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Congratulations to Prof. Václav Brázda, Martin Bartas and Otília Porubiaková for their study in the prestigious journal Microbiology Spectrum
27. 6. 2023
Václav Brázda, Martin Bartas and Otílie Porubiaková published in the journal Microbiology Spectrum. They focus on the overall analysis of inverted repeats or palindromes with a propensity to form cross structures/cruciforms in the genomes of all bacteria sequenced so far. They report that these sequence motifs are specifically enriched in regulatory regions of genomes and their overall higher frequency has been found particularly in pathogenic species. In the future, these specific regions of bacterial genomes could be effectively targeted, e.g. in the fight against pathogens resistant to currently available antibiotic
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.01648-23?fbclid=IwAR2KRCRkciIIZKjcHhYUiHd41_DER2dcA6CfMkhhNv0ASqXMZilYgLcITT4
Jiřina Procházková, MSc., Ph.D. received the Prize of the College of the Institute of Biophysics
24. 6. 2023
Department of Cytokinetics, Institute of Biophysics, Czech Academy of Sciences, participated in the project: profiling of sphingolipids present on the surface of breast cancer cells
"It is a great honour for me, on behalf of us from the Department of Cytokinetics of the Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, who participated in the project: 'Profiling of sphingolipids present on the surface of breast cancer cells', to thank the Collegium of the Director of the Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences doc. RNDr. Eva Bártová, PhD., DSc., for awarding the financial subsidy 'Programme of internal research support of the Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences in the category 'Junior'.
On behalf of all participants"
Jiřina Procházková, MSc., Ph.D.
This project was covered by the cooperation of Mgr. Karel Souček, Ph.D. with MUDr. Jiří Navrátil, Ph.D. and MUDr. Pavel Fabian, Ph.D. from the Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute.
The Institute of Biophysics of the CAS was not missing at the Science Fair this year either
19. 6. 2023
During the three-day event, the stand of the Institute of Biophysics of the CAS welcomed many visitors. Among the most important ones was the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation Mgr. Helena Langšádlová accompanied by the President of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prof. RNDr. Eva Zažímalová, CSc., dr. h. c.
Video of the BFU at the 2023 Science Fair can be found HERE:
https://www.facebook.com/BFUavcr/videos/629236475933330
The Institute of Biophysics of the CAS, v. v. i. and the Czech Biophysical Association, z.s. jointly organized the conference.
19. 6. 2023
There was international representation at this event. The conference was attended by students from Princeton University in the USA as well as colleagues from nearby Austria. The next event of this type will focus on practical presentations of biophysical methods.
A rare visit to the Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
19. 6. 2023
On Wednesday 10 May, we welcomed a rare visitor to the Institute of Biophysics of the CAS. The President of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Prof. RNDr. Eva Zažímalová, CSc., dr. h. c. and the Vice President of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic RNDr. Zdeněk Havlas, DrSc. During their stay, they visited the new laboratory of the Junior Star project of the GA CR and ERA Individual Fellowship and the Application Laboratory.
The visit also included a discussion not only with the young scientists but also about the activities of the children's group at the BFU and the search for possibilities of building a new preschool facility for all Brno institutes of the CAS.