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Project ExCasProt
We are delighted to announce that we have received funding for a new ExCasProt project from the Recovery Plan. This project is a continuation of our successful CasProt project, and its goal is to support the development of biotechnological protein research in Eastern Slovakia. S radosťou oznamujeme, že sme získali financovanie na nový projekt ExCasProt z Plánu … Continued
May 28, 2024
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Dear partners and colleagues, dear friends, We would like to thank you for all your collaboration and participation in the activities and ongoing CasProt project. The year 2023 was really fruitful and successful. We could enjoy several events – symposia, out-goings visits, summer schools, on-job trainings – and work together to solve different scientific issues. … Continued
December 20, 2023
The CasProt project is over, our scientific ambitions continue
At the end of September 2023, we have successfully concluded the implementation of the CasProt project, which has significantly contributed to the stabilisation of CIB and its reputation in particular through strengthened collaboration with the partner groups at UZH and TUM. Besides others, the project led to a considerable increase in the impact factor of … Continued
September 30, 2023
New laboratories for bioscience research
Rector of P. J. Šafárik University in Košice (UPJŠ), prof. RNDr. Pavol Sovák, CSc., Dean of Faculty of Science of UPJŠ (PF UPJŠ), doc. RNDr. Roman Soták, PhD. and director of Technology and Innovation Park of UPJŠ (TIP-UPJŠ), prof. RNDr. Pavol Miškovský, DrSc., ceremoniously opened new laboratories of the renovated spaces localized in the PF … Continued
May 18, 2023
Košice Region Innovation Awards 2023
The team of the Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences (CIB) led by Assoc. Prof. Erik Sedlák, DrSc. was nominated for the Košice Region Innovation Awards 2023 in cooperation with the Košice Self-governing Region and the founding partners of the association in the category of the best Scientist/Scientific team of the Košice Region. CIB was nominated for … Continued
May 5, 2023
Summer school on biophotonics
Summer school on biophotonics was held from May 22nd to 31st 2023 at the Department of Biophysics, Institute of Physics, Faculty of Science of P.J. Safarik University in Kosice. The course aim is to address the task of improving the theoretical as well as practical knowledge of doctoral students in advanced methods of biophotonics. Lectures were … Continued
April 16, 2023
Summer school on directed evolution of proteins
Summer School on Directed Evolution of Proteins will take place, for the first time, at Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences TIP-UPJŠ in Košice in May 2nd – May 12th 2023. This school will be joint with the Workshop on Directed Evolution of Proteins, where experts will present lectures on protein evolution, design and purification of proteins. Participating students on the Summer … Continued
April 15, 2023
Workshop on directed evolution of proteins
Dear colleagues, dear students, we would like to invite you to the Workshop on directed evolution of proteins, which will be held as part of the CasProt project from May 2nd to 5th, 2023 in the seminar room of the Department of Biophysics and the Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences TIP-UPJŠ at Jesenná 5. This 4-day workshop will be devoted … Continued
April 14, 2023
Symposium on directed evolution of proteins
The symposium on directed evolution of proteins will take place within the European project CasProt, which was obtained by the scientific groups of the Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences (CIB) TIP-UPJŠ and the Department of Biophysics (KBF) PF UPJŠ represented by Prof. Pavol Miškovský in a consortium with the teams of Prof. Andreas Plückthun from the … Continued
April 13, 2023
Kick-off meeting on Heme Proteins in Action
Dolni Brezany, Czech Republic – On February 20th and 21st, 2023, researchers from ELI Beamlines hosted a kick-off meeting on Heme Proteins in Action. The event was held at ELI Beamlines in Dolni Brezany, Czech Republic; and was attended by experts from Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences (IOC-PAS), Warsaw, Poland; Institute of … Continued
April 11, 2023
Workshop on single-molecule protein folding
The Single Molecule Protein Folding Workshop took place from the 13th to the 17th of March 2023 and was organized as a joint event by Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Slovakia (UPJS) and Technical University of Munich, Germany (TUM) in Antholz, Italy. The workshop aimed to bring together experts in the field to discuss various topics … Continued
March 17, 2023
Casprot researchers revealed morphologies of pathological light chain from multiple myeloma patient
Džupponová V, Žoldák G. Aggregation mechanism and branched 3D morphologies of pathological human light chain proteins under reducing conditions. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2023 Jan;221:112983. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2022.112983. Multiple myeloma is a hematologic malignancy characterized by a clonal proliferation of plasma cells producing a monoclonal immunoglobulin light chain. Produced monoclonal light chains are then secreted in … Continued
