The Institute of Experimental Medicine AS CR is a renowned center of biomedical research, manifested by the fact that the Institute was awarded the status of an EU Center of Excellence – MEDIPRA, by the participation of the Institute’s scientists in projects of the 6th and 7th EU Framework Programmes and by its extensive collaborations on both national and international levels. Both Czech and foreign Ph.D. students work in the Institute, funded by EU grants as well as by the Institute’s core budget. The Institute supports young group leaders and is a partner in the EU project ENI-NET, bringing together leading European institutes in the field of neuroscience; it is the seat of the biomedical commission for awarding DSc. degrees; and it has the highest percentage of Ph.D. students among all the institutes of the Academy of Sciences. The outcomes of the Institute’s research, which have already been applied in practice, include those in the fields of environmental protection, neuroscience, regenerative medicine, pharmacology and diagnostic methods.
