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ARISE

Career Accelerator for Research Infrastructure Scientists

Palacky University Olomouc, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry

https://www.lf.upol.cz/en/

Palacky University Olomouc, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (htt ps:/ / www.lf.upo l.cz/ en/) is one of the main centres of biomedical research in the Czech Republic. It has a long tradition and an ambition to become an important centre of innovation and excellence not only among Czech medical faculties but also in the Central European region. One of the key advantages is that the Faculty is located in the vicinity of the University Hospital Olomouc, allowing the two institutions to share employees, departments, projects, technology and work together in a clinical translational research. Pregraduate and graduate students and twenty-five accredited doctoral programmes of study make the best use of the infrastructure.

As a partner in this project, Palacky University Olomouc, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry intends to cooperate with the EMBL towards training of the Fellows. Palacky University Olomouc, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry can host up to two Fellows per year in the period 2020-2024 through secondments and introduce them to the ways of working, instrumentation and procedures at Palacky University Olomouc, Faculty of Medicine and Dentist r y. Duration of secondments will be between 2 and 6 months and will be arranged in communication with the Fellow. Fellows who will do secondments at Palacky University Olomouc, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry will come from the field related or complementary to the field of work of Palacky University Olomouc, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry.

At Palacky University Olomouc, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Fellows will have a possibility to learn diagnostic NGS, diagnostic flow cytometry, human sample processing for genetic and immunological analysis, cytokine detection, optical mapping. The Fellows will also have a chance to get acquainted with the operation of the cell sorter, flow cytometer, NGS equipment, microscopy, MassArray, and other instruments in clinical immunology and immunogenetic facilities as well as in bioinformatics data analysis. Palacky University Olomouc, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry will dedicate supervision capacity for each fellow on secondments. During secondments, Fellows can stay employed by EMBL.

Palacky University Olornouc, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry intends also to host mini-secondments in a duration of up to two weeks, during which Fellows will shadow operations at Palacky University Olomouc, Faculty of Medicine and Dentist ry.

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