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From wildlife hunter to astrophysics, or “one should learn all one’s life” – Libor Lenža revealed his interests, goals and wishes
Thanks to the third part of the (Ne)Vědkyně podcast, which was created at our Department for the purpose of popularizing science and our scientists, we can meet another of our colleagues, Libor Lenža. Libor is a man of many jobs, interests and goals. He collaborates…
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Zinc causes resistance to antibiotics, our scientists are looking for solutions
Farmers have been using zinc in livestock for more than a decade as a substitute for antibiotics, growth promoters and prophylactic drugs. Zinc serves to prevent the formation and spread of diarrhea among piglets weaned from sows. However, repeated zinc loading can induce resistance to…
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About the published article, internship in Austria and job opportunities in the Czech Republic through the eyes of a foreign scientific researcher – postdoc
Our colleague, Miguel Ángel Merlos Rodrigo, MSc., Ph.D. successfully published the article Metallothionein-3 promotes cisplatin chemoresistance remodeling in neuroblastoma in March this year, in which he examines the impact this protein regulation in tumor cells and the mechanisms underlying cisplatin resistance (you can find the…
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“Antibiotic resistance is growing, we don’t manage to make new drugs”
The very first guest of the new (Ne)Vědkyně podcast is Ladislav Sivák, the Head of the Laboratory of Tumor Biology and Immunology at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mendel University in Brno. Ladislav dedicated his career to the field of Immunology, in his laboratory…