The Laboratory of Cell Regeneration and Plasticity and the PIGMOD Centre of the Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics of the CAS in Liběchov have been using their unique biomedical models - miniature pigs - to study fundamental causes of serious diseases, identify new biomarkers and search for new therapeutic methods /including those based on cell therapy and genetic therapy) to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, traumatic spinal cord injury and human melanoma. Special transgenic minipigs carrying human mutated huntingtin allow researchers to investigate in detail the fatal neurodegenerative disorder called Huntington's disease. and Jana Olivová.
Chateau Liblice, the property of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic for more than fifty years, was opened as a conference in a ceremony on 6 September 2007. and Ivan Šedivý.
Tato studie se zaměřuje na výzkumné otázky vztahující se k regionálnímu rozměru komunikace vědy v Praze, jejím dopadům a vhodným nástrojům. Pro vypracování studie byly použity analýza dokumentů a dotazník distribuovaný vybraným expertům. Výsledky naznačují, že regionální rozměr komunikační politiky a iniciativ pro vědu (SCIP) je v Praze relevatní. Avšak pozornost věnovaná této otázce národními a regionálními úřady je nedostatečná a vede k nedostatečné koordinaci mezi zainteresovanými aktéry. Dopady SCIP spočívají v povzbuzovaní zájmu mladých lidí o vědu, zvyšování obeznámenosti široké veřejnosti s otázkami vztahujícími se ke vědě a ve vysvětlování role vědy ve společnosti a problémů, jimž jako sektor čelí. Aby byly dopady komunikace vědy maximalizovány, národní a regionální ofciální místa by měla sehrát integrační roli. Vzhledem ke koncentraci aktérů SCIP by město Praha mělo aspirovat na rozvinutí vlastní politiky komunikace vědy., Regional aspects of science communication represent a potential asset and as such are quite suitable topic for further examination with respect to future social and economic development in Prague based on the city's main development strategies. Closer analysis of SCIP aspects at re-gional level can present a suitable complement for development of suitable measures and projects of the regional innovation and education policies. This study focuses on research questions related to regional dimension of science communication, its impacts and suitable tools. Document analysis and questionnaire distributed among selected experts were chosen as tools for elaboration of the study. Results suggest that regional dimension of science communication policy and initiatives (SCIP) is a relevant one in case of Prague. However, the attention given to this topic by national and regional authorities is unsatisfactory resulting in lack of co-ordination of activities of the respective stakeholders. Impacts of SCIP, as far as causality can be identified, lie in encouraging young people in their interest in science, increasing awareness of general public in science-related issues and explaining role of science in society and problems that science (as a sector) is facing. To maximise effects of science communication there is a space for national and regional authorities to play an integrating role. Given the concentration of SCIP actors, the City of Prague could aspire to develop its science communication policy in order to promote itself as a Central European centre of science., and Adolf Filáček, Jakub Pechlát.