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Sticky No More: New Algorithm Helps Scientists Reduce Protein Aggregation

Proteins are the silent engines of modern life. They help make life-saving medicines, break down environmental pollutants, improve our food, and power industrial processes. Nevertheless, there is a catch: many proteins have a stubborn tendency…
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CLARA Young Innovator Award 2026 Announces Its Winners: AI Monitoring of Speech and Movement in Early Alzheimer’s Disease and Brain Chemistry Research Impress Jury

The winners of the inaugural CLARA Young Innovator Award were announced on Friday, May 22, 2026, during the Prague International Health Summit. The jury recognized research projects focused on the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and…
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“The ICRC Academy reassured me that staying in research is meaningful — at a time when I had almost given up on it,” says Sára Hovanová

ICRC Academy intern Sára Hovanová comes from Košice in eastern Slovakia and is currently studying Neuroscience at Masaryk University. According to Sára, the newly established study programme at the Faculty of Medicine provides a unique opportunity…

Staphylokinase shows great potential in stroke treatment, says award-winning scientist Naina Verma

Naina Verma, a Ph.D. student at the ICRC and the Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, focuses on the research and development of proteins for the treatment of blood clots, specifically studying the protein staphylokinase. She specializes…

FNUSA Becomes a Signatory of the International CoARA Initiative – For Responsible Research Assessment

University Hospital St. Anne’s Brno (FNUSA), together with its International Clinical Research Center (ICRC), is pleased to announce that it has officially joined the CoARA initiative – the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment –…

From HR Policies to Daily Practice: What Actually Changed in Central and Eastern European Research Institutions?

Over the past decade, research institutions in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) have invested significant effort in reforming their human resource management. New recruitment rules, leadership programmes, and gender equality plans are now commonplace.…
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ICRC Scientists Join Forces with South Korea to Tackle Deadly Pancreatic Cancer

ICRC, a joint workplace of St. Anne’s University Hospital in Brno and the Faculty of Medicine at Masaryk University, is launching an international research collaboration with Gyeongsang National University in South Korea. The project will…
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CLARA Young Innovator Award 2026: The 1st Edition Focuses on Population Ageing

The CLARA Young Innovator Award 2026 has been officially announced,inviting young researchers, developers, and innovators under 35 years of age to present digital solutions addressing the challenges and opportunities of ageing societies. Apply…
In the Great Hall of the Carolinum, President Petr Pavel, in the presence of the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, Robert Plaga, presented 69 letters of appointment to newly appointed professors who had been approved on…