Daniil Starenko won the institutional Master Thesis Competition with his research on polymer conjugates, which could help in the treatment of cancer. During his master’s studies, his main topic was biochemistry, but now he is focusing on immunology in his PhD project. “The research topics at the Laboratory of Tumor Immunology have always interested me…
The Institute of Microbiology in Prague and Palacky University in Olomouc shared their instrumentation and reported in their paper that cyclic traveling wave ion mobility mass spectrometry (IM-MS) reveals an N → O peptidyl shift in singly protonated cyclosporin A (CsA), an important immunosuppressant used in transplantation surgeries, to isocyclosporin (isoA). This is a problem…
On March 21, 2024, professor Haruki Okamura, who works at Hyogo College of Medicine at the Department of Tumor Immunology and Cell Therapy in Japan, gave a lecture at the IMIC. Professor Haruki Okamura discovered and first cloned and studied interleukin-18 (IL-18), characterizing the various immunological activities of this molecule. His lecture “Biology…
With a lack of oxygen or nutrients, cells are subject to stress. The fate of a stressed cell is largely controlled by the protein ATF4. It ensures that cells quickly recover from stress and do not become dangerous for their surroundings – for example, by uncontrolled division that could lead to malignancy. Scientists from the…
On Friday, March 15, 2024, a competition for the best dissertation was held as part of the institute’s seminars, which was attended by doctoral students of the IMIC – Jan Rasl, Rutuja Patil, Izabela Mujakić, František Sklenář, Veronika Kselíková, Martina Hurtová and Waheed your Rahman. They presented research projects of their dissertations. The…
On Friday, March 8, 2024, a competition for the best diploma thesis was held as part of the IMIC seminars at the MBU. It was attended by students Michaela Grobarčíková, Michaela Glozlová, Ivana Čurnová and Daniil Starenko, who presented the results of their research projects which they worked on at the Institute. The expert jury…
Whooping cough is a serious respiratory disease that is caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. Prof. Peter Šebo, who heads the Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Bacterial Pathogens at the MBU, has been studying with this disease for over thirty years. A video was created at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, in…
We would like to draw your attention to the upcoming Advances in Chromatography and Electrophoresis & Chiranal 2024, which is a biennial meeting of specialists in separation methods covering fundamental to applied research in chemistry, physics, biology, medicine, forensics, and related disciplines. You can find more information on this website: https://chiranal2024.upol.cz/. The conference will take…
The largest workplace in the Czech Republic that comprehensively studies the properties of microorganisms from the aspect of basic research as well as practical applicability in industry, medicine and a number of other fields – that is the Institute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Considering the need for modern,…
On 15 February 2024, Nikola Vildová, MSc. became the new Coordinator for Internal and External Relations of the IMIC. Her task will be to ensure complete PR and marketing activities of the Institute. In particular, communication support for scientific teams, cooperation with the media, web and social network management, as well as organization of professional…