Implementation phase
A) Implementation of the Action Plan (2022-2023)
Implementation phase proceeded according to slightly modified Action Plan (here), where recommendations of EC (EC Consensus Report) were reflected. After 2 years of implementation we elaborated report on the realisation of the Action Plan for all actions (here), we prepared and analysed questionnairy on the implementation for our employees (here) and we submitted to EC an Internal Review according to the rules for HRAW (here).
- Organisational information
- Strengths and weaknesses of the current practice
- Actions
- Implementation/Embedding the HRS4R process
B) Implementation of the Revised Action Plan (2024-2026)
The second part of implementation will be realised according to the Revised Action Plan (here) and in agreement with new HR Strategy of the Institute (here).The OTM-R Strategy is described below and in the internal regulation "Recruitment and Selection of Researchers of the Institute of Biophysics of the CAS" (here).
- Organisational information
- Strengths and weaknesses of the current practice
- Actions
- Implementation/Embedding the HRS4R process
OTM-R Strategy
We have established an Open Recruitment Policy via the OTM-R document, which represents an internal guideline setting out clear OTM-R procedures and practices for all types of positions. We start with the advertisements of the scientific positions for all categories R1-R4 on the EURAXESS internet portal, web pages of our Institute, Facebook and in some cases on other platforms (mostly e-recruitment tools). The recruitment of researchers is open and transparent, the required documents are clearly described and reduced to minimum in order to keep the administrative burden as low as possible.
The selection is based on committees selected according to clear rules (see the Regulation). The composition reflects particular field of sciences as well as the requirements on the quality of human resources. In addition, the committees are selected to be gender-balanced. The members of the committees are sufficiently trained in the area of OTM-R by Ing. Robert Ulrich (member of the Steering Committee for HRAW) who is responsible also for advertisements at Euraxess. The guidelines and templates for advertising positions represent a part of the Regulation for recruitment. Open and transpared rules encourage external candidates to apply (most of the candidates are from abroad) including candidates from underrepresented groups. The number of candidates (in average 11 candidates in 2022-23) shows that the working conditions offered are sufficiently attractive, which is in line with OTM-R policy.
The assessment and selection is performed transparently with feedback to all candidates using the assessment of the merits of the candidates and excluding any discrimination (OTM-R). Each candidate is informed about the number of available positions and about the description of specific job positions through job advertisements. All candidates are informed about the outcome of the competition without undue delay after the competition is closed. The interviewees are provided with an adequated feedback to the interviews. The complaint mechanism consists in the possibility to write to the director of the Institute as well as to the whistleblower. Recruitment and selection of an employee takes place according to the OTM-R document, which is freely accessible to the general public via the website www.ibp.cz. Merit-based approach consisted in the selection of a suitable candidate for a particular job position, when the full range of the candidate's job history was taken into account. The benefit was assessed both qualitatively and quantitatively. Not only previous experience was evaluated, but the overall potential in a broader context. New positions are approved by the department leaders as well as by the Attestation Committee in order to evaluate their performance and provide some estimation whether most suitable researchers applied and were selected.
Candidates are not discriminated on the basis of their age, sex, worldview, beliefs, social and national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, language skills, disability, potential opinion, social or economic conditions, etc. to strengthen the principle of equality between men and women, between young and older workers, between workers living in different family groups with and without children, between foreign workers and workers with Czech citizenship. All scientists are informed in advance about the evaluation procedure of their work. In general, academic evaluation of science is based on the principle of open and transparent attitudes.
OTM-R procedure is supervised by the International Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB), an advisory body of the Director. ISAB is composed of high-ranking foreign scientists working in the fields of interest to the Institute. The composition of the ISAB is weighted according to the spectrum and size of the fields of research at our Institute. ISAB is nominated by department leaders, the Council of the Institute, and the Director; members of ISAB are approved by the Council and the Director. During the on-site visit, ISAB evaluates all teams according to their publications, presentations, and visits of their workplaces and provides to the Institute independent evaluation/appraisal of all departments and their leaders, nominations of best PhD students for director award and recommendations of the best outputs for national evaluation. ISAB provides recommendations on how to improve OTM-R strategy, and this part is discussed with ISAB members. OTM-R strategy is also analyzed and discussed with representatives of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS). These discussions provide quality control of the OTM-R procedure.
