🚀Open PhD position! Join our newly established Lab of Immunophysiology. 👉How lymphoid and myeloid immune cells communicate to maintain homeostasis and respond to infection. Use mouse models, single-cell RNA seq, and genetic screens to uncover the regulatory pathways. 🧡APPLY NOW img.cas.cz/phd

🚀Open PhD position! Lactation requires tightly coordinated DNA replication, transcription, and DNA damage responses to sustain milk production. This PhD project will uncover the molecular mechanisms driving these processes in mammary epithelial cells. 🧡APPLY NOW img.cas.cz/phd

🚀Open PhD position! This project studies how primary cilium structure shapes its function and transport🦠, using advanced imaging to uncover mechanisms underlying ciliopathies🔬 Laboratory of Cell Motility is seeking a candidate with a deep interest in cilia biology 🧡APPLY NOW img.cas.cz/phd

We would like to invite you to celebrations of the Rare Disease Day organized by @czphenogenomics.bsky.social ⤵

Prague became my 2nd home, says Mehak about her PhD transition. Read the full interview ➡ www.img.cas.cz/2026/02/8964... Do you wish to join us in one of the safest cities in the world? 🧡APPLY NOW img.cas.cz/phd

🚀Open PhD position! Combine bioinformatics, single-cell and spatial multi-omics, with machine learning to uncover how the vertebrate head evolved. 🧫Laboratory of Transcriptional Regulation is seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate. Come and join us 🧡APPLY NOW img.cas.cz/phd

🚀Open PhD position! Genome instability promotes cancer development. This project will examine metabolic signaling defects to reveal cell vulnerabilities and novel chemotherapeutics. 🧬Laboratory of Cancer Cell Biology is seeking a new team player. Do you fit? 🧡APPLY NOW img.cas.cz/phd

🚀Open PhD position! Join Nenad at IMG and share with us: 💛Experience 🧡Friendship 💙Professionalism 💜PhD community APPLY NOW: img.cas.cz/phd

🚀Open PhD position! Ever wondered how cells polarize during early development? This PhD project dives into how mechanochemically-driven cell polarization evolves. 🧪 Genomics 🔬 Biophysics 📊 Fitness analysis Hooked? 🧡APPLY NOW img.cas.cz/phd

🚀Open PhD position! Join our newly established Lab of Immunophysiology. 🧪How do lymph nodes maintain immune tolerance? We‘ll study how fibroblastic reticular cells present self-antigens to support Treg maintenance and prevent autoimmunity. 👉Do you know lab work and coding? 🧡APPLY NOW img.cas.cz/phd

Joining IMG was the right choice 🎉 Read the full interview with our PhD student Kristína Jamrichová www.img.cas.cz/2025/02/8515... Be like Kristína, join us now! APPLY HERE img.cas.cz/phd

🚀Open PhD position! Lab of Cell and Developmental Biology is seeking a new team player. 🤝Join us to study stem cells, DNA repair, and how 💥cancer💥 really starts. 👉We seek independent thinker ready to learn both experimental and computational approaches. 🧡APPLY NOW img.cas.cz/phd

Join the Laboratory of Haematooncology and study chronic inflammation, aging and blood stem cells🩸 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬We seek a highly motivated, enthusiastic and hard-working PhD student with a strong team spirit 🤝We offer a friendly and supportive environment in a state-of-the-art institution APPLY: img.cas.cz/phd

Hope for rare anemia patients: Czech scientists create "perfect" mouse model Researchers from @czphenogenomics.bsky.social @imgprague.bsky.social achieved a breakthrough in understanding Diamond-Blackfan anemia, a severe genetic disease causing anemia and birth defects in children. bit.ly/4r4dg6I

💪PhD at IMG is always a good choice. Join @sindija.s, our student representative, and start enjoying what IMG offers. 🧡PhD Conference, Career Day, Green Swap and much more - come and see! Wanna help Sindi organizing PhD events? APPLY NOW ➡ img.cas.cz/phd

🚀Open PhD position! Lab of Integrative Biology @gregorlab.bsky.social is seeking a new talent. 💪Ultimate goal: Develop AAV-compatible mini-plectins to treat muscular dystrophy and cardiomyopathy 👉Profile: MSc, interest in biology, motivation, independence 🧡APPLY: img.cas.cz/phd

🤝Join us in Prague! Browse our open PhD positions at www.img.cas.cz/phd Join a global team and supportive environment, work with top-notch facilities, and enjoy our IMG community! ➡APPLY NOW!

