hladovcova D,… Read more