Meetings of the Working Group (WG) and Steering Committee (SC)
- December 15, 2021 (.pdf) Working Group
- February 24, 2022 (.pdf) Working Group
- June 15, 2022 (.pdf) Working Group
- June 15, 2022 (.pdf) Steering Committee
- November 3, 2022 (.pdf) Working group
- November 3, 2022 (.pdf) Steering Committee
- March 30, 2023 (.pdf) Working Group
- October 4, 2023 (.pdf) Working Group
- October 4, 2023 (.pdf) Steering Committee
- January 30, 2024 (.pdf) Working Group (see here)
- January 30, 2024 (.pdf) Steering Committee
Questionnaire, March 30, 2023 (Questions and Answers)
Analysis of the Questionnaire (Survey)
List of Courses and Lectures (2022-2026)
January 26, 2022, Stanislav Kozubek: Introduction to Science Evaluation
February 17, 2022, Vladky Hagenova: Rhetoric (the ability of cultivated speech)
March 8-10, 2022, Michal Svoboda: Biostatistics
April 12, 2022, Petra Fedorova: ERC grants
January, 2021-June, 2022 weekly, Vogel Radek, Škarková Eva LeBlanc Michele: Language courses
May 17, 2022, Vit Zeleny: Computer graphics
June 22, 2022, Pavla Špondrová: Gender in leadership
February 22, 2023, Nada Konickova, Monika Vrajova, Lyudmyla Tysyachna: Horizon Europe, MCSF and ERC grants
March 28, 2023, Zdenka Brazdova: Management and Leadership in a nutshell
March 30-31, 2023, Celine Carret: Writing of scientific publication
April 5, 2023, Pavla Špondrová: Equality between women and men
May 18, 2023, Stanislav Kozubek: Excel 1
June 28, 2023, David Kral: Seminar on Cybersecurity
September 19 and 22, 2023, Antonin Tomas: Course on physiotherapy
September 27, 2023, Sandra Krahl: Applying design principles to schematic figures
October 23, 2023, Stanislav Kozubek: Excel 1
February 14, 2024, Jiri Ctvrtnicek: Course on the first aid
Time schedule of the Revised Action Plan (2024-2026)
- February 14,2024 Course on the first aid (5.1)
- February 14,2024 Participation at the conference "Implementation of the Methodology M17+" (2.1)
- January 16, 2024 Hana Polasek-Sedlackova received a prestigious EMBO Installation Grant (8.1)
- January 2024 Support of mobility in 2024 (1.1.)
- January 1, 2024 - May 7, 2024 Four-month stay of PhD student (1.24)
Time schedule of the Action Plan (2022-2023)
- December 15, 2023 Award for internationalization in 2023 (5.13)
- December 15, 2023 Awards for the best methodology in 2023 (5.12)
- December 15, 2023 Awards for the best publication prepared in international collaboration in 2023 (5.11)
- December 15, 2023 Awards for the collaboration among departments of IBP CAS in 2023 (5.10)
- December 15, 2023 Award for the best application in 2023 (5.9)
- December 15, 2023 Awards for the best publication in 2023 (5.8)
- December 4, 2023 Strengthening of grant applications (results of evaluation) (12.8)
- November 27, 2023 IBP meeting on Machines and Methods (10.30)
- November 27, 2023 Postdoctoral fellow - Telomere biology of Trypanosomatids, DNA lesions in the genome of Arabidopsis thaliana defective in DNA repair and nucleosome assembly (2.20)
- November 27, 2023 Postdoctoral fellow - bioinformatician (2.19)
- November 24, 2023 Senior Day (7.9)
- November 17, 2023 A new paper from the Department of Biophysics of the Immune System (11.24)
- November 15, 2023 Post-SYMBIT seminar (10.29)
- November 14, 2023 Director's Collegium (10.28)
- November 11, 2023 The Department of Structure and Dynamics of Nucleonic Acids (11.23)
- November 9, 2023 IBP CAREER DAY: "Per Aspera ad Astra" (10.27)
- November 8, 2023 Open Day (11.21)
- November 1-2, 2023 23rd Joint Meeting of Biophysical Chemists and Electrochemists (invitation) (10.26)
- October 23, 2023 Excel 1 (8.16)
- October 6, 2023 - November 6, 2023 One-month stay of PhD student (1.23)
- October 6, 2023 - November 6, 2023 One-month stay of PhD student (1.22)
- October 5, 2023 New doctoral student in molecular biophysics and pharmacology (2.18)