🚀CALL for PhDs just launched🚀 We are accepting applications for the PhD program 🚨APPLY NOW!🚨 📅28. 2. 2026 ➡www.img.cas.cz/phd

🎉Publication in Nature Communications!🎉 The immune system at diagnosis in type 1 diabetes in children isn’t overactive, it’s immature🧒 Veronika Niederlova @vercanie.bsky.social and her colleagues showed that key immune cells fail to fully develop, allowing autoimmunity to arise⚖️

Our paper on #tcells in Type 1 #Diabetes is now out in @natcomms.nature.com 👩‍🔬 rdcu.be/eXEH6 T cells in T1D show higher stem-like signatures and signs of Treg dysfunction. Thanks all the collaborators! @imgprague.bsky.social

🎉New publication in NatCom! @sumbalovakoledova.bsky.social and her colleagues identified specialized contractile fibroblasts that actively guide growth and branching of the mammary gland during puberty. 👉These cells are temporary – once their job is done, they transform into other cell types.

PF 2026 🧡💙

Merry and scientifically peaceful Christmas! ✨🧬We wish you lovely holidays, minimal cellular stress, stable DNA, functional RNA, well-tempered reactions, and lots of joy not only in the laboratory. 🧡💙Thank you for being with us. And we look forward to another year full of discoveries.

📣We’re proud to announce the successful completion of our first Single-Cell RNA-seq course at the Institute of Molecular Genetics 📅 1–3 December 2025 🤝 In collaboration with ELIXIR CZ, @ibtcas.bsky.social and MetaCentrum

🔥 WE ARE HIRING! 🔬Join Filip Šenigl and dive into the world of somatic hypermutation, DNA repair, and transcriptional kinetics! Work with cutting-edge methods (CRISPR/Cas9-degron, CUT&RUN, integration libraries) and contribute to high-impact immunology research. www.img.cas.cz/group/jiri-h...

🚨 New publication in Leukemia! The germline JAK2-R1063H variant drives risk of thrombosis and accelerates leukemic transformation. Our data highlight its impact on stem cell aging and disease progression. ​ 👏Great work by Veronika Zimolová, Lucie Láníková et al

Our lab has two new members Hanka and Eashayan #cilia #fun #Xmas #photoshooting @imgprague.bsky.social

🚨Welcoming António P. Baptista, who just launched the Laboratory of Immunophysiology at IMG. His research dives into how immune cells develop and react during infection. ➡Read what he said about his experience, Prague and moving with family: www.img.cas.cz/2025/11/8874...

🎓 PhD Bootcamp: A weekend full of learning, exploring, and networking!🌟 This traditional event brought together our new PhD students - and for the first time, also the advanced ones🤝 We didn’t forget to spend time outside 🏞️ and enjoy fun evenings together!✨

New publication in Nature Communications from Lukáš Čermák lab ⚖️Cells need the right balance between old and new MCM proteins for error-free DNA copying 🧩We identified DCAF12 as a key factor that controls how new MCM complexes are assembled www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🧬Get a feeling of electron microscopy in biomedicine in one week 🔬Learn principles of electron microscopy and become an independent user 👩‍🏫Highly experienced tutors – focus on hands-on training Register now – spots are limited to 15 participants! course.img.cas.cz/tem/

Huge congratulations to Jiří Černý! 📸Nikon Small World - 2025 Photomicrography Competition announced its winners! www.nikonsmallworld.com

NIVB unites top research institutes in the Czech Republic accelerating drug and vaccine development against viral and bacterial diseases: @iocbprague.bsky.social @imgprague.bsky.social @mbuavcr.bsky.social @charlesuni.cuni.cz @masarykuniversity.bsky.social @vschtpraha.bsky.social Biology Centre CAS

👥 Last month, we hosted Dr. Hana Hanzlikova ( #unibern / @imgprague.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social) for another lecture in the #DanaHockováLecture Series. #IOCB #IOCBPrague #WomenInScience

“Scientists’ salaries in the Czech Republic are significantly lower than in Western Europe, which makes it difficult to attract top international talent,” says Meritxell Alberich Jordà, one of the Forbes Top Women Scientists in the Czech Republic forbes.cz/nejvetsi-brz...

