October 2026: PANCORD database officially open for research cooperation

September 2026: Best publication prize!

Together with our colleagues from University Hospital Brno, we are delighted to announce that our article, Integrated clinical-biological infrastructure for precision oncology in pancreatic adenocarcinoma – experience with REDCap implementation in clinical setting, by Petr Moravčík et al., has received the Best Publication Prize from Clinical Oncology (Klinická onkologie), published by the Czech Society for Oncology of the Czech Medical Association of J. E. Purkyně.

This recognition highlights the importance of integrating clinical and biological data to advance precision oncology in pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Congratulations to all co-authors and collaborators on this achievement!

August 2026: Two papers published!

A review article by Mirka Pantůčková entitled Beyond the genome: alternative splicing as a key driver of cellular plasticity and clinical heterogeneity in pancreatic cancer was published in Clinical and Experimental Medicine! Here we summarize the bioinformatics approach to investigation of aletrantice splicing in pancreatic cancer.

We were also very happy to contribute to an excellent paper by Katarina Cimborova, published in Materials and Design: Lost cells, retained structure: proteomic mapping of decellularized lung matrisome across species.
This work identifies changes in proteome of human, mouse and pig lung extracellular matrix, and contributes to development of better near-to-native lung models.

June 2026: Funding awarded for innovative pancreatic cancer research
We received funding from the IOBC Foundation Voucher Program to bridge funding gaps in clinical research.

We will investigate whether biomechanical profiling of PDAC tissue sections can provide clinically relevant information, such as prediction of early relapse or disease progression. Here we will closely cooperate with colleagues from Nanobiotechnology Core Facility at CEITEC MU and Surgery Clinic and Department of Pathology, University Hospital Brno.