Announcements
In an open letter to the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Robert Plaga, a group of leading Czech scientists asks for support for EMBO grants for the Czech Republic by increasing the number of awarded EMBO installation grants to two to three newly supported persons per year and securing funds for their implementation from the state budget.
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Research groups of Z. Kozmik and J. Pačes in their latest publication show the crucial role of the Meis1 and Meis2 genes as regulators of cells that organize spatial domains in the development of the retina in vertebrates, namely the ciliary margin zone, the optical disc and the region containing progenitor cells.
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An initiative of experts from research institutes and private companies, also founded by Jan Pačes from IMG, began to share the analysis of samples with various coronavirus mutations.
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The Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, in accordance with 283/1992 Sb. on the Czech Academy of Sciences, as amended by Act No. 420/2005 Sb. and Statutes of the Czech Academy of Sciences, calls for applications to the positions of new research group leaders.
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The Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB; Bellinzona, Switzerland), affiliated to the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) developed a second-generation ‘double antibody’ that protects from SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19, and all its tested variants.
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