Our study on fibroblast functional heterogeneity in mammary glands is out in @natcomms.nature.com! This tour de force by Jakub Sumbal reveals contractile fibroblasts in TEB niche. Great collaboration @imgprague.bsky.social with @frelab.bsky.social @institutcurie.bsky.social ▶️https://rdcu.be/eIIKD

Today is the #BBSGlobalDay — an opportunity to raise awareness of this rare condition and offer support to everyone living with BBS and their loved ones 🌍 🌎 🌏 www.img.cas.cz/2025/10/8758...

From the Czech Academy of Sciences: Meritxell Alberich Jordà (@imgprague.bsky.social) Research group: www.img.cas.cz/group/meritx... #ForbesTopWomenInScience

European Researchers' Night last week was a huge success. More than 900 people visited premises of the Krč Biomed Campus. Thanks to all visitors, organizers and colleagues from @iphys-cas.bsky.social & @mbuavcr.bsky.social #EuropeanResearchersNight #NocVedcu #NocVedy

✨ For the first time ever, the IMG PhD Conference stepped outside institute grounds! ✨ 🏆Best Presentation Awards: Flash-talk: Magdalena Havlová Short talk: Irina Ribeiro Bas Talk: Veronika Niederlová Poster: Kriti Attri

#nocvedcu již zítra 26.9. v krčském areálu Akademie věd! Spolupracujeme společně s @mbuavcr.bsky.social a @imgprague.bsky.social. Začátek v 17:00. Od 17:30 streamujeme přednášky: cesnet.zoom.us/j/9714813650...

26th of September: the 20th anniversary of the Researchers’ Night🌜🧪 is coming to the Krč Campus! Four biological institutes - @iphys-cas.bsky.social, @imgprague.bsky.social, @mbuavcr.bsky.social, @iemcas.bsky.social - joined to provide everyone with an unforgettable experience! Come this Friday!

Huge congrats to our PhD student, Piyush Bisht, for presenting his work on Flipper-TR probe applied to Circulating Tumor Cells at #Czechbioimaging's Imaging Principles of Life 2025 conference in Brno! He had amazing discussions and valuable feedback. Way to go, Piyush!" @imgprague.bsky.social

💪 SUPER SCIENTISTS Forbes magazine has selected our Meritxell (Meri) Alberich Jordà, head of the Laboratory of hematooncology, among the Women Super Scientists in the Czech Republic. Congratulations! 🎉🙏 #GirlsPower #WomenInScience #ForbesCesko

European Researchers' Night already next Friday at IMG! 🧪🌆 Knowledge free for anyone. Parts of the program in English. #nocvedcu #nocvedy #EuropeanResearchersNight

📢We are delighted to share our know-how in light sheet 🔬 of mammary #organoids in this protocol article by Matea Brezak and colleagues. Great 🇨🇿 🇩🇪 collaboration @imgprague.bsky.social Martin Jechlinger Lab at Molit Institut, @embl.org, and Faculty of Medicine MUNI. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

“Cellfie: A triple-stained portrait of HeLa’s senescence” by Spoorthi Suresh Hiremath (@imgprague.bsky.social; ‪@gregorlab.bsky.social‬) has won the Prague @eurobioimaging.bsky.social Node Picture of the Month. Congrats Spoorthi!

Argonautes are coming :-) ... soon at @imgprague.bsky.social ... finishing preparations. Still missing a few things like drums, guitar, badges, beer ... but it's under control. I think. I hope. :-)) #argonautes2025

🧬 Happy RNA Day! 🎉 A tiny molecule with a massive impact #RNA! From translating genetic code to fighting diseases through mRNA vaccines, RNA is currently at the heart of innovation in science and medicine.

🧬 Happy RNA Day! 🎉 A tiny molecule with a massive impact #RNA! From translating genetic code to fighting diseases through mRNA vaccines, RNA is currently at the heart of innovation in science and medicine.