We bring you a selection of the most interesting things in science and research at our faculty in December.
success stories
December was rich in success, perhaps as a precursor to the Christmas gift. Nine scientists from LF MU received the MUNI SCIENTIST Award. The Dean of our Faculty received an Honorary Mention from the Minister of Health for Medical Research and Development as the principal investigator of the project Bioartificial 3D Graft for Intervertebral Spinal Fusion. 6 of our PhD students received the Brno PhD Talent award. Virtual Psychotherapy Training Project V. Kamenska, A. Suchý and M. Světlák received an honorary mention of the Czech DIGI@MED Award. You can read more about the achievements of our students, academics and scientists here.
science into practice
Research teams from ICRC LF MU and FNUSA and 3 other Czech departments have teamed up with French and German colleagues within the Horizon Europe Teaming for Excellence project. A unique interdisciplinary CLARA Centre of Excellence will be established in the Czech Republic over the next 6 years. It will focus on the development of next-generation AI applications, computational modelling and quantum computing, and pushing the boundaries of research into neurodegenerative diseases, in particular Alzheimer's disease.
article of the month
A team of authors from FM MU, CEITEC MU and University Hospital Brno published a study on whole-exome sequencing. A pilot programme for children with undiagnosed disease was carried out at the Department of Paediatry in 2020-2023, involving a total of 58 Czech patients. The study achieved a diagnostic yield of 43%, with 11 new genetic variants identified. The results of the programme enabled a change in therapy and care in 76% of patients. The effectiveness of genetic sequencing in diagnosis and personalisation of care for paediatric patients with undiagnosed diseases was also confirmed. The paper was published in the prestigious international journal Scientific Reports, published by Nature.
med muni in media
The head of the Department of Paediatric Oncology at the Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital in Brno and the head of one of the research groups at the National Institute for Cancer Research was interviewed by Medical Tribune. He talked to the editors not only about the future in the treatment of paediatric oncology patients, but also about one of the latest awards of his work, an invited lecture at the congress of the International Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOP). The Department of Paediatric Oncology has also passed a successful certification and has been included among the so-called ITCC centres. The department will gain access to complete European and North American know-how in pediatric oncology, clinical trials and new therapies.
let´s introduce
Regina Demlová, Head of the Department of Pharmacology FM MU and Director of the CREATIC Centre of Excellence. Since 2024, she has been the scientific chair of the Network Committee of the prestigious ECRIN-ERIC (European Clinical Research Infrastructure Network). She teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students. Her research specializes in new drug development and personalized medicine, with a focus on the treatment of cancer, rare and undiagnosed diseases. Since January 2024, she has been heading the CREATIC Centre of Excellence, built thanks to the support of the Horizon Europe Teaming for Excellence project. Its mission is to excel in the research, development and manufacture of innovative medicines for advanced therapies and to find new ways to bring high-cost advanced therapies to patients in need at an affordable price. The Advanced Cell Immunotherapy Unit laboratories at FM MU have already developed two cell therapy drugs - an anti-cancer vaccine for paediatric cancer patients with rare high-risk solid tumours and a drug based on mesenchymal stromal cells for patients with epidermolysis bullosa.
zajímavé akce
What can you look forward to in January? A wide range of specialised courses, lectures and educational activities await you. For an overview of all events, please see our events calendar.
podcast stetoskop
In December, two episodes of the Stetoskop podcast were released. You can listen to an anaesthesia interview with the head of the Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation Department of the Gynaecology and Obstetrics Clinic FM MU and University Hospital Brno. Dáša Bohačiaková, head of the research group at the Department of Histology and Embryology, talked about how the "mini-brains" grown in the laboratory contribute to research on neurodegenerative diseases.
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