29 Mar 2023

Michaela Capandová: I Want to Bring a Laboratory Experience into the World of Administration around Science

We may call her a newcomer at ICS, but she is definitely not a novice in research. She has been intensively devoted to research for many years as part of her doctoral studies at the Faculty of Medicine. Our colleague Michaela Capandová is the holder of the ORION Open Science grant - and mainly because of her experience in scientific practice, she has become a new addition to the EOSC CZ Secretariat team. We were interested in where she sees her potential in activities related to open science and whether, as a female scientist, she has the same conditions and opportunities for research as men.

14 Feb 2023

A Project Facilitating Criminal Investigation was Recently Launched

The four-year AFoLab project, led by Tom Rebok (head of our data analytics team), continues the long-term successful cooperation between ICS and the Police of the Czech Republic. The project focuses on automating complex and repetitive data-analytical activities of police investigators, who will thus be able to focus on more complex and advanced activities of crime investigations.

29 Nov 2022

Significant European Projects Successfully Launched!

Two large European projects with our participation successfully started in November. The Genomic Data Infrastructure project aims to create a data infrastructure that will enable secure access to genomics and corresponding clinical data across Europe. The BioMedAI Twinning project brings artificial intelligence experts from Austria, Germany, and the Czech Republic to build an expert center for developing artificial intelligence methods in biomedical applications.

28 Nov 2022

My Goal Is to Increase the Quality of Medical Research, Says Researcher Rudolf Wittner

We have recently reported an article published in the prestigious journal Scientific Data on our website. It is (co)authored by our colleague Rudolf Wittner, who told us about the benefits of his work in improving the quality of biomedical research and also about his musical career in an interview.

25 Nov 2022

Researcher Petr Holub will Receive the MUNI Scientist Award for the Second Time

The MUNI Scientist Award is awarded within the Grant Agency of Masaryk University (GAMU), and it is primarily an appreciation of top results and significant achievements in the field of research at MU. Our colleague Petr Holub will take home the award for the second time in his career, this time for the BioMedAI Twinning project.

24 Nov 2022

We Created and Let Approved the Open Science Strategy for Masaryk University

We have moved Masaryk University one step further. At the beginning of November, the management of MU approved a strategic document on which a team of specialists worked diligently, led by our colleague Jiří Marek, to whom we congratulated for the successful completion!

31 Oct 2022

I Like the Flexibility of Work and the Possibility of Further Education at the University, Says IT Specialist Tomáš Svoboda

The Department of Analysis and Cooperation of the IT Infrastructure Division deals with projects related to the processing of data that are used for scientific purposes. They facilitate scientists' access to important data and enable their smoother sharing, which contributes to clearer scientific work and helps to move science forward. And just about such projects and other activities is a short interview with one of the members of the analysis and cooperation team, IT specialist Tomáš Svoboda.

6 Oct 2022

Another Success of ICS: Published Article in a Prestigious Scientific Journal

The sign of successful research is, among others, the publication of the results in a respected journal, making it known to the broader scientific community. Our colleague, researcher Rudolf Wittner, recently succeeded in this and published his article in the prestigious journal Scientific Data published by Nature Publishing Group.