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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 7h

🧠 The director of IOCB Prague, Jan Konvalinka, recently appeared on Czech Television. The discussion centred on how to make more effective use of the potential of ‘Czech brains’ and create better conditions for them to work and develop. #IOCB #IOCBPrague #czechscience

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 11h

🎓 Milan Štefek from Radim Nencka’s group has successfully defended his PhD dissertation at the @sciencecharles.bsky.social! 🎓 Congratulations on this significant milestone! #IOCB #IOCBPrague #PhDjourney #PhDatIOCB #medChem #virology #science

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IOCB Tech @iocbtech.bsky.social · 13h

Last week, we welcomed a Taiwan BIO delegation to @iocbprague.bsky.social. Together with i&i Prague and Prague.bio, we introduced the Czech biotech ecosystem, IOCB Prague, and the innovation network around it. #Biotech #TechTransfer #Taiwan

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🎓 Congratulations to Moumita Das from Petr Bouř’s group, who has successfully defended her PhD thesis at UCT Prague! Best of luck with everything that comes next! 🎉 #IOCBPrague #PhD #Chemistry #Spectroscopy #PhDjourney #PhDatIOCB

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🫶 It was a pleasure to welcome Prof. Véronique Gouverneur from the @ox.ac.uk To IOCB Prague for her invited lecture “Fluorochemicals – The future we want”. Thank you for visiting us and for sharing your inspiring work with our scientific community. #praguelectures #iocb #iocbprague

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Chemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 25/09/2026

📈 Trending in Chemical Science! “Cucurbit[7]uril as a universal anchor for photoswitchable monolayers on gold” by Jiří Kaleta et al. from @iocbprague.bsky.social Read it for free (and check out the cover artwork for this work) here: doi.org/10.1039/d5sc...

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🎓 Michal Rahm (Milan Vrábel group) has successfully defended his PhD thesis at UCT Prague, entitled "Synthesis and applications of new 1,2,4,5-tetrazines for bioorthogonal chemistry". Congratulations! 🎉 #IOCB #IOCBPrague #PhDjourney #PhDatIOCB

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Nadace Experientia @experientiacz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📢 Spouštíme 15. ročník soutěže o stipendia na zahraniční stáže! Chcete vycestovat na své vysněné pracoviště s vlastním výzkumným projektem? 📅 Přihlaste svůj projekt nejpozději do 15. února 2027. 🔗 Podrobné informace najdete na www.experientia.cz/pro-zadatele...

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

✨ V ÚOCHB jsme i letos otevřeli dveře návštěvníkům během Noci vědy! Naše laboratoře, posluchárny i další zákoutí ústavu během večera zaplnily stovky malých i velkých zájemců o vědu. 🔬 Budeme se těšit zase příště! Foto: Dorota Velek #popularizace #NocVědy #IOCBPrague

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🔬 A new polymer could enable gastrointestinal transit monitoring without ionizing radiation – see more ► www.uochb.cz/en/news/828 📲 #MRI #bioimagining #UOCHB #IOCB #IOCBPrague

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A notebook for holy truth or a wholy lot of nonsense. For ideas and discoveries still waiting to be discovered... Get your own online or pick it up at today's European Researchers' Night at IOCB Prague ► www.iocbstore.cz/en/-ah90/ #AntoninHoly90

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IOCB Foundation @iocbfoundation.cz · 17/09/2026

Program Bezva chemie @experientiacz.bsky.social opět s naší podporou nabízí učitelům granty ve výši 20 tisíc korun na zatraktivnění výuky chemie na školách. Je to skvělý projekt a už třetí rok jsme moc rádi u toho. ⤵️

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IOCB Tech @iocbtech.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

What if there would be a treatment for #obesity & #osteoporosis in women after #menopause? @IOCBTech has a program exactly addressing this problem - ready for #investments Presenting at #PragueBio2026 #PharmTheon

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🔬 Scientists have developed a new fluorine-based tracer that can be tracked using MRI to monitor how quickly food moves through the gastrointestinal tract. 🧵 #research #IOCBPrague #bioimagining

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🧬 RNA molecules can carry chemical structures known as caps at their 5′ end. These caps affect RNA stability, processing and function... 🧵 #RNA #RNAcaps #UOCHB #IOCB #IOCBPrague #czechscience #chemistry #biochemistry #research

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

⚗️ Jak si povídají molekuly? Co si sdělují organismy, od kterých bychom to možná nečekali? Letošní #NocVedy se nese ve znamení komunikace a v ÚOCHB bude o čem mluvit ► www.uochb.cz/cs/kalendar-... 📲 📲 #nocvedy2026 #EuropeanResearchersNight #mapycom #spoluprace #barter

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🎓 Thinking about what comes next after your #PhD? IOCB Prague could be your next step. Our growing postdoc community already brings together more than 100 young researchers, with 40% coming from abroad.