- October 2, 2023 Martin Falk one of the co-authors of the new RADIOBIOLOGY TEXTBOOK (11.22)
- September 27, 2023 EMBO - Applying design principles to schematic figures (8.15)
- September 25, 2023 New PhD position in biology/chemistry (2.17)
- September 22, 2023 Course on physiotherapy 1 (8.14)
- September 19, 2023 Course on physiotherapy 1 (8.14)
- September 14, 2023 Post-SYMBIT seminar (10.25)
- September 11-13, 2023 Conference on "Plant Chromosome Biology" (10.24)
- September 11, 2023 - October 11, 2023 One-month stay of PhD student (1.21)
- September 2, 2023 - November 2, 2023 Two-months stay of PhD student (1.20)
- August 31, 2023 New postdoc position (2.15)
- August 30, 2023 New postdoc position (2.16)
- August 14-18, 2023 Summer school of biophysical sciences for children (14.4)
- July 25, 2023 New PhD position (2.14)
- July 21-22, 2023 Mendel Festival 2023 (11.19)
- July 10-14, 2023 Summer school of biophysical sciences for children (14.3)
- July 12, 2023 Post-SYMBIT seminar (10.23)
- July 4, 2023 G-quadruplexses in the evolution of hepatitis B virus (11.18)
- June 29, 2023 Banning plant DNA editing is evolutionary suicide (11.17)
- June 29, 2023 Improved positions of employees (6.14)
- June 28, 2023 Seminar on Cybersecurity (8.13)
- June 26, 2023 Variability of Inverted Repeats in All Available Genomes of Bacteria (11.16)
- June 21, 2023 Director's Collegium (10.22)
- June 15, 2023 National evaluation of our Institute in 2023 (13.3)
- June 15, 2023 Improved positions of employees (6.13)
- June 8-10, 2023 Fair of Science 2023 (11.15)
- June 7-9, 2023 Meeting of the Czech Biophysical Association (10.21)
- June 2, 2023 Children's Day (9.3)
- May 31, 2023 Improved positions of employees (6.12)
- May 25, 2023 Cancer cells use self-inflicted DNA breaks to evade growth limits imposed by genotoxic stress (10.20)
- May 25, 2023 New postdoc position in cell biology (2.13)
- May 24, 2023 Merck seminar "Antibody zone" (10.19)
- May 18, 2023 Excel 1 (most common use of Microsoft Excel) (8.12)
- May 11, 2023 Water and electrochemistry (10.18)
- May 5, 2023 Garden party of empoyees of IBP (7.8)
- April 3, 2023 - May 7, 2023 One-month stay of PhD student (1.19)
- April 5, 2023 Equality between women and men (8.11)
- April 4 - May 5, 2023 Mysterious underwater world through the eyes of creative photography (11.14)
- April 3, 2023 Strengthening of grant applications (12.7)
- March 31, 2023 New Ph.D. position (2.12)
- March 30-31, 2023 Writing of scientific publication (8.10)
- March 28, 2023 Management and Leadership in a nutshell (8.9)
- March 23, 2023 - May 30, 2023 Two-months stay of PhD student (1.18)
- March 23, 2023 IBP meeting on Machines and Methods (10.17)
- March 15, 2023 New Ph.D. position (2.11)
- March 14, 2023 - June 16, 2023 Three-months stay of PhD student (1.17)
- March 13, 2023 Improved positions of employees (6.11)
- March 2, 2023 Post-SYMBIT seminar (10.16)
- February 27, 2023 - March 31, 2023 One-months stay of PhD student (1.16)
- February 22, 2023 Horizon Europe, MCSF, and ERC grants (8.8)
- February 20, 2023 Translation of the "Internal regulations on increasing institutional resilience at the IBP" (3.7)
- February 20, 2023 Translation of the "Crisis Management Plan of the Institute of Biophysics" (3.6)
- January 27, 2023 Bibliometric evaluation of departments (4.4)
- January 20, 2023 Support of young researchers by Internal Support Research Program (12.6)
- January 20, 2023 Director's Collegium (10.15)
- January 20, 2023 Support of young researchers mobility by Internal Mobility Support Research Program (1.15)
- January 17, 2023 Regular information on Institutional events on Facebook (11.20)
- January 12, 2023 Research emeritus for Dr. J. Široký (7.7)
- January 1, 2023 New postdoc position (2.9)
