venue: Lecture hall of the Institute of Physiology CAS, Vídeňská 1083
Topic: BBMRI.cz – The Network of Czech Biobanks: Access to human samples
Program:
„What do Wonder Woman, Thor and biobanking have in common?“ How to get these unique samples?
Roman Hrstka and Kateřina Nováková (BBMRI.cz, Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Brno, Czech Republic)
What do Wonder Woman, Thor and biobanking have in common? It seems like the beginning of a joke, but it’s not. The unavailability of clinical material as well as extra rare material from superheros is an obstacle faced by many researchers. They may not know about biobanks!
How to get to set of unique samples and data of excellent quality? What is biobank and BBMRI.cz (large research infrastructure)? Answers will be clear after seminar and it well be demonstrated online tools and “superpower” of biobanks practically. We can only remind you this wise sentence „Your research is only as good as good are your samples!”
Useful links:www.bbmri.cz, https://directory.bbmri-eric.eu/ and https://negotiator.bbmri-eric.eu/.
Associate prof. Roman Hrstka, MSc., Ph.D.
Roman Hrstka completed all his academic degrees at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. Since 2002, he has been a researcher at the Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, specializing in molecular oncology with a focus on gynecological malignancies, metastasis development, and drug screening. He brings extensive expertise in managing research projects, having served as the principal investigator for eight and co-investigator for six successful national or international projects.
In addition to his research, Dr. Hrstka plays a key role in the BBMRI.cz large research infrastructure (CEO), which is as a full member of the BBMRI-ERIC, a major pan-European consortium for biobanking that is internationally recognized as part of the European research infrastructure (ESFRI) Landmarks.
Dr. Hrstka is also active in academia, lecturing at both Palacký University in Olomouc and Masaryk University in Brno. His scholarly contributions, as listed in Web of Science, include 122 peer-reviewed publications, with over 3,000 citations and an h-index of 31, underscoring his substantial impact in the field.
RNDr. Kateřina Nováková, Ph.D.
Kateřina Nováková graduated in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Chemistry at the RECETOX Institute at the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University (MUNI). In parallel, she successfully graduated in Biology Teaching for Secondary Schools. During her studies, she worked as an assistant professor at the Botanical Institute of the CAS, then as a Junior Researcher at the RECETOX, Masaryk University, and as a Manager for Communication with Secondary Schools, where she also dealt with science promotion and communication. Since 2021, she has been working as a Manager for Communication and External Relations at the large research infrastructure BBMRI.cz – Network of Czech Biobanks, where she deals mainly with strategic planning and coordination of BBMRI.cz, also promotion and awareness of BBMRI.cz, in her spare time she is also engaged in popularization of science.
Duration approx. 90 min.
IPHYS contact person: Jan Jakubík, jan.jakubik@fgu.cas.cz