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IOCB Tech @iocbtech.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Yesterday at PharmTheon, we welcomed colleagues from IMol and @iimcb.bsky.social for a discussion on future collaboration. IOCB Tech also presented the innovation ecosystem around @iocbprague.bsky.social and how it helps move strong science beyond the lab. #TechTransfer #Biotech

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🧪 Protons play a central role in many chemical reactions in living organisms. In some cases, a proton may be shared between two nearby molecular groups rather than being localized on just one... 🧵 #UOCHB #IOCB #IOCBPrague #czechscience #chemistry #biochemistry #research

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🪙 How does tyrosinase convert phenols into quinones? Though this binculear copper enzyme has been studied for decades, latter stages in its catalytic cycle remained elusive... 🧵 #IOCB #IOCBPrague #czechscience #catalysis #ACScatalysis #tyrosinase #melanin #enzymes #bioinorganicchem #compchem

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Nadace Experientia @experientiacz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Otevíráme přihlášky do nového ročníku Bezva chemie! 🧪✨ Učíte chemii na ZŠ nebo SŠ? Chcete zatraktivnit výuku chemie? O grant Bezva chemie můžete zažádat skrze jednoduchý formulář na našem webu. Nadační příspěvek na jeden projekt činí 20 000 Kč. 🗓️ Termín přihlášek: 15. září – 15. října 2026

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

👥 Members of the International Advisory Board visited IOCB Prague from September 9 to 11. During their visit, they took part in selecting a new junior research group leader and evaluated the work of several existing research groups. #UOCHB #IOCB #IOCBPrague

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

⚙️ Around 50 researchers from around the world gathered at Liblice Castle near Prague from 6 to 9 September for the international Mach-5 conference! #UOCHB #IOCB #IOCBPrague #czechscience #chemistry #biochemistry #praguelectures #mach5 #molecularmachines

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🧬 Treating inherited diseases is one of the greatest challenges in modern medicine. In the future, targeted gene corrections at the earliest stages of embryonic development could help prevent inherited diseases from developing and being passed on to future generations...

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🎓 Anna Pospíšilová from the NMR Spectroscopy Group has successfully defended her PhD dissertation! Under the supervision of Eliška Procházková, Anna completed her dissertation at the @sciencecharles.bsky.social. #IOCB #IOCBPrague #PhDjourney #PhDatIOCB

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Every summer, master’s students from European universities come to work in IOCB Prague’s labs throught our #summerstudentprogram... See more ► www.uochb.cz/en/news/819

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🎨 Last week, we unveiled the Poesiomat and a mural dedicated to Professor Antonín Holý. Both projects were created to mark the 90th anniversary of the birth of one of the most prominent Czech scientists. #outreach #AntoninHoly90

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🪳 In eusocial insects, queen pheromones help maintain reproductive order within the colony. But where and how these chemical signals are produced can remain difficult to pin down... 🧵 #IOCB #IOCBPrague #czechscience #chemistry #biochem #proteomics

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🤝 We were delighted to welcome a delegation of researchers from the Genomics Research Center of Academia Sinica in Taipei to IOCB Prague this week. Thank you for visiting us – we look forward to staying in touch and developing new collaborations. #UOCHB #IOCB #IOCBPrague

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🧪 Pro náš #HR tým hledáme zkušenou posilu, která pomůže nastavit a rozvíjet koncepci vzdělávání a rozvoje zaměstnanců – od mladých doktorandů, přes kolegy na administrativních a technických pozicích až po vedoucí výzkumných skupin ► www.uochb.cz/cs/volna-mis... 📲 #openposition #iocbprague #iocb

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🧪 Adéla Šimková, who has long been associated with our institute and currently works primarily at @dkfz.bsky.social, was a guest on Czech Radio, where she spoke about the Ask a Scientist (@zeptejsevedce.bsky.social) project and outreach in general... #UOCHB #IOCB #IOCBPrague #outreach

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Před Ústavem organické chemie a biochemie AV ČR byl dnes odhalen Poesiomat a murál věnovaný profesoru Antonínu Holému. Oba projekty vznikly u příležitosti 90. výročí narození jednoho z nejvýznamnějších českých vědců. #AntoninHoly90 #popularizace #ceskaveda

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Nadace Experientia @experientiacz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

👨‍🔬 Dnes si připomínáme 90 let od narození prof. Antonína Holého. Léčiva z jeho objevů dodnes pomáhají milionům lidí při léčbě HIV/AIDS i hepatitidy B. Právě v jeho laboratoři na @iocbprague.bsky.social začal i příběh Nadace Experientia, kterou v roce 2012 založili chemici Hana a Dalimil Dvořákovi.