- November 25, 2022 Cooperation Award in 2022 obtained the research collective (5.6)
- November 25, 2022 Award for internationalization in 2022 (5.5)
- November 25, 2022 Award for the best application in 2022 (5.4)
- November 25, 2022 Award for young scientists in 2022 (5.3)
- November 25, 2022 Awards for the best publications in 2022 (5.2)
- November 12, 2022 Report on the translation of the HRAW (Report for 2022)
- November 11, 2022 IBP CAREER DAY: "Per Aspera ad Astra" (10.14)
- November 10 - 11, 2022 Mgr. Denis Šubert participated at the conference "Engineering recombinant proteins for structural and functional studies 2022", Liverpoole, UK (1.5)
- Novemer 7, 2022 Cullin-dependent ubiquitin legases in cancer progression (10.13)
- December 6-7, 2022 Improved positions of employees (6.10)
- November 3, 2022 Meeting of senior empoyees of IBP with young scientists (7.6)
- November 2, 2022 Open Day (11.11)
- November 1, 2022 The SYMBIT project is finished (11.12)
- October 31, 2022 Improved positions of employees (6.9)
- October 30, 2022 Translation of the Internal regulation on "Internal Support of Mobility Program" (3.5)
- October 26, 2022 Improved positions of employees (6.8)
- October 26, 2022 "Internal Support of Mobility Program" (1.12)
- October 20, 2022 Methodological seminar "Machines and Methods - Microscopy" (10.12)
- October 6, 2022 Award for the best postdoc research results (evaluated by the ISAB) (5.1)
- October 6, 2022 Evaluation of students by the International Advisory Board (ISAB) (13.2)
- October 6, 2022 ISAB meeting (4.3, 10.11, 13.1)
- September 30, 2022 Night of Scientists (11.9)
- September 29, 2022 Improved positions of employees (6.7)
- September 29, 2022 Extracellular vesicles (10.10)
- September 29, 2022 Lecture by Pawel Kania (10.9)
- September 25 - October 28, 2022 Mgr. Alice Krumpolcová stayed at Botany Unit of Finnish Museum of Natural History (1.11)
- September 22, 2022 Director's Collegium (10.8)
- September 21, 2022 Support of human resources by the Czech Academy of Sciences (12.5)
- August 23, 2022 Improved positions of employees (6.6)
- August 26, 2022 How "radioactivity" damages our cells, how cells protect themselves from this damage, and how we can study these processes (11.10)
- August 22 - 25, 2022 Mgr. Jan Mašek visited national parks of Austria searching for oligotrophic habitats with cyanobacteria (1.6)
- August 14, 2022 Evaluation of common publications (Sub-Action 3, Strenghts and weaknesses)
- August 8 - 12, 2022 Summer school of biophysical sciences for children (14.2)
- August 8, 2022 Bibliometric evaluation of departments (4.2)
- August 3, 2022 New achievements in the research of anti-cancer drugs (11.8)
- July 29, 2022 Improved positions of employees (6.5)
- July 27, 2022 New PhD position (2.8)
- July 20 - 24, 2022 Mendel Festival - The stand of the Institute of Biophysics CAS (11.6)
- July 18 - 22, 2022 Summer school of biophysical sciences for children (14.1)
- July 16 - 22, 2022 Mgr. Martin Stojaspal stayed at Edinburgh, UK (1.10)
- July 11, 2022 New postdoc position in DNA repair studies (2.7)
- July 2 - 9, 2022 Mgr. Klaudia Mrazíková participated at the conference WATOC 2020 (1.7)
- July 1, 2022 Support of human resources by the Czech Academy of Sciences (12.4)
- July 1, 2022 Senior club (7.5)
- July 1, 2022 Two-months stay of PhD student (Mgr. Martina Karasová, IBP employee) at University of Vienna (1.1)
- June 30, 2022 New postdoc position in DNA replication and genome stability (2.6)
- June 27, 2022 Improved positions of employees (6.4)
- June 24, 2022 2. Methodological Symposium on Machines and Methods (10.7)
- June 23, 2022 Establishing meeting of the "Czech Biophysical Association" (10.6)
- June 22, 2022 Gender in leadership (8.7)
- June 20, 2022 Otto Wichterle prize awarded to Mgr. Petr Fajkus, PhD. (12.3)