January 27, 2023
The University of Oxford welcomed our PhD student
Cooperation with the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford to develop a new assay to monitor events during protein aggregation at a single-molecule level From the 1st of October to the 20th of December 2022, a PhD student RNDr. Veronika Džupponová (supervisor: Assoc. prof. RNDr. Gabriel Žoldák, PhD.) from the Department of Biophysics UPJŠ in Košice … Continued
January 7, 2023
On-job trainings of the UPJS administrative staff
At the end of the 2022 year, the on-job trainings of the UPJS administrative staff were realized to reinforce their management and administrative skills. In total, 7 persons (2 x project managers, 2 x financial managers, 2 x advisors for Horizon Europe projects), mainly from the “Project administrative office” (CCVaPP), but also members from TIP-UPJŠ, … Continued
December 13, 2022
Participation in the 10th Multinational Congress on Microscopy
Support of the CasProt project gave an opportunity to a member of the Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Veronika Huntošová, and PhD student, Viktória Pevná, from the Department of Biophysics of UPJŠ in Košice to attend the 16th Multinational Congress on Microscopy (16MCM), which was held in Brno, in the Czech Republic, from 4 to 9 … Continued
September 16, 2022
Regional Biophysics Conference RBC 2022
The 9th RBC 2022 Regional Biophysics Conference took place in Pécs (Hungary) from 22 to 26 August 2022. Thanks to the support of the CasProt project, several employees and PhD students of the Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences and the Department of Biophysics of UPJŠ in Košice could participate in it actively. The Regional Biophysics Conference … Continued
September 7, 2022
Attendance at the 21st European Bioenergetics Conference
Thanks to the support of the CasProt project, Daniel Jancura and a PhD student Adriána Tomková from the Department of Biophysics of UPJŠ in Košice were able to actively participate in the 21st European Bioenergetics Conference which was held at Aix-en-Provence, in France, from 20 to 25 August 2022. The EBEC is a traditional biannual conference … Continued
August 30, 2022
UPJŠ participated in a Symposium on protein stability and folding organized by the CasProt partner in München
A symposium on protein stability and folding was organized in Hohenkammer and Garching b. München between 22 and 26 May 2022. In Hohenkammer, in total, 36 talks devoted to current challenges and hot topics in protein science, mainly to forces in biomolecular systems, were presented by invited principal investigators (PI), postdocs and PhD students. Especially, … Continued
May 31, 2022
Participation in the 5th Instruct Biennial Structural Biology Conference
Our colleagues, Assoc. prof. Gabriel Žoldák and PhD student Veronika Džupponová, participated in the 5th Instruct Biennial Structural Biology Conference, which took place in Utrecht, the Netherlands, from 19 to 20 May 2022. The theme of the 2022 conference was “Changes in Structural Biology: Challenges in Studying Dynamics”. The conference explored new cutting-edge developments in … Continued
May 30, 2022
UPJŠ organized a symposium of three biomedical projects “Trends in Interdisciplinary Biosciences“
In mid-January 2022, a scientific symposium entitled “Trends in interdisciplinary biosciences” took place at the Grandhotel Praha in Tatranská Lomnica. This symposium focused on the presentation of the results of three biomedical projects CasProt, BioPickmol and OPENMED funded by the European Commission’s H2020 program and the European Structural and Investment Funds. The main organizer of … Continued
January 20, 2022
Invitation to the online symposium TRENDS IN INTERDISCIPLINARY BIOSCIENCES 13.1.-15.1.2022
Technology and Innovation Park UPJŠ invites you to watch the live stream of the symposium of the CasProt, BioPickmol and OPENMED projects entitled TRENDS IN INTERDISCIPLINARY BIO SCIENCES. These are EU-funded research projects in biomedicine, which are implemented in cooperation with Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice and major domestic and European universities, research institutions … Continued
December 18, 2021
Student from the Department of Biophysics participated in the internship at the Technical University of Munich
From August to October 2021, a PhD. student of Assoc. Prof. Gabriel Žoldák, Veronika Džupponová from the Department of Biophysics UPJŠ in Košice carried out her study stay at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). The given internship was implemented and financed within Task.1.6. CasProt project and aimed to gain new knowledge and skills in … Continued
November 13, 2021
An undergraduate student from Nepal joined the CasProt team
Saroj Neupane, an undergraduate student in Pharmacy from the University in Dhulikhel from Nepal, joined the CasProt team through SAIA NSPS PROGRAM. Saroy comes from Nepal. He joined the team at the end of October 2021 and stays until the end of February 2022. Saroj is working on protein aggregation and stability research. We would … Continued
