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16 May 2024

MUNI RUN 2024 by LCD team members

The longest 5 km in the history of our laboratory :-)

16 May 2024

Website dedicated to the memory of Jana Smardova

The website https://www.nadorynasuci.cz has been dedicated to the life and work of our beloved colleague Jana Šmardová. By visiting this website, you can join us in remembering her life and thoughts.

8 May 2024

Jan Šmarda gave a talk about DEATH at the TEDx MUNI

The talk, inspired by his wife Jana's book "What Tumors Teach Us" and his personal experiences motivated the audience to accept our mortality instead of rejecting it and to make our lives as meaningful as possible.

2 May 2024

Our former student was awarded as a Successful Woman in Cutting-Edge Research by the Austrian Science Fund

Barbora currently works as a postdoc at the Department of Applied and Experimental Oncology, Center for Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna focusing on the impact of cancer associated fibroblasts on albumin-targeting drugs in colorectal cancer. In the autumn of 2023, she secured funding for her project through the FWF career program ESPRIT, which fosters career development by empowering junior researchers to assume the role of principal investigators in independent research projects.

16 Apr 2024

Caspase-9 stimulates osteoblastic cell migration

New non-apoptotic role of caspase 9 was identified using diaPASEF proteomic approach and subsequent loss-of-function experiments in osteoblastic cells. The full story was recently published in J Proteome Res.

10 Apr 2024

Viktor Pushkarov was awarded with Researchers at Risk Fellowship from the Czech Academy of Sciences!

Our team member Viktor Pushkarov, Ph.D was awarded with Researchers at Risk Fellowship from the Czech Academy of Sciences. Viktor will Viktor will identify new CDK13 interacting partners participating in various cellular process during mouse development by use of BioID approach. Congratulations!

7 Feb 2024

Jan Šmarda awarded with MUNI silver medal

Jan Šmarda was among 5 personalities that were awarded on the occasion of the 105th anniversary of the founding of Masaryk University. Jan was awarded for his his long-term activities and significant contribution to the development and good name of SCI MUNI and the university. Congratulations!

18 Jan 2024

Jana Šmardová's book What Tumors Teach Us was published in English

On January 17, 2024, the book What Tumors Teach Us, Parallels in Cell and Human Behavior was oficially launched. Its author, Prof. Jana Šmardová, connects the world of cells in a multicellular organism with the world of humans in society in an original way and looks at the rules on which successful coexistence in both systems is based, including the pathological consequences of non-compliance. The book, illustrated by Dr. Jana Koptíková, has been published by MUNIPRESS.

20 Dec 2023

All the best in 2024

Merry Christmas and all the best for the coming year to all our colleagues and partners.

15 Dec 2023

Kamila Říhová defended her PhD thesis!

Kamila defended her thesis "Bone Development Signaling Pathways and Their Relevance for Progression of Bone Malignancies". Congratulations!. It has been true pleasure working with you, you will be greatly missed. Wishing you success in your new position.

8 Dec 2023

Papers published in 2023

Papers co-authored by members of our lab published in 2023:

Lapčík et al., Proteomics 2023:19,e1900073.

Varadinková et al., Front Cell Dev Biol 2023:11,1168866.

van Gogh et al., Cancer Immunol Res 2023:11,1432.

20 Nov 2023

Teambuilding in Znojmo

All together we spent refreshing weekend in this beautiful South Moravian city.