TATAA courses

List of courses held in TATAA Biocenter Prague

• 19th - 23th of September 2011
  2 days Hands-on qPCR, 1 day Sample preparation, 2 days Experimental design & data analysis
• 21st - 25th of November 2011
  2 days Hands-on qPCR, 1 day Sample preparation, 2 days Experimental design & data analysis
• 12th - 14th of December 2011
  3 days Experimental design & data analysis

To apply for the courses, go to the TATAA web page

Tips

• Basic information about Prague
• Finding any connection in Prague
• Finding any address in Czech republic and map of Prague
• Public transport - it is available to buy 1-day, 3-day or 5-day tourist ticket at the information centers. We can suggest that. Most often at the airport or at the Museum station in town centre. Or you can buy single ticket for each trip (26 Kč, newspaper shops & ticket machines ). Validity of this ticket is limited by 60 minutes after checking.
• Some non-stop Prague taxi services: AAA Radio taxi +420 14014, Citytaxi +420 257257257, Speed cars +420224234234

How to get to TATAA Biocenter, Prague and Department of Gene Expression

From the airport

Information about arrival and departure times you find on phone number:+420 220 113 314 nonstop or Ruzyne airport webpage , where is also a map of airport. TAXI - distance from Ruzyne airport to the centre is cca 20 km and to the TATAA Biocentre cca 30 km. Some older taxi drivers probably wouldn´t know us, so the address is Videnska 1083- some non-stop Prague taxi services: AAA Radio taxi +420 14014, Citytaxi +420 257257257, Speed cars +420224234234

Public transport – at the airport take the bus No. 119 to metro station Dejvická (cca. 20 min.). Dejvická station is first on metro line A- green. Then from Dejvická station to Muzeum station. On Muzeum station change to metro line C (red) - direction Háje and get off at the Budejovická station (10 + 10 min.). Go to exit the station "Budejovická" in the same direction that the train came, following signs for "Poliklinika".

After leaving the station, continue walking through a small bellow-ground shopping area in the same direction until the last stairs on the right, again following signs for "Poliklinika". At the top of the stairs is a bus stop . Take bus No. 193 in the direction “Ústavy Akademie ved” until the final stop (15 min.).

It is available to buy 1-day, 3-day or 5-day tourist ticket directly in the airport – at the information centers. Or you can buy single ticket for each trip (26 Kč, newspaper shops & ticket machines ). Validity of this ticket is limited by 60 minutes after checking.

From any place in Prague to the seminar room

TATAA Biocenter is located in the complex of Academy of sciences, terminal bus station of line No. 193 “Ustavy akademie ved”. This will help you to find the connection.

Enter the nearest metro station. Then go to the metro line C (the red line) and take a train in the direction “Háje”. Travel on metro line C to the station “Budejovická”. Most likely you are going in the direction from the town center, so exit the station "Budejovická" in the same direction that the train came, following signs for "Poliklinika".

After leaving the station, continue walking through a small below-ground shopping area in the same direction until the last stairs on the right, again following signs for "Poliklinika". At the top of the stairs is a bus stop. Take bus No. 193 in the direction “Ústavy Akademie věd” until the final stop. The entrance to the Academy of Sciences campus is directly opposite the bus stop. Enter the campus, turn to the left, and follow the road for approximately 150 meters until the first large building on the left, building LB. This is the Institute of Biotechnology. The seminar room is in the second floor.

Accommodation

If you are looking for the accommodation in Prague for the courses, you can have a look at the hotel Emmy , which is walking distance (10min), or one bus station from the "Lb" building where the courses are led. The way how to get to the hotel is the same as for courses, you only leave the bus 193 one station earlier on “IKEM” station. More info about how to get there at the hotel pages - contacts. Getting to the center of Prague from this hotel takes approximately 20 minutes by bus (No 114,193,272) and then by subway. Public transport including subway operates until midnight (opens at 5 a.m.).

There is a special offer for Tataa course participants when the room is reserved at least one month before course. If you are interested - reserve your room using email (reservation@emmy.cz) and make a remark “Tataa course”. If you have some problems you can ask at David.Svec@tataa.com.