BIOCEV project launched

The BIOCEV project was launched October 31 at an official ceremony at the headquarters of the ASCR, with the inauguration of the first research program, Functional Genomics. BIOCEV is one of six major approved projects that are to become centers of scientific excellence in the Czech Republic and Europe. BIOCEV’s research program is focused on two current and rapidly changing scientific fields – biomedicine and biotechnologies – and combines primary and applied research. The results of the scientific research are expected to be used to develop new medicaments and diagnostic processes. The new center is funded by the European Commission’s Operational Program Research and Development for Innovation through a grant won by the Czech Academy of Sciences and Charles University Prague.