Author: Jarmila Duskova

The goal of the competition is to motivate young scientists (PhD degree or equivalent) to work in the field, to support a high level of research and study at Czech and Slovak universities in this field, and to contribute to the involvement of young scientists in the community of structural biologists and related fields.

The prize includes a monetary reward of 25,000 CZK in the form of a scholarship and coverage of the regular conference fee for XXII Discussions in Structural Molecular Biology and 9th User Meeting of CIISB in 2026.

Deadline for submitting application: January 9, 2026
Announcement of results: not later than February 13, 2026

More details you can find at PhDThesisAward.

Questions regarding the Competition should be addressed to Dr. Jarmila Dušková at duskovaj@ibt.cas.cz or to Dr. Jan Dohnálek at dohnalek@ibt.cas.cz.

Rules/Instructions

Application Form

19–21 March 2026
The XXII Discussions in Structural Molecular Biology and the 9th User Meeting of CIISB
Nové Hrady, South Bohemia

26 April – 2 May 2026
CCP4 Central European Workshop 2026
Nové Hrady, South Bohemia

“Summer School of Integrative Structural Biology course for tackling Alzheimer’s disease” will be organized on Jun23-27; please find more details as well as the registration form here: InterTAU Summer School II.

The prize is awarded to

Valerie Siahaan

for her outstanding PhD thesis entitled

TAU PROTEINS COOPERATIVELY ASSEMBLE INTO COHESIVE ENVELOPES THAT PROTECT MICROTUBULES AGAINST SEVERING ENZYMES

defended at the Department of Cell Biology of Charles University in Prague

We congratulate Valerie and her supervisor Marcus Braun,
Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

The prize award ceremony together with the winner’s talk will take place
at the conference XXI Discussions in Nove Hrady.

DELTA LIFE SCIENCES, IMB SAS BRATISLAVA & BIOTECH
are pleased to invite you to a seminar that will take place on February 20th at 9:00 am at the Institute of Molecular Biology SAS.
More information you can see HERE.