November 10, 2021
Meeting of senior researchers and internship of students at University of Zurich
In August, Assoc. Prof. Erik Sedlák made a business trip to Zurich within the Casprot project as a planned trip in WP1 “Outgoing visits“. During his one month stay in the laboratory of Prof. Andreas Plückthun at the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Zurich, he had several discussions with Prof. Plückhtun and members … Continued
October 12, 2021
Researchers have developed a matrix for one-step isolation of proteins by affinity chromatography
As part of the CasProt project, group of Assoc. Prof. Erik Sedlák from the Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences (CIB) from the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice developed a matrix for one-step isolation of proteins by affinity chromatography in the CIB laboratories in cooperation with the group of Prof. Andreas Plückthun from the University of … Continued
October 5, 2021
Attendance at the INTERFACES INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
At the end of September, within the CasProt project, Assoc. Prof. Gabriel Žoldák, PhD. made a business trip to the INTERFACES INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: From new materials to life science – Structure, Interactions, Dynamics and Activity in Sardinia, Italy. The conference focused on the presentation of the latest knowledge in the field of materials biology, biochemistry … Continued
September 30, 2021
Participation in the XXVI. Annual Congress of Czech and Slovak Societies for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Our colleagues from the CasProt Project – Assoc. Prof. Erik Sedlák, Dr. Mária Tomková and Dr. Veronika Talafová, participated in the XXVI. Annual Congress of Czech and Slovak Societies for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology with the cooperation of the Austrian and German Biochemical Section which took place in České Budejovice, Czech Republic from August 29 … Continued
September 7, 2021
European Biophysical Conference EBSA 2021
The 13th EBSA 2021 European Biophysical Conference took place in Vienna (Austria) from 24 to 28 July 2021. Thanks to the support of the CasProt project, several employees and PhD students of the Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences and the Department of Biophysics of UPJŠ in Košice were able to actively participate in it. EBSA is a … Continued
August 17, 2021
Top STEDYCON device
From the 20th to 21st of July 2021, Mr. J. Vávra, a representative of Abberior GmbH, visited the Laboratory of Advanced Laser Technologies of the Center of Interdisciplinary Biosciences, TIP-UPJŠ in Košice, to lend and install the top STEDYCON device. Abberior GmbH is a German innovative tech company founded by a Nobel Prize winner Prof. … Continued
July 25, 2021
Enzymatic acceleration cis/trans proline isomerization in a protein under force discovered by CasProt researchers
Single-molecule force spectroscopy divulges specific details of how SlyD, a bacterial PPIase, causes a staggering 25-fold acceleration of the trans to cis isomerization of the proline-2225 in an isolated 20th domain of a cytoskeletal mechano-sensing protein, Filamin (FlnA20). SlyD also stabilizes the native-cis state of FlnA20. Prolyl isomerization is recognized as one of the … Continued
July 23, 2021
Meeting of researchers in Munich
At the beginning of July, a meeting of researchers from the Department of Biophysics from the Technical University of Munich and the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice took place in Munich. The meeting was attended by Dr. Abhigyan Sengupta, Dr. Ulrike Majdic, Prof. Matthias Rief from TUM, and Dr. Gabriel Žoldák from UPJŠ in … Continued
July 20, 2021
Meeting of senior research scientists and the visit of PhD student at Technical University of Munich
Dr. Gabriel Žoldák made a business trip to Munich within the Casprot project as a planned trip in WP1 “Outgoing visits“ from the end of June to the first week of July. The meeting was organized by Prof. Matthias Rief from Technical University in Munich, Germany. They discussed the planned research activities and time schedule … Continued
July 13, 2021
Webinars “SCIENCE MEETS BUSINESS”
In May and June 2021, three introductory online meetings took place within the series of webinars “SCIENCE MEETS BUSINESS” dedicated to the presentation of the results of basic research and their potential use with the support of the CasProt project. The aim of the webinars is to connect science and private industry, basic research with … Continued
July 8, 2021
UPJŠ organized a Kick-off meeting for the CasProt project in October
The kick-off meeting of the CasProt project was held by the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice (UPJS) as a coordinator of the project Horizon 2020 from the European Framework Program of the EU for Research and Innovation within the framework of the “Twinning” call on the 12th and 13th of October 2020. The objective … Continued
October 25, 2020