- June 19 - 22, 2022 Mgr. Barbora Kvokačková participated at the symposium "Defining and defeating metastasis" (1.4)
- June 16, 2022 New postdoc position in animal and human physiology (2.5)
- June 15, 2022 Working group (WG)
- June 15, 2022 Steering Committee (SC)
- June 15, 2022 Director's Collegium (10.5)
- June 13, 2022 Medal for PR activities and medal for the merit of the Academy of Sciences (7.3)
- June 7, 2022 Research emeritus (7.2)
- June 3, 2022 Children's Day (9.2)
- June 2, 2022 Fair of Science (11.5)
- June 1, 2022 Regular information on genes "The Secrets of Genes - from the Origin of Life to the Human Genome" (11.13)
- May 31 - June 5, 2022 Mgr. Pavlina Pokorná participated at the conference "RNA Society Meeting" (1.3)
- May 31, 2022 Improved positions of employees (6.3)
- May 30, 2022 Translation of the Internal regulation on the Recruitment and Selection of Researchers IBP (3.3)
- May 17, 2022 Computer graphics (8.6)
- May 11, 2022 Application Laboratory for Agriculture Biotechnologies
- May 6, 2022 Lecture by PARDEEP KUMAR (10.4)
- May 3 - 20, 2022 Mgr. Radka Vozárová stayed at Gatersleben, Germany (prof. A. Houben's laboratory) (1.9)
- May 3, 2022 From active demethylation to DNA repair in the context of early mammalian development (10.3)
- May 1, 2022 Start: Riding by bike to the workingplace (Ecological activities 1)
- May 1, 2022 Milestones of genetics (11.4)
- April 29, 2022 Letter of thanks to Soňa Karásková (7.4)
- April 28, 2022 Spring Concert at the Institute of Biophysics (11.1)
- April 27, 2022 Lecture on Non-B DNA and evolution (10.2)
- April 19 - May 3, 2022 Mgr. Radka Vozárová stayed at Görlitz, Germany (1.8)
- April 16, 2022 Cleaning the territory of the Institute (Ecological activities 2)
- April 12, 2022 ERC grants (8.4)
- April 6, 2022 Strengthening of grant applications (12.2)
- March 28, 2022 New postdoc position in cell biology and radiobiology (2.3)
- March 28, 2022 Translation of the improved History of IBP (3.2)
- March 25, 2022 Methodological Symposium on Machines and Methods (10.1)
- March 21, 2022 Translation of the Gender Equality Plan into English (3.1)
- March 14, 2022 Position of the director of the Institute (2.2)
- March 11, 2022 New PhD position in DNA replication, genome stability and cancer development (2.4)
- March 8 - 10, 2022 Biostatistics (8.3)
- March 3 - April 29, 2022 Stay of PhD student (Mgr. Pavlína Pokorná, IBP employee) at dr. Giovanni Bussi laboratory (1.2)
- March 1, 2022 Improved positions of employees (6.2)
- February 25, 2022 Improved positions of employees (6.1)
- February 17, 2022 Rhetoric (8.2)
- February 2, 2022 New PhD position in plant evolution genetics (2.1)
- January 28, 2022 Position of the director of the Institute - Announcement (2.2)
- January 26, 2022 Introduction to Science Evaluation (8.1)
- January 15, 2022 New PhD position (2.10)
- January 1, 2022 Establishment of the Elánek children's group (9.1)
- January 1, 2022 Translation of the Internal regulation on the Establishment of the Elánek children's group (3.4)
- January 1,2022 The Secrets of Genes (11.7)
- January 1, 2022 Support of human resources by the Czech Academy of Sciences (12.1)
2021, 2022
- Support of mobility for PhD students employed at the IBP – a career improvement (Action 1)
- Translation of all internal rules into English (Action 3)
- Evaluation of departments (bibliometric analyses of scientific results) (Action 4)
- Implementation of the national evaluation (4.1)
- Language courses (8.5)
- November 11, 2021 - February 2, 2022 Mgr. Paolo Fagherazzi stayed at Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (1.13)
- November 1, 2021 - January 1, 2022 Mgr. Petra Raptová Ph.D. stays at Oulu, Faculty of Medicine, Finland (1.14)
2021 – 2024
- Child-corner (Action 9)
- Regular information on Institutional events on Facebook (11.2)
- Gender Equality Plan (7.1)