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IOCB Tech, a leading technology transfer office in the Czech Republic, proudly attended BioJapan 2024, the largest and most influential biotechnology partnering event in Asia. Held at the Pacifico Yokohama Convention Center, this prestigious event brought together global leaders in biotechnology, regenerative medicine, and digital health, providing an ideal platform for collaboration between industry, academia, and government. Read more

How can we accelerate the search for new drugs and bring discoveries in this field to market? These critical questions are addressed for the tenth time at the Prague-Weizmann Summer School on Advances in Drug Discovery. This event connects young scientists with leading experts from global pharmaceutical companies and academia, uniting all key parts of the chain that leads to essential medicines. The event, which has gained international recognition over the past decade, is organized by the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IOCB), the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague (UCT), and Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science. Read more

In collaboration with the Neuron Foundation, IOCB Tech Foundation (member of IOCB Tech Family) gave two talented Israeli students the opportunity to intern at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, where they could focus on research in the fields of artificial intelligence and cultural heritage protection. The internships were part of the Neuron & IOCB Tech Internships in Israel program, which, however, did not send Czech students to Israel this year due to the ongoing conflict and security situation in the country. Instead, Israeli students were invited to the Czech Republic. Read more

For the second time, IOCB Tech was a partner through its Foundation (Nadační fond IOCB Tech) of the French Embassy Science Awards, which celebrated their 30th anniversary this year. Additionally, foundation supported the accompanying public science conference "Sounds of Science," organized by the French Embassy and the French Institute in Prague. Read more

IOCB Tech, Prague.bio Association, and other prominent Czech companies inaugurated the Czech booth at the prestigious international event, Bio International Convention. This is the largest biotech event of its kind in the world, regularly attracting around 20,000 participants from over thirty countries. The official opening was attended by representatives from the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Czech Embassy in the United States, and CzechTrade agency. Read more

Just like in previous years, this year too, IOCB Tech was the main partner of one of the largest educational events in Europe. The unique festival hosted scientists such as evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, robotics visionary Hiroshi Ishiguro, and AI philosopher Susan Schneider. Read more

Discoveries from IOCB Prague now have a greater chance of being put into practice starting today, and patients with previously untreatable diseases have stronger hopes of receiving effective therapy. A unique translational center connecting science with its commercial applications – Pharmtheon – is now operational, marking a significant development in Czech science. Read more

During the year 2023, domestic applicants filed 465 new inventions or technical solutions with the Czech Industrial Property Office, which represents a record low number in nearly thirty years. The previous year saw the granting or validation of a total of 454 patents for domestic entities and 4,979 for foreign ones. Read more

Zuzana Hlavičková, Head of the Trade and Economic Section at the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Madrid, visited the IOCB Tech Family booth at Europe's Largest Springtime Biotech Partnering Event, this time held in Barcelona. She considers the activities of the tech transfer family to be a very good representation of Czech science and a positive representation of the Czech Republic as a whole.     Read more