Ongoing projects
- H2020-EU.3.1.1. Grant No. 825712 – OBERON: An integrative strategy of testing systems for identification of EDs related to metabolic disorders
- 2019-2024
- Coordinated by Inserm, co-implemented at RECETOX, Masaryk University
- Principal co-investigator at RECETOX: Prof. Jana Klánová, team members: Prof. Julie Dobrovolná (Bienertová-Vašků), Dr. Pavel Babica
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- 2019-2024
- Visegrad Fund Grant No. 22320076 – CyanoMeta: Research network on the metabolome of cyanobacteria
- 2023-2024
- Funded by Visegrad Fund
- Coordinated by:
- Dariusz Dziga, Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology
- Partners:
- Dajana Ručová, Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, Faculty of Science, Department of Botany
- Nada Tokodi, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences
- Pavel Babica, Masaryk University, Faculty of Sciences, RECETOX
- Zoran Marinovic, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety, Department of Aquaculture
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- GA24-12116S - Silenced cells speak volumes: Dysregulated gap junctional intercellular communication as a key process for identifying non-genotoxic carcinogens
- 2024-2026
- Hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University, Principal investigator: Dr. Pavel Babica
- GA22-30004S - Towards the next generation of animal-free male reprotoxicity assessment of chemical mixtures
- 2022-2024
- Hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University, Principal investigator: Dr. Iva Sovadinová
- The Brno Ph.D. Talent 2023-2024 - Advancing male reproductive toxicology with innovative in vitro models of testicular steroidogenesis
- 2024-2026, hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University, Principal investigator: Eliška Řehůřková
- The Brno Ph.D. Talent 2021-2022 - Metabolomic and toxicokinetic in vitro approach for studying chemically-induced chronic liver diseases
- 2022-2024, hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University, Principal investigator: Daniela Brenner
- 2022-2024, hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University, Principal investigator: Daniela Brenner
- JCMM-SOČ - Male reproductive health and the chemicals around us
- 2023-2024, high-school science project supported by JCMM and hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University
- Supervisor: Dr. Iva Sovadinová, Co-supervisor: Dr. Eliška Sychrová, Eliška Řehůřková
- Trainee: Klára Synková (Klvaňa Grammar School, Kyjov)
- MUNI/16/01202206/2023 (Internal project - Technology Transfer Office) - Nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery
- 2023-2024, hosted by Department of Natural Drugs, Faculty of Pharmacy, co-hosted by RECETOX, Faculty of Science, in collaboration with Department of Experimental Biology
- Principal investigator: Dr. Ondřej Jurček, co-PI: Dr. Pavel Babica, Dr. Lenka Šindlerová
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- 2023-2024, hosted by Department of Natural Drugs, Faculty of Pharmacy, co-hosted by RECETOX, Faculty of Science, in collaboration with Department of Experimental Biology
- MUNI/C/0123/2023 (Grant Agency of Masaryk University) - Effects of novel bile acid-derived drug carriers in 3D liver in vitro models
- 2023-2024, hosted by RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University
- Principal investigator: Robin Durník
- Supervisor: Dr. Pavel Babica, co-supervisor: Dr. Ondřej Jurček
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- MUNI/A/1190/2022 (Grant Agency of Masaryk University) - Prenylated plant phenolics as intercellular communication modulators (PELICAN)
- 2023, hosted by Department of Natural Drugs, Faculty of Pharmacy, Masaryk University, in cooperation with RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University
- Principal investigators: Polina Shpet, Dr. Karel Šmejkal
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Completed
- H2020-MSCA-ITN-2016 Project No.722493 - Natural Toxins and Drinking Water Quality - From Source to Tap (NaToxAq)
- European Training Network (ETN) of 15 early stage researchers (ESR) supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action
- ESR14 - Health risks of natural toxins in surface waters is hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University
