Prof. Josef Michl, a globally esteemed Czech chemist, suddenly passed on Monday, 13 May, at the age of 85.

Scientists are combining zero-dimensional (quantum dots), one-dimensional (e.g. nanotubes), and two-dimensional (e.g. graphene) materials in the lab to give them new and unusual properties.

IOCB Prague has founded a new branch in Boston, USA, the very heart of global biomedical research.

Novel 2′-deoxycytidine triphosphate (dCTP) nucleotide modified with a thiazole orange fluorophore can be incorporated into DNA strand by DNA polymerases in vitro as well as in live cells.

Scientists from the IOCB Prague, the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and Palacký University Olomouc, have successfully uncovered the mysteries of the world of molecules and atoms.

A team of researchers at IOCB Prague led by Prof. Michal Hock has developed a novel method for preparing ribonucleic acid (RNA) containing modified bases.

Scientists from IOCB Prague, Charles University, CEITEC, the Institute of Microbiology, and the University of Cologne studied the chromatin reader LEDGF and its association with methylated histone H3K36.

Researchers from IOCB Prague and Ghent University have been working on improving the properties of gelatin-based materials, thereby expanding the possibilities of their use mainly in medicine.

Azopyrimidine photoswitches become encapsulated into β-cyclodextrin (CD) cavity selectively via their phenyl ring.

The scientists identified several tripeptides, which could be considered as folding seeds and might initiate the process of protein folding.