Intro

Excellent Science in Favour of Modern Society

BIOCEV is a joint project of six institutes of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (Institute of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Biotechnology, Institute of Microbiology, Institute of Physiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, and Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry) and two faculties of Charles University in Prague (Faculty of Science and 1st Faculty of Medicine). The project’s goal is to establish European Centre of Excellence in biomedicine and biotechnology.

In January 2016, the Institute of Biotechnology CAS (IBT) moved to a BIOCEV centre and is involved in two of the five research programmes. IBT wants to take full advantage of this chance to produce cutting-edge scientific results that will be transferred into clinical practice.

Pillars

BIOCEV builds upon three pillars of the knowledge triangle: teaching and education, research and development, and transfer of research results into practice.

The uniqness of the project lies in well-balanced activities and goals set within the three pillars of the knowledge triangle, in BIOCEV supported by modern infrastructure and novel approaches to conducting research, which are based on the experience of top-quality world research institutes.

Research and development

Teaching and education

Transfer of research results into practice

Project by numbers

						5
					
Research programmes

						519
					
Researchers, students and technical stuff

						25000
					
Area of the modern laboratories (m²)

						2,3
					
(CZK BILION) total project budget

						36
					
Patents, prototypes, and applications

						841
					
Publications (3/2020)

						250
					
MSc. + PhD. students (2019)

						56
					
Research Teams

						6
					
State-of-the-art Core Facilities

						5,5
					
(ha) Site Area

						7
					
Project partners

						2016
					
The ceremonial opening of the BIOCEV centre

Project schedule

The idea to establish the new research centre BIOCEV arose in early 2006. At that time the Czech Republic was missing a modern research centre specialized in two prospective domains – biotechnology and biomedicine. As a solution to this situation, the Project BIOCEV came into existence with the planned financial support from the European Structural Funds, namely the Operational programme Research and Development for Innovations.

1.1.2008

Official start of the Project implementation

11.1.2009

Seven institutions – Project partners – sign the Partnership Agreement, the key document to joint Project implementation.

16.11.2009

The Project is officially submitted for national evaluation.

31.10.2011

The Project is approved by the European Commission

31.1.2012

The Project is approved on the national level and is now eligible for utilizing the European funding

30.10.2012

Official launch of the BIOCEV project and the Functional Genomics research programme

21.8.2013

Signing of the contract with the building contractor

7.10.2013

Foundation stone ceremony

27.8.2014

Completion of the BIOCEV main construction site

18.12.2015

Commencement of trial operational phase of the center BIOCEV.

16.6.2016

The ceremonial opening of BIOCEV centre

14.12.2020

Signing of the new Partnership Agreement