- Supported Fellow: Bára Kubíčková, Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Klára Hilscherová, Consultant: Dr. Pavel Babica, Co-supervisor: Dr. Carmel Ramwell (Fera Science, UK), Mentor: Dr. Elisabeth Janssen (EAWAG, Switzerland)
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- European Training Network (ETN) of 15 early stage researchers (ESR) supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action
- GA19-19143S - In vitro 3-dimensional liver models to study cyanotoxin-induced chronic hepatotoxicity and liver disease
- 2019-2021
- Hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University, Principal investigator: Dr. Pavel Babica
- GA19-09980S - Pro-inflammatory effects of LPS of cyanobacterial water bloom from freshwater reservoirs in the Czech Republic
- 2019-2021
- Hosted by Institute of Biophysics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Principal investigator: Dr. Lenka Šindlerová-Švihálková
- Co-hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University, Principal co-investigator: Dr. Pavel Babica
- GJ17-25279Y - Human health risks related to inhalation of cyanobacteria
- 2017-2019, hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University, Principal investigator: Dr. Petra Labohá
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- GJ16-10775Y - Gap junctional intercellular communication as a target of endocrine disruptors in testicular cells
- 2016-2018, hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University, Principal investigator: Dr. Iva Sovadinová
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- GA16-24949S - Importance of Toll-like receptors in intestinal epithelium response to cyanobacterial water bloom
- 2016-2018
- Hosted by Institute of Biophysics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Principal investigator: Dr. Lenka Šindlerová-Švihálková
- Co-hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University, Principal co-investigator: Dr. Pavel Babica
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- GA15-12408S - Role of the stem and differentiated cells in hepatotoxicity and hepatocarcinogenicity induced by cyanotoxins
- 2015-2017, hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University, Principal investigator: Prof. Luděk Bláha
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- 2015-2017, hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University, Principal investigator: Prof. Luděk Bláha
- Barrande Fellowship Programme - Advanced 3D in vitro liver models to study the effects of cyanobacterial toxins
- Oct 2022-Nov 2022 - hosted by Inserm Unit 1085 - IRSET, Rennes, France
- Principal investigator: Riju Roy Chowdhury
- Mentor at RECETOX: Dr. Pavel Babica, supervisor at IRSET: Prof. Sophie Langouet
- Oct 2022-Nov 2022 - hosted by Inserm Unit 1085 - IRSET, Rennes, France
- IFER (International Foundation for Ethical Research) - 3D human iPSCs derived brain organoids as model for DNT assessment of man-made chemicals using an in vitro test battery
- 2022, hosted by Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT)
- Principal investigator: Ishita Virmani
- Senior mentor: Dr. Iva Sovadinová, mentor at JHU/CAAT: Dr. Helena Hogberg
- EFSA supported traineeship
- May-Nov 2022
- Marina Felipe Grosso
- May-Nov 2022
- EFSA supported traineeship
- Feb 2018-Jan 2019
- Lucie Čtveráčková
- Feb 2018-Jan 2019
- NAWA (Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange) - Genoprotective potential of Cornus mas L. fruits and leaves - inhibition study against oxidative and alkylation damage
- Oct 2021-Apr 2022, hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University
- Principal investigator: Oskar Szczepaniak (Ph.D. candidate from Poznań University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Food Sciences and Nurtion, Department of Gastronomy Sciences and Functional Foods, Poznań, Poland, thesis supervisor Dr. Joanna Kobus-Cisowska)
- Supervisor at host institute: Dr. Pavel Babica
- Oct 2021-Apr 2022, hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University
- JCMM-SOČ - Toxicity seen with your own eyes - in vitro image analysis in toxicology
- 2020-2021, high-school science project supported by JCMM and hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University
- Supervisor: Dr. Iva Sovadinová, Co-supervisor: Dr. Eliška Sychrová, Ishita Virmani
- Trainee: Michaela Bakajová (Klvaňa Grammar School, Kyjov)
- JCMM-SOČ - Effects of cyanobacterial toxins on energetic metabolism of human liver stem cells
