Success of our PhD student at the International medical doctoral conference 2023

Natália Vadovičová - a PhD student from the research group of Dr. Stjepan Uldrijan - won the award for the second best lecture at the International medical doctoral conference 2023 for the results of her dissertation focused on elucidating the molecular mechanisms of resistance in melanoma cells.

21 Dec 2023

On the 29th-30th of November 2023, the 20th International Medical Doctoral Conference was held in the Teaching Center of the Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové. A total of fifty students from 22 Czech and foreign medical faculties participated in the conference.

At the conference, Natalia presented the results of her dissertation, which describes a new non-canonical regulation of AMPK in melanoma cells. In general, the goal of this work is to clarify the molecular mechanisms that could help us overcome emerging resistance in melanoma.

16 Sep

Dr. Pavel Krejčí received an extraordinary award from the chairman of the AZV CR

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Agency for Health Research of the Czech Republic (AZV ČR), its chairman Ondřej Slabý awarded special prizes to nine scientists, the main areas of which were chosen as the most successful during the entire existence of the agency. The laureates include Dr. Pavel Krejčí for the project Identification of new treatment options for achondroplasia through the analysis of the interaction between FGFR3 and the adapter protein Frs2.
16 Aug

Guests of the June Breakfast with a Scientist were Mr. and Mrs. Bešše

On June 25th, the last pre-vacation Breakfast with a scientist took place. The invitation was accepted by a lovely married couple of researchers, Lenka and Andrej Bešše, who shared their fascinating story of their trip to Switzerland and back to the Czech Republic and offered valuable insights from their careers in medical research.
5 Aug

The head of the reserach group Lumír Krejčí is a new member of the scientific organisation EMBO

The European Molecular Biology Association (EMBO) published today the names of the newly elected members. Among them is also the biologist Lumír Krejčí, who works at the Faculty of Medicine and Natural Sciences at the Masaryk University.
29 Jul

The head of the Biology department Ondřej Slabý in an interview with Lucie Výborná

Professor Ondřej Slabý is the head of the Biology department at the Faculty of Medicine MU, the head of the Precision Medicine Center of the Brno University Hospital and also works as a scientific director in the management of the National Institute for Cancer Research. He is an expert in tumor biology, on which modern targeted treatment is based. Thanks to it, it is possible to significantly improve the quality of life and prognosis of patients.

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Dr. Pavel Krejčí received an extraordinary award from the chairman of the AZV CR

Guests of the June Breakfast with a Scientist were Mr. and Mrs. Bešše

The head of the reserach group Lumír Krejčí is a new member of the scientific organisation EMBO

The head of the Biology department Ondřej Slabý in an interview with Lucie Výborná