Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences

🎯 Tipy, jak přežít změnu času a přenastavit vnitřní hodiny ⬇️
✔️ Ranní světlo - denní světlo je lék
✔️ Večerní klid a minimum modrého světla
✔️ Pravidelný režim - tělo miluje stabilitu
✔️ Trpělivost - adaptace trvá pár dní, víc pro chronotyp sovy

#zmenacasu #cirkadiannirytmus #biorytmy #fgu #iphys

💡Meet our PhD students in the new series PhD ID. Maybe this is where your own #academia journey begins! #research #StudyAbroad #phdlife #iphys #fgu

FAHFA are special #lipids that the body produces naturally. ⬇️They do not work as a cure 💊 for diabetes on their own, but rather as helpers🤝.
#metabolism #research #diabetes #iphys #physiology

Are you an ERC funded researcher?

Join up to share your passion for science with pupils and students! 🚀🧠🔭🧬

Apply to showcase your project at #ScienceisWonderful!2026

Deadline: 20 October.

All the details 👉 link.europa.eu/vgTTr4

@ercgrantees.bsky.social #SciComm

Our young talent Anička Karakolevová is starting her Bachelor's and Master's in Biomedical Sciences in @ox.ac.uk🤩🎓. Earlier this year, she graduated from the New PORG gymnasium via the IB Diploma Programme, during which she worked in the Laboratory of Pancreatic Islets. Congratulations to Anička!🥳

Alena Sumova and her Laboratory of Biological Rhythms investigate the fascinating world of #circadian #rhytms. She was recently awarded by @forbescesko.bsky.social as the top woman scientist in the Czech Republic. 🇨🇿👏 Congratulations!

🧠 Our scientists don’t just push #biomedical #research, they also share the knowledge.
At #nocvedcu, 900+ visitors explored memory in the interactive Memory Park, learned how the #brain, #heart and body clocks work, and even walked through muscles in VR.

Let's celebrate World Heart Day together! With our research, we hope to unveil the mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases and to improve the lives of patients with hypertension, ischemic heart disease, and heart failure. Stay heartily healthy❤️💪, and don't miss a beat of your life!

CarDia project unites leading Czech centers of biomedical research with one common goal: to tackle heart failure, obesity, and T2D. During the #CarDia Young Researchers’ Day, our young scientists shared their new promising insights on metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. Many thanks to #IKEM!

#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!

Wow, for the second time this year: congratulations to Amanda Barboza from the Laboratory of Cholinergic Signaling!👏 She received a travel grant from the @neurochemistry.org to present her research on the cholinergic interneurons at the joint ISN-ASN 2025 Meeting in New York🍏
#AVČR #neuroscience

Yet another magnificent event - the 28th Biochemical Conference🤩! This year, we introduced a new section: "CarDia Track – Membranes and Bioenergetics. Lukáš Alán, Petr Zouhar, and @alenapecinova.bsky.social presented their findings about the VWA8 protein, which can help tackle obesity in the future.

Everything from hormones💉 to machine learning👩🏻‍💻! Over three years, we have been actively participating in the Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy events. This year is not an exception! Our bright student Eliška Haasová proudly presented her PhD project at the DDEA Summerscool🥳
#DDEA

⌛The Laboratory of Biological Rhythms, led by Prof. Alena Sumová, proudly presented the latest research on circadian rhythms at the European Biological Rhythms Society (EBRS) Congress in Lübeck. Three posters, two presentations, and participation in the EBRS Trainee Day organization - way to go!👏

🧑‍🤝‍🧑Networking in science does matter! Talking about the top-notch research in a relaxed🌞, pressure-free🍻 atmosphere at NeuroPicnic🍖🔥🥓 by #NeuroClub🧠. Many thanks to Helena Janíčková, Lucie Zímová, and Terezie Smejkalová for the organization!
#neuroscience #networking

Our new study, published in @frontiersmedia.bsky.social in collaboration with @charlesuni.cuni.cz, reveals crucial insights into blood cells formation in newborns. Right after birth, the liver reduces the production of erythrocytes much faster than leukocytes!😮‍
👉doi:10.3389/fped.2025.1572836
#liver

M. Tencerová's team from the Department of Molecular Bone Physiology, in collaboration with S. Craige's lab from Virginia Tech in the USA, published a study revealing significant sex differences in fat and sugar metabolism regulation through the enzyme NOX4.
👉DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2025.103698
#fat

Paper | Circadian ontogenetic metabolomics atlas: an interactive resource with insights from rat plasma, tissues and feces | #Metabolomics #Lipidomics #CircadianRhythms #OpenScience #DataResource #NGEU_CarDia | @metabolomics-wcmc.bsky.social‬ | coma.metabolomics.fgu.cas.cz | doi.org/10.1007/s000...

Mitochondria in a Fun Park😀
Spinning mitochondria on a carousel 🎠, riding proteins on a slide🛝, and acting as an assembly factor of ATP synthase🤨😲🤔
Meet the future generation of scientists at IPHYS! Huge appreciation to Katka Tauchmannová and Tomáš Mráček from the Laboratory of Bioenergetics!

Modern lifestyle influences our brain more than we realize. According to a new study by the Laboratory of the Biological Rhythms, the biological clock in the choroid plexus is regulated not only by light, but also by meals.
👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Main author: @terdock.bsky.social
#clock

Helena Janíčková, head of the Department of Cholinergic Signalization, and PhD students Daniela Černotová and Karolína Hrůzová took part in the @ebbsociety.bsky.social conference in Bordeaux. We’re thrilled to congratulate Daniela Černotová on receiving the Young Investigator Award!🏆
#neuroscience

Congratulations to Amanda Barboza from the Laboratory of Cholinergic Signaling!🎉
Thanks to @ibroorg.bsky.social‬ Travel grant, she attended @fens.org‬ Regional Meeting 2025 in Oslo. Thank you @amandabarbozza.bsky.social for great representation of our institute!
#FENS2025 #AVČR #IBRO #neuroscience

Is that true that all fat is bad? Do we need adipose tissue? Yes, we do! Kristína Bardová and Petr Zouhar from the Laboratory of Adipose Tissue talked to Eva Kézrová from @irozhlas.cz about the three different types of fat that we have in our bodies.
👉Link: irozhl.as/wad
#fat #obesity

We are delighted to welcome Cameron Cox from the USA as our new intern for the next 2 months! Cameron came from UC Santa Barbara and has joined us thanks to @uceap.bsky.social. She is studying nutritional strategies aimed at enhancing bone health in Dr Tencerova's lab. Welcome to the team, Cameron!

Ondřej Kuda

Ondřej Kuda, Jan Kopecký, Radomír Pánek

Ondřej Kuda, PhD., the current Head of the Laboratory of Bioactive Lipid Metabolism and Chairman of the Board of IPHYS, assumes the position of Director of the Institute of Physiology CAS as of July 1, 2025. He succeeds Jan Kopecký, MD, DSc, who led IPHYS for two terms (2015–2025).

This week is the final opportunity to register for the Advanced Course on Preclinical Imaging - 8. 9. - 12. 9. 2025 - Prague and Brno. The bioimaging sessions will be supplemented by training in cranial window surgery and theoretical lectures.
More: bioimaging.fgu.cas.cz/event/method...

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