- 2017-2018, high-school science project supported by JCMM and hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University
- Supervisor: Honza Raška
- Trainee: Daniel Polák (The Higher School of Chemistry, Brno)
- JCMM-SOČ - Effetcs of brominated compounds in human pulmonary in vitro model
- 2016-2017, high-school science project supported by JCMM and hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University
- Supervisor: Ondřej Brózman
- Trainee: Klára Müllerová (Secondary Grammar School Brno-Řečkovice)
Incoming
- Erasmus+ - Investigating in vitro male reprotoxicity of neonicotinoids using murine Leydig TM3 and Sertoli TM4 cultured in 2D or 3D models
- Sep-Nov 2023 - hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University
- Trainee: Lucia Zuščíková (Ph.D. candidate from Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, supervised by Dr. Tomáš Jambor)
- Supervisor: Dr. Iva Sovadinová, co-supervisor: Dr. Eliška Sychrová, Eliška Řehůřková
- Erasmus+ - Effects of chemical mixtures on male reproductive toxicity using in vitro models of somatic testicular cells
- Jun 2022-Aug 2022 - hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University
- Trainee: Mahdia Bushra (M.Sc. candidate from University of Potsdam, Toxicology programme)
- Mentor at RECETOX: Dr. Iva Sovadinová
- Erasmus+ - In vitro assessment of nongenotoxic carcinogens
- Jun 2022-Aug 2022 - hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University
- Trainee: Maria Cristina Ceccarelli (Ph.D. candidate from Biomedical Engineering, CampusBio-Medico University of Rome)
- Supervisor at RECETOX: Dr. Pavel Babica, supervisor at University of Rome: Dr. Alberto Rainer
- Jun 2022-Aug 2022 - hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University
- Erasmus+ - Bioprospecting of marine jellyfish – in vitro screening for anti-cancer and cancer-preventive compounds
- Jan 2020-Apr 2020 - hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University
- Trainee: Gianluca De Rinaldis (a Ph.D. candidate from University of Siena & Institute of Sciences of Food Production - National Research Council, ISPA-CNR, Lecce, Italy)
- Thesis supervisor: Dr. Antonella Leone, Mentor at RECETOX: Dr. Pavel Babica
- Jan 2020-Apr 2020 - hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University
- Erasmus+ - In vitro evaluation of the toxicity induced by cyanobacterial toxins in human airway epithelial cells
- Apr-Dec 2016 - hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University
- Trainee: Bára Kubíčková (as a M.Sc. candidate from Department of Physiology and Biochemistry of Animals, Ernst Moritz Arndt Universität Greifswald, thesis supervisor: Prof. Jan-Peter Hildebrandt), Mentor at RECETOX: Dr. Pavel Babica
Outgoing
- Erasmus+ - In silico toxicokinetics of 3D HepG2 liver model
- Mar 2022-May 2022 - hosted by INERIS, Chronic Risk Division, Experimental toxicology and modelling Unit, Verneuil en Halatte, Picardie, France
- Trainee: Daniela Brenner (a Ph.D. candidate from RECETOX, thesis supervisor: Dr. Iva Sovadinová), Mentor at host institution: Dr. Celine Brochot
- Erasmus+ - Drug-induced kidney injury screening in human renal cell line ciPTEC
- Sep 2017-Feb 2018 - hosted by Radboud University Medical Center, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Trainee: Renata Škovroňová (M.Sc. candidate from RECETOX), Supervisor: Prof. Martijn Wilmer
- Erasmus+ - Development of stem-cell based 3-dimensional and organoid liver models for hepatoxicity testing
- Sep-Dec 2017 - hosted by University of Pisa, Research Center "E. Piaggio" & OTO Lab, Cisanello Hospital, Pisa, Italy
- Trainee: Amrita Basu (Ph.D. student from RECETOX, Masaryk University, thesis supervisor: Dr. Pavel Babica), Mentors at hosting institutions: Prof. Arti Ahluwalia, Prof. Serena Danti
- Erasmus+ - In vitro effects of extracts from the Zooxanthellate Jellyfish Cotylorhiza tuberculata on normal and transformed rat liver epithelial cell lines
- Aug-Dec 2016 - hosted by Università del Salento, DiSTeBA Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, and Institute of Sciences of Food Production (ISPA), Lecce, Italy
- Trainee: Lucie Čtveráčková (Ph.D. student from RECETOX, Masaryk University, thesis supervisor: Dr. Pavel Babica), Mentor at ISPA: Dr. Antonella Leone
- Erasmus+ - Investigations into the nephrotoxic potential of naturally occurring toxins and their mechanisms of toxicity
- Oct 2015-May 2016, hosted by Medical University of Innsbruck, Department of Physiology and Medical Physics (Innsbruck, Austria).
