
IOCB Boston
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Branch of @IOCBPrague. The first outpost of Czech science in the United States. Nutrient sensing and growth control, neurodegenerative diseases and longevity.
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https://iocbboston.org/ 04-09-2024 08:34:25
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IOCB Prague expands overseas, opening a new branch in Boston 🔹 Today, IOCB Prague is officially opening a new branch in Boston, USA: IOCB Boston. 🔹 The move puts the institute in proximity to world-leading scientific institutions, such as Harvard University, MIT, and Boston


On a crisp Friday morning, in an American city where knowledge has long been a prized currency, IOCB Prague of the Czech Academy of Sciences launched its first lab overseas. IOCB Boston is now officially open. Catch a glimpse of the event before the official photos arrive! Director of IOCB


Marek Ženíšek joined the opening ceremony of IOCB Prague branch in Boston. He also joined Charles University meetings at Harvard Medical School and Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. The visit brought a new momentum for 🇨🇿-🇺🇲 cooperation in science. IOCB Boston CzechEmbassyDC Ekonomická diplomacie


Week of 🇺🇸visit of minister Marek Ženíšek! From innovation talks at New York University 🗽 to visits at Stevens Institute of Technology, Brown University Harvard University & MISTI 🔬, and the exciting opening of IOCB Boston 🧪. So much inspiration and follow-ups ahead! 🚀 #CzechScience #USCollaboration


Experience the Grand Opening of IOCB Boston in 80 seconds 🥳 Friday was an amazing day and a resounding success. Share a bit of that energy with us, will you? We did our best to bridge 🇨🇿 Czech and 🇺🇸 American #science in the company of Jan Konvalinka, Marek Ženíšek,


So it's done – IOCB Boston, our new branch in the USA, officially opened, marking a major milestone for Czech science. The event was attended by prominent philanthropists and representatives from Harvard, MIT, Charles University, the Czech Ministry of Education, and the Czech



“Imagine you’re launching a local newspaper, and Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein show up at the opening party.”✌️ This is how Jan Konvalinka characterized the presence of several star guests at IOCB Boston's launch, particularly the visit of Professor Harvey Lodish from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).


One of the main challenges of contemporary medicine is posed by the resistance of pathogens to antibiotics. An important step in countering it has now been made by Tomas Kouba and colleagues from IOCB Prague, in collaboration with researchers led by Libor Krásný from the Institute


When it's spooky season, but you want to introduce the new and wonderful team of IOCB Boston: (The complete who's who with matching portraits is available at iocbboston.org)


Congrats to Vaclav Veverka and David M. Sabatini of IOCB Prague on their #GAČR EXPRO grants totaling CZK 50 million for the next five years!


Thank you Jan. Honored to receive this grant to enable our mTOR work IOCB Prague. Many thanks to the IOCB grants office for walking me through a new process and friends who gave me model grants for inspiration. And congratulations Vaclav!

Great to see the strengthening of Polish and Czech collaboration IOCB Prague IOCB Boston Jan Konvalinka Agnieszka Chacińska 🇵🇱🇨🇿


Happy New Year from IOCB Prague and IOCB Boston! May 2025 bring you new bonds and groundbreaking research!

