Investigation of left ventricular myocardial deformation in patients with sarcoidosis

Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease affecting various organs including the heart. It is characterised by the formation of granulomas, i.e. foci in the tissue in which there is an aggregation of immune cells responding to a previously…

The EAN representative on the dementia panel is Dr. Sheardova

Katerina Sheardova, M.D., Ph.D. will now represent the Czech Republic on the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) panel on dementia. Her main goals within this platform include focusing on clinically available early biomarkers of the disease…

The ICRC Academy now also offers internships in our administrative teams

The administrative teams support the International Clinical Research Centre at St. Anne's University Hospital in Brno so that its scientists can concentrate fully on their research. The Administration Office handles events and day-to-day…
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One in four will experience a stroke. Only one-third of patients are cured

Friday, 29 October, is World Stroke Day, an annual observance by the World Stroke Organization. Stroke affects one in four people in their lifetime and one third of all cases end in the death of the patient. At the same time, stroke is the most…
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Zdeněk Stárek succeeds in the Doctor of the Year poll

MUDr. Zdeněk Stárek, Ph.D. from the St. Anne's University Hospital in Brno has won the Jesenius Award, which is intended for doctors who have made the greatest contribution to the progress in medicine. The winners of the Jesenius Prize are…
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Irena Rektorová will be the new director of FNUSA-ICRC

The International Clinical Research Centre at St. Anne's University Hospital in Brno will have a new director from January 2022. Prof. MUDr. Irena Rektorova, Ph.D., was selected on the basis of a selection procedure. Prof. MUDr. Irena Rektorová,…
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The Cannabis and Science Conference summarised treatment and research

The sixth annual conference Cannabis and Science was held at the Brno Observatory and Planetarium. The purpose of the event is to evaluate the development of research and treatment with cannabis, education and news in this field. The conference…

The MSCA IF Mobility Support Project at FNUSA-ICRC is coming to an end

October is the last month of the MSCA IF Mobility Support Project at FNUSA-ICRC. Its main objective was to support the professional development of our centre's researchers and thus indirectly promote quality research and scientific collaboration…

Our scientists focused on the formula for calculating the hematocrit

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging is one of the most advanced non-invasive methods of obtaining information about the heart and its function. One of the methods used is T1 mapping, which allows to measure the extracellular (interstitial)…
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CZECRIN achieves excellent results in the international evaluation of research infrastructures in the Czech republic

The Large Research Infrastructure CZECRIN was created based on close cooperation between Masaryk University, and the International Clinical Research Centre of the University Hospital at St. Anny in Brno passed the international evaluation of…