The Faculty of Medicine serves as the main investigator in 12 of them (including 6 junior-led projects) and as a co-investigator in 5 (including 2 junior-led projects).
Supported projects – Principal Investigators from the Faculty of Medicine
- Michelle Geryk: Desmin As a Window into Cardiovascular Disease
- Lenka Bešše: Investigation of proteasome inhibition combined with tyrosine kinase inhibition as a therapeutic option for triple-negative breast cancer
- Jaromír Gumulec: Interplay of Cytoskeletal Dynamics and Metabolic Reprogramming: A Biophysical Reflection of EMT in Vimentin-Actin Networks in Head and Neck Cancer as a Base for Risk Stratification
- Andrej Bešše: CRISPR Activation Screening to Identify Surface Proteins Modulating Cytotoxic T Cell Responses in Multiple Myeloma
- Radim Jančálek: A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of parecoxib in hospitalized patients with spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage
- David Šmajs: Emerging antibiotic resistance in Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum: mapping of antibiotic resistance among contemporary syphilis strains
- Matěj Bezdíček: Advancing Candida and Emerging Yeast Pathogens Surveillance: Long-Read Genomics for Resistance and Epidemiology
- Břetislav Lipový: Regenerative Strategies Promoting Improvement and REstoration of the Pulmonary Functions
- Volodymyr Porokh: Deciphering Vitrification-Induced Alterations in Oocyte Structure and Function: From Cellular to Clinical Implications
- Jan Raška: Minireceptor Gene Therapy for Preventing Neurodegeneration in SORLA-Associated Alzheimer’s Disease
- Andrea Pokorná: Optimization of Differential Diagnosis and Management of Selected Skin Lesions in the Context of Increasing the Competence of Non-medical Healthcare Professionals
- Abanoub Riad: Advancing Vaccine Safety Through Clinically-Oriented Classification of Adverse Events & Behavioural Analysis of Reporting Practices
Researchers Sabina Ševčíková, Dáša Bohačiaková, Martin Knoz, Jaroslav Štěrba, and Petra Pokorná will participate as co-investigators in projects led by other institutions.
In the previous call, eight projects were supported with our faculty as the main investigator and seven as co-investigator. The faculty has thus recorded another year-on-year increase in success.
Congratulations to all successful applicants!