PhD Club: Nonsense Mutations Causing Cystic Fibrosis: Can We Overcome the Challenge? by Lukáš Lenart
Wednesday September 23, 2026 / 9:00 AM / seminary room 1.09
Pavel Stejskal receives the 3rd Albert Schweitzer Prize for Medicine of the Embassy of France
On 26 June 2026, Pavel Stejskal was awarded the 3rd Albert Schweitzer Prize for Medicine, presented by the Embassy of France in the Czech Republic during a ceremonial event held at the French Embassy in Prague. The awards were presented by Jean-Marie Lehn, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, in the presence of Stéphane Crouzat and distinguished guests from the scientific community.
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Prague hosted the Czech EATRIS Spotlight Programme event: Experts discussed the future of translational medicine
The Czech EATRIS Spotlight Programme Event took place on June 1, 2026 at the Kaiserstein Palace in Prague, bringing together leading experts to support translational medicine and strengthen collaboration among researchers.
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IMTM at the AACR Annual Meeting 2026 in San Diego
This year, IMTM was once again represented by Marián Hajdúch, Petr Džubák, Josef Srovnal, and Martin Mistrík at the AACR Annual Meeting 2026, taking place April 17–22 in San Diego.
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NICR & EATRIS-CZ: Platform for accelerating biomedical innovations
The major research infrastructure EATRIS connects more than 120 research institutions and 11 Czech centers, including NICR (National Institute for Cancer Research). Together, we build an infrastructure that accelerates the translation of basic research results into clinical practice. Watch the video.
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CACR 2026: Deadline for abstract is extended
Deadline for abstract submission is September 30, 2026.
University Hospital Olomouc launches screening for the mouth and throat cancers
The incidence of oropharyngeal cancers has been increasing in recent years, particularly among people over the age of 40. These cancers are now more common than cervical cancer. Listen to the interview (CZ).
ONKO PACIENT 2026 Conference: Prevention, screening and early cancer detection
What’s new in cancer prevention and early detection? Join experts on September 16, 2026 in Prague and learn about the latest developments in cancer screening, prevention, and modern diagnostics.
Article: A Circulating tumor cell model could improve research into tumor metastasis
Teams led by Associate Professors Mgr. Karel Souček, Ph.D., and Mgr. Jan Bouchal, Ph.D., have described a new experimental model derived from circulating tumor cells obtained from a patient with metastatic breast cancer.
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Direct-to-biology, automated, nano-scale synthesis, and phenotypic screening-enabled E3 ligase modulator discovery.
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14(1),
8437,
ISSN: 2041-1723,
PMID: 38114468,
The isocyanide SN2 reaction.
Nature Communications.
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14(1),
5807,
ISSN: 2041-1723,
IF: 16.6,
PMID: 37726293.
Increased blood reactive oxygen species and hepcidin in obstructive sleep apnea precludes expected erythrocytosis.
American Journal of Hematology.
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98(8),
1265-1276,
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IF: 12.8,
PMID: 37350302.
Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease: Involvement of the choroid plexus.
Alzheimer's & Dementia : the Journal of the Alzheimer's Association.
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ISSN: 1552-5260,
IF: 16.655,
PMID: 36825691.
Synthesis of Polycyclic Hetero-Fused 7-Deazapurine Heterocycles and Nucleosides through C-H Dibenzothiophenation and Negishi Coupling.
Journal of the American Chemical Society.
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144(42),
19437-19446,
ISSN: 0002-7863,
IF: 16.383,
PMID: 36245092.
Visualization of Sentinel Lymph Nodes with Mannosylated Fluorescent Nanodiamonds.
Advanced Functional Materials.
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32(23),
2109960,
ISSN: 1616-301X,
IF: 18.808,
Lipidomic profiling of human serum enables detection of pancreatic cancer.
Nature Communications.
2022,
13(1),
124,
ISSN: 2041-1723,
IF: 14.919,
PMID: 35013261.
RNA-interference screen for p53 regulators unveils a role of WDR75 in ribosome biogenesis.
Cell Death and Differentiation.
2022,
29(3),
687-696,
ISSN: 1350-9047,
IF: 15.828,
PMID: 34611297.
Establishing community reference samples, data and call sets for benchmarking cancer mutation detection using whole-genome sequencing.
Nature Biotechnology.
2021,
39(9),
1151-60,
ISSN: 1087-0156,
IF: 54.908,
PMID: 34504347.
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