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Antonín Holý would have celebrated his 90th birthday on September 1, 2026. Drugs based on Holý’s discoveries continue to help millions of people around the world in the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B. The illustration for #AntoninHoly90 was made by Jaromír Švejdík.

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🎓 Anna Kubíčková (Petr Beier group) has successfully defended at @vschtpraha.bsky.social her PhD thesis "N-Fluoroalkylated Ketenimines and Their Utilization as Versatile Building Blocks". Congratulations! 🎉 #IOCB #IOCBPrague #PhDjourney #PhDatIOCB

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IOCB Foundation @iocbfoundation.cz · 27/08/2026

🫶 #PamětníGrantMartinyRoeselové podpořil už 70 (post)doktorandek*ů snažících se skloubit péči o malé děti s rozjezdem vědecké kariéry. Nyní přijímáme žádosti na rok 2027. Více informací o podmínkách grantu a podávání žádostí zde: iocbfoundation.cz/projekty/63/...

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Nadace Experientia @experientiacz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Václav Chmela, náš stipendista pro rok 2024, který vycestoval na University of Chicago a nyní působí na @masarykuniversity.bsky.social, má novou publikaci v Organic Letters! 🌟 ➡️ Publikaci čtěte na pubs.acs.org/orlef7/artic...

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

🧫 Hormones such as insulin and insulin-like growth factors do far more than regulate blood sugar. Through closely related receptors, they help coordinate metabolism, growth, development, neuronal survival, and repair... 🧵 #IOCB #IOCBPrague #insulin #IGF1 #neuroprotection #metabolism

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

🔬 At IOCB, we have local access to a basic #cryoEM screening microscope and dedicated instrumentation for 3D ED in the @tm-kouba.bsky.social group. See more ► www.uochb.cz/en/open-posi... 📲 #openposition #iocbprague #iocb

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

👨‍🔬 Antonín Holý by 1. září 2026 oslavil 90. narozeniny... Léčiva vycházející z objevů jednoho z nejvýznamnějších českých chemiků dodnes pomáhají milionům lidí po celém světě při léčbě i prevenci #HIV/AIDS a hepatitidy B.

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

🧪 Do našeho týmu hledáme spolehlivou kolegyni nebo kolegu na pozici referentky/referenta majetku pro denní nebo noční směny. Více na ► www.uochb.cz/cs/volna-mis... 📲 #openposition #iocbprague #iocb

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Hocek lab @hoceklab.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Our newest paper on biotin- and chloroalkane-modified nucleotides for dual display of proteins on DNA ruler through streptavidin and halotag binding just published in Angew. Chem. doi.org/10.1002/anie.... @iocbprague.bsky.social @sciencecharles.bsky.social @akademievedcr.bsky.social

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

🧪 Hana Dvořáková, a former member of Antonín Holý’s team at IOCB, spoke in a new interview about licensing revenue from successful research and the decision to return a significant portion of this money to Czech science through the @experientiacz.bsky.social Foundation.

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🔬 While many high school students are still figuring out what they want to study, Jakub Žatecký is already conducting research. As a high school student, Jakub works in Miloslav Polášek’s group at IOCB – now his next step has received a major boost... #IOCBPrague #IOCB #Scholarship #CzechScience

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Nadace Experientia @experientiacz.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Co přinesl rok 2025 v Nadaci Experientia? 💡 Prolistujte si naši výroční zprávu a přečtěte si, jak jsme v minulém roce podpořili mladé chemické talenty: www.experientia.cz/cms/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/nex-vyrocni-zprava-2025.pdf.

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IOCB Prague @iocbprague.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

🧬 Join us for #RNAClub 2026 on 16 September at IOCB Prague, organised by Hana Cahová & Pavlína Maloy Řezáčová. This year’s keynote speakers include Jeppe Vinther from the @ucph.bsky.social and Marcin Nowotny from the @iimcb.bsky.social.

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Zeptej se vědce @zeptejsevedce.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Uvnitř našeho projektu se tvoří komunita aktivních a talentovaných lidí, kteří chtějí dělat vědu a hlavně ji komunikovat srozumitelně všem ostatním. Jako další vám představíme druhou ze zakladatelek, která má na starost srozumitelnost a vědeckou přesnost odpovědí. 👇 @tormsby.bsky.social

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