- Trainee: Renata Škovroňová (B.Sc. candidate from RECETOX), Supervisor: Prof. Paul Jennings
- MUNI/IGA/1194/2021 (Internal Grant Agency of Masaryk University) - Strategies to identify Emerging Metabolic Disruptors using liver 3D in vitro models
- 2022, hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University, in collaboration with CNR Nanotec, Lecce, Italy
- Principal investigator: Marina Grosso
- Senior mentor: Dr. Pavel Babica, mentor at CNR Nanotec: Dr. Alberto Rainer
- MUNI/IGA/1433/2020 (Internal Grant Agency of Masaryk University) - Advanced in vitro approaches for the assesment of reproductive and developmental toxicity
- 2021, hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University and Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT)
- Principal investigator: Ishita Virmani
- Senior mentor: Dr. Iva Sovadinová, mentor at JHU/CAAT: Dr. Helena Hogberg, Dr. Lena Smirnova
- MUNI/FR/1147/2017 (FRMU Masaryk University) - Innovation of the practical exercise of cell and molecular toxicology for Modern Methods in Ecotoxicology Bi5596
- 2018, hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University, Principal investigator: Honza Raška, Senior mentor: Prof. Luděk Bláha
- MUNI/FR/1153/2017 (FRMU Masaryk University) - Laboratory exercise Bi5596: High capacity image analysis in Ecotoxicology
- 2018, hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University, Principal investigator: Ondřej Brózman, Senior mentor: Assoc. Prof. Klára Hilscherová
- 2018, hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University, Principal investigator: Ondřej Brózman, Senior mentor: Assoc. Prof. Klára Hilscherová
- MUNI/FR/1336/2016 (FRMU Masaryk University) - Innovation of the Ecotoxicology educational programme - Establishing an Ecotoxicology online portal
- 2017, hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University, Principal investigator: Amrita Basu, Senior mentor: Prof. Luděk Bláha
- 2017, hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University, Principal investigator: Amrita Basu, Senior mentor: Prof. Luděk Bláha
- MUNI/FR/1869/2014 (FRMU Masaryk University) - Innovation of the Ecotoxicology educational programme - Theory and practice of the cell culture work
- 2015, hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University, Principal investigator: Jakub Javůrek, Senior mentors: Dr. Pavel Babica, Dr. Iva Sovadinová
- 2015, hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University, Principal investigator: Jakub Javůrek, Senior mentors: Dr. Pavel Babica, Dr. Iva Sovadinová
- MSMT KONTAKT II LH12034 "CHEMOPREV" - Novel in vitro approach for identification of chemopreventive effects and mechanisms of phytochemicals
- 2012-2014, hosted by Institute of Botany, implemented in collaboration with SECANTOX Research Group, Principal investigator: Dr. Pavel Babica
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- Thomas Bata Foundation - New methods for monitoring of hazardous drinking water contaminants - cyanobacterial toxins
- 2012, hosted by Institute of Botany, implemented in collaboration with SECANTOX Research Group, Principal investigator: Dr. Pavel Babica
- The Brno Ph.D. talent 2010 - Male reproductive system and environmental pollution
- 2010-2012, hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University, Principal investigator: Petra Kubincová
- The Brno Ph.D. Talent 2015 - Liver homeostasis disruption by cyanotoxins
- 2015-2017, hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University, Principal investigator: Honza Raška
- SoMoPro 2SGA2764 "ED-MALE-TOX" - Environmental endocrine disruptors and male fertility: mechanisms and toxic effects
- 2011-2013, hosted by RECETOX, Masaryk University, Principal investigator: Dr. Iva Sovadinová
- SoMoPro 2SGA2858 "PS4CTX" - A novel approach for monitoring, toxicity evaluation and risk assessment of cyanobacterial toxins – a use of passive samplers
- 2011-2013, hosted by Institute of Botany, implemented in collaboration with SECANTOX Research Group, Principal investigator: Dr. Pavel Babica