Patent awarded for multi-electrode epicardial pacing

We have been awarded a joint U.S. patent with Mayo Clinic for systems and methods for epicardial pacing, ablation, and defibrillation. Epicardial “outer” heart surface is often crucial for treatment of arrhythmias but cannot not be reached…

New collaboration to help patients with diabetes

The head of the Cell and Tissue Engineering Facility of FNUSA-ICRC Associate Professor Irena Koutna, Ph.D. is now collaborating with Dr. Quinn Peterson of Mayo Clinic‘s Center for Regenerative Medicine. The collaboration aims to translate…

FNUSA-ICRC laboratories were visited by experts from Vienna

Following last year's visit of the Heads of Cardiology Research Teams of the International Clinical Research Center of St. Anne's University Hospital Brno (FNUSA-ICRC) at the University of Medicine and the General Hospital in Vienna Prof. Christian…

We get Brno to a scientific map of the world

With a little exaggeration, it could be written like that. Information that the scientists from the International Clinical Research Center of St. Anne's University Hospital Brno (FNUSA-ICRC) contributed significantly to research that has shown…

International Congress in Seoul with our participation

Cardiovascular experts met in the capital of the Republic of Korea for three days. For the eighth time, the International Congress of Lipids and Atherosclerosis (ICoLA 2019) was attended by nearly a thousand delegates and fifty exhibiting…

Peroxidase experts met in Brno

The International Human Peroxidase Meeting is now taking place in Brno. It is the world's most important event for mammalian peroxidase researchers and its role in human health or disease identification. The meeting is organized by the The International…

Apply for Martina Roeselová Endowment Fund – until September 30, 2019

Until 30 September 2019, it is possible to apply for a grant from Martina Roeselová Endowment Fund, which is awarded for one calendar year, in the total amount of CZK 120,000. Applications are open to Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers…

New software developed by our scientists

Loschmidt Laboratories announced a new version of CAVER PyMOL plugin. Bioinformatics from the FNUSA-ICRC Protein Engineering Research Team contributed to this result. CAVER is a software tool for analysis and visualization of…

Giancarlo Forte lectured at the University of Trieste

Giancarlo Forte, Head of the Cardiovascular System - Mechanobiology Team of FNUSA-ICRC was invited as one of the speakers at the University of Trieste, where he lectured to the students of the Summer School entitled “Nonlinear…

The supervisory audit mandated compliance with standards and process management

On July 22, 2019, external supervisory audit of quality systems according to ČSN EN ISO 9001:2016 took place in the Clinical-Pharmacological Unit (CPU) of the The International Clinical Research Center of St. Anne's University Hospital…